Independent Trading Company
Print On Demand

Make Hoodies & Fleece For Surf & Skate

Independent Trading Co has supported the surf and skate industry for decades. Their ideal location in Southern California, strategically positions them in the epicenter of all things surf and skate. Chances are your favorite surf and skate brands have used Independent Trading Companies blank and wholesale apparel products to bring their finished good to market. Now your brand can too, with no minimums.

While most wholesale blank providers tend to focus on t-shirts, Independent Trading Company bucked that trend and instead focused on creating “your favorite sweatshirts.” Their deep expertise in fleece products certainly shows, boasting one of the largest selections of colors, styles, and fabric weights. Independent Trading Company has also parlayed it's expertise in fleece to create amazing quality, industry leading, technical outerwear products that your brand can be proud of.

Independent Trading Co Print On Demand

Apliiq has partnered with Independent Trading Co to help you, clothing brand owners, make amazing hoodies and sweatshirts entirely on demand. This means that you can design and sell completely Independent Trading Co products as your own brand without having to invest your money in inventory and without having to store your products, or take the time to ship them out. This is an ideal approach for you if you are starting or growing your online direct to consumer clothing line.

How To Private Label Independent Trading Co Products

Apliiq specializes in removing wholesale blank labels and replacing them with your own branded tags with Apliiq’s patented approach to relabeling apparel products on demand. There is no other solution to private label fleece products like hoodies, jackets, joggers, shorts, and more. There is no better way to make Independent Trading Company products your own than producing fully private labeled apparel products.

The Best Way To Sell Independent Trading Co Clothing

Apliiq recommends clothing brand owners to get started with Shopify as our trusted eCommerce partner of choice. Using Apliiq’s award winning, top rated Shopify app makes it easy to entirely automate all of your order processing for your store. Get your store up and running in days, not months.

Design Independent Trading Co Products Online

Use Apliiq’s online design tools to turn popular Independent Trading Company hoodies like IND4000 or SS4500 into your brand’s “go to” hoodie. Tap into garment printing or embroidery services to add your artwork, but do not forget to have your brand’s woven label sewn into the hoodie.

Huge Selection Of Mens, Youth, & Womens Products

• Men’s Hoodies and Sweatshirts

  are some of the best selling products that Independent Trading Company offers. The hoodies feature a relaxed fit and are available in tons of sizes and colors and even patterns like camo and tie dye. Your customers will be delighted with the quality and durability these hoodies and sweatshirts had to offer.

• Womens Hoodies And Sweatshirts

  are included in the line up. Unlike most manufacturers, Independent Trading Company created specific cuts for hoodies, jackets, pants and shorts designed especially for women. Independent Trading Company has also pioneered selective fabrics and colorways that women are sure to love.

• Youth Hoodies And Sweatshirts

  are also offered by Independent Trading Co to fully round out the catalog. They offer a great selection of hoodies, shorts, pants, and jackets for youth.

Embroider Independent Trading Co Products

Most of Independent Trading Co’s products are well suited for direct embroidery & custom patches. Of special importance are heavyweight hoodies (ind4000) and premium cross grain hoodies (ind5000). These styles are perfect quality and premium products that can easily be private labels with your brand's logo. Apliiq also features over 40 thread colors to website your logo or artwork is well represented. In fact, Apliiq put together this video of how to match thread color to product color to create the perfect final tracksuits.

3 reasons why Apliiq loves Independent Trading Co

• Quality is the foundation of everything Independent Trading Company and Apliiq does and it shows when you use these products. Many of these hoodies and sweatshirts use high cotton content on their face yarn, making the ideal for direct to garment printing.
• Speed & Availability are key elements for success in eCommerce. Not only does Independent Trading Company hold the best stock in the industry, Apliiq has also co-located its 2 production centers only miles away from Independent Trading Company's distribution centers. This integrated supply chain planning allows deep stock and faster turn times on custom orders.
• Lifestyle products are amazing because they allow your brand to connect directly with your customers sense of self. Independent Trading Company’s curated selection of products are great for targeting your specific niche. The product catalog hits the center of the surf, skate culture and branches into activewear, adventure wear, and workwear.

Understand How Independent Trading Co Products Are Organized

Like a great wine, Independent Trading Company’s catalog is complex and varied, and if you take a moment to appreciate what goes into it, you will begin to appreciate what you can get out of it. Let’s take a few moments to break down how Independent Trading Company organizes it’s products.

• Style codes that start with PRM, signify Independent Trading Company’s premium collection and feature pigment dyed fleece. This 100% cotton yarn face fleece is super soft, both inside and out, and it’s available in groovy washed out colors. The pigment dyeing process leaves every garment slightly different and garments get softer over time as they are washed and worn. These products work great for embroidery and for screen printing and can of course be privately labeled.
• SS style codes indicate Independent Trading Co’s standard supply, this midweight cotton/poly blended fleece is a go to favorite for high quality and cost effectiveness. These garments are similar in weight to most wholesale hoodies and sweatshirts, but have great stock, solid quality, and an amazing color selection. These hoodies are great for cool climates but likely aren’t warm enough for cold weather.
• Style codes that start with Ind denote Independent Trading Company’s signature Independent collection and feature our most cherished heavyweight cotton/polyester blended fabric to create premium hoodies. These hoodies come in 2 varieties, the ind4000 & ind5000. The ind4000 hoodies are 25% - 35% heavier than traditional midweight hoodies, are available in a massive color variety and have unmatched stock. They feature speciality patterns like forest camo, snow camo, desert camo and safety colors like neon orange. The ind5000 series is a super heavyweight hoodie, nearly 60% heavier than a standard midweight fleece hoodie. It is a perfect hoodie and sweatshirt for creating premium collections and we love to add embroidery, labels, or patches. Both fabrications are warm enough to be worn in cold climates and are durable enough to last for years.
• Understanding the expedition collection is key to developing a full range of products for your brand. It contains outerwear and jackets with quality construction and technical capabilities to perform under extreme conditions. Pay special attention to the raincoats and lightweight windbreakers which are great to embroider and relabel. The puffer jackets are great options for Fall and Winter collections. The canvas workwear jackets are a particularly great fit for gear head inspired brands.