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How I made money with TeeSpring

75 points by veb 14y ago

Nowyouknow 14y ago
This is beyond intriguing. If only I had an audience to sell to..
danielna 14y ago
Teespring does some really cool work with non-profits, launching kickstarter-esque campaigns for them (at no cost) and giving a cut of the proceeds to that organization. A few friends of mine who run an education non-profit in Philly (http://www.12plus.org/ http://www.12plus.org/) did it a few months ago [1] and it really helped them out a lot. Coupled with this blog post, TeeSpring seems like good people. [1] http://teespring.com/12plus http://teespring.com/12plus
- wiwillia 14y ago
  Thanks Daniel! The 12plus tee is still one of our favorites.
wiwillia 14y ago
Hi from Teespring! This is awesome - if anyone has any questions we're always happy to talk, I'll keep an eye on this thread and you can also reach us by email at walker (at) teespring (dot) com.
blowmage 14y ago
I'm on my third campaign with Teespring (http://teespring.com/rubyguy http://teespring.com/rubyguy). They've been great to work with. I ran a store last year selling shirts (http://rubythreads.com/ http://rubythreads.com/) and I managed inventory and shipped out of my garage. Any profit made on the shirts was spent on logistics. Its a rough business and I'm trying to appeal to a very specific audience. I was planning on building a new storefront and moving to a kickstarter-model for future designs, but Teespring has been totally turnkey for me so far.
trollerskates 14y ago
Teespring may be facing legal issues soon
- ROFISH 14y ago
  Can you clarify, with sources or more information?
hornbaker 14y ago
fyi wiwillia, your account here has been hellbanned so nobody is seeing your replies.
- deleted 14y ago
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- sbashyal 14y ago
  I can see the comments just fine.
  - hornbaker 14y ago
    An hour account, his account was marked dead. Now it's not.
- wiwillia 14y ago
  Thanks for letting me know - should be all set now
greyboy 14y ago
wiwillia (of Teespring) appears to be hell-banned, but not sure why.
- wiwillia 14y ago
  Thanks for the heads up - should be fixed now!
GoldiKam 14y ago
Excellent example and use of crowd funding with no upfront costs
unsquare 14y ago
What kind of printing process does TeeSpring use ? Doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere.
- wiwillia 14y ago
  We only use high quality screen printing, no digital printing or DTG printing here. The great thing about using a crowdfunding model for apparel is you don't have to compromise of quality or price - you can have the best of both worlds.
  - unsquare 14y ago
    Thank you for the swift response. Will definitely be using your platform in the future , it's exactly what i was looking for. Any plans on crowd funding posters in the future?
    - wiwillia 14y ago
      Absolutely, we're currently doing mugs for TWiT (www.teespring.com/twitmugs) and our plan is to branch out to other items - we just want to make sure we can deliver an amazing experience in each product category before we expand to the next. If you shoot me an email at walker (at) teespring (dot) com I'd be happy to work with you to setup a poster campaign.
silverbax88 14y ago
I'm inspired, and I'll give it a shot for sure. Just went to the site and added a design - will see how it goes. http://teespring.com/basketballelite_rise_and_grind http://teespring.com/basketballelite_rise_and_grind
- peterjamescain 14y ago
  Yeah I'm inspired too... nearly felt too easy to set up! (different thing to actually sell them though) I'm a big fan of Flight of the Concords so I made this one; http://teespring.com/itsbusinesstime http://teespring.com/itsbusinesstime Wonder what tips there are around getting a campaign right (ie guessing simplicity and fun are key factors...but what about colour of the t-shirt etc?) Also, would be nice to get some analytics about how many visit your campaign page Vs people who add to cart but don't buy etc.. (or did I miss that?) [also this is my first post on Hacker news! followed for ages, but kind of looking forward to adding more]
  - wiwillia 14y ago
    Interesting idea! Maybe we can put together a blog series with trends/stats on what sells and what doesn't.
fumar 14y ago
This is inspiring... So I was a little overzealous and created three campaigns. One - Antifragile, on Nassim's new book. http://teespring.com/antifragile http://teespring.com/antifragile Two and Three - Holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah http://lastshirts.tumblr.com/ http://lastshirts.tumblr.com/ The site is very easy to work with.
trifu 14y ago
I too had to try my crack at it, unfortunately the shelf life for my shirt is about 9 months: http://teespring.com/CautionBabyInside http://teespring.com/CautionBabyInside
iamchmod 14y ago
I made two just for fun: http://teespring.com/football http://teespring.com/football and http://teespring.com/starwars http://teespring.com/starwars - note my good urls, not sure that teespring has enough SEO for that to matter tho...
davidmerrique 14y ago
It's a very quick and painless process. Here's one I made using an illustration I did a couple years ago http://teespring.com/gigiphinaleus http://teespring.com/gigiphinaleus

75 points by veb 14y ago

This is beyond intriguing. If only I had an audience to sell to..

Teespring does some really cool work with non-profits, launching kickstarter-esque campaigns for them (at no cost) and giving a cut of the proceeds to that organization. A few friends of mine who run an education non-profit in Philly (http://www.12plus.org/ http://www.12plus.org/) did it a few months ago [1] and it really helped them out a lot. Coupled with this blog post, TeeSpring seems like good people. [1] http://teespring.com/12plus http://teespring.com/12plus

wiwillia 14y ago
Thanks Daniel! The 12plus tee is still one of our favorites.

wiwillia 14y ago

Hi from Teespring! This is awesome - if anyone has any questions we're always happy to talk, I'll keep an eye on this thread and you can also reach us by email at walker (at) teespring (dot) com.

blowmage 14y ago

I'm on my third campaign with Teespring (http://teespring.com/rubyguy http://teespring.com/rubyguy). They've been great to work with. I ran a store last year selling shirts (http://rubythreads.com/ http://rubythreads.com/) and I managed inventory and shipped out of my garage. Any profit made on the shirts was spent on logistics. Its a rough business and I'm trying to appeal to a very specific audience. I was planning on building a new storefront and moving to a kickstarter-model for future designs, but Teespring has been totally turnkey for me so far.

trollerskates 14y ago

Teespring may be facing legal issues soon

ROFISH 14y ago
Can you clarify, with sources or more information?

hornbaker 14y ago

fyi wiwillia, your account here has been hellbanned so nobody is seeing your replies.

deleted 14y ago
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sbashyal 14y ago
I can see the comments just fine.
- hornbaker 14y ago
  An hour account, his account was marked dead. Now it's not.
wiwillia 14y ago
Thanks for letting me know - should be all set now

greyboy 14y ago

wiwillia (of Teespring) appears to be hell-banned, but not sure why.

wiwillia 14y ago
Thanks for the heads up - should be fixed now!

GoldiKam 14y ago

Excellent example and use of crowd funding with no upfront costs

unsquare 14y ago

What kind of printing process does TeeSpring use ? Doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere.

wiwillia 14y ago
We only use high quality screen printing, no digital printing or DTG printing here. The great thing about using a crowdfunding model for apparel is you don't have to compromise of quality or price - you can have the best of both worlds.
- unsquare 14y ago
  Thank you for the swift response. Will definitely be using your platform in the future , it's exactly what i was looking for. Any plans on crowd funding posters in the future?
  - wiwillia 14y ago
    Absolutely, we're currently doing mugs for TWiT (www.teespring.com/twitmugs) and our plan is to branch out to other items - we just want to make sure we can deliver an amazing experience in each product category before we expand to the next. If you shoot me an email at walker (at) teespring (dot) com I'd be happy to work with you to setup a poster campaign.

silverbax88 14y ago

I'm inspired, and I'll give it a shot for sure. Just went to the site and added a design - will see how it goes. http://teespring.com/basketballelite_rise_and_grind http://teespring.com/basketballelite_rise_and_grind

peterjamescain 14y ago
Yeah I'm inspired too... nearly felt too easy to set up! (different thing to actually sell them though) I'm a big fan of Flight of the Concords so I made this one; http://teespring.com/itsbusinesstime http://teespring.com/itsbusinesstime Wonder what tips there are around getting a campaign right (ie guessing simplicity and fun are key factors...but what about colour of the t-shirt etc?) Also, would be nice to get some analytics about how many visit your campaign page Vs people who add to cart but don't buy etc.. (or did I miss that?) [also this is my first post on Hacker news! followed for ages, but kind of looking forward to adding more]
- wiwillia 14y ago
  Interesting idea! Maybe we can put together a blog series with trends/stats on what sells and what doesn't.

fumar 14y ago

This is inspiring... So I was a little overzealous and created three campaigns. One - Antifragile, on Nassim's new book. http://teespring.com/antifragile http://teespring.com/antifragile Two and Three - Holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah http://lastshirts.tumblr.com/ http://lastshirts.tumblr.com/ The site is very easy to work with.

trifu 14y ago

I too had to try my crack at it, unfortunately the shelf life for my shirt is about 9 months: http://teespring.com/CautionBabyInside http://teespring.com/CautionBabyInside

iamchmod 14y ago

I made two just for fun: http://teespring.com/football http://teespring.com/football and http://teespring.com/starwars http://teespring.com/starwars - note my good urls, not sure that teespring has enough SEO for that to matter tho...

davidmerrique 14y ago

It's a very quick and painless process. Here's one I made using an illustration I did a couple years ago http://teespring.com/gigiphinaleus http://teespring.com/gigiphinaleus