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03-20-2008, 09:05 PM
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How do you make shirts?
If youre doing a bootcamp and want to have shirts for camaraderie or simply for marketing, how do you yall go about it? I suppose a t-shirt designer is in order so I suppose does anyone have good sources for that?
Also, does anyone use shirts as part of their marketing?
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03-20-2008, 11:07 PM
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not sure if its the best deal or not, but you can customize your own shirts at customink.com
its pretty cool
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03-21-2008, 07:10 AM
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03-21-2008, 09:08 AM
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We used to use a local business for our school t-shirts. I'm sure there's one where you live... look in the yellow pages.
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03-31-2008, 12:02 PM
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CustomInk is really cheap. Especially when you buy in bulk. I bought 100 shirts (Black with 3 colored writing) and it came out to like 5.00 a shirt
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04-01-2008, 11:51 PM
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I have a local guy who does them for about $2 per shirt, but I usually order in bulk though (last order was a thousand shirts for example).
For my staff shirts I pay a little extra ($25 per shirt)to get Alo shirts (really nice dry-fit shirts as seen here) with my logo embroidered on them for my staff .
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04-02-2008, 09:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ark
We used to use a local business for our school t-shirts. I'm sure there's one where you live... look in the yellow pages.
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Support your local businesses! You may pay a bit extra but putting the money back into your community is well worth it.
Did I mention I hate Wal Mart?
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04-02-2008, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Dhocott
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Cafe press sucks for clothes. Esp clothes to work out in. ugh. |
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04-03-2008, 07:49 AM
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Yeah, I was really disappointed with Cafe Press's quality as well.
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04-09-2008, 04:12 PM
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Yeah, I've used Cafe Press and was not happy.
The last online printer I've used has been Spread Shirt ( Custom T-shirts - Design, buy or sell customized TShirts : Spreadshirt). The kung fu school my brother and I are going to was screening their own shirts, so we took the graphic and put it up there, so people can buy whenever. The quality is really good, the only problem is the dri release shirts don't print direct, but we deal with it. |
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04-15-2008, 06:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tonymcclellan
Support your local businesses! You may pay a bit extra but putting the money back into your community is well worth it.
Did I mention I hate Wal Mart?
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I agree in finding a local printer. Develop a relationship, you can be certain what you are getting, if anything gets messed up, they'll take care of you . |
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04-26-2008, 08:36 PM
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if you really want to make your own shirt, there are those paper sold in computer shops that allows you to print whatever and then iron it to your shirt. it will stick! tried it a couple of times. you need to get a hang of the ironing to master the technique.
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