Why would you like to consider designing
your own T-shirts? There's actually a surprising number of reasons. It may be
as simple as wanting to create a top from a favorite photograph, or you may not
find something in the shops that reflects your tastes. You may have a business
or event you want to promote with custom clothes, or maybe you're planning a
stag or hen party and want to kit party-goers with matching outfits. You could
even design a witty T-shirt and sell it online for cash.
But where are you starting? You could go to
a specialist print shop, but it could be expensive and limited. A better option
is to use the right tool to help you out. Here's five of the best garmentprinting t-shirt tools and
services.
Here are the 5 best tools where you can
easily design your custom t-shirt
1. Spreadshirt
2.
Shirtinator
3.
ooShirts
4.
Custom Ink
5.
Teespring
Spreadshirt
is a well-known name for creating a custom T-shirt, and for very good reason.
You can also browse through a selection of T-shirts and other items created by
independent designers to create your clothing items for special events, marketing,
or just for fun.
Despite
the name, you can create more than just a T-shirt — mugs, sweatshirts, aprons,
phone cases, and more— and the online design tool itself is a joy to use. You can browse through a searchable selection
of clip-style images, or you can upload your images and position text and
images wherever you want on a product.
Prices
are very fair, more so if you buy in larger quantities, and the cost you see
includes delivery. With the site's European and U.S. versions available, Spreadshirt
aims to reach much of the globe.
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Shirtinator:
Like Spreadshirt, there are different
versions of Shirtinator, though limited to European countries. Other
customizable products like hats, mugs, baby clothes and bags are available in
addition to T-shirts and garment
printing . You can browse through numerous ready-made designs, all of which
can be customised through the use of text, different positioning, and more–on
t-shirts, for example, text and images can be placed on the front, back and
sleeves. Including pre-designed pictures, you can also upload your images, so
you can make T-shirts using your favourite photos.
There's an impressive range of sizes and
colours, and while pricing doesn't include shipping, it's reasonable. Bulk buy
discounts are available, which is great news if you buy multiple items for an
event or people's team.
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ooShirts:
As you might suspect, ooShirts specialises
in t-shirts. There are a variety of different styles and sizes to choose from —
as well as shorts and pants — but none of the extras found on some of the other
pages included in this roundup.
Text, clip and uploaded image can be cropped,
coloured, rotated, resized, and so on. The online shirt designer is a fairly
simple affair, but it does the job and lets you see with a degree of confidence
what you will order. If you're looking for sport-style shirts with names and
numbers on the rear, templates are available to help you create them quickly
and easily.
Depending on how desperately you need your
order, you can choose between fast or free shipping, so you can choose speed as
needed.
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Custom Ink:
Not only can you customise T-shirts with
clipart, text and your photo, but it also offers a range of templates for quick
and easy performance. Like ooshirts, the sports team's inspired clothing has
name/number templates. When you place small orders, you're limited to customising
a shirt's front and back; if you want to add sleeve logos, you'll need to order
more.
There's a very handy ' notes ' option that
allows you to add information to an order – Custom Ink suggests this could be
used to provide precise colour details, such as Pantone codes.
Custom Ink's downside is delivery. There
are three choices: two weeks (free) delivery, one week (rush) delivery or three
days (super rush) delivery. If you need your order quickly, prepare to pay a
premium. If you're looking to save money, the key is to plan, rather than the
last minute.
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Tshirtplus:
tshirtplus is unlike the other sites
featured in this roundup. While it can be used to create and order custom
T-shirts and other clothing, if it also gives you the option of selling your
creations through the site–as a promotional and brand-building tool, or to make
some money.
The beauty of the site is that t shirt plus takes care of everything. Your customers can place their order through the site,
and Teespring will manage payment, manufacturing and shipping for you–and
shipping is available in the US and EU and Au. It's pretty simple. The range of
goods is impressive. Numerous other clothing items are available as well as
posters, prints, custom phone cases and more.
The range of clipart and images you choose
from isn't overly impressive, but if you're working with your images and
designs, it's not a problem.
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