What a fascinating forum. Just wanted to make my introductions and thank everyone for the seemingly endless amount of information available. It's quite exhaustive and pretty much every question gets answered. I also enjoy the community spirit displayed here. It's good to know that there is a place for honest and frank discussion on pretty much any topic regarding t-shirt manufacturing. Quite a departure from most forums I have experienced in the past (IE: Usenet).
Before I get too far ahead of myself, my name is Chris and I'm one half owner/designer/etc of a small startup called Aeon T Shirts & Apparel.
http://www.aeontees.com
The business is just now getting off the ground but we'd very much appreciate some constructive criticism regarding our designs and what we might be doing wrong thus far. I know that there isn't much variety there right now and I also need to get live action shots of the shirts on models. In addition to that, we have to get everything ready for dark shirts (HUGE, I know) and the page still needs some serious tweaking (it was looking perfect in firefox but horrible in IE. it's not looking particularly even in either browser right now but at least it is acceptable).
We are concerned that by focusing on rude/offensive shirts, we may be alienating a broad portion of our customer base. It sells well on ebay, but that might not be an accurate indicator for what will move on the website. Also, does everyone here stick to 100% original designs or do you like to branch out to stock transfers, licensed material, etc... We have been considering both avenues as well as having hot split transfers created and possibly reaching out for a screen printer.
Basically, if you have any pointers, questions, or just a comment, we would love to hear it. We currently print our own designs (Epson Stylus C86, looking at the 1280) and press them on our 15x15" Mighty Press.
Thanks again for all the great knowledge being passed around here. I hope to be able to contribute more and more as my grasp on the industry becomes more comprehensive.
Take care,
Chris
Before I get too far ahead of myself, my name is Chris and I'm one half owner/designer/etc of a small startup called Aeon T Shirts & Apparel.
http://www.aeontees.com
The business is just now getting off the ground but we'd very much appreciate some constructive criticism regarding our designs and what we might be doing wrong thus far. I know that there isn't much variety there right now and I also need to get live action shots of the shirts on models. In addition to that, we have to get everything ready for dark shirts (HUGE, I know) and the page still needs some serious tweaking (it was looking perfect in firefox but horrible in IE. it's not looking particularly even in either browser right now but at least it is acceptable).
We are concerned that by focusing on rude/offensive shirts, we may be alienating a broad portion of our customer base. It sells well on ebay, but that might not be an accurate indicator for what will move on the website. Also, does everyone here stick to 100% original designs or do you like to branch out to stock transfers, licensed material, etc... We have been considering both avenues as well as having hot split transfers created and possibly reaching out for a screen printer.
Basically, if you have any pointers, questions, or just a comment, we would love to hear it. We currently print our own designs (Epson Stylus C86, looking at the 1280) and press them on our 15x15" Mighty Press.
Thanks again for all the great knowledge being passed around here. I hope to be able to contribute more and more as my grasp on the industry becomes more comprehensive.
Take care,
Chris