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What type Tee do most of you use. I picked the heavyweight tee with one line of text and the cost is $12.90. How can you mark this up and still sell shirts. I can get a heavyweight tee for under $3.00 from a local distributor. Do most of you use the lightweight tee. For the girls tees, I used the ringer gym tee is $15.90 before markup.
$12.90 wholesale for heavyweight tee? each? can't be wholesale?
$15.90 wholesale for ringer gym tee? each? can't be wholesale?
I'm confused
To answer your question, I use the lightweight tees for my line...
Sorry, I posted this in the Spreadshirt Forum and that's what the charge is for the shirt and printing. When I buy them myself they are much cheaper but I know a lot of people are using Spreadshirt, CafePress, as well as the others'. For simple shirts I'd rather have a lower price point.
I think I'll have to switch to the lightweight tees, but I think as a guy, I like my tees to be heavyweight since during the summer, it's pretty much my wardrobe and they last longer.
What type Tee do most of you use. I picked the heavyweight tee with one line of text and the cost is $12.90. How can you mark this up and still sell shirts. I can get a heavyweight tee for under $3.00 from a local distributor. Do most of you use the lightweight tee. For the girls tees, I used the ringer gym tee is $15.90 before markup
I usually use the heavyweight shirt or the AmericanApparel shirt.
You can make money by marking your shirts up higher than $12 If you mark it up to $15.95, you've made close to $4 per shirt. I've seen many sites selling t-shirts for $17, that would give you $5 per shirt profit. You could mark it up to $20 and make $8 per shirt.
People are doing that right now and making good money, so I wouldn't get to hung up on the pricing, if you're going to go with the print on demand route.
If you're selling something truly original, and you market it correctly, it will sell without problems.
Of course you could make more if you did more of the work (buying blanks, printing, ecommerce, hosting, customer service, shipping, etc), but part of the appeal of the print on demand is that you don't have to spend up front money and part of the appeal of fulfillment in general is that you can make money and still be selling and shipping products while you're on vacation in the Bahamas
The lightweight tee is a good choice too though, it's not *super* lightweight, and it's a pretty good price.
I usually use the heavyweight shirt or the AmericanApparel shirt.
The lightweight tee is a good choice too though, it's not *super* lightweight, and it's a pretty good price.
Thanks.
I was worried that the lightweight Tee was too light and more like a regular undershirt. Also, for girls tee's I chose the ringer gym tee. Any experience with these.
I've seen one printed and they look nice, but they seem to run a bit small.
It's a junior tee and if a girl takes a medium, she'll buy a small and so on up the line. They wear them skin tight. My wife's friend, who is a 38DD was cleaning out her closet of older shirts and my 8 year old is wearing a couple of them. How the heck did Dee Dee fit into this, but she has them and flaunts them. I really didn't see many non-junior ringer tees as an option.
You just have to make sure your customers know that it runs small Not everyone wants a skin tight t-shirt, and some might think that the shirt has a normal fit if they don't know the terminology.
You just have to make sure your customers know that it runs small Not everyone wants a skin tight t-shirt, and some might think that the shirt has a normal fit if they don't know the terminology.
product cost 
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If you mark it up to $15.95, you've made close to $4 per shirt. I've seen many sites selling t-shirts for $17, that would give you $5 per shirt profit. You could mark it up to $20 and make $8 per shirt.
