Decoration methods are the techniques your shop uses to apply artwork to garments — screen printing, DTG, DTF, embroidery, heat transfer and sublimation, plus any custom technique you add. Setting them up correctly is important because they drive how your products are priced and how the designer behaves for customers.
Enable your methods
- Go to Settings → Decoration Methods.
- Add each method your shop offers. The six built-ins are Screen Printing, DTG, DTF, Embroidery, Heat Transfer and Sublimation. There is no HTV or Vinyl built-in — add those as custom methods.
- Toggle a method on or off at any time as your offerings change.
- Give each method a color so it's easy to recognize across the platform.
You can also create your own custom methods (for example, a specialty technique like patches or engraving) with a name that fits your shop.
Choose how each method is priced
Each method scales its price along one dimension. When you configure a method, pick the pricing dimension that matches how it actually works:
- Print area — Price scales with square inches. Best for DTF, DTG, and sublimation.
- Color count — Price scales with the number of colors. Best for screen printing and vinyl.
- Stitch count — Price scales with the number of stitches. Best for embroidery.
- Flat fee — A single per-item price. Best for patches, engraving, or custom kits.
Choosing the right dimension ensures customers are charged accurately when they add decorations to a product.
Set method constraints
Each method has a block of constraint fields — maximum colors, maximum print width and height, stitch limits, accepted file types.
apart from the Enforces color limit switch, none of these are enforced. Maximum print width and height are saved but never applied; the print-area boundary the customer sees comes from the product's impression area, not from the method. Set your real size limits on each product's impression areas. See Method Constraints and Configuration for the full list of what does and does not take effect.
Keep methods accurate
Because decoration methods affect pricing everywhere, it's worth reviewing them whenever your capabilities or costs change:
- Update pricing tiers as your material or labor costs shift.
- Turn methods on or off seasonally if needed.
- Double-check that each method's pricing dimension still matches how you charge.
With your methods dialed in, your products and storefronts will price decorations correctly out of the box.