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Originally Posted by sopka |  | | | | | | | | | What kind of transactions do clothing stores prefer? | |  | |  | |
I'm not sure what you mean by this: do you mean what kind of payment methods (like credit card, wire transfer, etc.)? Payment terms (cash on delivery, payment in 30 days, etc.)? Transaction terms (sale or return, consignment, no return purchase)? Transaction size (singles as needed, hundreds in advance, etc.)? Transaction frequency (seasonal, as stock levels dictate, monthly, etc.)? Or something different?
As you can see, it's a pretty big question...
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Originally Posted by sopka | | | | | | | | | | What is the best way to protect your intellectual property (the design of your product) when you are showing it to a potential customer? | | | | | | |
Designs are kind of like children; at some point the over-protective parent has to let them find their own path, because you can't protect them from everything
The laws are in place; work is automatically copyrighted when placed in fixed form, copying it without the permission of the rights' holder is illegal. You can trademark your brand name to add protection to that.
But in the end you're trusting other people to be honourable and not break the law. But that's the nature of society - we do that every time we cross a street or stop at a red light.
Crime happens, but other than common sense things (like not waving cash around in the bad part of town - and not giving your designs files to someone you don't trust) there's not really anything you can do to prevent someone else's actions.
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Originally Posted by sopka | | | | | | | | | | And last for now, which is the best company for shipping and handling...DHL, FedEx, the european postal service...? | | | | | | |
Generally I recommend local postal services over courier companies for ordinary shipments like t-shirts. That's certainly the case with Royal Mail, USPS, and AUSPOST. I've also had plenty of parcels routed through Canada Post and Deutsche Post (who apparently own DHL) with no problems.
But if you were in, say, Italy I doubt you'd want to use the local postal service. Most national post services are good though, so it's a matter of whoever is cheapest. The others are faster and have better tracking, but that's a luxury that t-shirts don't need.
Selling tees in Europe, first few steps? 
