Im about to start my online t-shirt biz in a month or so. But i cant sell them
for any less than 35 bucks a pop. Im using Transfer Express to have my graphics made cause they can make my high graphic shirts. But thats such a
high price to start off with. What do u guys think about that?
It depends, what kind of shirts are you selling? Designer style shirts? If you are, then that's pretty average. If I were you, I would sell them for that much and offer a % off grand opening sale. If people still come back, then your price and designs are ok, if they don't then it may be various things.
hehe good luck with that.............come on now for a tshirt to sell for 30 bucks it has to be a dam good shirt......im guessing its going to be an affliction style tshirt.
im going to sell my tshirts for 20 bucks but when i get more demand im going to crank up the price
No my shirts arnt desighner. Im using Tennese River T-shirts. But the art my shirts have good detail and are very hight graphic. Transfer Express has very high prices for the "digi graphic" tranfers.
No my shirts arnt desighner. Im using Tennese River T-shirts. But the art my shirts have good detail and are very hight graphic. Transfer Express has very high prices for the "digi graphic" tranfers.
oh no idea that those are can i see a pic? how much would it cost with picture plus design?
just put urself in the shoes of ur potential customers and ask honestly
"would i pay 35 bucks for this shirt?"
and do the grand opening thing D3c0Y suggested
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The best way to guage how much to price your shirts for is to see how much your competition is selling their shirts for. Never undersell your products just to make a few sales & some bucks!
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Originally Posted by stunn
hehe good luck with that.............come on now for a tshirt to sell for 30 bucks it has to be a dam good shirt......im guessing its going to be an affliction style tshirt.
im going to sell my tshirts for 20 bucks but when i get more demand im going to crank up the price
That tactic is the best way to commit marketing suicide! Once you gain a target market that will buy you t-shirts for $20, you lose that target market once you raise the prices! There's a term in market called "Percieved Value" basically what this means is the average customer percieves that when a product or service is priced higher it's worth the amount you pay for it! So the higher you price product & get customers at that price point the better for you. Now if you are not getting the desired sales at that price you can always lower the price. NEVER raise the price to get sales! Best strategy is to create several products at different price levels, High, Med & low price points. Just make sure that your product is quality fabric & printing & sales won't be a problem.
I agree, it's really not ethical to start out with one pricing and then jack up the pricing. You loose customer loyalty and all of your marketing efforts to that point worthless. Now gradually increasing the price due to higher cost of production or creating a limited edtion tee is a different story.
The best way to guage how much to price your shirts for is to see how much your competition is selling their shirts for. Never undersell your products just to make a few sales & some bucks!
That tactic is the best way to commit marketing suicide! Once you gain a target market that will buy you t-shirts for $20, you lose that target market once you raise the prices! There's a term in market called "Percieved Value" basically what this means is the average customer percieves that when a product or service is priced higher it's worth the amount you pay for it! So the higher you price product & get customers at that price point the better for you. Now if you are not getting the desired sales at that price you can always lower the price. NEVER raise the price to get sales! Best strategy is to create several products at different price levels, High, Med & low price points. Just make sure that your product is quality fabric & printing & sales won't be a problem.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
wow good point there thanks that is some good info
I agree, it's really not ethical to start out with one pricing and then jack up the pricing. You loose customer loyalty and all of your marketing efforts to that point worthless. Now gradually increasing the price due to higher cost of production or creating a limited edtion tee is a different story.
IMHO, ethics has nothing to do with it. Charge what you want, when you want, and the market will sort you out.
IMHO, ethics has nothing to do with it. Charge what you want, when you want, and the market will sort you out.
Sorry Q ethics has everything to do with it! Yo-Yo pricing will put you out of business! The market will not sort you out, if that was the case then why do so many of us spend time & money on market research?
Wow guys, thanks for the feedback (thats why i love this place) My market is is the gothic/meteal/rocker crowd. I went to a major gothic forms page and presented my graphic to some people, the first 3 people said "yea it think it would." Two other said they'd only buy it for $20. The last person said "it might." All i know is that thats not a good enough respond for me. I need to find away the have my Plastisol transfers made cheaper. I think ill lower the size, thats the only way. Anyway, thanks alot guys for your thoughts!!
Selling shirts at $35 a pop (starting out) 
