[webcat]

Hello everyone and first I want to apologize if this has been asked before, I called myself doing a search of this site using the Keywords and could not find this question, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask:

If you're wanting to start a T-Shirt Line, with...lets just say One Design for the sake of this example. Would you just put the design out on One Shirt Color (Ex. Your design is One solid color White on a solid Black Tee like I see most people doing) or would you put the design out on Multiple Shirt Colors like Black, Red, Navy, etc?

Let me know your thoughts. A good example I can recall was back when TAPOUT first came out, they had the coolest designs, but I'd walk in a store and find a design I liked and they'd have it on Green shirts and Red shirts and Blue shirts and I just thought that was 1. Cool as heck 2. very considerate to the customer who wants more options than just one color. "But" I can see this being expensive, specially starting out, has anyone here ever gone through this process starting out? Would love to hear your take. Thanks in advance.

 

[CGibson92]

The thought process is the more color options you have the more customers you are able to please so I would most definitely suggest providing as many color options as you can. that being said, only print when the color looks good with the design you have created. (Eg. if you have a bright red design, you might want to skip putting it on a red shirt since unless it's a Christmas design or if you have a design that's white you won't want to put it on a white shirt.)

 

[NoXid]

I have played it both ways, and for the most part, I would suggest keeping it simple.

Black, as everyone says, is the best selling color. Heather/Ash Grey is probably next, but less than black. Note that some art would need to be modified when printing dark ink on grey rather than white ink on black--else it would look like a negative.

Some designs may work better on a certain color, like red for a Che Guevara print, or army green for an antiwar print. I wouldn't stick images on random colors just because you can. Use the color that looks best with the art, has a thematic connection to the art, or is simply the most popular color.

If you are printing these up more or less on demand, then you have more latitude to experiment and not get stuck with inventory that never sells. But if you are having these produced in volume/batches, I would use one of the two most popular and proven colors--double especially if the designs themselves have not been tested in the marketplace.

 

[webcat]

I have played it both ways, and for the most part, I would suggest keeping it simple.

Black, as everyone says, is the best selling color. Heather/Ash Grey is probably next, but less than black. Note that some art would need to be modified when printing dark ink on grey rather than white ink on black--else it would look like a negative.

Some designs may work better on a certain color, like red for a Che Guevara print, or army green for an antiwar print. I wouldn't stick images on random colors just because you can. Use the color that looks best with the art, has a thematic connection to the art, or is simply the most popular color.

If you are printing these up more or less on demand, then you have more latitude to experiment and not get stuck with inventory that never sells. But if you are having these produced in volume/batches, I would use one of the two most popular and proven colors--double especially if the designs themselves have not been tested in the marketplace.

Super Awesome Advice! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply for me

 

[webcat]

The thought process is the more color options you have the more customers you are able to please so I would most definitely suggest providing as many color options as you can. that being said, only print when the color looks good with the design you have created. (Eg. if you have a bright red design, you might want to skip putting it on a red shirt since unless it's a Christmas design or if you have a design that's white you won't want to put it on a white shirt.)

Thanks alot for replying. I appreciate the advice.