T-shirty goodness

Bek · Post by **Bek** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:35 am

I'm interested in making some T-shirts based on my comic, but Cafepress and Zazzle don't have the colors of T-shirts I want (red, specifically). The only place I've found that has online store capability and dark shirts is Printmojo. Has anyone else worked with these guys? They seem to be pretty small at the moment, but that could be a good thing. They also have a pretty high minimum order of 24, which has to be prepaid. That works out to at least $160 outlay per design.
Does anyone know of other vendors? The other option is to get the shirts locally and sell via Paypal. But then I have to deal with shipping and such.
Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
bek
p.s. to avoid repeated posts: 99dogs has very limited colors, but good product selection, so if someone is less picky on colors they're a good idea. I specifically need red, so they're out for me.

TheBladeRoden2 · Post by **TheBladeRoden2** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:38 am

whew? 24? I think the most t-shirts I managed to sell was 1, and that was to myself.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:41 am

There's http://www.99dogs.com They have a few other options, but I"m not sure if they have red, or not. Plus, I think the Zazzle shirts are better quality. Whatever you do, DON'T go with Cafepress.

Mattgo210 · Post by **Mattgo210** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:55 am

Is the reason that so many people are against Cafepress is because their merchandise is crap???

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:05 pm

the only problem I've had with cafepress is if you set something hot and wet on their coasters the image comes off

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:06 pm

Several reasons, really. First, yeah. Their T shirts at least, ARE crap of the lowest kind. So far the mug I got from them has lasted, though. But back when I was with them, I made some money one month. Then I got an email saying that if I made some money, but didn't meet a quota, they'd charge me $20 for processing. Yeah, I dropped them like hot cakes.

I don't know if it's true, but I've heard they've started trying to charge you if you want to leave their service. Anyone know?

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:08 pm

how could they charge you for that? All you have to do is not put any links to the store page.

TheBladeRoden2 · Post by **TheBladeRoden2** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:39 pm

MixedMyth wrote:
I don't know if it's true, but I've heard they've started trying to charge you if you want to leave their service. Anyone know?

I've heard that too, which is why you can still find my page somewhere around there

Xmung · Post by **Xmung** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:25 pm

strangely, i get requests for 'loxie & zoot' t-shirts...

like... what th'..?! isn't it a tad ironic?

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:38 pm

I took a printmaking course in college and learned how to make my own t-shirts with screenprinting. I suggest looking around your town for a screenprinter. Even really small towns like Wayne, where I went to college, had a screenprinter, and they can help you out. They'll most likely be able to print on anything you want with multiple colors and everything.

It's often very good to go local, if you can. In addition to supporting your local economy, you can also strangle the idiots in they screw up your shirts!

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:23 pm

What, really? See, I always had trouble finding one with the multiple colors thing that wasn't very expensive...?

Alun Clewe · Post by **Alun Clewe** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:22 pm

xmung wrote:strangely, i get requests for 'loxie & zoot' t-shirts...

like... what th'..?! isn't it a tad ironic?

Hmm... so what could you offer instead?... Loxie & Zoot temporary rub-on tattoos?

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:40 am

"See what you're wearing right now? Right, good. Take that off.

There, now you're wearing L&Z merchandise, and it was completely free, even. Now go show your friends."

Bek · Post by **Bek** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:26 am

Having looked around a bunch more, I think I'm down to two options:
Printmojo: they run the online store and handle shipping and stuff, but I'd have to lay out a LOT of cash.
vs.
Local printer +paypal: cheaper setup (lots of good printers locally) but I'd have to figure out how to deal with shipping.

I've seen lots of comics who do their own merchandise pimping, so how do you guys do shipping? USPS or some other shipper? Flat fee or sliding scale? Run to the post office constantly or periodic shipping? Inventory or pre-orders? Spill it!

Thanks for the help!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:54 am

cjburgandy wrote:the only problem I've had with cafepress is if you set something hot and wet on their coasters the image comes off

I noticed that the image from T-shirts comes off too when you participate in wet T-shirt competition.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:09 am

If you go to the USPS website and you know how much your package weighs (just put together a sample), you can figure it out by entering in the weight what it will be to ship to different countries with different methods, then just go from there. US and Canada are, I think, always the same.

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