| Do you need to make extra money? How about | | | | after you sold a number of items and remain in good |
| selling T-Shirts as a Home Based Business? | | | | standing. Craigslist, charges in some states, or county. |
| I was recently approached by a T-shirt Designer to | | | | You will need to research all of the sites you want to |
| help him sell his t-shirts. He offered me 10 to 15% for | | | | sell on. In some states, you can run an ad in local |
| selling his t-shirts. How hard can it be to create your | | | | give-away magazines for no cost or a low cost. |
| home based business? If you look around when your | | | | In my state, if you have a car registered as a |
| at work, shopping, exercising, just about anywhere, | | | | commercial vehicle, you can buy magnetic signs or |
| you see many screen printed or embroidered t-shirts | | | | decals to advertise your business on your car. |
| around. I never knew so many people wore t-shirts | | | | Once you have your T-shirts posted, you can easily |
| with company logo's and/or comical t-shirts. That is | | | | check them through out the day. With Craigs list and |
| one way to determine your market. Most would | | | | eBay, the sites will email you once someone bids or is |
| have you search the number of magazines sold for | | | | interested in you product. Just don't forget to check |
| that industry, but it's fairly obvious to see that | | | | them every so often. |
| everyone's advertising on t-shirts now days. | | | | The nice thing about t-shirts are that they are a hot |
| If your lucky enough to be in a state that you do | | | | commodity. You can peruse the phone book or a |
| not have to collect sales taxes for clothing, or sales | | | | search engine's yellow pages for local listings for retail |
| tax period, it will make your life much easier, if not, | | | | stores or vendors looking for items to sell. Call the |
| you can always find someone at your local | | | | merchant, and find out if you can meet with them. |
| government, phone book listing, or professional family | | | | Once you start selling a few, time will fly by. Fill out |
| members to direct you in the right path. If one of | | | | the order information and collect a deposit (I'm sure |
| your family members is a tax attorney or an | | | | the owner will have the money sent directly to him). |
| account, you might have a hard time reaching them | | | | In most cases, you receive an order from the store |
| during tax time. | | | | owner, you will collect a percentage, then you send |
| Start by searching for screen printed t-shirts on your | | | | that to the manufacture to start production. When |
| favorite search engine, or look in your phone book | | | | the owners done, they will send you t-shirts. At that |
| for local screen printers. Review all the sites you | | | | time you will collect the rest of the money from the |
| received, and look for the ones that fit your situation. | | | | store owner and send it to the manufacture who will |
| With some you have to buy them up front, and | | | | in turn send you a final check. |
| others will allow you to post the t-shirts first, then | | | | Though these processes seem tedious, it's really not |
| select which ones you want, or received a request | | | | when you compare the money you will receive. |
| for. Some will offer a percentage if you sell their | | | | Another avenue for the entrepreneur is to find local |
| products. | | | | boutique or craft shows. Customers of boutiques or |
| Now days, it's not hard to sell thing over the internet. | | | | craft shows usually will pay more for a t-shirt, than a |
| There are plenty of avenues for us to choose. A | | | | swap meet, flea market or garage sale will. |
| couple of sites right off the top of my head are: | | | | Once you have your routine down, you'll have a |
| eBay and eBay is probably the most popular, but | | | | steady cash flow coming in, and you plan your time |
| don't exclude other sites like, With each site, you | | | | with your other functions. The best of luck to all of |
| have to register yourself, but then you can start | | | | you, and enjoy your years as an entrepreneur. |
| posting fairly quick. eBay allows you certain privileges | | | | |