Full package — quoted FOB, sometimes called FPP — means the factory takes the whole job. Fabric sourcing, trim development, lab dips, cutting, sewing, finishing, packing, inspection and export documentation all sit with us, and you receive a single price per garment delivered onto the vessel at port.
The reason most brands should start here is not convenience, it is risk. Fabric is 50 to 65 percent of a garment's cost, and buying it well requires knowing which mills run consistently, what a reasonable dye-lot minimum looks like, and how to read a lab dip. A brand doing that for the first time from another continent is taking on the largest and least forgiving part of the job with the least information. Under full package, a fabric that comes out wrong is our problem to solve and our cost to absorb.
What you get for the price
- A dedicated merchandiser who owns your account end to end — not a shared inbox.
- Fabric and trim sourcing from mills we already run production through, with lab dips and bulk approvals before cutting.
- Proto, fit, size-set and pre-production samples until the fit is signed off.
- Inline, mid-line and final AQL 1.5 or 2.5 inspection, whichever your spec calls for.
- Full export documentation, and FOB, CIF or worldwide DDP terms.
What it costs
FOB pricing at moderate volume — roughly 1,000 to 5,000 pieces per style, standard fabrics, no heavy embellishment — runs about $2.40 to $4.20 for a basic 180 GSM cotton tee, $4.50 to $8.00 for a piqué polo, $7.50 to $13.00 for a 320 GSM fleece hoodie and $5.50 to $10.00 for a poplin woven shirt. Below the comfortable minimum, expect 15 to 30 percent more per unit, because setup costs land on fewer garments.
Budget separately for what FOB does not cover. Freight, duty, inspection and lab testing typically push landed cost 25 to 40 percent above the factory number by the time goods reach your warehouse. If you would rather not manage that at all, we quote DDP and deliver customs-cleared to your door.
“Require every quote broken into fabric, trims, CM and wash. A supplier who will not itemise is telling you something.”
When full package is the wrong choice
If you already own mill relationships, or your brand is built on a specific fabric you have developed yourself, paying us to source it adds a margin for no benefit — that is a CMT conversation. If your order is genuinely small, full package at 500 pieces may still be more than you want to commit, in which case low-MOQ production is the better route. We will tell you which of these you are in before quoting, not after.