Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT when to start advertising?
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Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT when to start advertising?
Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT when to start advertising?
I was wondering when is it a good time to start letting people know about my Clothing Line??? i'm forsure going to have my shirts ready for sale by march, i already have a domain name and a website, im just looking for a graphic designer to help me with my website, the artist that does my shirt design's told me he could design my website for $1200 bucks, now is that too much, if so where can i go to find some graphic desingers that do really good work for a reasonable price??? i was also wondering i have a myspace page for my clothing line too, should i start advertising that im coming out in march? when is a good time to start advertising? please help me with my Question's thank you
Re: Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT
1200 bucks... seems a little steep...
That being said... If he is going to make all the graphics and make the site look amazing(adding flash content and shopping cart etc... then it's not that unreasonable...
You can also use a free web template or buy one for 50-60 bucks... Joomla has some great templates... and wordpress has some good templates... just to get some practice until you go live in March... I would let everyone know that you are going to be up and running in March... customers are good...lol
good luck to you...
I'm also finally getting a shirt biz going btw... hopefully my graphics are cool enough that people buy them...haha?
Re: Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT
Depends on what he is designing... A new fully interactive site for Nike... or a basic site that does what you need it to do and it looks good...
This is a 40 dollar Joomla template... You change the header to the name of your site and add your own photos and text through an administrator template... Aqualine Joomla Template Demo - Home
and there is a flash gallery for your shirt designs... thats free and looks very pro...
here's a site i started for a friend... this is using a free Joomla template i d/l
I'm just waiting for him to upload new photos and what text he wants on the site
bruinsigns.com
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Re: Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT
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Originally Posted by Catbox
Depends on what he is designing... A new fully interactive site for Nike... or a basic site that does what you need it to do and it looks good...
This is a 40 dollar Joomla template... You change the header to the name of your site and add your own photos and text through an administrator template... Aqualine Joomla Template Demo - Home
and there is a flash gallery for your shirt designs... thats free and looks very pro...
here's a site i started for a friend... this is using a free Joomla template i d/l
I'm just waiting for him to upload new photos and what text he wants on the site
How much did it cost to register the WWW address?
Last edited by Rodney; January 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 AM.
Re: Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT
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Originally Posted by WallyJ_26
I was wondering when is it a good time to start letting people know about my Clothing Line??? i'm forsure going to have my shirts ready for sale by march, i already have a domain name and a website, im just looking for a graphic designer to help me with my website, the artist that does my shirt design's told me he could design my website for $1200 bucks, now is that too much, if so where can i go to find some graphic desingers that do really good work for a reasonable price??? i was also wondering i have a myspace page for my clothing line too, should i start advertising that im coming out in march? when is a good time to start advertising? please help me with my Question's thank you
Ok first, what type of clothing line are you putting out? Do you want to a sell in stores? Online?
$1200 is a bit much but it all comes down to what you want and the money you have.
Definitely start advertising now!!! March isn't that far away and you want to have a demand before there's supply.
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$ 4o template is great but now you will need a security certificate $$$$ a shopping cart ??? A program to interact with your orders ???? if you are using credit cards a merchant account??? if you are going to continually add merchandise or make changes ???? unless you learn how to yourself. I didnt plan on seling anything till beginning of december, I sold 1 shirt to a friend in september and word of mouth made things crazy busy for me.no looking back now. I had a friend design a site with all the above and all kinds of pics and uploads etcc..... but i am so busy that we cant get together to put it up. in the meantime i use a couple sites that my distributors provide to me for free.I dont like the sites but they work and bring in money.a lot of clothing manufacturers provide free website for their distibutors. open some accounts and you will see.
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$1200 is really not that steep. Everyone seems to want artists and web developers to just give things up for free. It all depends on what he is doing. For professional companies to do an outstanding website for you, the DESIGN of the website its self can be $1,000 and up. The lowest I have ever been quoted by a professional and custom web design company was $700 just for the layout design. The coding is a whole different story. For a customized storefront, custom content management system, and commenting on blogs or different areas of your website can cost $10,000+
I would want to see his work before I did anything. I definitely wouldn't pay him all money up front. Figure out what you need and what you don't need on your site. Look for other options. The fact of the matter is everyone has crappy templates now and most consumers can tell... what sets you apart from the rest?
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Originally Posted by dmm26
Ok first, what type of clothing line are you putting out? Do you want to a sell in stores? Online?
$1200 is a bit much but it all comes down to what you want and the money you have.
Definitely start advertising now!!! March isn't that far away and you want to have a demand before there's supply.
well it'll be like hiphop/skater/rockstar type wear, and yes eventually i do wanna see in stores, but right now im fine either online or just around here in Dallas...yeah i know $1200 hundred is to much for my pockets right now...i didnt know it was going to cost that much....I told johnny from johnny cupcakes and he told me a website would cost average? whats average????
Re: Ok...ok i should have shirts for sale by march, BUT
$1200 for a fully functioning design from scatch site is reasonable.
that's anywhere from 12-24 hours of work.
if you cannot do it ask to see how a few pages would look and pay him/her for that (don't ask and not pay) but see how the site will be done and then if you like have it continued and pay the rest.
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the artist that does my shirt design's told me he could design my website for $1200 bucks, now is that too much
No, that is a reasonable amount to pay for a custom website design.
You could probably get it done cheaper, it can take some time and legwork piecing it all together. If you do it all yourself it can be even cheaper.
But if you know this guy can do the job and do it well, then $1200 is a small price to pay for quality work.
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if so where can i go to find some graphic desingers that do really good work for a reasonable price?
Try freelance sites like elance.com, guru.com, rentacoder.com, or even on some of the forums for the various shopping cart softwares like the cubecart forums or zencart forums.
Start advertising when you have something to deliver to the people you are sending to your website. Otherwise you are wasting money when they get to your site and find nothing.
You can start "marketing" your site and getting the word out for free now, but you may want to put a newsletter (or blog) on your site so people can signup for updates when you officially launch.
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In the web design world, you get what you pay for. If you want o save a few bucks, then your site will look like you tried to save a few bucks.
Even if this guys can design somewhat decently, you still need someone to code it for you and set up the backend which is not cheap as well.
You best bet is to go with a pre-built content management solution.
Shopify.com is really good and easy to use and allows for various payment methods such as google checkout, paypal, and autorize.net
You can even redirect a domain and host the site so that www.mytshirtsite.com will look legit.
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