I just stumbled on this. I have nothing to do with the company and have no idea if someone has posted about this. They are offering a custom design on a white shirt only, for $2 w/ shipping it somes out to $6.99, which isn't to bad.
Is a direct to garment printer the same as a heat tranfer? I have never heard of this.
No, a DTG printer is different than a heat transfer.
A DTG printer is a printer that prints inkjets right onto the shirt (think of putting your t-shirt in a printer instead of paper...but on a larger scale)
Actually, I'm pretty sure they are Gildans and they are printed with their direct to garment printer.
They did it as a (loss leader) promotion to get the word out about their fulfillment service.
studies show that by selling low ticket items (way below standart price) to attract clients works but the clients you attract are NOT loyal long term. Because they shop/buy from whoever has the lowest price.
so, when you start selling at standard price they look elsewhere.
Not a good kick-start promo if the aim is to build a loyal long term clientele.
studies show that by selling low ticket items (way below standart price) to attract clients works but the clients you attract are NOT loyal long term. Because they shop/buy from whoever has the lowest price.
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Not a good kick-start promo if the aim is to build a loyal long term clientele.
Lets see how it all works out once I get the shirt. I will send picts and descriptions. We will never know about the shirt quality until we see one.
They got me with the gimmic and I wanted to give it a try. Its a cool idea to be able to produce a shirt within certain perameters, and have it delivered to your doorstep without all the fuss.
anyone knows what the price works out to be if i wanted it shipped to toronto, canada? since it's one tshirt, do i still need to pay that import fee? i would love to test their quality cause i'm interested in starting something with printfection.
Okay, it took 9 days and the print process seems to be direct to garment printing. The shirt is a Gildan, as some assumed and is your basic 100% cotton, generic shirt. The image that I have put on the shirt was much smaller than what I had requested them to blow it up to. Surprisingly, it looked pretty good. There must be a setting on the printer to make it fuzzy or something? In the end this is a good process to experiment with. Beats screening yourself for a test run.
I checked them out as well and found that the $2 is basically a sample shirt. You can only order one shirt at this price to see the quality. The regular price for their standard tee is $12.99 for white, $13.99 for light colors and $17.99 for dark colors. There's an additional charge for an image on both sides.
while the promotion lasts, its a good way to get some tests done on tshirts. Of course these are white shirts.
Do people feel that white shirts have a cheap connotation to them? They remind me of what I see on Canal Street in NYC. Like the I "heart" NY shirts. 3 for $10. They last about 3 washes, but then again who is going to wear them more often than that?
custom tshirt for $2 
