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T-Shirt print shop recommendations?
9 years ago
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First off, My condolences go out to those slain and injured at the Pulse club in Orlando, their families and friends and loved ones. I can't begin to fully understand all the motivations behind it and the pain that results, and everyone heaping their own opinions and agendas and prejudices on top doesn't help, so I'll leave it at "mean violent people suck" for the time being. On a contrasting note, I've seen foxes in my back yard again, two this time. Somehow I'm getting a fox yard. It's an unsettling and wondrous time to be alive.
On to the subject, I used to have an online T-shirts-and-stuff shop through Printfection, but they no longer offer that service, so (finally) I'm looking to rebuild somewhere else. Some of you out there have undoubtedly either used online printers like CafePress or RedBubble or whatever to sell your own wares, or purchased products through one or more of them, and I'm looking for your opinions on which service(s) are your favorites to use or buy from. A few things I'm looking for are:
* Automated storefront (as in you design the products, they handle the printing/production, sales, shipping, and all, then give you money)
* Quality production - good materials and printing quality, not flimsy crud that fades out or disintegrates after being worn and washed a couple times.
* Full color printing as opposed to just single or limited color silkscreens
* Ability to print white or light colored graphics on dark colored shirts
* Hopefully reasonable pricing for end customers. Most of these services seem to have a 'base price', and let the seller add their own price/profit on that.
* Other printed items, like cups/glasses/bags/prints/posters/whatever, would be nice options to have too.
If you know a shirt printing & web store service that's awesome, or have other options I hadn't considered, feel free to speak up!
Thanx, Eric S.
On to the subject, I used to have an online T-shirts-and-stuff shop through Printfection, but they no longer offer that service, so (finally) I'm looking to rebuild somewhere else. Some of you out there have undoubtedly either used online printers like CafePress or RedBubble or whatever to sell your own wares, or purchased products through one or more of them, and I'm looking for your opinions on which service(s) are your favorites to use or buy from. A few things I'm looking for are:
* Automated storefront (as in you design the products, they handle the printing/production, sales, shipping, and all, then give you money)
* Quality production - good materials and printing quality, not flimsy crud that fades out or disintegrates after being worn and washed a couple times.
* Full color printing as opposed to just single or limited color silkscreens
* Ability to print white or light colored graphics on dark colored shirts
* Hopefully reasonable pricing for end customers. Most of these services seem to have a 'base price', and let the seller add their own price/profit on that.
* Other printed items, like cups/glasses/bags/prints/posters/whatever, would be nice options to have too.
If you know a shirt printing & web store service that's awesome, or have other options I hadn't considered, feel free to speak up!
Thanx, Eric S.
Their quality isn't bad either. I bought one of my designs and the shirt is still holding up very well. All I can say is check them out at least.
-WF
Balena Productions is the name of the Sonic Jaws Video.
So yeah, Try Zazzle and I'll check out your store.
Anyway, There is CustomInk that is like a crowdfund like service so that you'll get the money. You send the art you want to put on the shirts and then they ship it to your customers/funders.
I'll keep looking for other services to help you really out.
Ernest aka DragonStar731
They suck. The logo was almost invisible after two launderings.
Don't go there.
Redbubble has good quality and tons of different items, cups, phone skins, you name it. Bit expensive, comparatively, but you pay less if you buy your own designs. You can upload different versions of the same picture for different items, but their clothing printing will not work with partially transparent designs (they print it on a white foundation, so anything half-transparent will end up grey.) Anything where you can set a fixed background color though, i can recommend them heartily.
Teepublic is cheaper and i heard good things about them quality-wise, but their selection is way more limited and you can only upload one design for each product, be it posterprint or shirt. You'd have to make seperate submissions for different looks.
Society6 has even more items than redbubble (even shower curtains), but their site is convoluted, the uploading process annoying and nobody ever seems to buy anything there. Not worth the hassle, unless you wanna buy a shower curtain with your own design on it.
In a pinch, you could try contacting Offworld Designs (http://www.offworlddesigns.com/); they're used to working with fan groups and can do small or custom orders, though I don't think they have on-demand printing.