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anyone making money seeling t-shirts?

by csrpj
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hey all,

i'm trying to making money online selling t-shirts with my design. anybody successful with this? what are the best services? i know about zazzle, printfection, and all the other big t-shirt fulfillment services, but the price seems too high.
#making #money #seeling #tshirts
  • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
    Ask Lee McIntyre about that one. He started with the idea of selling t-shirts online and now makes millions. (but not with t-shirts)
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  • Profile picture of the author yodude711
    I'm making money online selling t-shirts, but it's not much money. I've found that t-shirts are such low-profit products that you have to really be selling a lot of volume to make real money with it. I mean, you might have 100% markup or more on a shirt, but even then you're only making $10 per shirt.

    One thing I found that helps startup tshirt companies is getting shirts printed on demand. I'm not a fan of the digital printing sites like cafepress or zazzle, but if you can find a company that does actual SCREEN PRINTING on demand, then you can get your business automated while limiting your startup costs.

    Just do a search for "on demand screen printing" or something like that and you'll find the service.
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    You can make money, but IMO only if you focus on a niche. Third party sites like CafePress, Zazzle etc.. are more expensive BUT the overhead is lower because you don't have physical inventory.
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    • Profile picture of the author Gail_Curran
      Price is not a significant factor in selling t-shirts. If someone needs a cheap t-shirt, they can go to a big box store. Customers buy t-shirts online because the design is super-cool and amazing and they just have to have it. Your task is to get your t-shirts in front of people who will love the design.

      I agree with those who said that it's hard to make money with t-shirts. Cafepress has a forum with a lot of good marketing advice for sellers (you don't have to join to view the forum).

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  • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
    I designed some stuff and set it up on Zazzle a while back. I still get a sale rolling in every once in a while, but it's hardly worth focusing my energy on.
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Allen
    I always wanted to start a t-shirt company. I hear it's hard, though.
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  • Profile picture of the author prostarprofitsdotcom
    When you first get started use the direct printers like CafePress. Then once you increase in profits then you can buy in bulk where you will make profits.
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