SWIMWEAR BALI FAQS
Getting Started
The first thing to do is price your selected designs in your chosen fabrics, whether in plain or print. As there is a huge difference between selecting stock fabrics and requesting colours to be imported, your decision will play a vital role in the ability to place bulk POs that arrive at your door in the fastest way possible.
To be clear on the designs you want us to produce, we require a handover of front & back images with notes on any changes; We will only need to know the exact colours, prints, or custom branding after you have approved our prices.
Tech packs and line drawings are also acceptable.
As we manufacture both custom designs & offer a collection of the best-selling shapes, including what will be trending in 2024, allows you to assemble a collection that’s unique & fresh to the market.
The clearer your handover, the more accurate our prices will be.
Read more about handing over to costing.
You need to note that we work in Vector format in EPS, PDF, CDR, or JPEG, 300 dpi, repeatable, and to scale for any print Artwork or custom branding requests. Should you find working in Vector complex, send us what you have, and our graphics team will see what they can do.
Having your orders processed quickly is paramount to most brands’ success. Selecting your colours from our stock lets us cut orders immediately upon receiving a purchase order. Also, as there is no MOQ for stock colours, you can add more colours to your PO with orders ready for dispatch in under six weeks. If you’re requesting colours to be imported, they come in 70m lots roll-based & can take six weeks or more to arrive & must be used up in your production PO.
See our Fabric Page
We accept PayPal, Bank Transfer, or Payoneer.
Samples are normally paid via PayPal & production orders by bank transfer, 50% deposit and the balance 50% payable when the goods are ready for uplift.
We are the only company to follow all Indonesian government rules and regulations regarding employee treatment, waste disposal, etc. We offer free medical insurance to all employees, including their spouses and up to three children. This saves us the 35% import tax all other Bali swim producers must pay.
Read more about our Tax-Free & Ethics.
Adding imported high-grade recycled fabrics in plain colours, bikini bottoms $12.00, Bikini Tops $12.50 & One-pieces $20.00. Requesting your designs in digital prints, add 2 USD for tops & bottoms & 5 USD for one-piece swimmers.
Yes. Our prices are all-inclusive with non-branded accessories & one Heat press logo pressed to the inside back of each article.
For Custom-branded accessory requests, we invoice separately.
Yes, we offer both. Fabric swatch packs & starter packs can be found in our shop
Shop Fabric or Starter Packs
We aim to be as ethical and environmentally friendly as possible. We use almost 100% recycled & sustainable fabrics, eco-certified dyes, and zero-waste packaging. We also offer free medical insurance to our employees, their spouses, and up to three children.
Check out our Sustainability Page
Sampling
It depends on several factors, such as complexity, time of the year, holiday seasons & the number of orders in a queue waiting to check patterns. In some cases, we require four weeks, & in others, six to eight.
Read more in Sampling.
Yes. We are Bali’s largest manufacturer of custom-made Swimwear produced to our client’s requests. Also, twice a year, we release a collection of our best-selling designs, including our knowledge of what will be trending in the upcoming season.
Read more about how we produce Custom Swimwear.
Download the 2023 Ready to Order Catalogue
You can send them to us using a courier account with a tracking number & sign-on delivery, or we pick them up using our company DHL account.
Never use EMS or postal services; they can take weeks to arrive.
Read more in Dispatch & Delivery.
There is no guarantee that we can reproduce your designs exactly as you expected. However, in most cases, we get your samples correct in the first round. If the samples arrive & are visibly different from your handover, remakes are normally free. Small edits are handled using our digital 2D AutoCAD pattern-making software.
See our Size Guide page.
We work with International body sizes plotted in 2D AUTOCAD.
We recommend checking our Size Guide to ensure they fit the market you’re selling to. We generally work from size XS to 2XL.
See our Size Guide
Production
Our minimum order quantity is 300 articles (for example, 150 bikini sets), 30 per style colour, three pieces per size & colour.
Each style can be produced in up to two fabrics & two colours, such as a reversible style with a printed front & any colour on the back.
The MOQ requesting three colours per style is 50 units per design, six pieces per size & colourway, & 500 units per PO.
Over three colourways or three fabrics per style. Info on request.
Once you have agreed on your prices and have approved your samples, fill in a Bulk Order Form & send it back to us. Feel free to work in any format you like
When we receive an order, we immediately produce your heat presses & any branded accessories, as well as plain or printed fabrics not in stock. Prioritize your bulk PO with your merchant before placing it, as we require several weeks to process.
Depending on our workload, selecting your colours from stock usually takes 4 to 6 weeks to produce. Add a few more weeks when requesting branded accessories or prints. For plain fabric requests, contact us for timelines.
No. The minimum order to combine swim & Activewear is 500 pcs, 30 per design, three pieces per size & colour.
See some examples of Bulk POs here
Yes, you can see some here
Branding & Accessories
We can brand many accessories, such as metal clips, hygienic liners, heat presses & packaging.
Read more about Accessories & hardware.
Sometimes we can; it depends on what you’re seeking & whether we have a producer to match your request. Best to send over what you’re seeking & we will inform you of what’s possible.
To search, try this link
Ready-To-Order Designs
We produce two collections of Swimwear and activewear/yoga wear a year. It features the best-selling shapes of the season and what will be trending well into the next season.
Yes. We add your brand logo as a heat press or cutaway label to the inside back of each article and your hygienic liners, metal tags, packaging & so on.
Yes, many of our clients work this way. You can add your selected designs to this form and send it to us, or work in any format you prefer, like Excel.
We work in Vector in either EPS, PDF, CDR, or JPEG, 300 dpi, repeatable, and to scale. If this is an issue, please send us what you have, and our graphics team will see if they can assist.
Fabrics
Reclaim Prime is the most popular choice for plain colours, as well as Vita from Carvico. In case of colours out of stock, both take around 4-6 weeks to arrive. Print requests are mostly printed on Nylon REPREVE® as the fabric is super soft, with amazingly life like colour tones.
See all the fabrics we offer.
Yes. We hold some 50,000m in 85 on-trend colours at all times. These fabrics come from Carvico & ECONYL in Italy & REPREVE in the US. All are recycled & sustainably produced from fishing nets & plastic bottles.
See our Stock Colours
No. Stock fabrics are imported roll-based, so our customers don’t have to wait weeks for fabrics to be imported, allowing us to start their production orders as soon as they send over a PO
Our fabrics are certified eco-friendly by GRS or U Trust, the global standard for customer confidence, sourced from the US and Italy, produced from reclaimed fishing nets and plastic bottles.
The dyes are certified by OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100, labelled eco-friendly by Huntsman & Dystar & any water used in the dying process is purified before disposal.
See the certification here.
Yes, as long as they are synthetic. Only US, Italian, Spanish, Australian, and Chinese imports are allowed. We must import the fabrics, manufacture the articles, and export them to make them tax-free.
Yes, however, it’s only normally workable if your placing large bulk orders as the MOQ per colour is four rolls, or 280 meters, which produces around 800 bikini pieces. This is why we keep as many colours as possible in stock allowing buyers to place orders of only 300 per PO & 30 pieces per design in as many colours as they choose.
- Colour strike-offs take four weeks & cost USD 30 each.
- It takes 5 to 8 weeks to process any plain colour & land in Bali.
Prints
Yes, we are the only company in Bali offering a digital print service on recycled American Nylon. All other suppliers can only offer to print using sublimation machines on Polyester, which is never as soft as Nylon and never as true to the eye.
Yes, we do. Digital printing is one of our most requested services. Any artwork you provide can be digitally printed with a minimum order quantity of 70 meters. Please submit your artwork in Vector format in EPS, PDF, CDR, or JPEG, 300 dpi, repeatable, and to scale. Should you find this complex, send us what you have, and our graphics team will see what they can do.
Allow four to five weeks to print.
Yes. We can print via sublimation only on Polyester. Printing on Poly is never as soft or as true to the eye as digital printing on Nylon
Sublimation print is fast, only taking a few days and a good solution for those short on time.
Fabric Timelines & MOQs
Yes. We charge USD 30 plus courier fees for plain or printed requests. Allow 2-4 weeks for the strike-off from payment.
You may also select we send a high-resolution photo, saving you the courier cost.
Yes, but the MOQ is extremely high, 450 meters per colour, with a 10% surcharge, and processing can take up to three months.
Importing fabrics that are out of stock from Italy normally takes 6 to 12 weeks, & from China, using American or Korean fabrics, six weeks.
If your colour/s are in stock, it takes 3 to 4 weeks. If not, we will inform you how long they require to dye & prepare for pickup so we can send them to Bali. As timelines are too long for some clients, they most commonly select their colours from our stocks.
Dispatch & Delivery
Yes, via FedEx or DHL. Once your order has been uplifted, we’ll provide the tracking number.
Take note. To make sure your samples & production orders are insured against damage and courier costs, we add 2% to the value of your goods. In rare cases, there may be issues such as wet or broken boxes or missing items, for which we will not be responsible.
Yes, freight is payable by the customer, usually using our DHL account.
Alternatively, you can use your own courier account.
Depending on your country’s tax and duty rates. You can find out import costs best by calling your local DHL office.