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Hello.
I'm new here, but in my last 4 hours as a member on these boards I've seen more information catered to the small t-shirt startup's than I've found in 2 months of online searches! That's amazing. And I'm thankful. So props to the person (or persons) who developed this site.
On that note... Let me introduce myself and ask a few questions.
I'm based in Baltimore, Maryland - USA. I'm looking to start up a small clothing line (beginning with t-shirts) and I'd like to of course brand my clothing with our identity as well as have a particular quality about them. I'm all about the quality of the material and quality of the finished product(wether it be screen printed, embroidered, or combination of both).
A few things I'd like to achieve:
1) have a QUALITY, thick-durable, SOFT, 100% pre-shrink cotton t-shirt base material. 6oz or better.
2) be able to put my own tag's on the shirts (would like the place to label or relabel them for me - possibly even supply the tags if I supply the art)
3) like most urban brands now-a-days (i.e. Ecko, Akademiks, Phat Farm) I'd like to use the cool inside trim of the shirt to put a customized, repeating brand name, and have it sewn into the shirts like they do. Its looks great.
4) I'd like the shirts to be Made in the USA. Not 100% critical, but definitely a selling point for me.
5) Be able to order small quantities (say 100 of each shirt style)
6) Would like the place to do GOOD, QUALITY, screen printing that CAN use specialty processes and inks like high density, glow-in-dark, etc.
7) Would like the place to also have ability to do complex embroidery (DO NOT want to pay ridiculous setup charges for digitizing artwork and will supply art in any format that adobe illustrator CS2 can export as)
8) Would like the ability to chose shirt material colors from as WIDE range as possible (even choosing my own PMS matched colors if possible).
9) Would like the finished shirts to be pre-packaged (folded in bags)
10) Would like to have my own retail style hang tags (made as stickers) placed on the shirts with plastic attachments.
11) Would like to keep costs down to a reasonable price for all of this (preferably $6 or below per shirt).
Please.... I'm open to suggestions... alternatives.... info. Also, if you could please give me information about your dealing with the companies you refer to me that would be wonderfully helpful. Did you like their service? Are you affiliated with them? Have you gotten products and/or services from them? That sort of thing. But especially, where you HAPPY with what you received in the end. And how does it compare to anyone elses suggested places.
Also, if anyone see's any problems in the things I've mentioned I'd like (albeit, a one source solution not such a good idea & why) or anything of that sort... it would be very helpful as well.
????
Thanks kindly.
I'm new here, but in my last 4 hours as a member on these boards I've seen more information catered to the small t-shirt startup's than I've found in 2 months of online searches! That's amazing. And I'm thankful. So props to the person (or persons) who developed this site.
On that note... Let me introduce myself and ask a few questions.
I'm based in Baltimore, Maryland - USA. I'm looking to start up a small clothing line (beginning with t-shirts) and I'd like to of course brand my clothing with our identity as well as have a particular quality about them. I'm all about the quality of the material and quality of the finished product(wether it be screen printed, embroidered, or combination of both).
A few things I'd like to achieve:
1) have a QUALITY, thick-durable, SOFT, 100% pre-shrink cotton t-shirt base material. 6oz or better.
2) be able to put my own tag's on the shirts (would like the place to label or relabel them for me - possibly even supply the tags if I supply the art)
3) like most urban brands now-a-days (i.e. Ecko, Akademiks, Phat Farm) I'd like to use the cool inside trim of the shirt to put a customized, repeating brand name, and have it sewn into the shirts like they do. Its looks great.
4) I'd like the shirts to be Made in the USA. Not 100% critical, but definitely a selling point for me.
5) Be able to order small quantities (say 100 of each shirt style)
6) Would like the place to do GOOD, QUALITY, screen printing that CAN use specialty processes and inks like high density, glow-in-dark, etc.
7) Would like the place to also have ability to do complex embroidery (DO NOT want to pay ridiculous setup charges for digitizing artwork and will supply art in any format that adobe illustrator CS2 can export as)
8) Would like the ability to chose shirt material colors from as WIDE range as possible (even choosing my own PMS matched colors if possible).
9) Would like the finished shirts to be pre-packaged (folded in bags)
10) Would like to have my own retail style hang tags (made as stickers) placed on the shirts with plastic attachments.
11) Would like to keep costs down to a reasonable price for all of this (preferably $6 or below per shirt).
Please.... I'm open to suggestions... alternatives.... info. Also, if you could please give me information about your dealing with the companies you refer to me that would be wonderfully helpful. Did you like their service? Are you affiliated with them? Have you gotten products and/or services from them? That sort of thing. But especially, where you HAPPY with what you received in the end. And how does it compare to anyone elses suggested places.
Also, if anyone see's any problems in the things I've mentioned I'd like (albeit, a one source solution not such a good idea & why) or anything of that sort... it would be very helpful as well.
????
Thanks kindly.