$$ DESIGNER TEES
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- shant0
Agreed, spending hours in the garage cleaning ink off everything, not to mention time spent on the computer designing, is worth a lot more than $0.30.
Unfortunately, most people don't even factor that in. Even I forgot to in my last post. And retail stores, they want to pay less than cost.
By the way, my comment was not directed at you. I like your shirts and $20 isn't bad. I was directing my comment at a lot of sites I've seen where designs are $24 and up for a shirt that looks like no time or thought was put into it.
- endsim0
$20 isn't bad? But $22 is Outrageous?
C'mon Shant. Throw in the 2 bucks. My shipping is free.Yeah I probably make like 2 or 3 bucks an hour with all the work that goes into running this little biz. But like I said I do because it's a blast. I just want to make enough money to make more shirts. I wish I could make enough to really advertise. Now that would be fun.
Yeah I'm sick.
- shant0
2 or 3 bucks. Awesome, I'm still making 30 cents.
Ha yeah, have you checked advertising prices in designer type magazines? Holy crap.
It's like 2 months salary to run a quarter page ad.
- D70
I dont know what your problem is... a DESIGNER t-shirt is a DESIGNER t-shirt.
It´s your choice, whether to pay for DESIGN or do not.
If you think 22$ for a limited edition t-shirt is much then check this...
- endsim0
Yeah, advertising costs are redick. If it matters, I give away shirts to friends. Cheaper than advertising.
Plus I like to trade shirts. Anyone up for trading? I'm considering building a whole site just to discuss the little shirt design biz. For trading, talking shit, et all
The comunnity needs it... it'd be kinda like Newstoday.
heh heh
- shant0
Shirt trading would be a cool idea for a site. Send me an email at if you want to trade.
- billybodega0
yeah, it's your personal choice. If a product costs too much take your business elsewhere. Some people drive fords, and some drive benzes. Personally I keep the prices of the tees I produce somewhat inflated, as I'm catering to the benz market not the Ford market. and endsim...I've had the same idea for a while, but am too damn busy to really do anything about it. It does need to happen though.
- cobradeath0
yeah look It cost me jack shit to make all my shirts, I mean a screen costs you like $30 at the most to make depending on what kind of film you use, (sometimes free) and I got mate with a carousel and a whole bunch of platisol inks. The only cost thing is the actual shirts themselves and the dude i buy them off of I do design work for anyways...
Man its gotten to a point where If I see a shirt I like somewhere and look at the price and go "fuck that charlie" I'll then go off and make a one off that looks similiar.
Shit like that you really shouldnt have to pay for, its like music...
- Dirty_Deluxe0
Do you really think $22 is too much? I don't.
I'm from Sweden but residing in Los Angeles for the moment and I find that the clothes here are way cheaper than in Sweden, so I'm not complaining at all.
And like some other guys already mention, it's priceless to wear a shirt that you know you won't see on that many people.
But I still prefer vintage second hand tee's though. And have no problem to pay $20+ if I like it.
- colink0
The t-shirts cost so expensive cose:
first of all the designer needs to be payed for the amount of time he took to do the t-shirtsecond of all its not that easy to print the t-shirts. you have to creat a special mould for t-shirts so you can print them they cost at least 35$ (for each side of course). then you need to buy t-shirts(daaaaa!).me personnaly i prefere American Apparel shirts they are realy nice shirts. even almost all t-shirts designer likes them. go check theyre prices (americanapparel.com): 20$ for a plane t-shirt with nothing on it!!! then to print them it still costs something.
at the end the t-shirts probebly cost near 14$ each for amater designers(wich is the most nice t-shirts and most top quality t-shirts you could find on the market).
and don't forget that they need to make money for living.colin o'kelly
if never you have comments email me at
- lind0
I've spent a lot more for a t-shirt. From the Diesel shop. Didn't last long. Not proud but learned my lesson.
- Monster0
I screen print T-Shirts and Gig Posters for a living. I highly recomend the website gigposters.com if any one is interestd in printing their own stuff from home.
On a side note, I am ready and willing to trade tshirts via snail mail! I trade art and stickers alot but NEVER thought of shirts.
A website must be developed! It is a GREAT idea! I would love to be involved with it somehow, perhaps as a sponcer or we could run some shirts, colabs with other designers and contests.. etc.
- ********0
the 7 dollar shipping and handling is the BIG JOKIE JOKIE part. he ehee that's a bit much ;)
- werdna0
I think Slaz is just a cheap bastard.
- SLAZ0
after all the talk i end up being the cheap bastard... anyways...
after seeing all these posts, it doesnt make me cheap, it makes me concsious.. i still end up paying the $22 for some shirts, but honestly look around when you are in local shops... the same shirt, 2 color, 3 color and 1 color are all the same price. Where is teh justification in that? obviously more work. Trust me, all the work put into the designs AND the actual print work is appreciated. A trading website for shirts would be cool...
now..... what about postcards? why are THEY SOOOO MUCH?
j/k
- SoulFly0
This is great, I always wanted to post this question and will take the opportunity, you people are real pros about thisstuff.
I want to print ONE shirt for myself off a design that I have in mind.
Someone at my work gave me a
"make your t-shirt kit" which includes special paper and involves a bubble-jet printer and a ironing board (doesn't sound very professional right?) Before I try that, I would like to know the following:
I want to find out if there is a website that offers a service where I can submit my own t-shirt artwork file and they will do the job and send my one t-shirt back to me, for whatever fee.
Is there any (trustful) service like that?
Thanks guys
- SoulFly0
in addition to my last post... I would not want the service to keep my design and sell it to others.
- quamb0
i was giving away dvd's asking for only a small fee or something to swap.
pow- was hit with too many requests, fell months and months behind and got flamed on nt as just trying to make a buck.
i'd imagine alot these designer tee people are legitimate and not ripping you off at all.