# Sockten

Clothing manufacturers · Istanbul, TR

Sockten makes private-label and white-label socks on its own production line in Istanbul. Standard orders begin at 200 pairs per color and size range, with a 120-pair option at a higher unit price; a first-order sample costs USD 100 per design and is credited if the order proceeds.

- Products: Socks, Kids / baby, Tights
- Methods: Knitting / jacquard, Embroidery
- Made in: TR
- Minimum: 200/colour/size-range; 120/colour costs more; finer size splits by quote

## What they make

- No-show, ankle, quarter, crew, knee-high, over-the-knee, sports/performance, compression, terry, dress, thermal, non-slip/hospital, toe socks, baby/child socks and tights/hosiery.
  - Compression and hospital labels are product categories; no medical certification or therapeutic efficacy established.
- Offers private labeling, custom garment development, printing, embroidery. Confirm that these services apply to your order before purchase.
- Its methods include jacquard knitting, silicone grip printing, under-sole transfer printing, embroidery. Placement and artwork constraints vary by method; no universal dimensions.

## Minimums and pricing

- Standard 200 pairs per color per size range(women 35–40, men 40–45);120 pairs per color available at higher unit price. Logo and repeat orders do not lower/raise standard minimum order quantity.
  - Different designs may share an order if each color reaches 200 pairs. Below-standard option and finer size splits require quotation; stock yarn colors do not reduce minimum.

## Samples and lead times

- First-order physical sample 100 USD per design, including programming with no separate setup fee; credited against bulk order if it proceeds. Sampling 10–20 days depending on production load.
  - Calendar/business-day basis, sample freight and repeat-sample charges not stated.

## Branding and packaging

- Only buyer branding is offered, with a knitted-in logo up to 7 colors in one row, or dense jacquard up to 14 colors vertically, priced separately.
  - Only buyer branding is offered: a knitted-in logo up to 7 colors in one row, or dense jacquard up to 14 colors top-to-bottom, priced separately. Placements include the cuff, ankle or side, and sole; details are redrawn on an approximately 1 mm stitch grid. These method maximums depend on the artwork; ask whether the selected design can be reproduced.
- Below 3,000 pairs buyer supplies labels/header cards for fitting; from 3,000 pairs with one label design supplier arranges printing after approval.
  - Below 3,000 pairs, the buyer supplies labels or header cards for fitting. From 3,000 pairs with one label design, the supplier arranges printing after approval. Boxes and gift sets, polybags and cartons, barcode and size labels, and recycled or plastic-free options are quoted separately. Supplier-produced labels are not offered at the 200 pair garment minimum.

## Shipping and fulfillment

- Delivered within 60 days of sample approval; urgent small runs stated 20–40 days. Combined delivery timing, not isolated manufacturing or transit; urgency is conditional.
- Free delivery to any address in Türkiye; export road freight to European destinations, with UK discussed separately. No complete export-country list or DTC fulfillment offer established.
- Domestic Türkiye delivery included. Export freight excluded from price per pair; supplier quotes freight or buyer carrier collects from Istanbul; Incoterm agreed with buyer. No inferred universal EXW/DDP default.
- Road freight from Istanbul to most of Europe stated 4–10 days, subject to destination and forwarder schedule. Supplier estimate, not independent transit validation or production lead time.

## Where they produce

- Sockten describes its own Istanbul factory for private-label and white-label customers only, with no own retail range or wholesale stock list. Trading identity and manufacturing scope are self-published.
  - Sockten describes its own Istanbul factory for private-label and white-label customers only, with no own retail range or wholesale stock list. Ask for legal-registration and factory-control documentation; its trading identity and manufacturing scope are self-published.
- Production locations include Türkiye. Knitting, linking, boarding, pairing and packing claimed under one roof in Istanbul.

## How to order and pay

- Requests vectorAI, EPS, SVG orPDF with outlined type, Pantone/physical color reference, position and size in millimeters, and intended sales market. Formal grading and file-ownership terms require separate evidence.
- Customer technical specifications remain customer property, used only to quote and produce that order, not shown to another buyer or used for an own range.
  - Its contract states that customer technical specifications remain customer property, used only to quote and produce that order, without disclosure to another buyer or use for an own range. Ask which contractual confidentiality terms apply to the order.
- Prepares commercial invoice, A.TR and packing list for exports, plus certificate of origin where the destination requires it; carton marking can follow warehouse specification. Document preparation only.
  - Prepares commercial invoice, A.TR and packing list for exports, plus certificate of origin where the destination requires it; carton marking can follow warehouse specification. Document preparation only; no assertion that a particular shipment qualifies for zero duties.
- Accepts a tech pack or sketch and reference pair; customer specification sets cylinder diameter, gauge, yarn, structure, finishing and packaging. No standardized grading/revision fee schedule stated.

## Ask before ordering

- What would a garment sample or prototype cost, and is any fee credited toward production?
- Which facility and any subcontractors will perform the selected processes for my order?
- What payment milestones and deposit or balance terms apply to my order?
- Is my selected product eligible for delivery to my destination, and which exclusions apply?

## Sources

- [Privacy and data protection | Sockten](<https://sockten.com/privacy>) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [About Sockten, private label sock manufacturer in Istanbul](<https://sockten.com/about>) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Low MOQ Private Label Socks from 200 Pairs | Sockten](<https://sockten.com/>) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Knitted-in logos, prints, labels and packaging | Sockten](<https://sockten.com/branding>) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Low MOQ socks: private label from 200 pairs a colour | Sockten](<https://sockten.com/low-moq-socks>) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Shipping socks from Türkiye: EU duty and transit | Sockten](<https://sockten.com/shipping>) (checked 2026-10-15)

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