Anyone design and sell tee shirts online?
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I have been kicking around the idea of a side business designing and selling car related printed tee shirts online.
Anyone done/doing this and can offer some advice?
1) I'd need a graphic designer to turn my ideas into designs and graphic files. What are the options here?
2) The printing, selling and distribution. I could do a site on something like Etsy? I know it's possible to basically farm out the printing to a third party large outfit, whereby the orders come in online, get routed to the printing outfit, they print and ship for you.
But how does this work for small orders, with say 3 or 4 shirt colours and maybe different ink options? Anyone done this and care to share their experience? I am sure the profit margins aren't great. I could just take orders and use a local printer, but it seems very inefficient too.
3) Copyright etc. If you wanted to use say the Ford or Rover logo, how does it work about getting permission and what costs might be associated with it? What about defunct UK manufacturers like Triumph, (BMW own the rights don't they)? What if you had your designer create a graphic of a Ford Escort Mk1, is that copyrighted?
Anyone done/doing this and can offer some advice?
1) I'd need a graphic designer to turn my ideas into designs and graphic files. What are the options here?
2) The printing, selling and distribution. I could do a site on something like Etsy? I know it's possible to basically farm out the printing to a third party large outfit, whereby the orders come in online, get routed to the printing outfit, they print and ship for you.
But how does this work for small orders, with say 3 or 4 shirt colours and maybe different ink options? Anyone done this and care to share their experience? I am sure the profit margins aren't great. I could just take orders and use a local printer, but it seems very inefficient too.
3) Copyright etc. If you wanted to use say the Ford or Rover logo, how does it work about getting permission and what costs might be associated with it? What about defunct UK manufacturers like Triumph, (BMW own the rights don't they)? What if you had your designer create a graphic of a Ford Escort Mk1, is that copyrighted?
Sounds like an interesting idea - I've got experience doing similar in a different market,
Ultimately there's 2 ways of doing it, sourcing and ordering stock in bulk and distributing yourself (this will achieve the biggest margins but biggest risk) or using a print-on-demand supplier (smaller margin, less risk).
We use Printful which can integrate with a normal store - it allows you to test many products and ideas (colours etc) and the garment is printed and delivered when a customer orders.
Drop me a message if you'd like any further details
Ultimately there's 2 ways of doing it, sourcing and ordering stock in bulk and distributing yourself (this will achieve the biggest margins but biggest risk) or using a print-on-demand supplier (smaller margin, less risk).
We use Printful which can integrate with a normal store - it allows you to test many products and ideas (colours etc) and the garment is printed and delivered when a customer orders.
Drop me a message if you'd like any further details
Akiraprise said:
Sounds like an interesting idea - I've got experience doing similar in a different market,
Ultimately there's 2 ways of doing it, sourcing and ordering stock in bulk and distributing yourself (this will achieve the biggest margins but biggest risk) or using a print-on-demand supplier (smaller margin, less risk).
We use Printful which can integrate with a normal store - it allows you to test many products and ideas (colours etc) and the garment is printed and delivered when a customer orders.
Drop me a message if you'd like any further details
Thanks, I just sent you a PM via PH.Ultimately there's 2 ways of doing it, sourcing and ordering stock in bulk and distributing yourself (this will achieve the biggest margins but biggest risk) or using a print-on-demand supplier (smaller margin, less risk).
We use Printful which can integrate with a normal store - it allows you to test many products and ideas (colours etc) and the garment is printed and delivered when a customer orders.
Drop me a message if you'd like any further details
i print my own as and when orders come in, possibly not the most efficient way but i also print for companies etc - if you only have a few designs it's not too expensive to get them printed and sell them yourself, you'll need a couple in each size from small to at least 2xl - someone like awesomemerchandise.com are a good starting point - you'll need to factor in postage and packaging as well..
jamescodriver said:
i print my own as and when orders come in, possibly not the most efficient way but i also print for companies etc - if you only have a few designs it's not too expensive to get them printed and sell them yourself, you'll need a couple in each size from small to at least 2xl - someone like awesomemerchandise.com are a good starting point - you'll need to factor in postage and packaging as well..
If it's car stuff to PHers, then surely XL and 2XL is all you need for us PBCDs.
You can get little incinerators in Aldi. At least you'll get a little heat as you burn your money.
Buying t-shirts in the UK, sourcing design services in the UK and printing in the UK will make you entirely uncompetitive.
And that's before you even attempt to market your way into a super-competitive, global marketplace.
Buying t-shirts in the UK, sourcing design services in the UK and printing in the UK will make you entirely uncompetitive.
And that's before you even attempt to market your way into a super-competitive, global marketplace.
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