Issues With Starting Your Own T-Shirt Printing Business

Printing T-shirts for profit is entirely feasible for people who have the resources to invest in the right equipment and who do their homework and develop their expertise on how designs can be applied to blank shirts.

Tshirtplus T's market is huge; nearly everyone on the planet owns at least one. We have become a growing way of exercising people's right to self-expression and are a classic staple wardrobe.

Nonetheless, there are also many widespread myths about the degree of difficulty involved and the types of problems that can be faced when starting a shirt printing business.

So let's go through some of the most common misconceptions and problems in garmentprinting  business until you invest in expensive equipment and print your advertising collateral

Here are 5  issues  starting your own t-shirt printing business

1.       Computer generate heat transfer designs

2.       Thinking that a start-up T-shirt business package will teach you everything you need to know

3.       Your designs are a huge part of your investment

4.       Not having enough space for your screen printing equipment

5.       Forgetting to focus on solving your customer's marketing challenges

·        Computer generate heat transfer designs:

Sure, heat transfer is an easy way to mass-produce such models. If you're smart about using your equipment and figure out what materials are appropriate for heat transfer, this can be a good start to a profitable custom T-shirt company. Many people successfully used heat transfer in their T-shirt printing business. One problem facing would-be entrepreneurs is that heat transfer designs don't transfer well to dark shirts.

·        Thinking that a start-up T-shirt business package will teach you everything you need to know:

Providing the right equipment with an accompanying tutorial is not the end of all, and all that many people selling these items would have entrepreneurs believed. Extensive research into the type of designs you want to create and which method best suits your purpose, and the materials available to you will go a long way towards ensuring you don't waste time and valuable resources.
If you have a penchant for creating complex designs on your preferred computer program and plan to produce limited runs, then using a digital clothing printer (also known as direct clothing) is probably more suited to your skills and needs.

Don't waste your money-thousands of people buy start-up kits with a vague promise to increase their income without fully understanding what it means to get into this type of business. Their equipment is usually pushed back to their garages or storage unit until they drag it out for a garage sale during spring cleaning.

An alternative to buying your equipment to use another company specialising in contract digital printing for your work. Take orders from your customers and have another company do the actual printing. This is a good way to wet your feet by improving the sales process and developing a client base before investing in equipment.

Your designs are a huge part of your investment:

Learning the processes involved in the various techniques used in T-shirt printing is just the tip of the iceberg-your artwork is a huge part of your design and printing business. Your artwork will attract potential brand customers. You must also align your artwork with the correct T-shirt content and printing technique to optimise your investment.

For example, for silk screen printing, you need to be careful about how to arrange and install your artwork. Any deviation will result in wonky-looking shirts that fail to meet customer expectations. The easiest designs for silk screen printing include text and simple art.

If you decide to start some business venture, make sure you do a lot of research before making a huge financial commitment, such as buying equipment or finding space for your company. Apparel design forums are a perfect way to gain new perspectives and share ideas with other entrepreneurs.

·        Not having enough screen printing equipment:

Professional screen printing equipment safely and efficiently needs storage. You need space to plan, reclaim and wash screens properly. And don't forget a dryer to heal your apparel. You'll also have to sort, fold and pack the finished decorated clothing including t-shirts, hoodies, towels, etc. Commercial automatic presses won't fit in your bedroom, basement or garage. Special electrical wiring, ventilation, air compressors and safe waste disposal are usually required when operating commercial screen printing presses and dryers. Starting a home-based screen printing business means you're almost always a better candidate for a smaller manual press. Make sure you have the easy-to-move click. If you need to move your press frequently or take it elsewhere for on-demand or on-site printing?

·        Forgetting to focus on solving your customer's marketing challenges:

Often, your customers will be other local small business owners who have marketing and advertising challenges but can not afford a large-time advertising agency or professional marketing company. When you become a tool for your clients and help solve their advertising problems, you'll bring more value to the table. Help define your challenge, which will become your marketing objective. Figure out who their target audience is: internal workers, prospects, clients, etc.

Once you know the goal and the audience, you can define a message and create a graphic to help tell the story. The graphic text, design and logo are what you'll print on a t-shirt, cooler, wallet, towel, hoodie... or a hundred more things. Solve their advertising issues and return again and again!

Starting a screen printing company at home is simpler than ever. How much less stress would you go through starting this business with experts at every step? By starting your apparel decoration and promotional printing business with Printa Systems, you'll avoid more than the seven errors listed above and lots of drama!