Discuss the fun task of marketing a t-shirt shop. Where to advertise, local marketing tips, word of mouth, press releases, search engine marketing, keyword advertising, magazines, etc.
I work with a few private lines who market only to the infant/toddler/childrens market and do very well. IMHO it may be easier to market because not many people care about brand names for babies, only high quality and cuteness
I do almost exclusively and I'm shipping 250 to 300 items a month after a little more than three months in business.
I average 2-3 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes I don't bother going to sleep. I guess I'm saying, business is good.
Hey Gmille.....
Do you do your own designs or do you use stock heat transfers??
We've done a few of our own...using IronAll...but most of what we do is stock heat transfers from X-It. We probably do about 100 per month or so at our mall cart.
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Do you do your own designs or do you use stock heat transfers??
We've done a few of our own...using IronAll...but most of what we do is stock heat transfers from X-It. We probably do about 100 per month or so at our mall cart.
all my own designs. We may buy a few here and there, but mostly all our own.
Good to hear business is doing well in that area. I am getting ready to start up a t-shirt co. and I was going to start out in the baby/toddler area first and then expand to youth and adults if it goes well. (Its not baby specific design - will work for all ages). I just thought that market woudl be a good place to begin.....
Good to hear business is doing well in that area. I am getting ready to start up a t-shirt co. and I was going to start out in the baby/toddler area first and then expand to youth and adults if it goes well. (Its not baby specific design - will work for all ages). I just thought that market woudl be a good place to begin.....
About your pricing, what model do you use? I've done some youth/childrens shirts & people expect them to be a lot cheaper than adults. I would've thought so too. But, I've found that they're no less expensive than adult shirts when buying them wholesale.
About your pricing, what model do you use? I've done some youth/childrens shirts & people expect them to be a lot cheaper than adults. I would've thought so too. But, I've found that they're no less expensive than adult shirts when buying them wholesale.
Your thoughts?
I've seen stores selling them between $8 and $15, and some even more. You are correct, the garments aren't any cheaper than adult t-shirts, and they are probably even a little more. If you print transfers on your printer, this cost will be less because you can gang several on each sheet. Find a price point your comfortable with and tweak it from there. I've seen several stores selling a lot of items for $15 and up.
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. Hopefully what I do is applicable. I have a brand of infant t shirts that have my logo and a Christian based message. I'm looking for ideas for selling them. I'm going to approach hospital gift shops and Christian bookstores that sell gift items. However, I was wondering if other retail establishments might have an interest in carrying them since they have a specific scripture printed on them.
Infant toddler youth - how's the market? 
