Pricing Tiers And Dimensions

Every decoration method prices a design against a dimension and a set of tiers. Getting these right is what makes quotes and checkout totals accurate. This article explains the four pricing dimensions and how to set up their tiers on the method's detail page.

The four pricing dimensions

A method prices along one of these:

Area (square inches) — used by print-based methods like DTF and DTG. Larger prints cost more.
Colors — used by screen printing. Each additional color is its own tier (1 color, 2 colors, and so on).
Stitches (stitch count) — used by embroidery. Denser designs cost more.
Flat — a single flat price plus an optional setup fee, no tier matrix.

The dimension you choose determines which pricing controls appear on the method's settings page.

Set up tiers (area, colors, or stitches)

For non-flat methods, you configure a pricing matrix of tiers:

Open the method under Settings → Decoration Methods and go to its pricing settings.

Review the tier list — each tier has a label, a minimum, and a maximum value in the method's dimension.

- Example (screen printing): "1 Color," "2 Colors," "3 Colors," each mapping to a color count. - Example (area): tiers measured in square inches.

Set the price for each tier.

Save. Designs are then priced by finding the tier their measured value falls into.

Set up flat pricing

For a Flat method:

Enter the flat price (per unit).

Optionally enter a setup fee.

Save. Flat methods skip the tier matrix entirely.

How pricing is applied

In the Design Studio, each placement is measured (its colors, stitches, or square inches) and priced against the matching tier.
The same structure validates the total at checkout, so the designer price and the order price agree.

Tips

Choose the dimension that reflects how you actually charge for that technique.
Cover your full realistic range with tiers so no design falls outside them.
Use setup fees on flat methods to recover one-time costs like screen or file prep.