Printing and Selling T

Printing and Selling T

The first thing youll want to do is to produce some samples of your garments to see if they will sell. If you have a color inkjet printer and if you have created the designs on your computer or can transfer them to the computer, you can print them out onto special transfer paper. You can then use an electric iron to transfer the design from the transfer paper to blank Tshirts. To test the process, you can purchase transfer paper in small quantities from office supply stores like Office Max, Office Depot or Staples. If the result is satisfactory, then you can look on the Internet for suppliers who will sell you larger quantities of transfer paper at lower per/sheet costs. If you dont have a color printer or your designs are not on your computer, you may want to contact a local screen printer and have them produce your initial samples for you. Look in the yellow pages for printers. Stenciling is yet another option, if the designs are suitable.

You can find manufacturers and wholesalers from whom to purchase Tshirts on the Internet, too. You can find those by searching the web for terms like Tshirt manufacturer or wholesale tshirts. Some may have large minimum order requirements, and many may require you to have a resale tax number to purchase at wholesale price. Ive included some links below to get you started.

Using your ink jet printer and an electric iron to create the shirts is not something youll want to do once you identify which designs sell and want to print any of them in quantity. It will help you determine which designs are most saleable, but once you do need to produce them in quantity youd want to look into other means of producing the shirts or find someone to produce them for you.

Trade magazines for the screen printing industry and the promotional products industry are a good source of information and leads to industry suppliers. So, too, is the Internet. There are a number of links at the end of this article that will help find suppliers and additional information about imprinting apparel and other items as well.

Once you have some samples made up, its time to start selling them. You can do this in several ways. If you have just a few samples, take orders for them. Show the samples to friends and family and ask them for orders. You might want to have a home party, perhaps sharing the time with a friend who sells items suitable for display and sale at home parties. Or, you could display your shirts at flea markets and craft shows and either sell them outright if you have enough made or take orders. If you see there is a big demand for your designs, you could do additional research into the apparel, promotional products if appropriate and screen printing industries to see how to grow your business.

Internet resources for products, supplies and general informationan extensive list of TShirt wholesalersgood general information from Hanes corporation as well as a source of suppliesinformation about transfer paper and printing transfers from your computergeneral information and supplies for heat transfer.