Nassau County, Nassau County · 11516
DTF Transfers for Cedarhurst Family Reunions, Parties and Milestones
Reunion and party orders run on the same rhythm everywhere: a fixed date, a headcount that keeps moving, and one design that has to work on adult, youth and toddler shirts. For Cedarhurst, NY and the rest of Nassau County we print standard DTF transfers at $0.06 per square inch with no minimum, and an order placed by 3 PM Eastern ships the same business day.
Costing a 40-shirt reunion run before you commit
Start with the front print. An adult full front at 11 by 14 inches is 154 square inches, and at $0.06 per square inch that is $9.24 a transfer. Forty of those is $369.60, which clears the $99 free shipping threshold in the contiguous US on its own. Add a 4 by 2 inch name strip for the back at 8 square inches, $0.48 each, $19.20 for forty. Want them pre-cut so nobody is trimming sheets the night before? The contour cut add-on is $0.29 per transfer. Nothing here carries a minimum, so the same math works for a party of nine.
One design, four sizes, because the bounding box sets the price
Reunions never run a single size. The same artwork becomes an 11 by 14 adult front at $9.24, an 8 by 10 youth at $4.80, a 6 by 6 toddler at $2.16, and a 3.5 by 3.5 left chest at $0.74. Pricing follows the bounding box of the design at final print size, so you pay for the rectangle the art sits in, not the garment it goes on. Scale the file, do not re-letter it. Send each size as its own 300 DPI PNG with a transparent background, built at the exact dimensions you want pressed, and what comes off the printer matches what you laid out.
Gang sheet or individual transfers: the rate is identical
A 14 inch wide gang sheet is priced at $0.06 per square inch of sheet area, the same rate as an individual transfer. A 14 by 36 sheet is $30.24, a 14 by 72 is $60.48. So a gang sheet is not a discount, it is a layout decision. Individual transfers billed on their own bounding boxes usually come in lower, because you are not paying for the gaps between them. Take the sheet when you want one continuous piece to cut down yourself, or when a hundred small name strips are easier to handle as one roll. Keep at least 0.25 inch between designs. The drag-and-drop builder and the auto-packer on the site handle the nesting.
Favors, tumblers and the milestone pieces that need lead time
Shirts are rarely the whole order. UV DTF transfers are $0.10 per square inch and go onto tumblers, glassware, coolers and gift boxes, so a 3 by 4 inch wrap is $1.20 and thirty of them is $36. UV DTF ships same day like standard DTF. Gold and silver foil DTF suits an anniversary number or a milestone year. Glow in the dark DTF is $0.18 per square inch for an evening party. Budget differently for specialty work: raised UV patches, dimensional UV graphics and fauxbroidery run 48 hours, leatherette patches and puff DTF run 72 hours, and puff carries a 10 unit minimum.
Working backward from the date on the invitation
An order placed by 3 PM Eastern on a business day is printed, inspected, packed and handed to the carrier that same business day. That is the standard service for every customer, not an upgrade and not a fee. Placed after 3 PM, or on a weekend or federal holiday, it ships the next business day, and production runs Monday through Friday. Same-day shipping is not same-day delivery. Standard transit is 2 to 5 business days, expedited is 1 to 3. For a Saturday event, get the main run in on a Monday and you still have room to add shirts midweek when three more cousins confirm.
Three ways to take delivery in Cedarhurst
Ship it: free on orders $99 and up in the contiguous US, 2 to 5 business days standard or 1 to 3 expedited. Pick it up: same business day after production, by appointment, at our Huntington facility at 205 E Main St, Ste 2-1, which is our only location. Or use the $19.99 flat-rate local courier option, which appears at checkout for eligible Long Island addresses. Whichever route you take, the transfers press at 300 to 325 F on cotton, 285 to 300 F on polyester, 10 to 15 seconds at medium-firm pressure. Do it that way and they hold past 50 commercial wash cycles at 104 F.
Who orders from Cedarhurst
The relative running the reunion shirt list
One family crest in four sizes, name strips for the back, and no minimum to worry about, so adding six more shirts on Wednesday costs the same per square inch as the original forty did on Monday.
Birthday, graduation, shower and retirement hosts
Twelve to thirty pieces, usually a mix: shirts at $0.06 per square inch, UV DTF tumbler wraps at $0.10, maybe a foil accent. Everything priced by area, nothing bought in bulk you do not need.
Event planners juggling dated jobs
A fixed 3 PM Eastern cutoff you can schedule around, transfers that arrive ready to press onto whatever blanks the client picked, and Huntington pickup by appointment when a date tightens up.
Shops pressing party work for local clients
Buy the transfers, press them on your own blanks, keep the margin. Gang sheets at 14 inches wide for mixed runs, contour cutting at $0.29 per transfer when the client wants them trim-free.
Cedarhurst questions
- What do family reunion shirts cost for 40 people?
- Standard DTF transfers are $0.06 per square inch of the design's bounding box. An 11 by 14 inch front is 154 square inches, so $9.24 per transfer and $369.60 for forty. Add 4 by 2 inch back name strips at $0.48 each. That covers the printed transfers; blanks and pressing are on your side.
- Our headcount changes up to the last minute. Is there a minimum order?
- No minimum on standard DTF transfers, so a follow-up order of six is the same $0.06 per square inch as the first order of forty. Place it by 3 PM Eastern on a business day and it goes to the carrier that day. After 3 PM, on a weekend, or on a federal holiday, it ships the next business day.
- Can I get transfers delivered to Cedarhurst the same day I order?
- We ship same day, which is not the same thing as same-day delivery. Standard transit is 2 to 5 business days, expedited 1 to 3. Two faster routes exist: pickup at the Huntington facility the same business day after production, by appointment, and a $19.99 flat-rate local courier option that appears at checkout for eligible Long Island addresses.
- How should I send artwork for a reunion design with a long name list?
- A 300 DPI PNG with a transparent background, sized at the exact final print dimensions. If the art came off a photo or a scan with a white box behind it, run it through the free background knockout tool on the site first. A 10 by 12 inch back panel is 120 square inches, $7.20, and holds a long roster comfortably.
- Will the shirts still look right months after the party?
- Pressed to spec, yes. Use 300 to 325 F on cotton or 285 to 300 F on polyester, 10 to 15 seconds, medium-firm pressure. Applied that way the transfers are rated past 50 commercial wash cycles at 104 F. If an order arrives defective or incorrect, report it with photos within 7 days of delivery and we reprint it.
Talk to someone about a Cedarhurst order
Call 631.458.3842 or email [email protected]. Pickup is by appointment at our Huntington shop.
Serving Cedarhurst
- ZIP codes served
- 11516
- Township and county
- Nassau County, Nassau County
- Local courier
- $19.99 flat rate, shown at checkout for eligible addresses
- Pickup
- By appointment at 205 E Main St, Huntington