Brookhaven, Suffolk County · 11778
DTF Transfers for Etsy and Online Apparel Sellers in Rocky Point, NY
If you sell shirts on Etsy or your own storefront from Rocky Point, your constraint is not press capacity. It is ordering one transfer at a time without a minimum, and getting it in hand before your processing window closes. Standard DTF is $0.06 per square inch of the bounding box, no minimum, and orders placed by 3 PM Eastern ship the same business day.
What an online apparel shop actually orders, priced out
Standard DTF is $0.06 per square inch of the design's bounding box, so the sizes an online seller uses most price out cleanly. A 3x3 pocket print is 9 square inches, $0.54. A 4x4 left chest is 16 square inches, $0.96. A 3.5x12 sleeve strip is 42 square inches, $2.52. A 10x12 adult front is 120 square inches, $7.20. An 11x14 is 154 square inches, $9.24. A 12x16 oversized front is 192 square inches, $11.52. Pre-cut contour cutting adds $0.29 per transfer. Free shipping starts at $99, which is 14 adult fronts at 10x12 or about 104 left chest prints.
No minimum is the whole point when you print to order
There is no minimum on standard DTF transfers. You can order one 10x12 for $7.20 the moment a sale lands, which means you are not buying 24 of a design to find out whether it sells. That changes how you test: list ten designs, press the two that move, and never hold inventory of the other eight. A few specialty items do carry minimums, so plan around them. Puff DTF is 10 units. Custom UV DTF has a $35 order minimum. Leatherette patches are 10 per shape and color. Those also run longer, 72 hours for puff and leatherette.
Gang sheet or singles: run the number before you assume
DTF gang sheets are 14 inches wide and billed at $0.06 per square inch of sheet area, not of your artwork. A 14x24 sheet is $20.16, a 14x36 is $30.24, a 14x48 is $40.32. Minimum spacing between designs is 0.25 inch. Pack 4x4 designs on a 14x24 and you fit three across and five down, 15 transfers for $20.16, or $1.34 each. Bought individually those same prints are $0.96 each. Singles win on uniform small art because a sheet charges you for whitespace. Sheets win when your shapes tessellate, or when you want mixed designs on one sheet you cut yourself. The auto-build packer and the pricing calculator settle it in a minute.
Fitting the 3 PM cutoff into your listing's processing time
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, not a rush fee and not an upgrade. After 3 PM, or on a weekend or federal holiday, it ships the next business day. 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. So a Tuesday 2 PM order ships Tuesday and lands Wednesday through Friday on expedited. A Saturday sale ordered Saturday ships Monday. Set listings to 3 to 5 business days and the math holds.
Getting transfers to Rocky Point: ship, pick up, or courier
Rocky Point sits in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, and we ship there like anywhere else in the contiguous US: free on orders of $99 and up, 2 to 5 business days standard or 1 to 3 expedited. We ship to all 50 states and do not ship internationally. If you would rather not wait on a carrier, local pickup is available the same business day after production, by appointment, at 205 E Main St, Ste 2-1, Huntington, NY 11743. That is our only location. A $19.99 flat-rate local courier option also appears at checkout for eligible Long Island addresses.
Files, press settings, and the part that generates refunds
Send a 300 DPI PNG with a transparent background at final print size. If your art is a JPEG with a white box behind it, the browser-based knockout tool on our site strips the background before you upload, and the catalog of 2,434 ready-to-print designs covers you if you are not designing yourself. Press cotton at 300 to 325 F and polyester at 285 to 300 F, 10 to 15 seconds, medium-firm pressure. Held to spec, transfers survive 50 or more commercial wash cycles at 104 F. Production defects are reprinted. Report a defective or incorrect order within 7 days of delivery with photos.
Who orders from Rocky Point
Personalized print-on-demand shops
Names, dates and numbers change on every sale, so nothing can be stocked. No minimum means you order the single 4x4 or 10x12 transfer a sale requires, at $0.96 or $7.20.
Wide catalogs with shallow depth
Fifty listings, one or two sales each. Per-square-inch pricing on the bounding box means a 3x3 pocket print costs $0.54, so carrying a broad catalog does not require carrying broad inventory.
Shops scaling into the fourth quarter
Volume spikes and processing windows tighten. Stock your proven sellers in 10x12 ahead of the rush at $7.20 each, clear the $99 free shipping line easily, and print only personalized items to order.
New sellers validating designs
Before committing to blanks in bulk, print one transfer per concept. Ten test designs at 10x12 is $72.00, and the ones that flop cost you nothing further because there is no minimum to absorb.
Rocky Point questions
- Is there a minimum order if I only need one DTF transfer for a single Etsy sale?
- No minimum on standard DTF transfers. A single 10x12 print is $7.20 at $0.06 per square inch of the design's bounding box, and you can order it the day the sale comes in. Minimums exist only on a few specialty items: puff DTF is 10 units, custom UV DTF carries a $35 order minimum, and leatherette patches are 10 per shape and color.
- Can I get DTF transfers delivered to Rocky Point the same day I order them?
- We ship same day, we do not promise same-day delivery. An order placed by 3 PM Eastern on a business day is printed, inspected, packed and handed to the carrier that same business day. Standard transit is then 2 to 5 business days, expedited 1 to 3. A $19.99 flat-rate local courier option appears at checkout for eligible Long Island addresses.
- What processing time should my listings show if I order transfers as each sale comes in?
- Build in transit, not just production. A transfer ordered by 3 PM Eastern ships that business day, then takes 2 to 5 business days standard or 1 to 3 expedited. A 3 to 5 business day processing time works if you ship expedited. One-day processing does not work unless you already hold the transfer in stock.
- Are gang sheets cheaper than buying DTF transfers individually?
- Not automatically. Gang sheets are billed at $0.06 per square inch of the 14 inch wide sheet, so you pay for empty space and for the 0.25 inch gaps between designs. Fifteen 4x4 prints on a 14x24 sheet come to $1.34 each, while bought individually they are $0.96 each. Sheets pay off when your shapes tessellate or when you want mixed art on one sheet.
- Can I pick up my transfers in person instead of paying for shipping?
- Yes. Local pickup is same business day after production, by appointment, at 205 E Main St, Ste 2-1, Huntington, NY 11743. That is our only location, so there is no drop-off point in Rocky Point itself. Shipping is free on orders of $99 and up in the contiguous US, which is about 14 adult-size fronts at 10x12.
Talk to someone about a Rocky Point order
Call 631.458.3842 or email [email protected]. Pickup is by appointment at our Huntington shop.
Serving Rocky Point
- ZIP codes served
- 11778
- Township and county
- Brookhaven, Suffolk County
- Local courier
- $19.99 flat rate, shown at checkout for eligible addresses
- Pickup
- By appointment at 205 E Main St, Huntington