Photo digitizing
Golden Retriever portrait
Animals collection · Blended shading · DST · PES · JEF
Premium custom embroidery digitizing and vector art, punched by hand in Wilcom and Tajima, checked stitch by stitch, and back in your inbox within 12–24 hours — from $3.00 per 1,000 stitches.
$15 minimum order · Same-day rush at no surcharge · 24/7 across USA, UK & Pakistan
Same file, two states — client artwork left, our sew-out right
20+ machine formats, always free
Tell us your machine and the file arrives ready to run. Need three formats? Ask — we never charge extra for file types.
Proof, not promises
Same file, two states. Left is the flat artwork we start from. Right is the stitch file running on the machine — no clean-up, no retouching.
Photo digitizing
Animals collection · Blended shading · DST · PES · JEF
Illustration digitizing
Fashion collection · Fine colour blocking · DST · PES · JEF
Patch & lettering
Seasonal collection · Two sizes supplied · DST · PES · JEF
Straight from the shop floor
Embroiderers, apparel shops and one-off clients on what changed after they moved their digitizing to us.
I am really impressed with DigitizingZone’s embroidery digitizing service. The design was clean, precise and professionally digitized, and the final file arrived right on time. Highly recommended!
Uploaded my logo to DigitizingZone and received the embroidery file within 24 hours. The stitching came out clean and professional. Highly recommended!
Great experience with DigitizingZone! The embroidery digitizing was affordable, precise, and the PES files were perfectly prepared. Excellent service and quality!
Why shops stay with us
We started in 2006 punching 200–300 logos a day for a US promotional apparel company. That standard never moved.
20+ yrs
on the machine
Twenty years of translating artwork into stitches. Density, underlay and pull compensation are decided per fabric, not by a preset — which is why our files run clean the first time.
300+
logos a day
Most of our work comes from shops we have served for years — including our very first client, still with us today. Trade pricing and dedicated digitizers come standard for regular partners.
24/7
live support
Studios in the United States, United Kingdom and Pakistan keep production moving around the clock. Send a file at midnight — someone is already punching it.
5
pro platforms
Wilcom e4.5, Wings XP 6, Tajima DG16, APS Ethos and DesignShop v11 — licensed, current, and used by digitizers who know which one suits your job.
The difference you feel at the machine
Wilcom e4.5 · Tajima DG16 · Wings XP 6 · APS Ethos · DesignShop v11
What we punch
Caps behave differently to leather. Foam behaves differently to twill. Every job is assigned to the digitizer who runs that surface every day.
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How it works
One digitizer owns your file from the moment it lands to the moment it ships. No queue, no handoffs, no software shortcuts.
JPG, PNG, PDF, AI, EPS — or a photo of a hand-drawn sketch. Tell us the finished size, the fabric and the machine format you need.
A human maps every stitch: underlay, angles, densities, pull compensation and the sequence the needle will travel.
Stitch count, underlay, density, stitch direction and registration are reviewed against the original artwork before anything is released.
Delivered in your preferred format inside 12–24 hours, with a stitch simulation so you know exactly what the machine will do.
Free unlimited revisions. Lifetime file backup. 24/7 live support.
Send your first fileTransparent pricing
Pay per stitch, or take a flat rate on the jobs you order most. Revisions never cost extra — a file is not finished until it runs clean on your machine.
$4.00 standard · 25% off for partners
$15 minimum order
$12.00 standard · 17% off for partners
Know the cost before you order. Fixed price per logo, whatever the stitch count comes to.
| Job | Partner | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Left Chest / Hat Logo Standard logo placement, per logo | $30 | $40 |
| Jacket Back Large-format back designs | $80 | $100 |
A fixed price per file, banded by how much detail the artwork carries.
| Job | Partner | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Simple 1–2 colours, clean shapes | $12 | $15 |
| Medium Complexity Multiple colours, text and elements | $25 | $30 |
| High Complexity Graphics Detailed illustrations and artwork | $80 | $100 |
Our story
Digitizing Zone has never been a marketplace or a reseller. The same studio that punched a left-chest logo in 2006 punches yours today — larger, but with the same people deciding where the needle goes.
More about usWe started punching for a US promotional apparel company — 200 to 300 logos a day, every one checked before it shipped. That volume set the habits everything since is built on.
A UK studio joined the floor. Between two time zones, work stopped waiting overnight for someone to wake up.
Lahore completed the trio. A file sent at midnight anywhere now lands with a digitizer who is already at their desk.
The shop we punched our very first file for is still with us. Most of our work comes from partners measured in years, not orders.
In their words
“Quality and speed we honestly did not expect at this price. The stitch simulation alone saves us a sample run on every order.”
“Reasonable pricing and swift delivery, invoiced cleanly every month. Finance has no complaints, and neither does production.”
“Precision on small lettering is the real test. Theirs is the first vendor whose 4 mm text actually reads on a polo.”
Questions
Still not answered? The studio is staffed around the clock — ask and a digitizer replies.
Talk to a digitizerIt is the process of converting your artwork into a stitch file an embroidery machine can read. A digitizer decides every stitch type, angle, density, underlay and the order the needle travels — it is not a file conversion, it is a craft.
Embroidery digitizing is $3.00 per 1,000 stitches with a $15 minimum. Vector art is $10.00 per hour. Common jobs are available flat: $30 for a left-chest or cap logo, $80 for a jacket back. Send the artwork and you get an exact price before any work starts.
Standard turnaround is 12–24 hours. Same-day rush is available and we do not charge a surcharge for it. The studio runs 24/7 across the USA, UK and Pakistan, so files move while you sleep.
Every commercial machine format — DST, PES, EXP, JEF, VP3, HUS, XXX, EMB, PXF, TBF, SEW, CSD, ART and more. Vector work is delivered as AI, EPS, SVG, PDF or CDR. Ask for several at once; there is no extra charge.
You get free unlimited revisions. Send us a photo of the sew-out and we re-punch the problem area until it runs clean. A job is only finished when it works on your machine, not when it looks right on ours.
Never. Every file is punched manually by a digitizer in Wilcom, Tajima DG16, Wings XP, APS Ethos or DesignShop. Auto-converted files run thin, drift out of registration and break thread — that is the whole reason customers come to us.
You do, outright. We also keep a lifetime encrypted backup so you can re-download any design you have ever ordered from your client portal, years later, at no cost.
Securely by card through the client portal once your quote is approved. There are no setup fees, no hidden charges and no minimum monthly volume. High-volume shops can request partner terms.
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No account needed to ask. Tell us what you are stitching and we will come back with an exact quote, a stitch estimate and a delivery time — usually inside the hour.
Prefer to talk? +1 206-312-6446 · 24/7
We reply to every enquiry within the hour, around the clock.
No account needed · We never share your artwork
Pricing, turnaround, formats — answered instantly.