$$ DESIGNER TEES
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Well said Endsim!
I have been making "independant designer" shirts for over 7 years and I can barely afford rent. The biggest issue here is the quantity that we are producing here. When you only make 5 or 6 dozen of a design, a quality screenprinter is going to charge you what the industry calls a sample charge. Sometimes as high as $4.00 a shirt just for the printing, not including buying the screens, which you have to buy for every color used in the design. Add sewing in labels, printing hang tags, printing on American Apparel shirts which go wholesale for $3.90, buying shipping materials, and fancy packing. All of a sudden you are up to $10-$11 per shirt. And that doesn't include all the time it takes to design the shirt and the 9% commission the credit card companies take for allowing you to accept credit on your site. So if by selling a shirt for $20 + you think we are getting rich, go back to Old Navy, and wear your "Everybody in Khakis shirt."