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Despite their (and threadless') success, selling witty t-shirts is actually a really rough business to be in. It's number two on the list of stupid frat-boy bus
by aston 19y ago
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The main issue being that it costs you a ton of money to produce inventory you probably won't be able to move. The economics only make sense only when the entire nation is buying your t-shirts. It's all loss-leading to get to that point, though.
- menloparkbum 19y agoActually the bonus with t-shirts is that it doesn't cost a ton of money. I used to work with a company that made most of its money off of t-shirts. Getting 144 t-shirts printed with one color costs about 500 dollars, including the shirts. You can sell these for $20, which means you make about $2300. You don't really need to make more than 144 (unless you are at the level of CollegeHumor) because there are so many just-in-time style print shops. If you sell out, you can have another run made in less than a week.