Low minimums
Low MOQ clothing manufacturer: produce from 10 pieces per style
Most factories only become interesting at 100 pieces or more. Our minimum is 10 pieces per style for private label on our proven base styles, with your fabric, colour, labels and prints; fully custom garments with their own pattern start from 150 pieces per style. That lets you test a design in the market first and put real budget into volume only once sales prove it.
10 pieces
Minimum per style
10 sets
Minimum for a complete tracksuit
2–3 weeks
Sample before bulk production
1–6 weeks
Lead time, depending on style and volume
Why a low minimum matters for a starting brand
A first collection is a series of guesses: which style sells, which colour, which fit. With a minimum of 100 pieces per style, every guess is expensive and dead stock is your biggest risk. At 10 pieces per style you can put three or four designs in the market for the budget one large run would cost, see what actually sells, and reorder the winner in volume.
Be honest about the trade-off: small runs carry a higher unit price, because setup costs spread over fewer garments. That is not a hidden fee, it is how production economics work, and it is exactly why the low minimum pays off. You pay a little more per piece on the test run and avoid the far larger cost of a wrong bet at volume.
How pricing scales with volume
Our indicative from-prices are quoted at a tier of 50 pieces, excluding VAT: t-shirts from €12, sweaters from €22, hoodies from €25. Below that tier the unit price is higher; above it the price per piece keeps dropping. Your quote states the exact numbers for your specification at the quantities you are considering, so you can see the staffel effect before you decide.
The minimum of 10 applies per style on a proven base style, and for sets such as tracksuits it is 10 complete sets; on a run of 10 you pick two sizes, for example 5 in M and 5 in L. Every run, small or large, normally starts with a sample you approve first, typically ready in 2 to 3 weeks; we recommend it every time, and you may also go straight to production.
How brands use our low minimum
Test before you scale
10 pieces per style
Launch several designs in small runs, measure what sells, and reorder the winners in volume at a lower unit price.
Limited drops
Deliberately scarce releases for streetwear and community brands: small runs are the product strategy, not a compromise.
Sample first, by default
2–3 weeks
Even a 10-piece run normally starts with an approved sample, so fabric, fit and finish are settled before production; we recommend it every time.
Same factories, same quality
Small runs are produced in the same factories as large ones, in Turkey, Italy, Portugal or China depending on your project.