How ImprintNext Saved Taylor’s Print Co. $10,000

by Kevin Cook| in News on April 3, 2025 630 /

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Last Updated on: 4th April 2025, 07:12 am

Down in Georgia, an apparel business called Taylor’s Print Co. has been run by Chris Taylor for the past eight years. It’s a small crew—just Chris, his wife Jess, and a couple of part-timers—but it’s been a go-to spot around town for t-shirts, hoodies, and all sorts of custom prints. By late 2023, though, things were getting out of hand. Orders were stacking up, fulfillment was a nightmare, and cash was slipping away fast. Then ImprintNext was brought in, and over $10,000 was saved in a single year. Here’s how it all went down.

Where Things Stood Earlier:

Before ImprintNext showed up, chaos was being stirred up in the shop’s workflow. A customer would call or email with something fuzzy—like, “Hey, I need 30 shirts with a bulldog for my kid’s team”—and a rough design would be thrown together by Chris in some creaky old program. It’d be emailed off, feedback would crawl back days later (“Make the bulldog blue”), and the whole thing would drag on. Screw-ups were happening too much. Last summer, a 50-shirt charity order was flubbed when a logo printed too small—$150 was lost reprinting it to keep the client from walking away.

Bigger jobs were an even uglier story. A 100-shirt church picnic order would have Chris glued to his screen, resizing artwork by hand for hours. An outdated design tool was being shelled out for $40 a month, and extra shipping fees were piled on when deadlines were missed. By Chris’s own count, about $800 a month was being flushed away on inefficiencies and mistakes. Burnout was creeping up on him, Jess was fed up, and a fix was overdue.

How ImprintNext Was Found

Word of ImprintNext was caught by Chris on a Reddit thread one night—someone had dubbed it “stupid easy” for web-to-print. Doubt was felt at first; tech’s not really his jam. But a free trial was on the table, so it was tried out. The platform was checked out, and minds were blown. It’s a product customizer that lets customers design their own gear, all hooked up to the print setup. 

The customer portal was spotted right off the bat. It was plugged into the shop’s website, and just like that, designs were being tackled by clients themselves. A local bar owner’s 25-shirt order was whipped up in 20 minutes—no back-and-forth, no hassle. A flawless file was handed over to Chris, and it was printed and shipped smooth as butter.

How the Savings Were Tallied

In one year, over $10,000 was saved with ImprintNext. Design time was chopped in half—jobs that used to eat up two hours were now wrapped in 30 minutes, thanks to templates and a drag-and-drop editor. A 50-shirt family reunion order was knocked out in an hour, and 20 extra jobs were squeezed into the year, tacking on $3,500 in extra revenue.

Mistakes were slashed big-time, too. The proofing system flagged low-res images before printing, saving $1,200 across a dozen botched jobs like a hoodie run that could’ve cost $100 a pop. That old $40/month software was dumped—ImprintNext took its place, saving $480 yearly—and $2,000 in rush shipping fees were dodged since deadlines were being hit. Monthly savings hovered around $850, piling up to $10,200 over 12 months. That’s $10,000 and change, no kidding.

What Else Was Gained

Buzz was stirred up among customers, too. The portal was adored for being a breeze, and Taylor’s Print Co. was made to look slick with it branded to the shop. A PTA mom’s repeat orders—15 in a year—were locked in because it was “so dang easy,” she said. ImprintNext’s support was leaning on hard, too. A glitch was flagged at 10 p.m. once, and it was sorted by sunrise—top-notch stuff.

Why It’s a Win

A lifeline was tossed to Chris by ImprintNext. Sanity was brought back, and the shop was turned into a tighter, tougher outfit. It’s been shown to be dead simple to use, and a huge difference has been carved out. For any print shop owner feeling swamped, a peek at ImprintNext is suggested. For Chris, a total game-changer was landed, and Taylor’s Print Co. hasn’t looked back.

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