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DIY options

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With the steady increase in consumers buying their fashion gifts online, specifically, t-shirts, I wanted to compile a detailed list on some of the top options for you out there in the 'DIY' field. Here's a list of sites that take care of the sale of your business online as well as print on your product with professional quality on a PRINT ON DEMAND basis. These are becoming ever so popular because it allows the designer to test his/her product or go all out with a ton of designs to jump start your line with no up front cost to set-up. Some of these sites have a social network type platform which allows people to vote/rate and buy your product all in one place. Alot of these types of sites are cool because they have massive amounts of traffic visiting the site already who would be interested in the t-shirt market.

I'd recommend these sites for t-shirt designers who:


Again, the benefit to these types of sites for a prospective t-shirt line is to be able to start putting more of your reasources into marketing and building your brand, leaving these outlets to handle the customer service, manufacturing, and shipping for you.


  • Zazzle. I first heard about Zazzle through Flickr, because they print anything (including photos) on all sorts of clothing items, including T-shirts. Zazzle promises a 24-hour turnaround time on most printing, and features a large listing of "special collections" that let you make your own custom clothing using imagery from books, movies, TV shows, and other brands.
  • Spreadshirt lets you submit your own design and set up a hosted mini shop to sell it. Their big claim to fame is turning around your design in less than two days. They also print on things besides T-shirts, like tank tops, sweat shirts, pajamas, underwear, and even shoes.
  • Spamshirt. If there's anything good to come out of Spam, besides the income from the evil doers that make money off it, it's Spamshirt. This place has a great assortment of spam taglines, the kind of things you absolutely loathe to get in your in-box--on a T-shirt. Lines like "We know about your debt problems," and "Re: Your instant access." For the creative, there's also a build-your-own tool, to rock out some of the particularly amusing Nigerian scam pitches.
  • Innertee.net is another hybrid site that mixes up professional designs, with those made by users. Inner tee takes a slightly different angle, reserving the front page for T-shirt "mixes" that have been made popular by user voting, in a Digg-like manner.
  • CafePress is one of the most popular services for taking a design and selling it on T-shirts, and a number of other items from coffee mugs to mouse pads. Users can set up their own mini shops, as well as pay a monthly fee to create a specially designed one that can match the look and feel of their blog or Web site (if they have one).

  • T-shirt Design from Fire Star Clothing at www.firestarclothing.com [find out how to get your ad here].
  • DNA Stylelab is a lot like Inner tee and Neighborhoodies in that you can design your own shirt with artwork designed by others. It's also part social network with user profiles and a karma system that rewards users with discounts or perks like free shipping.

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