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I am pretty handy wih photoshop and decided that rather than take pictures of every shirt for my store.. I can just create the design , layer it on a stock picture of a shirt (the sample image for the brand/model shirt I intend to print it on) and use that as my item image. Then when I actually do print the shirt I can take a picture of the shirt folded so people can see what it looks like.. Only after I've actually printed the shirt will I post the picture of the actual shirt in the item description.
does anyone else do this? or is there an easier way to do it?
I see some sites just post the actual logo/desgin and dont actually show it on a shirt.
they just show the design with the background color..
which way do you guys in your expirence think is the best way to do it. I want something that looks professional.. but something that is easy to do as well.
thoughts?
you can see what i mean for the way I'm listing things in my sig look at the scattered T for short sleeve guys and ou can see what i've done
does anyone else do this? or is there an easier way to do it?
Yes, many sites do that.
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I see some sites just post the actual logo/desgin and dont actually show it on a shirt.
they just show the design with the background color..
which way do you guys in your expirence think is the best way to do it. I want something that looks professional.. but something that is easy to do as well.
I would suggest always showing an image of your design on an actual t-shirt (or a t-shirt mock up). That way the customer gets a better idea of design placement and design size. It also helps to reinforce to the customer that you're actually selling "t-shirts". Not all customers will land on your homepage first and navigate to your products, so you need to make it instantly recognizable on your product pages that you are selling cool t-shirt designs.
Photos of your actual product are even better, because they help to establish authenticity for your store and make your products seem more real to the customers.
But it's not the end of the world if you don't have actual photographs. Mock ups can serve just as well in the meantime.
Showing JUST the logo/design without the t-shirt image is good for your homepage or category pages where you want the visitor to see the design up close so they can quickly scan and see which design they think they will like. But if your designs aren't too detailed, you can still show them on t-shirts on these pages.
thanks.. I think i'll keep the way i'm doing it now .. with the mock up as the main image and a sample of the actual shirt folded so you can see the print in the description. I think the mock ups look more professional and clean on the page than a bunch of pictures i've taken myself. that would belong in the description..
It will mean that for every design I make i have to print at least one shirt.. but thats kind of a good thing if i find that my design is too complex for me to print or something I know BEFORE i get an order for the shirt .. so i dont have to tell the customer that i cant do it lol..
and like you said it does make the product seem more real if they see an image of the actual printed shirt.. so they know what they are buying
Thanks a bunch for the input.
now i gotta hurry and sell the equipment that i cant use so i can buy more screens so i can make up more designs to get in the store
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