Rob Banks Samarkand Organic Tee

Rob Banks Samarkand Organic Tee

$42.00
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Made to order — printed when you order. Ships in 5–9 business days.
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  • GOTS organic cotton · Fair Wear facilities

Life at the crossroads
Friendly people everywhere
To be so lucky

Black organic cotton tee with a photograph of Samarkand's tiled mausoleums up the chest, the Rob Banks Beats wordmark in blue across the lower frame, and a logo hit on each sleeve.

Rob Banks is Umbrella Union's producer; the photograph is his own, shot on the Silk Road in Samarkand.

Substantial but not heavy — 5.3oz / 180gsm organic cotton that holds its structure. Printed with DT Flex, a flexible transfer that stays soft on the surface and holds color wash after wash.

GOTS certified — the entire lifecycle independently verified, from how the cotton is farmed to how the workers who made this are treated. Also Fair Wear accredited, OEKO-TEX Standard 100, and PETA-Approved Vegan.

Union Standard.

Made to order — Stanley/Stella SATU001 blank. Ships in 5–7 business days. US customers may wish to order one size up. Returns within 30 days. Some restrictions apply. Please see our refund policy for more details.

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GOTS organic cotton · Fair Wear facilities

Made-to-order goods ship in 5–9 business days. Free U.S. shipping over $65. You have 30 days from delivery to request a return or exchange; if anything arrives flawed or wrong, just email a photo and we'll make it right.

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What your $42 actually does

5,813 real streams of support

Umbrella Union takes home $9.33 from one purchase — about 5,813 real streams on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.

…or ≈ 13,668 counting every platform play, incidental social plays included. Our own tracked number, not a public average.

Where your $42 goes Rob Banks Samarkand Organic Tee
Making it
$21.83
52% · blank + print
Card fee
$1.52
4% · payment processing
The artist
$9.33
22% · Umbrella Union
The Union
$9.32
22% · before our costs
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Every cent of your $42

Making it$23.35 · 56%
Blank + print $21.83 Card fee $1.52
The artist$9.33 · 22%
Take-home — half the profit, straight to Umbrella Union
The Union$9.32 · 22%

Our half goes to making the work known, running the platform, and our Reserve — and on artist pieces, most of it covers those costs. The Reserve is built by our house goods.

How we count streams

Streaming pays little, but we track every play and every fraction of a penny — and we publish two of our own tracked numbers, not public averages. Real, intentional listens (Apple · Spotify · YouTube) run about 623 streams to the dollar, so Umbrella Union ’s $9.33 from this t-shirt is worth ≈ 5,813 real streams. Count every platform play — including the near-zero auto-plays on social — and the same cut reads as ≈ 13,668. That gap is the honest part. Both recompute live from the price.