Question Posted Wednesday February 17 2010, 7:38 pm
Hello, just recently decided to start a business by selling my own t-shirt designs on e-bay, finding a job is so hard. Not really sure how to start like, what t-shirt brand can i use, do i need to pay the t-shirt brand for using their name? I just need plain white t-shirts and i'm not sure how i'm going to get my design on the t-shirt, is anyone familiar with this business and will you tell me how i can get started step by step?
Well I'm currently selling t-shirts, that I've designed, on a website called cafepress.com. Basically you create a design on adobe or even paint if you wanted (following a few guidelines given by the website such as the size of the design, etc.) and upload the design into your cafepress account. What happens then is you're basically allowed to choose which items you want your design to be printed on. These items can range from t-shirts, to even mugs, pins, coasters, pillows, etc.
If you design your t-shirts using adobe or any other program then cafepress might actually be a good choice for you. As for screenprinting the design onto white shirts, they actually take care of that for you. I think you can even select coloured shirts as well. So all you have to worry about is just creating a design, uploading it into your online shop, and deciding how much you want to sell the items for. At the end of every period, they'll basically send you a check if you've reached your chosen amount. (So if you chose to receive a check everytime you've sold $250 worth of stuff, then they'll send it to you). If the period ends and you haven't reached your chosen amount, then that amount just carries over to the next period and keeps going until you've actually reached your amount.
There's a lot of options and a lot more to it, so I would suggest visiting the cafepress website just to get a feel for what they do. Website is: cafepress.com
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