DTF Shirt Profit Calculator
Estimate DTF transfer cost, blank shirt cost, and profit margin for custom shirts. Enter your front print size, optional back print size, shirt cost, and selling price to calculate profit per shirt fast.
Default transfer cost reflects current UploadDTF pricing. Standard DTF defaults to $0.02222 per square inch. Glitter DTF and Glow DTF default to $0.0259 per square inch. Adjust the cost if your transfer pricing is different.
How to Price DTF Shirts
DTF transfers are commonly priced by square inch. Multiply the transfer width by the height to find total print area, then multiply that number by your cost per square inch. Once transfer cost is calculated, add your blank shirt cost and any other production costs to see your actual total cost per shirt.
This calculator helps apparel businesses, side hustlers, and print shops estimate shirt profit margins before producing custom apparel. It is especially useful when comparing standard DTF, glitter DTF, and glow in the dark DTF costs on front-only and front-and-back shirt designs.
Better gang sheet layout and efficient print sizing can improve shirt profit margins by lowering transfer cost per design. Small improvements in layout and pricing can make a noticeable difference when selling printed shirts at scale.
Looking for high quality transfers? Order DTF Transfers, Glitter DTF Transfers, or build your artwork with our Free Gang Sheet Builder.
Looking for UV decal pricing instead of apparel? Use our UV DTF Profit Calculator to estimate transfer cost and margins for tumblers, glass cans, bottles, and other hard goods. You can also order transfers directly using our UV DTF Gang Rolls or build a layout using the UV DTF Gang Sheet Builder.