| Whether the economy is up or down, custom t-shirts | | | | started. Searching for some free software online, like |
| can be one of the easiest methods to making some | | | | Professor Franklin, is another great way to go. |
| extra money. While anything started during economic | | | | Heat presses can be expensive too, and the great |
| good times will be easier to get of the ground even | | | | thing about heat transfers is you can use a regular |
| a downtown in the economy will not stop you from | | | | household iron to apply the transfer. This works well |
| having success. | | | | enough for small orders, say batches of 5 - 10, which |
| The easiest way to get started is to first have an | | | | can easily be completed in an evening. Imagine being |
| idea or theme for your custom work. The reason | | | | able to charge $25 per shirt on custom work(not |
| here is that you want to focus your efforts. You do | | | | unlike T-Shirts sold retail) with your cost per shirt |
| not want to be chasing after every idea which | | | | being around $5. Ten such shirts would make for a |
| comes along. First be focused, see some success and | | | | nice little extra income, even with one order per |
| then you can branch out into other themes. And one | | | | week the extra adds up quickly! |
| of the best themes to start with is politics, | | | | Literally you can purchase T-shirt kits online for under |
| particularly in an election year. | | | | $5. Which include one t-shirt, one piece of transfer |
| And the wonderful thing about custom t-shirts is you | | | | paper and the instructions on how to create your |
| can make each t-shirt to order. There is never a | | | | very own custom shirt. Sell these for any price you |
| need to carry any pre-printed stock at all since you | | | | can imagine and the sky is the limit on your business. |
| can manufacture each shirt as needed. This is critical | | | | Plus, getting setup to expand by using a heat press |
| to your cash flow since you won't have a lot of | | | | and quantities of transfer paper with blank t-shirts |
| money tied up in stock that may or may not sell. | | | | can be accomplished for about $500. This would |
| Always keep in mind that your cash in hand in | | | | include a small 9" x 12" heat press which is ample in |
| business is truly valuable. | | | | size for regular t-shirts. |
| Next in line for success making custom t-shirts are | | | | While the information here is limited and written to |
| the actual tools of the trade. The least expensive | | | | provide you some idea of the possibilities in making |
| means to get started would be using t-shirt blanks, | | | | custom t-shirts, I recommend doing your home work. |
| iron on or heat transfers, an Inkjet printer and a heat | | | | Check out a few websites, call the people behind the |
| press. You may need some graphics software too | | | | site and find out for yourself what is real or not. You |
| but don't go overboard buying higher end software | | | | will be amazed what you discover. And many site |
| to start. Not only can this type of software be | | | | owners are more than willing to help you get started |
| expensive, it is often difficult to learn how to use the | | | | since everyone benefits. |
| higher end software. In fact, most PC's today come | | | | My final recommendation to you is simply that you |
| with simple graphics software which can get you | | | | have fun in your business! |