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This is a great idea, but I'm unclear of the particulars on how to pursue it. I don't have very much money, and I can't afford (currently) to just order 500 ts

This is a great idea, but I'm unclear of the particulars on how to pursue it. I don't have very much money, and I can't afford (currently) to just order 500 tshirts and spend 1000 bucks on it. Are you suggesting something like Cafepress? I'm terrible at graphic design and not sure what to put on the tshirts other than a logo...

aresant 16y ago
In my experience http://www.zazzle.com/ http://www.zazzle.com/ or http://www.cafepress.com http://www.cafepress.com are the best. Since you have the traffic, and you're a hacker and can set this up, I'd suggest that you run a T-Shirt contest. Pay $100.00 for the top design and promise to promote the designer from your home page - let your audience vote on it. Prior example: Shoemoney is a master at getting people to design all his stuff for free eg: http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/05/29/design-my-new-business-card-win-free-business-cards-for-life/ http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/05/29/design-my-new-business-c... Good examples of sites doing this: http://store.theonion.com/category/mens-tees-hoodies,4/big/ http://store.theonion.com/category/mens-tees-hoodies,4/big/ http://www.bustedtees.com/ http://www.bustedtees.com/ Even CNN played around with this model: http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/#headlines/allshirts/2010/6/1 http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/#headlines/allshirts/2010/6/1 I actually think the CNN-type model could work well for you - let people pick their favorite saying, make the contest about building a template / format for the t-shirt
Travis 16y ago
i LOVE the idea of getting your users to design the shirts... Also, given your market (pot smokers), you should look towards impulse buy items. T-Shirts are fantastic -- marijuana supporters love to buy "420" and "legalize it" type gear. As someone running that site, don't you have some insight into what your target market likes? Beyond the "ice cream" level stuff. Alternatively / complementary, couldn't you sign up for an affiliate program with one of the online glassworks shops? I bet you'd make more money that way than doing adverts for other people. Your site is so targeted, and with such a well defined user in mind (the "stoner" image is self-applied and identifying for users) that you should 100% be doing affiliates for online glass works, or t-shirts and knick-knacks (just think of things that would "blow people's minds" for under $10).

aresant 16y ago

In my experience http://www.zazzle.com/ http://www.zazzle.com/ or http://www.cafepress.com http://www.cafepress.com are the best. Since you have the traffic, and you're a hacker and can set this up, I'd suggest that you run a T-Shirt contest. Pay $100.00 for the top design and promise to promote the designer from your home page - let your audience vote on it. Prior example: Shoemoney is a master at getting people to design all his stuff for free eg: http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/05/29/design-my-new-business-card-win-free-business-cards-for-life/ http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/05/29/design-my-new-business-c... Good examples of sites doing this: http://store.theonion.com/category/mens-tees-hoodies,4/big/ http://store.theonion.com/category/mens-tees-hoodies,4/big/ http://www.bustedtees.com/ http://www.bustedtees.com/ Even CNN played around with this model: http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/#headlines/allshirts/2010/6/1 http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/#headlines/allshirts/2010/6/1 I actually think the CNN-type model could work well for you - let people pick their favorite saying, make the contest about building a template / format for the t-shirt

Travis 16y ago

i LOVE the idea of getting your users to design the shirts... Also, given your market (pot smokers), you should look towards impulse buy items. T-Shirts are fantastic -- marijuana supporters love to buy "420" and "legalize it" type gear. As someone running that site, don't you have some insight into what your target market likes? Beyond the "ice cream" level stuff. Alternatively / complementary, couldn't you sign up for an affiliate program with one of the online glassworks shops? I bet you'd make more money that way than doing adverts for other people. Your site is so targeted, and with such a well defined user in mind (the "stoner" image is self-applied and identifying for users) that you should 100% be doing affiliates for online glass works, or t-shirts and knick-knacks (just think of things that would "blow people's minds" for under $10).