T-shirts

Sliar · Dec 1, 2009

Sorry I wasn't sure which place to put it, so if its wrong sorry and mod please move it..Anyways.

I had a idea for a huge online t-shirt company with my designs printed on them. Which site is the best to let you upload you designs like cafepress where they make them and give you a cut of the profit. Could someone let me know which place is the easiest to work with and gives the best cut.

ukescuba · Dec 1, 2009

what type of designs are they? are they 1 color prints or elaborate full color process?

if you think they will be really popular you may want to consider outsourcing them to a local screen printer, if the designs multicolored and very elaborate try and find someone with a tjet printer...

remember printing designs on any shirt other than white is going to be more expensive, and the # of colors will also affect pricing, as will imprint on the front the back and on the sleeves

most online stores like you mention take the bulk out of your profit margin but do offer on demand single prints, which maybe good for getting samples and testing out how well certain designs do - a regular screen printer will expect you to want more than 1 print...

hth

Sliar · Dec 1, 2009

ukescuba said:
what type of designs are they? are they 1 color prints or elaborate full color process?

if you think they will be really popular you may want to consider outsourcing them to a local screen printer, if the designs multicolored and very elaborate try and find someone with a tjet printer...

remember printing designs on any shirt other than white is going to be more expensive, and the # of colors will also affect pricing, as will imprint on the front the back and on the sleeves

most online stores like you mention take the bulk out of your profit margin but do offer on demand single prints, which maybe good for getting samples and testing out how well certain designs do - a regular screen printer will expect you to want more than 1 print...

hth

Well most of them are pretty normal shirt pictures no to much stuff going on, ill post some here when I get a chance. But I was wondering if anyone knew which one was the best online site to do it. I'm planning on making a shop site like http://www.tshirthell.com/ type of thing

FSM247 · Dec 1, 2009

Something like this?
http://www.spreadshirt.net/en/

Sliar · Dec 1, 2009

FSM247 said:
Something like this?
http://www.spreadshirt.net/en/

Ya, I know of spreadshirt,cafepress, all of those. Im trying to find someone that has used them to make shops or to make there shirts and let me have some info which one is the best.

mackay22 · Dec 1, 2009

UNdefy · Dec 1, 2009

I have to second the printing your own or finding a reliable offline printer to print up the shirts for you. It's definitely going to be more work, with having to ship, etc. but once you get going you can pay to outsource that stuff REALLY easily. All the online options like CafePress charge ridiculous rates and you wind up losing out in the long run.

~UNdefy

Sliar · Dec 2, 2009

UNdefy said:
I have to second the printing your own or finding a reliable offline printer to print up the shirts for you. It's definitely going to be more work, with having to ship, etc. but once you get going you can pay to outsource that stuff REALLY easily. All the online options like CafePress charge ridiculous rates and you wind up losing out in the long run.

~UNdefy

Thanks guys, ya I know in the long run I would make more doing it myself which I will end up doing. But Im looking for a online site so I can test the t-shirts and see if anyone is interested in buying before i sink a bunch of cash for nothing

ceejay · Dec 9, 2009

check out Custom Dropshipper
better prices than cafepress

Code:

http://www.customdropshipper.com/

kypter05 · Dec 10, 2009

its simple business math:

depends what you can sell them for that people still buy them, compared to other sellers online, postage and handling cost plus your commission or profit per tshirt sale

would suck if you only get a few bucks per sale profit as you would need to rely on selling a huge quantity to make decent cash when is already heaps of tshirt sellers online.

Its about having different unique designs at a fair price or same designs cheaper and finding some good methods that get you traffic which converts.

Personally i think selling tshirts offline at local markets is better: finding a local offline supplier or someone online that does them fairly cheap like set a limit of $15-$20 than mark up @ $10-15 per tshirt - only need investment up front and find what sells then

mackay22 · Dec 11, 2009

BlackBeret · Dec 26, 2009

Check out www.PrintOnDemandShirts.com and www.10ShirtsFor99.com

They are both owned by the same company, you get better pricing and options at the second site, but you have to buy more. They will also dropship your orders. They also "Print On Demand" Hoodies, Onesies, Towels, Bags, SHOES, Aprons, Coasters and a couple of other things.

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