Getting your decoration pricing set up is one of the most powerful steps in Hoops—and it’s where the platform really starts to shine.
Whether you’re doing screen printing, embroidery, DTG, DTF, or heat press, Hoops is built to handle it all. The goal here isn’t just to “add pricing”—it’s to set yourself up so quoting becomes fast, consistent, and scalable.
What is a “Decoration” in Hoops?
In the industry, decoration is a familiar term—but let’s make it crystal clear how it works in Hoops.
A Decoration is essentially a run charge—a service applied to a product.
The product = the item (e.g. t-shirt)
The decoration = the work done to it (e.g. screen print)
Example:
Product → AS Colour Staple Tee
Decoration → 1 Color Screen Print
In Hoops, these are kept separate on purpose. This gives you flexibility to mix, match, and reuse your pricing across different products.
Why This Matters
Once your decorations are set up properly:
Your SalesDocs become faster to build
Your pricing stays consistent across your team
Your jobs and purchase orders flow cleanly downstream
This is a foundational step toward making Hoops do the heavy lifting for you.
Ways to Add Decoration Pricing
Hoops gives you a few flexible ways to work—depending on how structured (or scrappy) you want to be.
1. Add Decorations to Your Catalog (Recommended)
This is the best long-term approach.
You create reusable decorations like:
1 Color Screen Print
2 Color Screen Print
Embroidery (Up to 5,000 stitches)
👉 Learn how:
2. Add Decorations On-the-Fly (One-Off)
Need to move fast? You can add a decoration directly to a SalesDoc or presentation without saving it to your catalog.
Perfect for:
Custom jobs
Edge cases
Testing pricing
👉 Learn how:
Add Decorations to a SalesDoc
✨ Transform Any Pricing Sheet with AI
This is one of the most exciting (and underrated) tools we’ve built.
Suppliers and internal pricing sheets come in all kinds of weird formats—PDFs, messy Excel files, screenshots, matrices with unclear quantity breaks… you name it.
Instead of manually reformatting all of that…
👉 You can use our AI formatting tool to convert it instantly into a Hoops-ready import file.
What it does:
Reads any pricing format (CSV, Excel, PDF, etc.)
Understands quantity breaks and pricing tiers
Transforms it into the exact Hoops import structure
Saves hours (or days) of manual work
When to use it:
You’ve received a supplier price list
You have an internal pricing matrix
You’re setting up decorations at scale
You’re migrating from another system
👉 Learn how to use the AI tool:
Format Pricing with AI (Coming Soon)
Understanding Decoration “Meta” Fields
This is where Hoops becomes really powerful.
When you create a decoration in your catalog, you’re defining the core pricing model.
But every real job has specifics—like:
Position
Color
Size
These are handled as meta fields.
Example:
Catalog Decoration:
1 Color Screen Print
Meta (job-specific details):
Position → Left Chest
Color → PMS 123C
Size → 3" wide logo
Think of it like this:
The catalog defines what it costs
The meta defines how it’s applied
This keeps your catalog clean while still giving you full flexibility per job.
Pro Tips
Start simple - you don't need every single pricing sheet added to Hoops before you starting creating SalesDocs. The Decoration catalog is just to save some time, the One Off Decoration option is awesome and easy to use.
Focus on your most common decoration types first
Use categories to keep things organized from day 1!
Use the AI tool early - it dramatically speeds things up
You can always refine pricing later - getting started is the key step
You’re on the Right Track
Getting decoration pricing set up might feel like a bit of work upfront—but it pays off massively.
Once this is in place, you’ll feel the difference immediately when building quotes and managing jobs.
And remember—Hoops is built to handle the complexity of your business, so you don’t have to.