There are other ways to have t-shirts printed.
Your copyrighted image is stored at a shop.
Orders are placed thru a website.
T-shirt is individually printed and shipped.
You do not have to stock all the different t-shirts, the shop does.
I just purchased a couple of shirts in a Pool Shooting theme and they used the Hanes t-shirt. Arrived in less than 7 days.
PM me.
PS: If you do end up doing it this way could I get a "finder's fee" of a t-shirt? XXL please.
I learned a lot about the T-shirt business.
As far as printing, it depends on whether you want screen printed or heat pressed.
Also, if you elect to get one color, you can get gradiated color of that one color. Screen printing won't do that. And, of course, if you want more than one color, the cost goes up. Never mind getting something printed on the back or on the sleeve, because that's more cost.
The material, there's a lot of materials out there, from 100 percent cotton, to made in America cotton, to tri-blend, jersey, 60/40, 50/50, et cetera. Keith went with the Next Level sueded apparel T-shirt, which was more expensive, but we both just loved this material.
Keith wanted to have hands-on with his T-shirt line because he enjoys interacting with the people. The drop-ship company is not going to be able to personally autograph the T-shirts, when requested, and/or provide personally autographed photos.
Keith sent the T-shirts out immediately upon the order via Postal Priority. We were going to the post office a lot. Yes, it was more expensive to do it that way, but the recipient received their product within 3 days from the time we shipped it, and we had a receipt that it went out, just in case it got lost.
So there you have it. Yes, there are more economical ways to sell T-shirts, but Keith wanted his T-shirts to be a little bit better than the norm if he was going to put his name on it. The problem with T-shirts in the pool industry is like everything else. There's a limited group of prospective customers in pool. We're just not mainstream as other sports. Sad but true.