[stingah]

I'm starting a small niche shirt printing business. I don't want to print a bunch of shirts not knowing if they're going to sell. And I don't really want to set all the equipment up just to print one shirt when someone orders one. I was thinking that I get all the orders for a week and print them on one day and ship the next day. Does anyone do their business this way? Does it work? What do other small printers do? Suck it up and print as you get the orders?

Thanks

Scott

 

[tcrowder]

If you plan on doing things this way you need to have it on your website so folks know. You might put something under the shipping section like this

"We fire up our presses once a week and print your items fresh! All orders received Monday thru Friday will ship the following Monday. There's nothing better than a new tee hot off the press!"

I personally would not like that idea if I was the buyer but at least you will be honest up front about it.

 

[stingah]

Thanks Terry. I love your statement!

I'm not too fond of doing it either, I'll see how the orders are going first.

Thanks again.

 

[royster13]

Delaying shipping will cost you orders....

 

[NoXid]

General practice is to print a batch of a design and then ship from that inventory until inventory runs low, then print another batch. It would be a PITA and waste of materials to print a few, or one, copy of a shirt at a time.

Sounds like you don't want to commit to the designs until you see how they sell. I can understand that. I do like the text suggested above, but I would skip it and not give your would-be customers another reason not to buy your shirts. Perhaps you could print shirts twice a week? But I would only do that while you are sorting out what sells and whether you are going to commit to this business--then you should go ahead and print yourself a reasonable supply of each design you are going to offer.

 

[calhtech]

I'm starting a small niche shirt printing business. I don't want to print a bunch of shirts not knowing if they're going to sell. And I don't really want to set all the equipment up just to print one shirt when someone orders one. I was thinking that I get all the orders for a week and print them on one day and ship the next day. Does anyone do their business this way? Does it work? What do other small printers do? Suck it up and print as you get the orders?

Thanks

Scott

If you are serious about growing, then you'll need to just suck it and print. If you are a hobbying and happy, then don't bother with the advertising, or online efforts. Just wait a week and watch your customers go somewhere else ......

CalhTech>