What is the best way to go about starting my own design for shirts?
I have a lot of good ideas to put on shirts and start my own company. What is the best way to start out and get my design out?
Try one of these http://bargainfinder2u.com/deals/where-to-print-clothing/
Build your own shop and start selling. Most are free to setup.
You may want to try entering contests too like this one http://www.contestcreative.com/news.php?extend.37 – they give prizes for 2 winners monthly and if the design is sold, you can also get commission too.
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September 18th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Build a free website with pictures of your T-shirt designs. You don’t have to incur the expense of creating each and every T-shirt either. Using a graphics software, which you probably already use, create pictures and paste to picture of T-shirt.
Make sure that you are showing pictures of creations that you can actually create for your customers. In other words, you don’t want the T-shirt to look different than what they see on the website.
Start promoting your website to FREE classifieds, directories and other search engines.
Find local and other retail stores to order and stock your T-shirts.
Once you build a clientele, you may even want to consider opening a physical store.
While you’re promoting your website, spend some time search for vendors where you can buy your T-shirts, transfers and other needs, for future reference. This research will give you a good idea of your costs and help you in developing competitive pricing.
To price your products competitively, look at other businesses that are doing the same/similar type of business. This should give you a gauge for establishing your prices. If you find that you need to charge ‘considerably’ more than the competition, it’s probably because they are buying in large quantities where you may be paying full retail since you’re just starting out.
While you don’t want to start a business taking losses just to make a sale, consider how much money you will need to buy a small inventory in bulk to reduce your costs and sell competitively.
Hope this helps!
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September 18th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Dont know if you already knew about this website. I already tried to start a t-shirt selling website but didnt have the imagination nor the necessary design skills to do it.
Although you can visit spreadshirt.com they are just awesome they have pre-made shirt designs, you can preview the designs on their shirts and they can set up your own personalised store. If you have time and are motivated, this could be a good way to start your business.
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September 18th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Try one of these http://bargainfinder2u.com/deals/where-to-print-clothing/
Build your own shop and start selling. Most are free to setup.
You may want to try entering contests too like this one http://www.contestcreative.com/news.php?extend.37 – they give prizes for 2 winners monthly and if the design is sold, you can also get commission too.
References :