online? Well, you have come to the right place.
You don't need much to get started with your on-line custom t-shirt company but like everything worthwhile in life it takes time, so start slowly, taking easy steps. Once you get going you will find you have a good source of residual income - which means your custom t-shirt site makes money for no extra work by you.
1. Preparation: Firstly, get prepared and invest in some good reference material. I recommend the advice contained within this e-book product: "How To Start A T-Shirt Company". You will find it very useful and more detailed than this post.
2. Get An On-Line Presence: Create your on-line presence for free using Blogger, Wordpress or sites offering free hosting such as Freewebs. The creation of the look and feel of your custom t-shirt web presence is entirely up to you but I recommend starting with a blog. Once you select a layout, it is really easy to add your custom t-shirts for sale.
3. Create Products To Sell: Get some t-shirts to sell immediately by signing up to custom t-shirt affiliate programs from existing custom t-shirt companies. These affiliate sites offer a range of custom t-shirts in many sizes and colours. It is easy to do and free and ... did I forget to mention ... they handle the manufacturing and shipping too. Once signed up they will manage all your accounts and keep track of all your sales paying you commission on each sale made. When you want your money they will either send it to you direct or pay it into the account you tell them to. I have included a few links here to help you get signed up.
Spreadshirt Affiliate Portal
CustomInk Affiliate Programme
Chargrilled T-Shirts Affiliate Programme
Primitive State T-Shirt Affiliate Programme
4. Offer a custom design service. You can do this once you are affiliated to
custom t-shirt sites offering a design service. Once again, these custom design services offer a variety of sizes and colours to suit the needs of most customers. Once there, your customers can use the existing designs or create their own custom t-shirt. Follow my link to see how I use the
Spreadshirt Design service to offer custom t-shirts to my customers. There is a sign up link on that page.
5. Build Your Custom T-Shirt Company Patiently: As you develop, you will end up creating your own designs and offering them on your
custom t-shirt website. Getting blank t-shirts and creating designs can get technical and the skillset required increases. However, it is not that difficult and there is tons of information easily found on
Google on how to manufacture your own
custom t-shirt sites. Simplest entry point is to use iron-on designs but if you are just starting, keep that as a development goal and stick to the affiliate sites until you get going.
6. A Piece of Custom T-Shirt Advice: Market your products on the interent but remember and keep legal. Don't try to make your dough too quickly by ripping off an already seccessful design. You will end up getting into trouble and you don't want the
custom t-shirt police to come after you if you breech trademarks or copyrights, do you?
Everybody who wants to make money on-line has to start somewhere. Custom t-shirts is where I started and my method is easy to follow, quick to set up and low cost. All you need to add after that is the desire and determination to become a successful internet entrepreneur.
Hopefully this overview on starting a custom t-shirt company online is helpful. You will find this to be a great foundation for your start-up and that you can develop your business in any direction you choose as you learn more about the importance of online marketing and possibly even merchandising - if you are good enough to get that big.
Drop me a comment anytime to let me know how you get on.