The websites where you make the design and then people buy them on the shirt and you get a little bit of profit. are those websites a bad idea? do they own your designs when you submit them? is there a way they can scam your designs off you?
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I'm currently using Spreadshirt and I got a sample in the mail the other day and it came out nice. Just try to avoid using DTG on dark shirts and you should be good.
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They aren't exactly a bad idea for someone who is starting out and just wants to see if people like their designs. But the quality of the print is much lower than a screen printed shirt.
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its a nice start no over head. but u could get cheap heat press a epson printer and some heat transfer inks and some papers from costal business and keep small run in house up to 25 prints.later u can upgrade to a cutter and still keep the larger run to the big guys. keeping start up cost down until u are ready for full in house production. hope this helps
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its a nice start no over head. but u could get cheap heat press a epson printer and some heat transfer inks and some papers from costal business and keep small run in house up to 25 prints.later u can upgrade to a cutter and still keep the larger run to the big guys. keeping start up cost down until u are ready for full in house production. hope this helps
Yeah i just money really bad right now. there is no jobs where i live
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They aren't exactly a bad idea for someone who is starting out and just wants to see if people like their designs. But the quality of the print is much lower than a screen printed shirt.
I am just sketched out that people or the website would take my designs or somthing
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I am just sketched out that people or the website would take my designs or somthing
If Cafepress or Zazzle or any of those companies were stealing designs from people you would have heard about it already. They are such big businesses that I don't think they could get away with it.
I used to use Cafepress, but they changed a lot of things and I ended up making no money while they raked in most of the money from the sales I made. Also, I wasn't impressed with the quality of the prints. Screen printing is just much better in my opinion.
But, like I said, for someone who just wants to test out their designs and see if people will like them, I think its a good idea. There is no upfront cost to you.
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