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I wanted to get some thoughts on a business opportunity that I have.
Someone at my day job has hired me to get some t-shirts printed up for their family reunion. She knows about my clothing line, and asked if I may be able to get some shirts printed for the same price as the place she normally goes to get her shirts for family reunions, and said she would rather let me make some money than someone she doesn’t know. I looked into it, and agreed to offer my services.
She gave me some general thoughts about the artwork and I came up with something that she liked.
I ordered the kind of shirts she wanted, wholesale, and took them to my normal printer to have printed up.
She has referred my services to several others, and now someone else would like me to do the same for them: Get them competitive prices on screen printed shirts.
I’m able to make a profit because I get the shirts wholesale, take them to my printer who does not charge me for printing on my shirts. Every local printer I have contacted (included the one I use) would have charged the lady at my job the same price or more on the total job because they are making a profit on the sale of the shirts, not just the printing.
I thought this could be a good little side business, and was just wondering what the best way to approach it would be. Should I tell prospective customers that I don’t actually do the printing of the shirts, but offer my art services, and shirts at wholesale prices? In which case they might be wondering what they are paying me for, even though the prices would be the same or lower. Or should I just say that I offer screen printed t-shirts and go with the method I described above, with buying them wholesale myself, then getting them printed?
For the lady at my job, I didn’t really do much work. She paid me upfront. I ordered her 100 jerzees shirts from SSActivewear, took them to my printer, and will pay my printer from the money she gave me. The remainder is quite sizeable for not much work at all.
Any thoughts?
Someone at my day job has hired me to get some t-shirts printed up for their family reunion. She knows about my clothing line, and asked if I may be able to get some shirts printed for the same price as the place she normally goes to get her shirts for family reunions, and said she would rather let me make some money than someone she doesn’t know. I looked into it, and agreed to offer my services.
She gave me some general thoughts about the artwork and I came up with something that she liked.
I ordered the kind of shirts she wanted, wholesale, and took them to my normal printer to have printed up.
She has referred my services to several others, and now someone else would like me to do the same for them: Get them competitive prices on screen printed shirts.
I’m able to make a profit because I get the shirts wholesale, take them to my printer who does not charge me for printing on my shirts. Every local printer I have contacted (included the one I use) would have charged the lady at my job the same price or more on the total job because they are making a profit on the sale of the shirts, not just the printing.
I thought this could be a good little side business, and was just wondering what the best way to approach it would be. Should I tell prospective customers that I don’t actually do the printing of the shirts, but offer my art services, and shirts at wholesale prices? In which case they might be wondering what they are paying me for, even though the prices would be the same or lower. Or should I just say that I offer screen printed t-shirts and go with the method I described above, with buying them wholesale myself, then getting them printed?
For the lady at my job, I didn’t really do much work. She paid me upfront. I ordered her 100 jerzees shirts from SSActivewear, took them to my printer, and will pay my printer from the money she gave me. The remainder is quite sizeable for not much work at all.
Any thoughts?