[TulsaTees]

Hi all!

I was pleasantly surprised to find a site full of knowledge, wisdom, and experience on the t-shirt biz! My wife and I are just starting out on this part-time venture... we're looking at marketing designs on t-shirts, mainly, and also other gift merchandise (y'know, bumper stickers, license plates, mugs, etc.). To that end, we're starting out with a shop at CafePress.com, but will likely migrate to our own site in the future. We're also coordinating with a local t-shirt printer to handle bulk and custom orders.

I see this as more of a "design shop" approach rather than a "t-shirt production" approach, as I'm hoping we can concentrate on designs and marketing (online and in-real-life) and not so much on inventory and production. Rather outsource that if possible. Anyone have any thoughts on that?

Anyway, glad to be here! Although we by no means have all of our design ideas up and "out there", feel free to check out our shop at http://www.cafepress.com/tulsatees

--William
Tulsa Tees
The globe is warmin' up. Wear a t-shirt!

P.S. It's okay to put a shop link in the siggie...?

 

[Jasonda]

Hi William,

Welcome to the t-shirt forums! I used to live in Tulsa, you know.

A lot of people here use Cafepress. Some people use it when they are just starting out, and many use it permanently as well.

You can definitely put your website link and tag line in your signature, if you like.

See you around!

 

[TulsaTees]

OK, got my sig set up. Thanks for the welcome!

What took you to Vancouver?

 

[Solmu]

I see this as more of a "design shop" approach rather than a "t-shirt production" approach, as I'm hoping we can concentrate on designs and marketing (online and in-real-life) and not so much on inventory and production. Rather outsource that if possible. Anyone have any thoughts on that?

It's one of many workable approaches. Outsourced production means lower margins... but that's pretty irrelevant if you're able to sell more because you're concentrating on your strengths

In short, yes, good

P.S. It's okay to put a shop link in the siggie...?

Yup, up to two links is fine.

The rules on self-promotion, linking, etc. are here if you ever need to know.

 

[Jasonda]

What took you to Vancouver?

My husband was here. Makes life easier ya know.