Hey guys,
My name is Zac and I operate a growing performance car site in my area. Membership is up over 1,000 members in roughly about a year (in a local, medium sized town), and I would like to provide shirts for my members at a cheap cost. I've looked at places like cafepress.com and stuff like that, but I am also a business major and would like to take advantage of my idea and run a small, home based, tshirt business from my home. I know I could sell a decent amount of shirts as I have many connections in my area through my job and my website of people who would be looking to purchase shirts, such as the many car clubs that operate within my website.
To make a long story short, I have been running this website for free and now it's time to start generating a little bit of income to pay for hosting...and hopefully a few dollars for gas :wink:
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Now I don't want to go cheap on the supplies. I want to produce a quality shirt that I won't have to worry about getting complaints about. I have a few questions:
1: I have an HP Photosmart 7260. Has anyone had any success with dye inks at all? Is there a way to make them work?
2: What kind of Epson printer do you use? What is the best value? Do I really need a $400 printer right away, or is it just a convenience for people producing large volumes of shirts?
3. How about this DuraBrite ink? Does it perform well? There is a value pack on epson's website for about $37. Is that all I need? What reasons would somebody go with a bulk ink system, and how hard is it to set up?
4. The heat press: What size heat press is ideal? Does it honestly matter what kind of heat press I buy or is this a minute factor in producing good shirts?
5. Browsing through ebay I am seeing people selling various heat press designs that are ready to be placed onto a shirt (professionally printed onto a transfer sheet and ready to press). I am calculating anywhere from 25 cents per sheet to 65 cents per sheet and the designs are really cool. Has anyone invested in these? Seems to me like one could offer some neat designs for the general public this way without sacraficing the profit margin on the shirts.
6. Best places to buy shirts? http://blankshirtstore.com/ seems to be a pretty good choice. ?
I am very happy to have stumbled onto this website and answers to any or all of these questions would be greatly appreciated!
Zac
My name is Zac and I operate a growing performance car site in my area. Membership is up over 1,000 members in roughly about a year (in a local, medium sized town), and I would like to provide shirts for my members at a cheap cost. I've looked at places like cafepress.com and stuff like that, but I am also a business major and would like to take advantage of my idea and run a small, home based, tshirt business from my home. I know I could sell a decent amount of shirts as I have many connections in my area through my job and my website of people who would be looking to purchase shirts, such as the many car clubs that operate within my website.
To make a long story short, I have been running this website for free and now it's time to start generating a little bit of income to pay for hosting...and hopefully a few dollars for gas :wink:
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Now I don't want to go cheap on the supplies. I want to produce a quality shirt that I won't have to worry about getting complaints about. I have a few questions:
1: I have an HP Photosmart 7260. Has anyone had any success with dye inks at all? Is there a way to make them work?
2: What kind of Epson printer do you use? What is the best value? Do I really need a $400 printer right away, or is it just a convenience for people producing large volumes of shirts?
3. How about this DuraBrite ink? Does it perform well? There is a value pack on epson's website for about $37. Is that all I need? What reasons would somebody go with a bulk ink system, and how hard is it to set up?
4. The heat press: What size heat press is ideal? Does it honestly matter what kind of heat press I buy or is this a minute factor in producing good shirts?
5. Browsing through ebay I am seeing people selling various heat press designs that are ready to be placed onto a shirt (professionally printed onto a transfer sheet and ready to press). I am calculating anywhere from 25 cents per sheet to 65 cents per sheet and the designs are really cool. Has anyone invested in these? Seems to me like one could offer some neat designs for the general public this way without sacraficing the profit margin on the shirts.
6. Best places to buy shirts? http://blankshirtstore.com/ seems to be a pretty good choice. ?
I am very happy to have stumbled onto this website and answers to any or all of these questions would be greatly appreciated!
Zac