Are you talking about sites like cafepress?
Are the do it yourself shirt websites a bad idea
The websites where you make the design and then people buy them on the shirt and you get a little bit of profit. are those websites a bad idea? do they own your designs when you submit them? is there a way they can scam your designs off you?
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Yeah, any site like that
I'm currently using Spreadshirt and I got a sample in the mail the other day and it came out nice. Just try to avoid using DTG on dark shirts and you should be good.
They aren't exactly a bad idea for someone who is starting out and just wants to see if people like their designs. But the quality of the print is much lower than a screen printed shirt.
its a nice start no over head. but u could get cheap heat press a epson printer and some heat transfer inks and some papers from costal business and keep small run in house up to 25 prints.later u can upgrade to a cutter and still keep the larger run to the big guys. keeping start up cost down until u are ready for full in house production. hope this helps
Yeah i just money really bad right now. there is no jobs where i liveits a nice start no over head. but u could get cheap heat press a epson printer and some heat transfer inks and some papers from costal business and keep small run in house up to 25 prints.later u can upgrade to a cutter and still keep the larger run to the big guys. keeping start up cost down until u are ready for full in house production. hope this helps
I am just sketched out that people or the website would take my designs or somthingThey aren't exactly a bad idea for someone who is starting out and just wants to see if people like their designs. But the quality of the print is much lower than a screen printed shirt.
If Cafepress or Zazzle or any of those companies were stealing designs from people you would have heard about it already. They are such big businesses that I don't think they could get away with it.I am just sketched out that people or the website would take my designs or somthing
I used to use Cafepress, but they changed a lot of things and I ended up making no money while they raked in most of the money from the sales I made. Also, I wasn't impressed with the quality of the prints. Screen printing is just much better in my opinion.
But, like I said, for someone who just wants to test out their designs and see if people will like them, I think its a good idea. There is no upfront cost to you.
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