How to Sell Vintage T-Shirts
Vintage T-shirts from the '60s, '70 and '80s are all the rage in trendy shops and in the wardrobe closets of pop tartlets. Rock and roll and other entertainment oriented T-shirts once considered dime store cast-offs now command top dollar. If you have old rock concert T-shirts from decades past in your closet and want to earn extra money, here's how to get in on the action.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
-
-
1
Buy T-shirts from online stores, auction sites, yard sales or liquidation sales and then resell them at a mark-up. Mom and pop stores and yard sales in small towns and suburbs are great for mining hidden T-shirt treasures.
-
2
Set up a table at a flea market. You have to pay a fee before selling your T-shirts; but you'll make it back and turn a profit if you choose a popular location.
-
-
3
Stock the shirts in trendy stores. Take some of your shirts to a hip clothing store for teens or young adults and work out a consignment deal.
-
4
Expand your business with a website or MySpace page to advertise your wares. Post pics of your wildest T-shirts and take suggestions from users about what T-shirts they'd like to buy. Set up a shipping and payment system and accept orders worldwide.
-
5
Wear your shirts as a conversation piece. Older folks love to see old Kiss or Allman Brothers T-shirts and relive memories of their youth, and they have money to spend to recreate it. Kids are hungry for nostalgia and are eager to spend their parents' money on vintage T-shirts.
-
1
