Getting t-shirts printed?

[Anonymous No.1441256]

Anyone ever tried any of the print on demand services online? Are any of them good? I need to print custom t-shirts but so many of them have mixed reviews.

[Anonymous No.1441259]

I think you are better off going to a local print shop than dealing with an online company.

They are everywhere. The one in my town has made hats and t-shirts for my company. I was able to see the hats and shirts ahead of time and get an idea of how they would look and feel.

[Anonymous No.1441264]

>>1441259

How much are you paying per t-shirt by going local? Most places I found were pretty expensive.

[Anonymous No.1441268]

>>1441256


DON'T USE OOSHIRTS, FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT SENT MY SHIRT THE DAY I WAS FLYING OUT!

>>1441259
This, local was able to get it done in 2 days tops. Had a nice chat with them too, always fun working with mum&pup shops.

[Anonymous No.1441308]

Dude my fucking gawd the biz advice is so bad.

Use teespring

Ffs

[Anonymous No.1441322]

>>1441308

Have you tried them?

[Anonymous No.1441479]

>>1441256
Hijack? I am also interested in this, hope my needs are the same as yours.

So let's make a list of print-on-demand companies. Definition being:
Can handle 1 piece DTG
Ships for you after max 4-5 days.
Preferably those that do not add some invoice to the package showing real price

printful
cafepress
teespring
scalablepress
printaura
zazzle

Personally I love the 3d mockup generators. Outstanding to be able to sell a shirt without having printed a single one.

[Anonymous No.1441486]

>>1441256
I use to work for a promo company that did uniforms. there is lots around so if your buying larger quantities they are good.

[Anonymous No.1442040]

>>1441479

Sounds about right. I am testing out a few right now, my biggest concern is the quality after washing/wearing, as this seems to be where the true quality of the shirt comes through.

Few I'm trying now
>Teelaunch
>Teelab
>Teescape
>Customink

[Anonymous No.1442070]

>>1441264

Everything depends on volume. Most shops want you to get 100+ of something.

Shirts were $15 a piece and hats cost me $25 a piece (embroidered). But if I bought 100+ I could get shirts down to like $8 and hats down to $10.

[Anonymous No.1442073]

>>1441259

I bought 5 hats and 10 shirts for my small biz.

[Anonymous No.1442121]

>>1442070

I'll probably do this once I know what will sell well but print on demand right now makes the most sense so I can fulfill orders only as needed. Thanks for the info btw.

[Anonymous No.1442286]

>>1442040
Thanks for the info.

Those look great, some of them had great prices (Teelaunch) or a huge assortment of stuff (Customink).

I am running print on demand and I am not in the US, but my customers are.Thinking I want to make laptop sleeves or messenger bags mainly. Customink had some great stuff indeed, but not 1 unit minimum order. ofc I could have them printed and sent to Amazon FBA in the US, but that is too much hassle.

If you stumble across more places that sell laptop sleeves or messenger bags, please post 'em here if you got time.

Best of luck to you anon.

[Anonymous No.1442458]

>>1441479
I work at printful. I'll answer anyone's questions.

[Anonymous No.1442534]

>>1442458

Just saw this. How's the quality? How fast is turn around from time of ordering to shipping? I hear mixed reviews. Is everything DTG? Got promo codes?

[Anonymous No.1442820]

>>1442458
Very cool that you are here!

1. So how hard do you police people's designs? I am doing print-on-demand books also and I can't stand the fact that a certain company seems to actively look for reasons not to print my grey-area stuff cause copyright.

2. Also, do you even appreciate those people that want 1 of a single design? I get a feeling that "we" are barely tolerated at some companies.

3. What is your fuck-up percentage generally? (print errors and misdeliveries). Any particular problem niches among your range of products?

4. Have you heard if you guys might offer laptop sleeves or messenger bags soon? Tote bags aren't enough for me.

5. Your FAQ mentions problems with sublimation (all-over shirts). IE graphical issues when moving from 2D to 3D. How does one design "around" these issues?

6. Do you print everything in the US or do you have printers in Canada for Canadian orders?

7. Any other tidbits of info or some gossip to share?

[Anonymous No.1442826]

>>1442458
Also.

8. How well prepared are you to dropship? IE are there any invoices in package and so on? And do you try to poach my customers with your logo and your url etc?

[Anonymous No.1442826,1]

>>1442820

I'm another anon working at printful. Here are answers to your questions, if you are still interested:

>1. So how hard do you police people's designs? I am doing print-on-demand books also and I can't stand the fact that a certain company seems to actively look for reasons not to print my grey-area stuff cause copyright.

We didn't check designs for copyright infringement at all, until a not-that-famous musician threatened to sue us, because we had printed a fragment of their song lyrics on a T-shirt. Now we do check for copyright, in order to cover our own asses. If you would submit a STAR WARS logo for printing, we would reject it. However some customers order shirts with photos of male genitalia, and we are happy to print those, since there is no copyright infringement.

>2. Also, do you even appreciate those people that want 1 of a single design? I get a feeling that "we" are barely tolerated at some companies.

Every single design may be unique (that actually is the case for some of our customers). We have no problems with that.

>3. What is your fuck-up percentage generally? (print errors and misdeliveries). Any particular problem niches among your range of products?

Every single T-shirt goes through quality control before shipping, in order to avoid sending damaged items to our customers. If item fails QC we start over and print it again. If we do fuck up and send a damaged item, or the package doesn't reach the customer, we'll fulfil the same order again.

Here are the actual numbers for July.
reshipments: 1.02% (the actual fuck-ups. Either subpar quality item gets sent or a fail by the postal service)
damage rate in DTG: 4.54% (the ones, that fail our internal quality control and don't get shipped)
Avg fulfillment days: 2.81

>4. Have you heard if you guys might offer laptop sleeves or messenger bags soon? Tote bags aren't enough for me.

This isn't happening in the near future.

>5. Your FAQ mentions problems with sublimation (all-over shirts). IE graphical issues when moving from 2D to 3D. How does one design "around" these issues?

The article lays it out nicely. https://www.theprintful.com/important-sublimation-printing-facts

>6. Do you print everything in the US or do you have printers in Canada for Canadian orders?

Everything is currently printed in the US.

>7. Any other tidbits of info or some gossip to share?

If there is anything specific you want to know feel free to ask.

>8. How well prepared are you to dropship? IE are there any invoices in package and so on? And do you try to poach my customers with your logo and your url etc?

Dropshipping is what we do. There is no mention of printful anywhere on the product or on the package. Additionally you may add your own logo on the package and on the packing slip. Optionally you may add any item of negligible size and weight to the package, that represents your brand, for instance stickers, pencils, erasers, etc (this is a paid service though).