Production
on Demand.
Nothing is made before it is bought. The piece goes into production after the order, decorated for the person who placed it, and shipped straight to them. Six modes, backed by a network of 4079 workshops across Europe.
Print on Demand
DTG for photo, illustration, gradients. From one piece, single-unit.
Embroidery on Demand
Dense satin-stitch embroidery for logos, monograms, crests.
Dropshipping on Demand
The customer orders, the workshop produces + ships. The stock stays with us.
Bulk on Demand
Orders of 100+ units with sliding discounts. Grouped production.
Drops on Demand
Numbered limited drops (#001/100), pre-orders for coordinated launches.
The Kosmos Network
4260 workshops listed across 39 countries, 4079 of them in Europe.
Nothing is made before it is bought.
That is the whole difference, and it fits in a sentence. In the classic model you order a hundred pieces, pay for them, store them, and hope to sell them. Here, a customer's order triggers the making of one piece: decorated in their name, in their size, and shipped to them. Nobody fronts cash, nobody keeps boxes, and there is nothing left to discount at the end of the season.
One piece is made as readily as a hundred. The price drops with quantity, but nothing requires it.
The customer pays before the workshop produces. Your working capital need is nil, then negative.
What isn't ordered doesn't exist. Nothing to discount, nothing to throw away, nothing to store.
The workshop prints, packs and ships. You see neither the box nor the carrier.
One drop = several modalities.
The combo that works: embroidery on hoodie + cap, DTG print on tee, single-unit dropshipping. Optimal cost/perception ratio, consistent visual identity.See the full guide.
What we're asked about production on demand
- Is this the same as print on demand?
- Yes, it's the English name for the same principle. We say « production » rather than « printing » because embroidery prints nothing, and a good share of what we do goes through thread rather than ink.
- And dropshipping — same thing?
- No. Dropshipping describes who SHIPS: the parcel leaves the workshop, not your place. Production on demand describes WHEN we make: after the sale. We do both, but they answer different questions.
- Does quality hold up on a single piece?
- It's the same workshop, the same machine and the same garment as on a run of five hundred. What changes is the number, not the process. The catalogue's brands are the ones on the labels: you know what you're printing on.
- Is it more expensive than a bulk order?
- Per unit, yes: there is no economy of scale on one piece. But there is also no stock paid for in advance, and nothing unsold. Across a season the maths almost always lands on the right side. Quantity tiers apply as soon as volume rises.
- How long from order to delivery?
- Five to thirteen working days depending on the decoration: two to seven days of production, three to six in transit. Every product page shows the real date, calculated for its technique.
You design.
We make it, we ship it.
Each piece goes to the workshop that masters its technique, is made after the order, and shipped straight to whoever bought it. You front nothing.
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