How to Start a Real Internet T Shirt Business
Novelty and custom t-shirts are big business. Almost everyone owns several and they are popular sellers, regardless of the season. An Internet t-shirt business can be a great investment, but requires creativity, a drive to succeed and of course, great t-shirt designs.
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Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Startup capital
- Computer
- Graphic design software
- Screens
- Screen printing ink
- Heat press
- Heat transfers
- Ink jet printer
- T-shirts
- A web store
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Design the t-shirts on your computer, using a graphics design program. Funny sayings and pictures are great sellers. Quick thinking and dry wit is a great asset when designing the shirts you will sell.
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Choose which designs will work best with each type of process. Heat transfer lends itself to large, blocky designs, while screen printing is excellent for designs that require a lot of layered colors and more complex imagery.
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Make the t-shirts. Remember to allow the heat transfer designs to cool completely before removing the backing paper. Screen printed designs need time to dry inbetween layering of different colors.
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Build a website. The website should be easy to navigate and should contain a shopping cart option to better facilitate purchases. Website design is extremely important and should reflect the character of your Internet t-shirt business.
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Advertise the Internet t-shirt business. Link exchanges, search engine optimized web pages, search engine submission and traditional advertising methods like flyers, business cards and billboards are all good options.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are unfamiliar with website design, you can hire a web designer of use a webhost with preexisting site templates. There are also online stores, such as Etsy and CafePress, that allow you to set up your own shop on their website, through their user-friendly software.
Be original. Don't copy other designer's ideas; come up with your own.
