I've looked around at getting stickers made for my company, and it doesn't seem like you'd make a ton of money at it. You can get 1000 stickers for $100 @ stickerguy.com. You'd have to be doing HUGE quantity to make it worth it.

 

Vinyl as in cut vinyl for car windows?

Yes, it can be profitable. If you have a cutter sitting idle, put it to work. The weeding can be a pain. But you can make use of the time you're sitting in front of the tv!

Vinyl as in stickers?

Depends. Stickers can be so cheap that people might get their own. It will really depend on what's on them, who you're trying to sell to, yadda yadda.

 

Yup
Vinyl for car windows. Im using my plotter very well. I just wanted to see if there was a good market for them online, get some seller experiences and so on.

 

Sure, if you're selling t-shirts and you have a cutter, there's no reason you shouldn't add stickers to your lineup.

That gives your customers more things to buy. Some low ticket items can lead to higher ticket t-shirt sales.

The materials don't cost much for the amount you can sell it for.

There's no guarantee they will sell, but that's true with just about anything.

The good part about stickers with a vinyl cutter is that you don't have to cut it until your customer orders it from you. That way there's no waste.

 

What exactly is a plotter? I love the stickers that are specially made for cars, and they even look better as domes and the glue used seems to make the sticker never come off or even fade as i've experienced.

 

Check here: http://www.t-shirtforums.com/vinyl-cutters-plotters-transfers/t25020.html

 

There is more $$$$ in window decals for cars then there is t-shirts where I am. I mean I do ALOT more shirts but the price per square inch is ALOT more for window decals. I'd rather do them all day long then t-shirts.

 

The profit margin is awesome for stickers. If you make a 5"x5" siticker, you probaby have about $.20 in it for the material and tape (if that). I seel them all day long for $7.00 and they only take about 2 minutes to plot, weed and tape.

Nice return on the investment with them.

Rodney's right, they may start off with a sticker then buy a matching shirt or even a sign.

 

Im happy to read this. I know thare are tons of variables and posibbilities. I have tu market well, have good designs and so on. I know I have to work hard. Just wanted to have some opinions.
thanx

 

Where do you them - swap meets and stuff. i have a friend on the east coast of Canada doing that and he just builds in other products to fill in around his stickers. I'm thinking I am missing the boat here by not trying the same thing and adding the stickers to my t-shirts and hats at these shows in Ontario. I understand from previous posts that there is a fairly inexpense plotter available for under $1,000. Would this include the software needed to run it - I would think so.

Brad

Brad

 

Yeah, Plotters usually bring the software fully functional or at least a trial and then you buy a subscription (from what Ive read so far). Good luck.
Joe

 

Thanks Joe

 

But it's kinda difficult and takes a bit more time if you use a plotter for multi-color sticker designs!

 

can you use a plotter to make multi color stickers(other than the plotters with a printer in them)?

 

If you sell a decal that has more than one colour...would you put them together and sell it as one piece...or would you let the customer do that?

Jacky

 

You'll have to put them together and sell in 1 piece.

 

Not always, I've sold decals packages for racecars that are 2 or 3 or 4 colors and I cut and tape 'em seperate, then when they put it on the car they put first color, then 2nd and 3rd and so on.

Anything a foot and under I put together, anything over a foot, the customer gets in seperate pieces and I tell they will have to put them together, and I tell 'em to do it wet.