The Ultimate Teespring Guide To Making $$$!
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Well, this fb ads/teespring stuff is a complete waste of time and money.
I got an ad campaign running. More than 800 (!) likes, 100s of comments like "I have to get this", "I want this", "XYZ, this is for you".
And what? A measly 3 (!) sales, so that means NO sales and wasted ad budget because they only start printing if you reach at least 5 sales.
So 800 likes and 200 "I want this" are not enough for more than 3 sales ....
The reason is very clear. They go to the website (Teespring/Teezily etc) and they see they CANNOT buy this, they only can RESERVE it, and if minimum buyer amount is not reached it won't even get printed .... so what? They are LEAVING the site without DOING anything.
If I want to buy a t shirt, I want to BUY it, and not reserve, wait for 10 days, maybe get it, maybe not get it ....
I got an ad campaign running. More than 800 (!) likes, 100s of comments like "I have to get this", "I want this", "XYZ, this is for you".
And what? A measly 3 (!) sales, so that means NO sales and wasted ad budget because they only start printing if you reach at least 5 sales.
So 800 likes and 200 "I want this" are not enough for more than 3 sales ....
The reason is very clear. They go to the website (Teespring/Teezily etc) and they see they CANNOT buy this, they only can RESERVE it, and if minimum buyer amount is not reached it won't even get printed .... so what? They are LEAVING the site without DOING anything.
If I want to buy a t shirt, I want to BUY it, and not reserve, wait for 10 days, maybe get it, maybe not get it ....
I'm in the same situation as you. I have started to go down the brand route. Every Tee shirt I design now has my logo and brand name. Its playing the long game for me. I have moved all my Tee shirt designs to zazzle. They are also not as strict with designs. Mine are around the military, for example the us marines copyright the name. So zazzle has a way for you to still design with their logo and you give them commission automatically, instead of the constant rejections from Tee Spring. Yes they are more expensive but your design can go on a lot more products for the same design. I have yet to make any sales from facebook but I have bought I VPS running a twitter bot which is building my following hands off. So I'm also trying to get free visits from twitter marketing. Still no sales yet but I have been asked to design a few T shirts so perhaps there is some life in this.
Again designing is free and I'm also learning how to use gimp more effectively. I guess money will come once there is some fan devotion to my brand. That is if my designs hit a nerve with someone.
Designerdude13
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Right, I wasted $45 dollars!
dlyhai
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Why it is expensive? I also want throw my money on it.
Designerdude13
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Shoutout to whoever did the Detroit Lions campaign!
My friend went with a few of these companies but there margins are high like Cafepress who has high profits leaving the designer with little. So he decided just to make an eCommerce site with wordpress and hook it up with woocommece, www.Shockingtshirts.com. Then he just adds his tshirts to woocommerce and links back to his Cafepress product page for checkout. It's a fast easy method but you need to sell a high number to make money out of it so better done in mass or over along time designing lots of shirts.
Thanks for the guide OP! I've been trying to convert and only managed to get "one" sale ( or one reservation ). Am I targetting the wrong audience? I've used quite alot of money on facebook ads, so im not sure where i am going wrong here. I believe my designs are not that bad seeing as I have design experience. I'm experimenting mainly in the "fitness" niche. Any tips or suggestions??
srb888
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Unless you are doing for some charity, or you really have some dedicated fans/friends, those FB people are not going to invest their 23 dollars in a 12 dollars worth t-shirt, and then wait for a month or 10 days so that teespring will print the t-shirts and then mail it to them and IF AT ALL you have touched or crossed the sacred threshold of 5 sales...
P.S.:
They are US citizen, so they can walk into any departmental stores/mall and buy 1 for $9.95 and get 3 shirts free over that the same day!
P.S.:
They are US citizen, so they can walk into any departmental stores/mall and buy 1 for $9.95 and get 3 shirts free over that the same day!
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Reviewergal
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I've been vaguely interested in doing this for the past few weeks and read this post along with several teespring/tshirt blogs, facebook groups, etc.
Those who have run successful campaigns constantly say that they experienced a LOT of failures before hitting on a niche that worked for them. By a lot I'm talking an 80% failure rate with only 20% of their campaigns paying off. However, the successful campaigns helped them recoup their losses from those campaigns that didn't get off the ground and produced a profit.
Several people stated flat out if you couldn't afford to loose a big chunk of change (one person said $1,000) on advertising then think twice before getting started. There ARE those people who made a nice amount of money with minimal promotion so it is possible. Of course those people aren't willing to just give away their target audience and the right audience is the difference between breaking even and scoring six figures. I am not willing to invest a huge amount of money just yet, but the OP did give good advice for how much money to be willing to invest per campaign before killing it.
I am trying this because nothing ventured nothing gained. I have three different designs meant for three different niches and a set budget per day on each of them. I know how much I am willing to spend per campaign and if it doesn't work out so be it. Worst case scenario I get a few likes to my fan pages and I can purchase t-shirts from myself then give them away as lame Christmas gifts.
Those who have run successful campaigns constantly say that they experienced a LOT of failures before hitting on a niche that worked for them. By a lot I'm talking an 80% failure rate with only 20% of their campaigns paying off. However, the successful campaigns helped them recoup their losses from those campaigns that didn't get off the ground and produced a profit.
Several people stated flat out if you couldn't afford to loose a big chunk of change (one person said $1,000) on advertising then think twice before getting started. There ARE those people who made a nice amount of money with minimal promotion so it is possible. Of course those people aren't willing to just give away their target audience and the right audience is the difference between breaking even and scoring six figures. I am not willing to invest a huge amount of money just yet, but the OP did give good advice for how much money to be willing to invest per campaign before killing it.
I am trying this because nothing ventured nothing gained. I have three different designs meant for three different niches and a set budget per day on each of them. I know how much I am willing to spend per campaign and if it doesn't work out so be it. Worst case scenario I get a few likes to my fan pages and I can purchase t-shirts from myself then give them away as lame Christmas gifts
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FireTheWild
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I run some Facebook ad campaigns at the moment. Will share the results.
Reviewergal
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I ran a few campaigns and ended up switching t shirt companies. Then I finally made enough sales to earn most of my investment back. Even though I ended up technically in the red I believe I found a way to make this method with for me. I am running another one now using what I learned from my first attempts. It took me four designs before I ended up with something that sold. If things work out and the small success wasn't a fluke I will post results and more details.
julianthr
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That could really help! Even if you bought the first t-shirts till they get printed.. Just to start the campaign.. That way people will see that the T-shirts are already being printed! and all they need to do is buy one with no need to wait for a certain amount of orders. That could really help conversion a lot!
Of course I would do this with a large budget no less than $800 .. Cause you need to spend $$ until you find the right Ad. If you only run 1 Ad.. then you are losing money like crazy! Need to run at least 4 ads and see which one is better, that can cost you more than $100. After that, cut the bullsh*t ads and put all the money into the best one!
Great idea man!