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This IS awesome. Could you please provide details about the logistics behind the tshirts? Are you using Zazzle/CafePress? Do you have a contact in the indust

This IS awesome. Could you please provide details about the logistics behind the tshirts? Are you using Zazzle/CafePress? Do you have a contact in the industry that allowed you to very quickly start printing and shipping them? I think that's the part most hackers will be interested in. Congrats on your success!

madridorama 16y ago
agreed, I am curious about the logistics. I'd guess that he has a wholesale contact, but the margins after shipping would still be very small. assume $8 for a t-shirt, $5 average for shipping, leaves $3 profit per sale.
- guynamedloren 16y ago
  Margins are much higher than you'd expect. I've worked in the indie t-shirt game before and scrupulously figured out how to squeeze out ea much profit as possible while maintaining good quality. Profits are at least $7/shirt, will increase with decrease in unit cost from larger wholesale quantity.
  - endlessvoid94 16y ago
    That's pretty impressive. I understand keep your tips to yourself, but is there anything you can share about how you managed to get $7 profit / shirt? That's unheard of.
  - guynamedloren 16y ago
    @endlessvoid - see my other responses here. There's no magic going on, just streamlining and being very efficient.
  - gnosis 16y ago
    "Profits are at least $7/shirt" Did you factor in the cost of your time? It sounds like you're going to be doing your own packing and shipping. How long does that take?
guynamedloren 16y ago
No zazzle or cafepress. I'm building up orders for a bulk wholesale order of good quality screenprinted tees. Haven't started printing or shipping just yet, as is explained on the site. I don't have a "contact" per se, but I have dabbled in the indie t-shirt world quite a bit so I have printers that I've worked with and I've gotten packaging/shipping down to a science. I can ship shirts in really nice, secure packaging for $2/ea. I already have the packaging supplies from previous endeavors.
- gregpilling 16y ago
  Have you looked at the $2.95 shirt guys? http://www.295guys.com/ http://www.295guys.com/ I have talked to them at some trade shows and they have very aggressive pricing if you are in the 500 unit range.
  - guynamedloren 16y ago
    I have a printer in mind that I've worked with before, but ill definitely give those guys a look. Not in 500 range yet, but I think I just hit viral a few minute ago so it could be a possibility. Thanks for the tip.
    - slimier 16y ago
      What was your plan had this flopped and you only had a few sales by the time you had to start shipping items? could you have brought down to a per-unit basis? did you have an exit strategy if it didn't seem worth your time?
      - guynamedloren 16y ago
        Paypal has a wonderful thing called a refund button. Had things not worked out, all I would have to do is hit that a few times and I'm right back where I started, with no loss except $8 and some time. Talk about minimizing risk, huh?
        16y ago

madridorama 16y ago

agreed, I am curious about the logistics. I'd guess that he has a wholesale contact, but the margins after shipping would still be very small. assume $8 for a t-shirt, $5 average for shipping, leaves $3 profit per sale.

guynamedloren 16y ago
Margins are much higher than you'd expect. I've worked in the indie t-shirt game before and scrupulously figured out how to squeeze out ea much profit as possible while maintaining good quality. Profits are at least $7/shirt, will increase with decrease in unit cost from larger wholesale quantity.
- endlessvoid94 16y ago
  That's pretty impressive. I understand keep your tips to yourself, but is there anything you can share about how you managed to get $7 profit / shirt? That's unheard of.
- guynamedloren 16y ago
  @endlessvoid - see my other responses here. There's no magic going on, just streamlining and being very efficient.
- gnosis 16y ago
  "Profits are at least $7/shirt" Did you factor in the cost of your time? It sounds like you're going to be doing your own packing and shipping. How long does that take?

guynamedloren 16y ago

No zazzle or cafepress. I'm building up orders for a bulk wholesale order of good quality screenprinted tees. Haven't started printing or shipping just yet, as is explained on the site. I don't have a "contact" per se, but I have dabbled in the indie t-shirt world quite a bit so I have printers that I've worked with and I've gotten packaging/shipping down to a science. I can ship shirts in really nice, secure packaging for $2/ea. I already have the packaging supplies from previous endeavors.

gregpilling 16y ago
Have you looked at the $2.95 shirt guys? http://www.295guys.com/ http://www.295guys.com/ I have talked to them at some trade shows and they have very aggressive pricing if you are in the 500 unit range.
- guynamedloren 16y ago
  I have a printer in mind that I've worked with before, but ill definitely give those guys a look. Not in 500 range yet, but I think I just hit viral a few minute ago so it could be a possibility. Thanks for the tip.
  - slimier 16y ago
    What was your plan had this flopped and you only had a few sales by the time you had to start shipping items? could you have brought down to a per-unit basis? did you have an exit strategy if it didn't seem worth your time?
    - guynamedloren 16y ago
      Paypal has a wonderful thing called a refund button. Had things not worked out, all I would have to do is hit that a few times and I'm right back where I started, with no loss except $8 and some time. Talk about minimizing risk, huh?
      - 16y ago