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Sell t-shirts? Is this a good plan??...

by TimothyW
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I have some political t-shirt designs.
I see lots of fan pages with lots and lots of likes, members, etc.
Is there a way to get 1-off t-shirts printed at places like teespring or booster,
AND have it set up with some sort of way to automatically split the $$?

That way, I can go to these fan pages with thousands of members (likes), and say to them -- "push these t-shirts to your audience, and I'll split the $$ with you."

Or, at least is there a way to set it up so both sides can go online and verify how many have been sold, so when I pay out the commission, both parties can see that the $$ is correct!

Please advise! Thanks!

-- TW

PS I know teespring allows everyone to see how many shirts have been sold -- maybe that's enough to get the "host" page to know it's all on the up and up, and they are not getting cheated.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Rich Brother
    Hay.
    You can also try to sale your t-shirts withe this sits:
    Custom T-Shirts, Unique Gifts, Posters, & Personalized Mugs | CafePress
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
    Also, I want to do this soon -- to get it going for people to buy shirts for x-mas (too late???).
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  • Profile picture of the author IzzuDino
    I don't think its too late to promote stuff for christmas. As long as delivery time is not two weeks or too long
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  • Profile picture of the author AceOfShirts
    What type of profit margin would you want per shirt?

    I run a t-shirt printing company and have been thinking about offering something like this. Most people don't understand the amount of time it takes to print 1 shirt versus 50.

    It takes about 10-15 minutes to print a shirt from beginning to end. This includes setting up the machine, printing, heat pressing and packaging it for shipping. The printing probably takes about 2 of the minutes. Let's say I can do 5 shirts an hour.

    In the same hour I would have been able to print and box 25 shirts with the same print to the same address.

    So, I would have to charge 4-5x the price on the single shirts to make it worth giving up the bulk prints.

    It all depends on the price point and the profit you want per shirt. Don't forget the shipping charge of around $3 per shirt.

    Plus, in your example: You want to make a profit, the page owner wants to make a profit, and the printer wants to make a profit. That is asking a lot from 1 shirt that actually requires labor (not just a piece of software they can click and download).
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    • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
      Originally Posted by AdvertiseOnMy View Post

      What type of profit margin would you want per shirt?

      I run a t-shirt printing company and have been thinking about offering something like this. Most people don't understand the amount of time it takes to print 1 shirt versus 50.

      It takes about 10-15 minutes to print a shirt from beginning to end. This includes setting up the machine, printing, heat pressing and packaging it for shipping. The printing probably takes about 2 of the minutes. Let's say I can do 5 shirts an hour.

      In the same hour I would have been able to print and box 25 shirts with the same print to the same address.

      So, I would have to charge 4-5x the price on the single shirts to make it worth giving up the bulk prints.

      It all depends on the price point and the profit you want per shirt. Don't forget the shipping charge of around $3 per shirt.

      Plus, in your example: You want to make a profit, the page owner wants to make a profit, and the printer wants to make a profit. That is asking a lot from 1 shirt that actually requires labor (not just a piece of software they can click and download).

      I don't know how they do it at cafe press, zazzle, and teespring and booster.
      Maybe they have it all automated somehow. Never touched by human hands, maybe.

      PS: I checked out your AdvertisingDealOfTheDay.com -- is it just beginning? I "liked" the FB page -- I'm only the second person to do that (!) Can you explain more about it? My PM box is full, but you can email me -- info (at) veryvaluablenames.com -- Also, do you print on mugs too? I may have a need for that very soon.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve B
        Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

        I don't know how they do it at cafe press, zazzle, and teespring and booster. Maybe they have it all automated somehow. Never touched by human hands, maybe.
        They do it by charging you an arm and a leg for one t-shirt. They pay their laborers minimum wage and they have a large volume of single sales priced at a point that makes money for them.

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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    TeeSpring do it because the campaigns are crowd funded. So the shirts do not get printed unless a specific amount of shirts have been sold. The lower the target number, the higher the cost will be per tshirt.

    I know people doing this exact same thing with TeeSpring and fanpages but they just pay the fanpages a one-off fee to advertise their post, rather than a percentage of profits.
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