Tee Shirts at TeeSpring

What is TeeSpring?

TeeSpring is a site dedicated to crowdsourcing teeshirt designs. I upload a design then when enough people have agreed to purchase the design it is printed and shipped. I’ve talked to people who have purchased shirts here and they have all been pleased with the quality. I’ve also been in the shirt business since the mid 80s and I recognize quality brands.

The principle advantage to the consumer is a lower price.

The disadvantages to consumers are:

  1. You may wait  longer to receive your product than you might otherwise.
  2. The design may not reach the set funding goal in the required time period in which case you won’t get the garment but you haven’t paid for it so you aren’t out any money, you’re just disappointed.
  3. How I’ll safeguard against this disappointment:
    1. I’ll set longish time periods.
    2. I’ll set low sales goals, at least at first.
    3. If you are still interested in the design I’ll figure out an alternative printing method but be aware that while I’ll offer the same quality of shirt the price will probably be a little higher.
    4. I’ll continually strive to set realistic sales goals and time periods. I’m in this for the long run, it’s to be my principal retirement income as I had to spend my 401K on survival  when I lost my job. I currently have around 300 design ideas, not all of which are ready. I come up with new ideas on a regular basis so I’m likely to never run out.

To be fair I want to tell you the advantages to me:

  1. I only risk my time, not my pocketbook. This means I have a shorter workflow for bringing ideas to market. I don’t need to wait for cash to accumulate until I release my next design. That means better choice for you.
  2. Because I’ve eliminated my financial risk I can offer high quality shirts and printing at a lower price and higher profit. Profit is why I’m in business. If you have socialist ideas about that I have some designs to point out the absurdity of socialism, capitalism is freedom.

So with no further exasperation please jump to TeeSpring

 

 

 

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