RockSports T-Shirts

Rock Apparel Shop - www.rockapparelshop.com

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:27:00 +0000

Sorry for being away for so long! Though we have been silent, we have not been idle. In fact, our latest project is ready for all the world to see. We are proud to announce our newest product - www.rockapparelshop.com. Rock Apparel Shop is really not a product, but more like a fulfillment center. It is more like a platform for buying and selling screen printing and embroidery.

Create a shirt - Ever think, "I have a great idea for a t-shirt!" Well, now you can prove it. Rock Apparel Shop allows you to create your own t-shirt design, put your created design on the garment of your choice, and then build your own online store to sell designed product. As you create the shirt

Sell your product/Ideas - Think corporate apparel, rock band merchandise, sports fan wear, or booster club merchandise. Create your own online store through Rock Apparel Shop and start making money. What is the cost? As for now, it is free if you are willing to do a little bit of set-up work.

Doesn't RockSports have an online designer? Yes! But, not like this. This one has thousands of high resolution clip art images. You can also upload your own artwork. It is also integrated with our production machines. That means quicker turn-around-times for our customers.

Rock Apparel Shop is still in its infancy and we will continue to show its potential with your help. How can you help? Create designs, build a store, sell products, and give us your feedback!

Round Rock Express Group Ticket Shirts

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:46:00 +0000

The Round Rock Express Baseball Team has teamed up with RockSports again for the 2010 group ticket apparel products. Every year the Express offer exclusive Round Rock Express logo apparel with a group ticket purchase. The organization then has the option to put its logo on the Round Rock Express merchandise. This year's groups have the option of personalized t-shirts, caps, rally towels, koozies, and /or a combination of different logo products.

To get your Round Rock Express group tickets, or to find out more information, contact Henry Green at 238-2211 or at hgreen@rrexpress.com.

RockSports is proud to be in its 8th year as a Round Rock Express sponsor. To see other RockSports officially licensed Round Rock Express apparel. Shop online today for your unique Round Rock Express Apparel. We look forward to seeing you at the ballpark!

Custom Field Day Shirts for 2010!

noreply@blogger.com (Corey Hatch) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:41:00 +0000

It's that time of year again... Time to think about field day t-shirts! This year we have some new designs and better prices. Order one field day t-shirt or order one for your entire school.

2010 Field Day shirts start as low as $3.00 (per shirt) and are customizable with your school's colors, mascot, and name. Call us today to get started on your custom Field Day shirts for 2010!

Mention this post and receive an additional discount - must call - 512-249-9695 ask for John Payton.

Online T-shirt Designer Video

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:50:00 +0000

RockSports gives you the ability to design your t-shirt online. If you have never designed a shirt before, it might seem like a daunting task to try it online. We've created a video tutorial to make it easier. Watch Corey put together a t-shirt order for a soccer team with two color artwork, with personalized names and numbers in under 8 minutes!

Ready to give it a try? Design your custom t-shirt now by going to http://design.rocksports.net.

CAHPERD and TMSA

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:55:00 +0000

CAHPERD attendees, please use the following code for 25% off your order and free shipping:
2010CAHPERD

Note: you must order more than $40.00 to receive the discount. CAHPERD stands for California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

Click here to go directly to RockSports PE t-shirts.

TMSA attendees, please use the following code for 25% off your order and free shipping:
2010TMSA

Note: you must order $40.00 or more to receive the discount. TMSA stands for Texas Middle School Association.

Click here to go directly to RockSports teacher t-shirts.

Round Rock Youth Baseball

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:37:00 +0000

Baseball is huge in Central Texas and for a good reason. Round Rock has produced some serious talent, including the likes of several local legends playing in the big leagues. Round Rock is also home to our good friends at the Dell Diamond, the Round Rock Express. At RockSports we take a small part in the action by providing custom baseball jerseys and by adding names and numbers to jerseys and hats.

We are starting to get several teams coming in to add on names and numbers. I thought it would be good to show an example and give pricing here in case your team needs to customize its jerseys.

Heat press names are $6.00 per jersey. Embroidered names on caps are $6.00 per jersey.

To order custom jerseys or to add names and numbers to your existing jerseys give us a call at 512-249-9695.

RockSports is a proud sponsor of the Round Rock Express. Read more about it here - http://www.rocksports.net/rrexpress.php

Leander ISD

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:56:00 +0000

We have waited a while and it is finally done - RockSports is an approved vendor for Leander ISD!

Based on the feedback from our customers, last year RockSports opened a second location in the Cedar Park area. Our goal is to provide professional screen printing and embroidery services at a convenient destination for schools, sports teams, and businesses in the NW Austin, Cedar Park, and Leander area.

Our first priority was to reach out to the schools in the area to offer the same screen printing and embroidery services we have offered to RRISD. Today we were given confirmation that we are an approved vendor for custom apparel screen printing or embroidery services for Leander ISD affiliated organization.

If you need school T-shirts or staff polos, or perhaps your booster club would like to get custom apparel, then give us a call at 512-249-9695.

TMEA, Southern District AAHPERD, & TMSA

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:04:00 +0000

RockSports t-shirts will be flying all over the country in February and March.

TMEA is our favorite annual music convention. For a week we will be down in San Antonio hanging out with the best muscians in Texas. If you are attending the TMEA show and would like an exclusive discount please visit our TMEA page.

The award for the convention with the longest acronym is definitely the SDSCAHPERD. Okay, maybe we made this one up. It is actually called the SDAAHPERD/SCAAHPERD Convention. Which is short for Southern District American Alliance for Health Physical Education and Dance. The convention happens to be in South Carolina this year, and we will be there! For exclusive deals on PE t-shirts go to our new AAHPERD page.

Texas Middle School Association is dedicated to Middle Schools students and teachers. RockSports is dedicated in providing awesome t-shirts to middle school teachers, students, and administrators. Use coupon code TMSA!10 for 25% off your order and free shipping when you order $40.00 or more of our principle and teacher shirts in our online store.

RRISD award winner!

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:58:00 +0000

Great News! RockSports, again, is awarded as one of the official screen printing and embroidery vendors for the Round Rock ISD school district. RockSports will provide screen printing and/or embroidery to any school in RRISD at a discounted contract price.

At RockSports we like to keep all of our loyal customers up to date with the latest product offerings and happenings, local and within the industry. Our 2010 catalogs are now available online or for pick up at one of our convenient locations. You can also upload and/or design your own t-shirt online.

RRISD - it is our pleasure to serve you with custom screen printed and embroidered apparel.

RockSports Fundraising adds Pine Valley Cookie Dough

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:58:00 +0000

RockSports is now offering Pine Valley Foods' cookie dough as part of its new fundraising product offering. Pine Valley is the leading manufacturer of perishable goods for the fundraising industry, manufacturing over two million pounds every week. RockSports will be offering their award winning brochures to Central Texas schools and sports teams.

Cookie Dough flavors include Chocolate Chunk, Oatmeal Raisin, Sugar, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, Triple Chocolate, Snickerdoodle, and much more.

To find out more information about RockSports Fundraising or Pine Valley Cookie Dough, please visit RockSports Cookie Dough Fundraising page. If you would like to sign up for a free tasting and information session, please call our fundraising department at 512-218-9913 x 311.

Christmas Presents

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Okay, so what did you get? Did you score big over the Holidays? Did you get that Snuggie you were hoping for? How about the bath towels or the micro-suede throw in your favorite college team's colors??? Regardless of what you received this Holiday Season, you can almost always make that present better with personalized embroidery.

Embroidered names are just $9.95. Choose your thread color and font type. Order by visiting one of our locations. Be sure to bring in your item to be embroidered.

Our favorite Snuggie commercial:

Embroidered Christmas Stockings - $9.95

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Decorations go up right after Thanksgiving in most households, so the time is now to get brand new stockings.

Have you ever longed for custom embroidered stockings, but were waiting for the right time and the right price? You know... the kind of Christmas stockings that you see in the designer catalogs that you get each month. Now is the right time!

RockSports is offering personalized stockings for $9.95. Bring in your stocking in before December 15th and for $9.95 we will put your name on it. Pick the font and the thread color that will work best for your stocking. We will do the rest!

This offer is not available online and you must visit one of our locations to receive the discount.

Online Designer - Design your own t-shirt at rocksports.net

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000

At RockSports, our goal is to give our customers the best experience when shopping for decorated apparel. One of the best ways we have improved our screen printing and embroidery services is by improving our technology. Last year we launched our Online Apparel Stores, which gives our customers the ability to sell their products online easily. This year we are unveiling our new online t-shirt designer.

Have you ever wanted to design a custom t-shirt and order it online? RockSports brings you the convenience of ordering custom t-shirts online coupled with the dependability of professional, local screen printing.

Step 1: Select A Category - Do you want to digitally print your order or use custom screen printing?

Step 2: Choose Your Garment - 50/50 vs 100% cotton, or do you want 4.5oz ringspun?

Step 3: Choose Your Garment Color - Did you know that there are over 25 color choices for 100% cotton t-shirts?

Step 4: Design Your Shirt - Upload a design, use art from our library, or add text.

Step 5: Add Names and Numbers - Yes, you can put all your teams names and numbers on the back!

Step 6: Checkout or Save for a Quote - Order online and be done, or save the design and have a RockSports professional discuss your design with you. When you are ready to place your order you can log back in to pick up where you left off.

Think you are ready to give it a try? Use this coupon code - RSNOV09! and receive 15% off your first online order of custom designed tees.

More Shows. More Specials!

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:40:00 +0000

We have sold out of popular designs at many of the conferences. Have no fear! Order online and save! Use the following coupon - RSNOVS09 - when you order $50 or more and receive 25% off and free freight! Expires 12/31/09

We are going to be on the road quite a bit in November. Here is where we will be:

This Week:
CAST - Cruising the Currents of Science
LAHPERD - Louisiana Physical Education Recreation and Dance

November 12-21:
ASAHPERD - Alabama State Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance
NCAAHPERD - North Carolina Alliance for Athletics Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance
IAHPERD - Illinois Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance

December 2-4:
TAHPERD - Texas Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance

We hope to see you there!

To go straight to Shopping - PE t-shirts and Science T-shirts.

Louisiana Physical Education Convention

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:09:00 +0000

RockSports will be in Louisiana starting tomorrow for the annual LAHPERD convention. For all those that read the RockSports blog, or happen to be attending the conference, we have discounts for you:

25% off any order - PELA09
$50 purchase receives 25% off and free shipping - PELA09S

Simply find your favorite PE t-shirt from RockSports and in the final checkout screen you will have an opportunity to place the code. When you place the code in the appropriate field you will then see your discounted price.

Colorado Physical Education Discount

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:43:00 +0000

New discount for all of our physical education teachers in Colorado. Thank you for visiting our booth at the COAHPERD Convention.

25% off any order - COPE09
$50 or more purchase receives 25% off and free shipping - COPE09S

RockSports teams up with RRISD

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:23:00 +0000

RockSports is proud to sponsor RRISD employees that are participating in the Komen Austin Race for the Cure.

Join the fight by making a donation.

Read about RockSports:
Impact News
RRISD

Oklahoma PE Convention

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:53:00 +0000

RockSports is on its way to Norman, Oklahoma. No, not to check out a football game. We are going to the OAHPERD convention!

OAHPERD stands for Oklahoma Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.

Why are we going there? To show off our line of physical education t-shirts.

If you happen to be going to the show and see something you like, then use coupon code - PEOK09 - and get an additional 25% off your online order.

Want to order in bulk? Order $50.00 or more of PE t-shirt products using code - PEOK09S - and get 25% off and free shipping.

Click on the following links to go directly to your t-shirt category: PE tees or all shirts category.

Offer is good until 1/1/10.

Embroidery vs. Screen Printing

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:46:00 +0000

When ordering small quantities is it better to go with screen printing, digital printing, or embroidery?

This is a questions that we often come across for new customers, especially when they are ordering for their business. The answer is - it all depends.

Screen Printing is not always cheaper than embroidery.

Example of when embroidery is the cheaper option
- When there is a low quantity and their are several colors in the design.

Let's say 5,000 stitches (which means it is a fairly simple design).
20 sports shirts with four colors in your logo.

Screen printing price - Around $17.50 per sports shirt.
Embroidery price (set-up fee included) - $15.50 per sports shirt.

- When you want to personalize a garment.

Let's say you want to put your name on your shirt.

Screen printing price - minimum of 12 per name - around $2.00 per print.
Embroidery price (set-up fee included) - $7.50.

When price is not the only determining factor, here are a few qualifiers that will help direct you toward the best decorated apparel option:

1. What color garments will you be using?
If it is any color other than white, then you can eliminate digital printing.

2. How many apparel products will you be ordering?
If it is less than 12 than you can eliminate screen printing.

3. What apparel products do you want your logo on?
RockSports does not screen print on hats. If you want to get caps, you're better off going with embroidery.

4. The all too obvious - Which do you prefer?

Simple Recommendations:
For casual garments, such as: t-shirts, shorts, long sleeve t-shirts, and hoodies, I would recommend screen printing.

For corporate apparel, such as caps, sports shirts / polo's, woven's & oxfords, I would recommend embroidery. Also, for personalized gifts, such as baby clothes, blankets, towels and pillows.

For gifts, such as: birthday shirts, baby onesies, I would recommend digital printing (sometimes embroidery for onesies).

Embroidery Pros:

Embroidery looks professional.
The price for embroidery is not effected by the number of colors in your logo.
Once your logo is digitized there are no set-up charges and no minimum orders.
Embroidery is often perceived as more formal.

Embroidery Cons:

There is a one time set-up fee for digitizing your logo, which is a minimum of $35.
Embroidered thread will never look as detailed as a screen printed design.
Background fills and large, detailed artwork require large stitch counts, which means a higher price.

Screen Printing Pros:

Most of the time it is cheaper for large quantities.
The artwork will be a higher resolution and higher quality than embroidery.

Screen Printing Cons:

Minimum of 12 garments is required.
Colorful artwork requires more resources and will be more expensive.

Digital Printing Pros:

No minimum orders
No price change with the number of colors in the design.
Turn around times are quicker than screen printing or embroidery.

Digital Printing Cons:

Print colors are not as vibrant as screen printing
There are only a few colors that you can print on and get quality color match (White shirts are the best).
Dark shirts are not an option

Personalized Jerseys and Personalized T-shirts

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:42:00 +0000

Football season is here! That means it is time to brush off the Terry Tate videos and bust out your favorite team jerseys. At RockSports we love football; especially, our local Central Texas high school football teams. RockSports wants to get you into the game by offering you custom football jerseys and custom football t-shirt jerseys with your favorite players name and number.

Personalized football jerseys come with a two color 2" mascot name, a single color 2" name on the back of the jersey, and 10" numbers on the front and back. The price for the custom football jersey is $40.00.

Personalized t-shirts are similar to the jerseys, but offer a 2" single color mascot name, a single color 2" name on the back of the t-shirt, and 8" number on the front and back. The price of the custom t-shirt is $25.00.

Volleyball T-shirts Jerseys are available too!

RockSports Garage Sale 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:10:00 +0000

At the end of June RockSports kicked off its first ever garage sale at the NW location. We had incredible feedback, and we decided to do it again. But this time we are going to make our sale even better! Along with incredibly discounted prices on blank apparel, we will also be giving away free RockSports t-shirts, hats, and koozies. Come by Friday or Saturday and pick out some trendy blank apparel for yourself or for screen printing/embroidery - Perfect for back to school shoppers!

When - August 14th and 15th
Where - RockSports NW
(Our RockSports NW location offers screen printing and embroidery services to Northwest Austin, Cedar Park and Leander, TX.)

All blank apparel in our store will be sold at $2.00 per piece. We will have thousands of garments and hundreds of styles to choose from. Our RockSports NW location will be lined with boxes, organized by size, for customers to rummage through and find the perfect items. Our suggestion is to come early!

5 ways to become RockSports Favorite Customer

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:22:00 +0000

At RockSports we love and appreciate all of our customers. Our goal is to put out the best looking products, to show off our capabilities, and to make our customers happy. Just like any business relationship there are customers that are easy to work with and there are those that ask you to run a marathon in snowstorm (not our blog readers :)). Most of the time the more difficult customers do not even know that they are putting us through the ringer. I thought it would be great to offer our caring customers a breakdown on RockSports love languages.

Keys to becoming a happy RockSports customer:

1. Know what you want - At RockSports we are pretty good at knowing the latest trends, but unfortunately we cannot read minds. Having a general idea on artwork and garment styles can save you and us time and money. Additionally, when you make last minute changes on garment styles or artwork it costs us money. Imagine you ordering a cheeseburger at a local restaurant and then right before the waiter brings out your food you tell him you would rather have a ceaser salad. The restaurant is probably not going to charge you for it, even though it cost them money to meet your request and the food, though cooked, is not re-sellable. Which probably means the staff will get to eat it. We do not like eating t-shirts.

2. Do not wait until the last minute - Our normal turn-around-time is five to seven business days from the time you place your order. This is not to be confused with five to seven business days from the initial conversation. Only when we have artwork approval, counts, pricing agreement, and the verbal or written agreement to move forward, does the five to seven business day clock actually start ticking.

4. Review your order & artwork with vigor - We've found it is better if our customers take a couple hours and get several sets of eyes to look at their custom artwork. Then, create and email us a list of the changes that need to be made. It is better to have everything in writing and it saves quite a bit of time in the back and forth communication to have all of the changes done at once.

5. Be ready to pay when you pick up - That's a given, right? You would be surprised to hear, "oh, I left my wallet in the car"; or, "I haven't collected the money yet"; or "My purchase order is not ready yet". We keep our prices low, and want to keep them low, to provide the best value for our customers. The only way we can continue doing that is if people are ready to pay at the time of delivery.

If you have read this far, take 10% off your next order by bringing in a printed copy of this blog.

RockSports Garage Sale

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:10:00 +0000

RockSports provides custom screen printing and embroidery for small businesses, schools, and sports teams in central Texas. In 2008 RockSports printed over 250,000 garments. From time to time RockSports will stock popular garment styles and occasionally, after ordering our blank apparel, our customers will change there minds, which leads to excess blank apparel inventory. Over the past few years we have accumulated quite a bit of extra inventory. This month we decided to do our small part in stimulating the local economy by providing the MOTHER OF ALL GARAGE SALES!

When - June 26 & 27
Where - RockSports NW
(Our RockSports NW location offers screen printing and embroidery services to Cedar Park and Leander, TX.)

All blank apparel in our store will be sold at $2.00. We will have thousands of garments and hundreds of styles to choose from. Our RockSports NW location will be lined with boxes, organized by size, for customers to rummage through and find the perfect items. Our suggestion is to come early!

Here are a few examples of the blank apparel items that will be available.

Assorted Ladies Apparel

Girls Camo Tees

French Terry Drawstring bags

Outside stitched girls v-neck t-shirt

Assorted girls shorts

Blank Sports Shirts

Pigment Died Shirts

Assorted Tank Tops and much, MUCH more...

James and Amy

noreply@blogger.com (rocksports) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:10:00 +0000

This Friday RockSports is celebrating a momentous occasion. Our very own James Payton is getting married this weekend! James is an essential part of the family business that is RockSports. He has worked as a sales rep for the past five years and is a core contributor to RockSports' success.

If we are slow to answer the phones on Friday, it is because most of us will be getting ready to celebrate!

Now that Amy is joining the family we are all curious to find out whether Amy will be joining the RockSports staff :) ...

Grand Opening of RockSports Northwest Austin on May 21st

noreply@blogger.com (Corey Hatch) — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:20:00 +0000

RockSports Northwest is having its grand opening on May 21st from 10:00am to 9:00pm. We invite everyone out to see our brand new showroom! Join us on Thursday and help us reach our goal of giving away 1,000 RockSports items.

To celebrate our grand opening RockSports will be giving away free swag:

Free T-shirt: Available in a variety of colors (some American Apparel)
25 free tickets to the May 21st Round Rock Express Baseball game
Free RockSports Polos
Free RockSports Caps
Free Koozies
Free Bumper Stickers

RockSports Northwest (map)
11301 Lakeline Blvd STE 105
Austin, Texas 78717