Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 i thought of makeing a little teeshirt company to pull in some extra cash, i been working on the site and the designs all day, so far i have 3 tees and a decent site. im looking to sell shirts cheap, but i dont kno what to do when it comes to the shirts, i dont wanna buy in bulk and try to sell them, i would like to print them while i get orders... i never trided cafapress so i dont know about them but they look chessy? any tips any advice? please thanks ! :shook: PS; please forgive my spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 make them vulgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 seeking probably knows the most about producing shirts.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 make them geared toward emo fags make small litlle shirts witht he words HOPELESS BLACKDEATH and other gay emo shit youll make a killing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 post some shirt designs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 awesome, will these be featuring your wack ass characters and shitty attempts at graffiti letters? cause god, if there's anything the world needs, it's more half assed, bitten, garbage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by dumy@Jan 30 2006, 08:03 PM seeking probably knows the most about producing shirts.. Quoted post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Jug Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 cacash has some good ideas on what to say on the shirts.. i wouldnt mind wearing one all day thats 5 sizes too small that says: i cry myself to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 they have nothing to do with graffiti, any printing advice please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MR BOJANGLES Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Check out http://www.cafepress.com They do the "dirty work" for you. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 thanks MR BOJANGLES , thats what i was thinking about going with, but i was seeing if anyone had any other ideas...or knew about cafepress and if they put out a good shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Jug Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Their shirts are uncomfortable i hear.. and the onlyg ood thing from cafe press is their sweaters... but its all opinion homie. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 So, you just decided to do this in one day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by Dr. Dazzle@Jan 31 2006, 01:18 AM So, you just decided to do this in one day? Quoted post pretty much, i always had the idea...and last night i sorta laid around thinking...so i woke up put the coffee on and got to work...everything is pretty much set up...im just stuck with printing opitons, once i get that going i can get the ball rollling... i wanna make cool shirts, for a cheap price... teeshirts shouldent cost 70 bucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Jug Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 if a shirt costs 70 dollars to make your printing with the wrong people.... Abercrombie prints their shirts for 50 cents (maybe im exagerating) and then they sell it for an arm and a leg because the people of america would pay anything for a trendy name brand. Thats how they make all their money is printing hella selling it for hella and basically getting it printed for free.... or atleast i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by Gigantic Jug@Jan 31 2006, 01:26 AM if a shirt costs 70 dollars to make your printing with the wrong people.... Abercrombie prints their shirts for 50 cents (maybe im exagerating) and then they sell it for an arm and a leg because the people of america would pay anything for a trendy name brand. Thats how they make all their money is printing hella selling it for hella and basically getting it printed for free.... or atleast i think. Quoted post i ment shirts shoulent cost the customer 70 bucks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 they make em for 50 cents because they make so many of them unless our boy is gonna print 200,00 shirts i doubt its gonna cost him less then 5$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by Gigantic Jug@Jan 31 2006, 01:26 AM if a shirt costs 70 dollars to make your printing with the wrong people.... Abercrombie prints their shirts for 50 cents (maybe im exagerating) and then they sell it for an arm and a leg because the people of america would pay anything for a trendy name brand. Thats how they make all their money is printing hella selling it for hella and basically getting it printed for free.... or atleast i think. Quoted post Yeah.... a prime example would be Bathing Ape who seem content to charge $150 for a Kaws T Shirt that probably cost .50 to print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neskoner Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 make sure you keep it rail.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 ^^yeah keeping it rail is essential..sometimes keeping it trail as well..but mostly rail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Originally posted by MaKeItHaPpEn@Jan 31 2006, 01:31 AM make sure you keep it rail.. Quoted post bahhaha i forgot about thos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neskoner Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 i was suprised noone had mentioned it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffie Crave Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 anyway , so anyone kno of any good places on the web where i can print? cheap and easy... besides cafepress ?????????????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 customink.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 my advice would be to buy a bunch of boxes of fruit-of-the-loom t-shirts, in bulk, and then bring them to your local silk screener (there's usually a few in town for local companies, sports leagues and people like you)... yep, there's alot of up-front costs, you won't make much profit (or any) unless you sell alot, but then again, thats how small businesses work... most fail within 2 years too I hear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 ok, let me be helpful for a change. cafepres sucks. they do iron on transfers. if you're gonna do that, you might as well just get a desktop printer and a package of transfer paper. same shit. unless there's been some huge advancement in interweb shirt printing technology that i've missed, anyplace on the web that offers 'print as you go' shirts is going to be using roughly the same method. bottom line is that shit sucks. nobody wants to pay for shitty quality shirts like that (although judging from the quality of work i've seen from you, they'd probably be a perfect match). anyway, people who are serious get shit silk screened. this is priced by number of colors, and by quantity. you can get super budget white t shirts with one color ink for anywhere between $3-$5, but they suck ass. decent shirts with 2 or 3 colors will run you roughly $6 to $8 each and most places require minimums of atleast 20 shirts per design. most shops also have set-up and screen fee's as well. basically, you're looking at $1000 just to get started. have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 and you can sell them at dead shows for tickets!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 in defense of $70 t shirts, companies that charge that much usually use MUCH higher quality shirts to begin with, and put a whole lot more time, money and effort into the final product. it's just a guess, but i'd say bape's profit on a t-shirt, even at $60 dollars, is probably equivelant to what metallica/u2/destiny's child/tool/etc/etc makes off every t-shirt you buy at one of their concerts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANKYOU Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 my advice: do NOT keep it rail. pb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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