If you are
looking for outsourcing your embroidery digitizing work and don’t have time to manage the digitizing process
yourself, then go for an outsourcing company as it offers greater quality and
variety of digitizing formats than freelancing. You can hire a company that
offers you with high-quality digitized files in different formats along with
good communication and easy software choices.
In this
article we will discuss the various factors and how you should look at them
before hiring a digitizer. After all, if the embroidery design is not perfect
and your customer is not satisfied with the final product, then it leaves a bad
impact on them and they will not be coming to you or recommending you to others
in future.
This is
the main question that needs to be answered. In the digitizing industry, 90% of
the market is occupied by Wilcom and Pulse, and other minor mention are Embird,
Sierra and local software. You need to determine which format your machine
needs. Most machines will use the DST format, such as Melco. Others like
Brother use the PES format, and some use the CND format. Make sure your
digitizer provides native formats for these machine types.
Experience
and expertise
This
brings experience in using digital software. Some digitizers learn and start
digital design within one to two months. You can't believe such digitizers. If
you make such a choice, you will really put your business at risk. So you
should check your digitizer and its digital samples with various questions.
Experienced digitizers can tell you what the problem is when you first see the
design.
How good
are they with 3D puff design and small font
When it
comes to lowercase letters and 3D edema design, almost 60% of digitizers will
fail because they have no experience in dealing with such designs. So if you
have to test the digitizer, it would be great to provide them with a 3D design
or a design with lowercase letters.
Turnaround
time and estimation
Suppose
you have a hasty design, and the customer comes to choose the shirt the next
morning? What options will you have? If necessary, will your digitizer agree to
conduct urgent design within 2 to 3 hours? If not, please look for other
options, because it is difficult to use different options in regular and
emergency projects. Embroidery digitizing companies should be able to provide
emergency services according to the needs of customers. For those who price
embroidery according to the stitch quotation, estimation and free quotation are
necessary. Therefore, accurate estimation will increase your trust and business
to customers, and fail due to the bad reputation of the same product.