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Adam · March 16th, 2008

That EDI thing is interesting. Thank you very much. There are also EDIs in the UK.

scorpolicious · March 17th, 2008

Please don't laugh at me but I cannot figure out how EDI works? Can someone please please please explain it to me. Is this a way of starting your line without having to actually purchase anything before a order is placed? Or am I way off?

scorpolicious · March 17th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Uncle John


	Sounds to me like you should just fax the orders you get to your supplier that has you art on file they print and ship.

Is this really possible?

Darla · March 17th, 2008

yes it is possible to do it that way

Uncle John · March 17th, 2008

EDI is not a way to start a business without a product or supplier, it’s a way for two or more company’s to use the same format to talk to each other.
It’s a 3rd party where you fill in the blanks on there site and the other party can see exactly what you have entered.
If I wanted my supplier to ship x to whomever I would work with the EDI provider to make a form with the information I needed along with any information I required, like when shipped, backorders and the like. I could then get a report that you filled out showing this.
It’s for high volume not for one or two shipments a day. That’s why I said find a printer that you can give your artwork to and fax over the order to print and ship.
We have a lot of our shirts on other websites, when they sell one they fax us the order and we ship. We stock our designs and have there credit cards on file so its done most times within 72 hrs.

I hope this helps.
John

scorpolicious · March 18th, 2008

Thanks, I understand EDI better now. I wonder how easy it is to request that a supplier keep your art on file and print and ship whenever you need. I know most don't like giving up their contacts but if anyone can refer me to a printer that does business this way I would greatly appreciate it. Or is it a just ask and see what they say kind of thing?

I also wonder if you do it that way will they also place the labels on the shirts?
Labeling is what I am having the hardest time with right now. How the heck to find someone to relabel the shirts.

Any info will help

Rodney · March 18th, 2008

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	Or is it a just ask and see what they say kind of thing?

Yes, that's the best way to find out. Screen printers don't normally do this, but you may be able to find Direct to Garment printers that do this by looking in the Referrals section of the forum.

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	I also wonder if you do it that way will they also place the labels on the shirts? Labeling is what I am having the hardest time with right now. How the heck to find someone to relabel the shirts.

If you use the search box at the top of this site, you'll find LOTS of information about how to relabel garments and find relabeling companies. We have a whole section of the forum about relabeling.

The search box can find answers to all of your questions

skibum · August 12th, 2008

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Originally Posted by BaggaDonuts


	FYI, PrintFection is implementing this feature. Here's a reply that i got from their customer support: "This should be possible sometime this year using our API. Please email api-beta@printfection.com to get on our mailing list. We'll let you know when this functionality is available."

BaggaDonuts, we launched the Printfection Platform & API yesterday. I do believe this is the most powerful, open API of any POD company at the moment so you may want to check it out. Just thought I would let you know it's out there in the wild now (well, alpha testing 'wild'). We are looking for developers to help us test the platform.