100% Cotton Tea Towel, including printing
The 100% cotton tea towel is the cheapest blank we print on, which is why it’s the usual pick for schools, clubs and businesses printing in bulk.
But “cheapest” only helps you if you know what changes the number. Order 30 or order 300, one colour or full colour, print-ready art or a phone photo that needs work, and the price per towel shifts a long way.
What you get on the 100% cotton option
This is a full 100% cotton tea towel, printed in Australia using water-based inks that carry Oeko-Tex 100 certification. That means that they are safe against skin and food.
The blank is a lighter, budget weave, and that’s why it sits at the bottom of the price list. It takes ink well, dries fast and holds up in the wash. For most fundraisers and giveaways, it is all the towel you need.
Use the quote form to order a printed tea towel. No minimum order amount. Discounts for bulk orders.
The five things that move your price
Every quote comes down to the same handful of factors. Change these, and you change the price.
- Quantity. This is the big one. Printing has fixed setup work, and that cost gets spread across the run, so the price per tea towel drops as the quantity climbs. Fifty towels and five hundred towels are nowhere near the same cost each, and the gap is wide. If you’re close to a price break, ordering a few more can bring down the cost of the whole order.
- Print method. We print by screen, digital and sublimation, and the cheapest method depends on the job. As a rule of thumb, digital wins on small runs and on busy, multi-colour designs, because there are no screens to set up. Screen printing wins on bigger runs, where its low per-towel cost pays the setup back and then some. Sublimation is the one for full, edge-to-edge colour. Getting the method right for your quantity is often the single biggest saving on this page.
- Number of colours. A one-colour logo is cheaper to screen print than a four-colour design. With digital and sublimation, colour count barely matters, which is part of why they suit detailed or photographic art.
- Your artwork. Clean, print-ready artwork goes straight to production. A low-resolution file, or a hand drawing that needs redrawing, means artwork time on top. Send the best file you have, and we will advise you.
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100% Cotton Tea Towel
The price (each) includes the tea towel and the printing (+ GST)
| Print Method/Qty | 20-29 | 30-49 | 50-74 | 75-99 | 100-149 |
| Full-Colour Digital Printing | $17.15ea | $17.00ea | $14.38ea | $13.29ea | $12.66ea |
| 1 Colour Screen Printing | N/A | $12.29ea | $9.63ea | $8.09ea | $7.15ea |
Artwork charges apply where applicable. Contact us for a quote.
Quick answers
What is the cheapest way to print tea towels?
The 100% cotton blank, at a higher quantity, on screen printing. Cotton is the lowest-cost blank, and screen printing gives the lowest price per towel once you are ordering in volume.
Is there a minimum order?
No. You can order a single personalised towel or a large fundraising run.
Do more towels really cost less each?
Yes. The setup is spread across the run, so the price per towel falls as the quantity climbs. Ordering up to the next break can lower the whole order.
Can you match my exact colours?
Screen printing reproduces solid brand colours cleanly. For photos, gradients or lots of colours, digital is the better match. Send your artwork, and we will recommend the method.
