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Are there any alternatives to Threadless? Tees from my last order have a completely horrible quality.

speps 9y ago
I switched to http://www.fangamer.net http://www.fangamer.net ages ago because of quality issues and didn't regret a thing. Even if you don't know the video games references, they're good looking.
tauntz 9y ago
Expanding on that - what's your go-to T-shirt shop inside the EU? Ordering from Threadless (US) to the EU is quite expensive (shipping + taxes) and I haven't found a quality EU alternative yet.
- petra 9y ago
  Side question: is that print t-shirt trend a mostly US thing ? and does it exist meaningfully in small(5-10M people) countries ?
- Neurocynic 9y ago
  Pampling is something I have used but did not like their quality after a few washes.
- loopbit 9y ago
  I usually go to qwertee (https://www.qwertee.com/ https://www.qwertee.com/). As I've said in another comment I've had some minor sizing issues but the print quality is decent enough.
  - Freak_NL 9y ago
    Side note: I am looking at Qwertee and want to find out about their business model and designer compensation, but whenever I approach the page footer, a new batch of T-shirts thumbnails is loaded in the page content pushing the footer away… Someone didn't think that one through. Edit: > Artists/Designers receive 1 Euro per shirt sold or USD or GBP equivalent. You also retain all rights to your artwork before, during and after it appears on Qwertee (most other t shirt design sites want ownership of your design forever).
    - Hoasi 9y ago
      > most other t shirt design sites want ownership of your design forever Threadless legal notice states you own and will maintain ownership of your design(s) after submission.
- Symbiote 9y ago
  Have you tried Spreadshirt? I have a few, and am satisfied with the quality (but only satisfied, they're still a bit thin.) https://www.spreadshirt.com/ https://www.spreadshirt.com/
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Spreadshirt? I've used it quite a lot and found it to be good quality, haven't ordered for about 18 months from them. I've got decade old stuff from them that's still good. Way back I made a list whilst researching for EU t-shirt/mug places -- http://alicious.com/www-cafepress-co-uk/ http://alicious.com/www-cafepress-co-uk/. I've used https://www.tshirtstudio.com/ https://www.tshirtstudio.com/ for mugs, they were good quality. Most large towns in UK probably have a dye-sub printing place. If you want cheap then Vistaprint is pretty hard to beat (cart abandonment usually nets offers).
- vasilia 9y ago
  I'm living in Russia, we don't have any extra taxes. Actually, we have a lot of local clones with the same prints from Threadless(of course illegal), but a price and quality worse than Threadless.
- pvaldes 9y ago
  Kukuxumusu is a popular brand for example in Spain. I can't talk about their quality, but they have a nice design. http://www.kukuxumusu.com/ http://www.kukuxumusu.com/
vonholstein 9y ago
Amazon offers a similar service - https://merch.amazon.com https://merch.amazon.com
- liveoneggs 9y ago
  wow I'd never heard of this one
ahbolinsky 9y ago
shirt.woot has been around forever and still going
erikdared 9y ago
CottonBureau runs a bit more expensive, but the quality is top notch: https://cottonbureau.com/ https://cottonbureau.com/
- sebasmurphy 9y ago
  +1. I also like the fact that you can usually pick soft poly-cotton blends as an option.
- everybodyknows 9y ago
  To understand why printing comes off of cheap T-shirts, see CottonBureau's excellent comparison of screen-printing and "DTG" spray-on inking processes. https://cottonbureau.com/faq/materials-inks-and-fit https://cottonbureau.com/faq/materials-inks-and-fit
omurphy27 9y ago
I'm a big fan of https://www.designbyhumans.com/ https://www.designbyhumans.com/ for their cool designs (they are constantly adding new ones). Their website is also pretty nice and they frequently have discounts.

I switched to http://www.fangamer.net http://www.fangamer.net ages ago because of quality issues and didn't regret a thing. Even if you don't know the video games references, they're good looking.

tauntz 9y ago

Expanding on that - what's your go-to T-shirt shop inside the EU? Ordering from Threadless (US) to the EU is quite expensive (shipping + taxes) and I haven't found a quality EU alternative yet.

petra 9y ago
Side question: is that print t-shirt trend a mostly US thing ? and does it exist meaningfully in small(5-10M people) countries ?
Neurocynic 9y ago
Pampling is something I have used but did not like their quality after a few washes.
loopbit 9y ago
I usually go to qwertee (https://www.qwertee.com/ https://www.qwertee.com/). As I've said in another comment I've had some minor sizing issues but the print quality is decent enough.
- Freak_NL 9y ago
  Side note: I am looking at Qwertee and want to find out about their business model and designer compensation, but whenever I approach the page footer, a new batch of T-shirts thumbnails is loaded in the page content pushing the footer away… Someone didn't think that one through. Edit: > Artists/Designers receive 1 Euro per shirt sold or USD or GBP equivalent. You also retain all rights to your artwork before, during and after it appears on Qwertee (most other t shirt design sites want ownership of your design forever).
  - Hoasi 9y ago
    > most other t shirt design sites want ownership of your design forever Threadless legal notice states you own and will maintain ownership of your design(s) after submission.
Symbiote 9y ago
Have you tried Spreadshirt? I have a few, and am satisfied with the quality (but only satisfied, they're still a bit thin.) https://www.spreadshirt.com/ https://www.spreadshirt.com/
pbhjpbhj 9y ago
Spreadshirt? I've used it quite a lot and found it to be good quality, haven't ordered for about 18 months from them. I've got decade old stuff from them that's still good. Way back I made a list whilst researching for EU t-shirt/mug places -- http://alicious.com/www-cafepress-co-uk/ http://alicious.com/www-cafepress-co-uk/. I've used https://www.tshirtstudio.com/ https://www.tshirtstudio.com/ for mugs, they were good quality. Most large towns in UK probably have a dye-sub printing place. If you want cheap then Vistaprint is pretty hard to beat (cart abandonment usually nets offers).
vasilia 9y ago
I'm living in Russia, we don't have any extra taxes. Actually, we have a lot of local clones with the same prints from Threadless(of course illegal), but a price and quality worse than Threadless.
pvaldes 9y ago
Kukuxumusu is a popular brand for example in Spain. I can't talk about their quality, but they have a nice design. http://www.kukuxumusu.com/ http://www.kukuxumusu.com/

vonholstein 9y ago

Amazon offers a similar service - https://merch.amazon.com https://merch.amazon.com

liveoneggs 9y ago
wow I'd never heard of this one

ahbolinsky 9y ago

shirt.woot has been around forever and still going

erikdared 9y ago

CottonBureau runs a bit more expensive, but the quality is top notch: https://cottonbureau.com/ https://cottonbureau.com/

sebasmurphy 9y ago
+1. I also like the fact that you can usually pick soft poly-cotton blends as an option.
everybodyknows 9y ago
To understand why printing comes off of cheap T-shirts, see CottonBureau's excellent comparison of screen-printing and "DTG" spray-on inking processes. https://cottonbureau.com/faq/materials-inks-and-fit https://cottonbureau.com/faq/materials-inks-and-fit

omurphy27 9y ago

I'm a big fan of https://www.designbyhumans.com/ https://www.designbyhumans.com/ for their cool designs (they are constantly adding new ones). Their website is also pretty nice and they frequently have discounts.