According to the Federal Trade Commission, 'Made in USA' means that “all or virtually all” the product has been made in America. That is, all significant parts, processing and labor that go into the product must be of U.S. origin.

The law is clear and if you don't explicitly see 'Made in USA' on a website and see some other weird wording it's because they do not comply with the Law and their product does not qualify as Made in USA. Companies get very creative trying to mislead you about this. Below are some misleading statements we see frequently along with common misinterpretations of the law.

"Assembled in USA:

What it means: This product is foreign made. They put it together in the USA using minimum wage or immigrant labor. This is a deliberately misleading statement trying to appeal to your Patriotism.

"Made in USA with Global Materials"

What it means: Same as 'Assemble in USA'

"Designed/printed in USA"

What it means: Every single part of this shirt is foreign made. Immigrant labor loaded this foreign shirt onto a large foreign made automated printer but somehow we want you to think this is good for American Manufacturing.

"Made in the Americas"

What it means: This is made in Mexico or Nicaragua but we wanted to mislead you hoping you wouldn't look to closely

"Packaged/Assembled in the USA"

What it means: Everything about this product is foreign made, including the packaging which we slapped USA flags all over to mislead you. We hire immigrants or pay minimum wage to have people put all these foreign parts together while trying our best to make you think we're Patriotic.

"Made in USA Collection"

What it means: They have American made options but switching over fully would cut into their profits too much so they wont. While a company like this is better than the above this is still a brand that puts profit before Patriotism.

"Made in USA Options"

What it means: We have never seen this to be true. The items are always conveniently 'out of stock' or NEVER the American Made option when ordered. A common occurrence are the Bella T-Shirt POD shippers, they will say something like "Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Honduras or USA". Don't be fooled they are NEVER from the USA.

"We are working towards Made in USA"

What it means: This company wants you to think your support will get them to Made in USA. We're split on this, we've seen it be true a few times but most times its a lie.

'The bait and switch quote'

They will claim Made in USA but when you get a quote it is for Chinese made, they will have a disclaimer well hidden somewhere stating this on their website but your order will make no mention. ALWAYS ask and explicitly confirm! It is crazy how often we've come across this one.

'The 50% Rule'

This is another one that comes up ALL THE TIME. People label their products as Made in USA because they are at least 50% Made from American Materials. This fallacy comes from the 'Buy American Act'. Essentially this law compels the US Government to buy American Made when applicable BUT for its purposes American Made means 50% made in USA. This law ONLY APPLIES TO US GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT. It DOES NOT apply to commercial businesses labeling their products. This is outright fraud and companies get busted for it all the time.

There are no excuses and no half measures. Anyone who doesn't explicitly say 'Made in USA' is trying to mislead you and exploit your Patriotism.

Everything we will ever sell you is made in the USA by Americans. Things we produce ourselves are even Made with ONLY American Made Tools.

If you want more info on where anything we make comes from or you yourself are interested in setting up an American made business please email us, we would love to help out.

Please find below a summary of where our product components come from.

Our T-Shirts, Long sleeve shirts, Hoodies and Tote bag blanks are manufactured in Pennsylvania, California or Massachusetts depending on the product.

Our Inks are manufactured in California.

Our Printing Equipment, Tools, shipping supplies and warehouse supplies are manufactured in Washington, Arizona, Missouri and Georgia.

All supporting chemical products are produced at various US Chem plants.

All Labor, Design, Packaging, Shipping is done in Arkansas, Texas and Alabama.

Our Wood Stickers, Gift Cards, Leatherette Patches and Keychains are custom made in Louisiana

Our Vinyl Stickers come from manufacturers in either Utah or North Carolina.

One-Off prints: Paper is from Texas. Inks and Paints from California

Our Printer is made in Tennessee and marketing paper/pamphlets are from Texas and Oklahoma

Blankets are Made in North Carolina.

ALL Packaging (polymailers, boxes, rigid envelopes, labeling, garment bags) are USA made from ULINE.

Shipping Labels USA made from KENCO.

Most of our office supplies are USA Made including keyboards, mice, pens, checks, shipping scale, paper, envelopes, paper towels etc.

All of our warehouse supplies are USA Made (shelving, bins, folding tables, racks etc) from ULINE.

Our printing press, flash dryer, conveyor dryer, screens, UV unit, Squeegees, exposure paper, mixing tools are all Made in USA.

With the exception of one SW company we use for making Ads all SW we use is from American Companies.

We ship with USPS