Low MOQ cap and bag manufacturer: 150 pieces per style

Caps: structure, closure and the front panel

A cap is specified by its panels and its structure: a six-panel cap with a structured front (buckram-backed) holds a logo flat; a five-panel or unstructured dad cap sits softer; a beanie is a knitted rib. The closure, snapback, strap with buckle or fitted, and the visor, curved or flat, follow. Cotton twill is the standard cap fabric; our sister factory’s stock covers the usual weights and shades. The front panel is the decoration surface, embroidered in a special frame that keeps the logo away from the centre seam.

• Panels: five or six; structured or unstructured front
• Closure: snapback, strap with metal buckle, fitted
• Visor: curved or flat; stitched or plain
• Sweatband and taping colour inside
• Eyelets: embroidered or metal

Bags: fabric weight and handles

A tote is judged by its fabric weight and its handles. Cotton canvas of around 8–12 oz is the everyday tote; heavier canvas gives a structured bag with a base; a lighter cotton suits a promotional bag. Handles are self-fabric, webbing or rope, at a stated length and with bar tacks or box stitching at the attachment. Inside pockets, a base gusset and a zip closure are the finishing choices. Drawstring bags and pouches are the same fabric family with a cord channel.

Logos on accessories

Embroidery is the cap standard: a front logo up to the size the panel allows, with the stitch file digitised for a curved, structured panel and sewn out on the bulk cap for approval. Bags take screen printing well, one or two colours on natural or coloured canvas, and embroidery for a premium look. A woven label on the back of the cap or the side seam of the bag carries the brand and the care and origin content your market requires.

Selling accessories with apparel

Caps and bags are usually ordered alongside a tee or hoodie run and packed with it, which is how a small brand gets a coherent drop from one shipment. Each accessory style carries its own 150-piece minimum per colour, and stock shades keep the set matched without a dye lot.

Samples, approval and delivery

A sample cap or bag with the logo in place is made and approved, then sealed. Caps and bags ordered with apparel travel with it on the same DDP delivery.

How 150 caps and bags are counted: sizes and colourways

The minimum is 150 pieces per style and per colour, and on a cap the closure decides how far that goes. A snapback or a strap with a buckle is one adjustable size, so all 150 caps are the same item. A fitted cap is sold in hat sizes that step about 1 cm of head circumference at a time: on a standard hat size chart, US size 7 is 56 cm and 7⅝ is 61 cm. Covering sizes 7 to 7⅝ takes six sizes, about 25 caps each on 150 pieces. That is why an adjustable closure suits a first cap run, with fitted sizes added once a style has sold.

A beanie is a knitted rib that stretches, so it can be made in one size. A tote or drawstring bag made to one set of dimensions has no sizes at all, so the whole 150 is one product and the minimum goes furthest here.

Colour is counted by colourway, not by panel. A two-tone cap, such as a navy crown with a white visor, is one colourway; the same cap with a red visor is a second colourway and a second 150 pieces. A tote with contrast handles works the same way. Keep contrast parts in stock shades and in as few combinations as the range needs, and ask for the colour count to be confirmed in writing with the quote.

Decoration is planned per position. A front logo and a side logo on a cap are two positions, each digitised and sewn out on the cap for approval, and a two-colour screen print on a tote needs one screen per colour.

• Closure: adjustable (one size) or fitted (one lot per hat size)
• Colourways: every crown, visor and handle combination counts as its own colour
• Decoration: number of positions, and the colours in each print
• Bags: canvas weight, handle type and length, pockets, base gusset and zip