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Teespring Alternatives - Tfund?

by ctbeersnob
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It looks as if the market is saturated for making money on Teespring now so I am wondering if anyone has had success on similar sites? Looks like there is Tfund and Booster that do the similar t-shirt campaign selling that Teespring does. Wondering if it's worth jumping into one of those sites with a similar strategy that many of you have had with Teespring.
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  • Profile picture of the author Solvico
    Originally Posted by ctbeersnob View Post

    It looks as if the market is saturated for making money on Teespring now so I am wondering if anyone has had success on similar sites? Looks like there is Tfund and Booster that do the similar t-shirt campaign selling that Teespring does. Wondering if it's worth jumping into one of those sites with a similar strategy that many of you have had with Teespring.
    Why not just use Teespring? The market is saturated yes but that goes for all Tshirt selling so switching providers will not help you.

    What you need to do is find an effective way of promoting the Tshirts to the right people and you will be able to make it work
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    • Profile picture of the author ctbeersnob
      Originally Posted by Solvico View Post

      Why not just use Teespring? The market is saturated yes but that goes for all Tshirt selling so switching providers will not help you.

      What you need to do is find an effective way of promoting the Tshirts to the right people and you will be able to make it work
      I think the reason I was interested in other sites was Teespring has already had ~63K campaigns run (according to Teeview) which means a lot of the big money ideas have already been done where on other sites I may be able to tap into these niches without stepping on toes. As far as promotion and marketing, I have a solid grasp on FB Ads since I work in SM Marketing.
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      • Profile picture of the author Solvico
        Originally Posted by ctbeersnob View Post

        I think the reason I was interested in other sites was Teespring has already had ~63K campaigns run (according to Teeview) which means a lot of the big money ideas have already been done where on other sites I may be able to tap into these niches without stepping on toes. As far as promotion and marketing, I have a solid grasp on FB Ads since I work in SM Marketing.
        But surely it doesn't matter because the other sites are also for Tshirt making so most of the ideas will be done anyway?
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  • Profile picture of the author kevd10
    lol. I'm confused. Teespring isn't your market. Its just the tool you use to make a product.
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by kevd10 View Post

      lol. I'm confused. Teespring isn't your market. Its just the tool you use to make a product.
      Exactly the point I was trying to make
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    • Profile picture of the author ctbeersnob
      Originally Posted by kevd10 View Post

      lol. I'm confused. Teespring isn't your market. Its just the tool you use to make a product.
      Just looking for alternatives. I understand that Teespring is just the vehicle for this, but I was wondering if anyone else has tried these other sites or had successes elsewhere. Because so many things have been advertised for Teespring campaigns (last names, occupations, sports teams) I was thinking it may be worth it to try similar targets on other sites to avoid overlap from other people.
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      • Profile picture of the author OnlineStoreHelp
        Instead of doing these one off campaigns that are growing Teespring's company, why not take that energy, cost and effort to direct them to your own site with a campaign tshirt and others you can up sell them on. There are tons of digital printing companies that will dropship and it builds your brand instead of tee spring...

        I honestly can't understand the appeal of tee spring....
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        • Profile picture of the author kevd10
          Originally Posted by OnlineStoreHelp View Post

          There are tons of digital printing companies that will dropship and it builds your brand instead of tee spring...
          Care to share any?
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          • Profile picture of the author vrykyl
            Originally Posted by kevd10 View Post

            Care to share any?
            Queensboro lets you set up a store under their qbstore.com domain. They digital print per-order, you set the price, and their quality and customer service are frankly awesome.

            If anyone is interested in trying them out for next to nothing, let me know and I'll send you a referral link.
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      • Profile picture of the author Entrecon
        Originally Posted by ctbeersnob View Post

        Just looking for alternatives. I understand that Teespring is just the vehicle for this, but I was wondering if anyone else has tried these other sites or had successes elsewhere. Because so many things have been advertised for Teespring campaigns (last names, occupations, sports teams) I was thinking it may be worth it to try similar targets on other sites to avoid overlap from other people.
        You aren't getting it. A t-shirt is a t-shirt is a t-shirt. It doesn't matter who prints it for you. The idea is yours and you are marketing it to the target market you find. Unless you find that another companies shirt quality is better, cost is less, or some other selling factor, I would stick with Teespring because they are perfecting the process and I would expect less to go wrong. They have proven they can handle the volume.

        I honestly can't understand the appeal of tee spring....
        The appeal is the ease. I don't have to mess with anything. I design my shirt and then post the link to it. The rest is handle by Teespring.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobertBayes
    Obviously there's something more there, like perhaps the OP having some trouble or banned from Teespring.

    Be that as it may, there are literally hundreds of alternatives.

    Cafepress

    Zazzle

    Here’s a listing from the site “similarsitesearch.com” listing 50 sites like the ones above:

    Zazzle Similar Sites | 50 Websites Like Zazzle.com - SimilarSiteSearch.com

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  • Profile picture of the author gijoe985
    I'll be honest, I've thought about trying to set something up to offer a service like Tee Spring. I'm on this forum to learn about marketing and SEO for my own t shirt company. I make Christian shirts, but hve friends who do Tee Spring and had consider setting something up for them that would help generate me some cash, but also offer them better prices that Tee Spring.
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  • Profile picture of the author guznuname
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  • Profile picture of the author TotalWebsiteControl
    I haven't even heard of alternatives until now. Thanks!

    this has gave me some new ideas
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