Want to send in a T-shirt for Free Shirt Friday but your company doesn’t usually do shirts then check out Print on Demand Shirts. You can get shirts with full color printing on front, back, sides, and sleeves. They have no minimum order and you can get hoodies, onesies, coasters, aprons, bags, towels, even shoes. Check out their online designing program at www.printondemandshirts.com
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Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.
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Business looks like it has potential but their site design/navigation is terrible.
Everyone is ragging on the site, but what counts is the quality of their product. They probably can’t afford a great designer because their shirts are only $10. What counts is I could order a shirt in like 4 clicks. For ten bucks? Fuck it. I’ll buy one and see how it works out.
Everyone starts somewhere. Let’s show support for our veterans. Kudos for finding a need in the marketplace and responding to it. I agree with the fact that the price is right. Good luck with your business!
They must be new, what do you expect? At least they’re making affordable customized shirts and merchandise. I’d rather buy from a terrible site that makes affordable, good quality stuff, than a fancy site that overprices their stuff.
Sorry, but – You must be joking! What a crappy site….
You know, it won’t be the first time Jeremy recommended a site that isn’t spectacular, but at least he doesn’t praise it to the high heavens and lead you to believe it was OMGTHEBESTSITEEVAR. It was a suggestion, and no need to be all “oh, you awful person, it’s a sucky site, blah, blah….”
Nice! Thanks for sharing.
How does a place like this make money? It seems like it would be difficult with just short runs here and there.
The answer to that is on the site in the FAQ section. I wondered the same thing.
Q. How can you offer FULL COLOR printing with no screen charges at such a low price?
A. Because we aren’t screen printers. We use the newest technology in garment printing, a digital garment printer. It doesn’t require screens. It’s like a BIG ink jet printer that prints on shirts instead of paper. It costs about $25,000 and weighs almost 250 pounds, is 4′ x 3′ and uses VERY EXPENSIVE INK.
I thought that they could make money off bulk orders, but seeing this, and how they say that they can print one shirt per order, I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the numbers and how many shirts they’d have to print to break even on an order. Lets hope they don’t skimp on ink, or something, to make ends meet.
joonlee, they can print a shirt at a time because they print it on a machine, instead of crafting a screen on one machine per color used and using yet another machine to spread over the screen. It also shortens the drying time, I believe.
Some businesses do cut corners by skimping on some stuff to make ends meet – let’s hope that in this case, they just skipped paying a good web designer.
There are many similar sites, I agree, and some are better in design and execution, but maybe Jeremy has a reason for placing this on his blog.
Or maybe it’s an AD in the form of a blog post. Won’t be the first time.
Their website looks so shady.
Not a fan of there site, but there product looks ok
I’ve been looking for a company to make shirts on demand without a minimum quantity. This is helpful, thanks.
I need some Money Dummy T’s lol This would be perfect
Hello,
do you have drop-ship for ebay?
I would be interested in trying this service. Can anyone share their experience with this company? Currently shopping around.
OMG site redo. Yikes.
But some companies can’t afford fancy websites. It doesn’t mean that they’re any less professional.
Sorry, Tammy, that’s no excuse. There are lots of ways to get around a small budget without having a website look like it could have been better designed by a ten-year-old, especially with the software options available on the internet for free. You could tap graphic design students just starting out, or friends, or even some of the web groups that offer free consultation. This is just shoddy marketing.
Hey… I thought that this was worth sharing. I don’t need the service, but I like the thought of supporting our veterans. This is from the About Us section.
“We are a 100% Service Disabled Veteran Owned
Business. The owner served in the US Navy for almost 10 years as an Engineering Laboratory Technician (ELT) onboard Nuclear Submarines. He reached MM1(SS) before a military related sports injury damaged his knee and ended his career half way to retirement.”
A picture is worth a thousand words. The site really needs better pics to help sell the product. But I think it’s cool that they are able to print on shoes! Can’t wait to see pics of that. I haven’t seen that one before!
Print on shoes? I’ve heard of special equipment that can print on shoes, but usually designs are hand-painted. I have a couple of Chuck Taylors that I painted on.
Btw, nice shirt Jeremy,
Shoe, is there still a huge waiting line for sending you a T-shirt?
This looks like some of my first sites. I am a big fan of putting things up just to get them started. Launch the site, then go back and make adjustments. Let’s see what the site looks like in 6 months.
What happened to the poses? Have you given up on your modeling career already?
I just noticed that the shirt has Shoemoney written in sign language. Very cool!
If you send in a shirt, how long before it will actually get posted?
Woohoo! Tshirt Friday!
I like seeing this kind of thing in the marketplace. When I first started working, it was next to impossible to get professional looking items printed in limited quantities. You paid a premium for this sort of thing.
I would consider this service, based on Shoe’s recommendation. We do print promo pieces in limited quantities, and can always add to our list of companies. Thx for sharing!
I appreciate the TShirt posts. It’s a great way to get new ideas and see what small businesses are doing. I would never normally search for a lot of the items and services that are posted.
T-Shirts are the thing right now. The pitch page for becoming an affiliate is the best part of this site. http://www.shirts-company.com/?hop=fmweb
Umm… Navigation issues on this site… Hard to get back to the home page?
So when you go to Hef’s place, how about asking for some help with the T Shirt modeling? I’d like to see some xtra smalls (xtra small shirts, that is.). In fact, let’s go for a wet T contest while your’re at it.
Putting your logo on a tshirt is like the old way of advertising, but it still works!
Love the onesies and the aprons! Perfect for the mommy clan! These are great potential gifts.
I wonder if they will get any business because of this post? Just curious. I always wonder what happens to these businesses after Shoemoney posts a shirt and a link.
They could probably use some DIYSEO too.
I love free shirt Friday! I just went and checked on some of the old shirts and some of the pics weren’t loading. My favorite is the Geeks Are Sexy shirt. http://www.shoemoney.com/free-shirt-friday/
Not bad, ordering custom shirts is good promotion
Their site is horrible. Good product or not…not worth the time to navigate through crap.
And yet he got each and every one of us to click through to their site. Hahahaha…well played, Shoe.
This guy is getting all sorts of free feedback on his site. I’m surprised no one has pitched their design service to him.
Ouch! That site is painful to look at. Is this an extended April Fool’s?
The website is so hard to understand. I cannot figure out how to order after 2 minutes. I think it’s a total fail. Need some SEO advice or simply someone to tell them that simplicity is a must.
I don’t think SEO will help this site. It really needs a good overhaul. Confusing links, unattractive layout. I doubt a lot of people will take the time to check out their links to the more relevant information when you can hardly distinguish them from each other.
What kind of shirts do you use? Do you print on other colors than white? I could use this for some of the teams I’m on. I guess I could email the site, but I know that the owners sometimes come back and answer q’s, so here it is.
They badly need a site makeover.
I like anything on demand. Money on demand. Women on demand. Food and beverage on demand. I’ll take a shirt on demand.
Oh my. This looks like a business opportunity for someone looking for design work. Here is another one of their sites. http://www.tradeshowitems.com/ They own 16! I bet that there are 6 sites that need redesign! Here is another. http://www.visorclips.com/
This people also own this site.http://www.instantbitch.com/ I don’t like that kind of stuff. Won’t do business with them.
TGIF. Checking out Free Shirt Friday, and I am done for the week. Thanks for recommending this company!
I just searched for T Shirts on demand. I had no idea there were so many companies that did this. Did you know that CNN prints headlines on Tshirts? Kind of a cool idea. http://tcritic.com/archives/cnn-shirt-on-demand-t-shirts-with-headlines-powered-by-spreadshirt/ Some of the sample t’s are pretty funny.
We’d be happy to help you redesign your site.
Thanks for doing the research for me. Need some shirts for the shop!
I knew mashable had written about print on demand opps in the past! “15 Places to Make Money Creating Your Own Products” It’s all about the on demand marketplace – cups, books, tshirts, clocks, etc. There are even more places listed in the comments.
http://mashable.com/2009/09/05/sell-products-online/
Nice Article,
I’ve been looking for a way to give employees tees.
It’s like making them happy and advertising all in one!
Awesome looking shirt.
Not so sure about the company but HOT DAYUMN you have a nice set of tits on ya…
very cute!
Oh i live t-shirts and your idea with the shirt friday was the greatest yet
Do you think there’s any chance they’d hook me up with shirt with a picture of Jessica Biel throwing cash in the air?
Site looks terrible.. and looks like theyre just getting started
Another Friday, COOL!
I love sites like this, the ability to keep your overhead low and order small amounts is great
OK Shoemoney. I will send you a t-shirt from my company….. What are the chances of actually getting my t-shirt and website up on your website? Do you have to choose from many?
I like the site idea even if the site design is basic, like many people said before,
I don’t get it…
I found your site on google just now while looking for a 125 plugin for my wordpress. Ha, I like your Free T-Shirt Friday thing. As soon as I get some shirts ordered I’ll send ya one. Email me and let me know how long it takes for you to post them.
I love the idea that you can print on onesies. can you imagine how cute little Shoemoney.com babies would be?
Cool site! I know a a bunch of guys from school who had a business similar to this. They would supply orgs and student political parties with shirts and mugs and stuff. And it was real cheap too. Pretty good business.
Seems like a lot of people here are judging the site, and not the service. I understand, since a company site is like a store — you walk in to a store, and if the store looks dark and shady, you’re going to want to leave ASAP. It’s all about first impressions. But hey, give this site a chance. They do have a FAQ section, an About Us section, a working e-mail (I assume), they have a phone number and an actual address, and a Twitter account.
I’ve seen a lot of online stores, and I’ve seen a few with fancy schmancy website design that don’t list their contact details. So I’m saying, don’t judge a store by its site.
Unfortunately a company’s web site is what consumers usually base their first impression of the company upon. If a company’s website doesn’t look professional, and it doesn’t inspire trust in a potential customer, then you’ve lost all that business without ever getting a real chance.
I’ll have to agree with California Dreamin. If I think the site looks like something someone cobbled together for a fly by night operation, I don’t think twice about closing my browser window.
Not to be a wet blanket, but there are a lot of sites offering the same services, for pretty much the same price, but using sites that offer much less strain on your eyes.
Be prepared for a flood of new submittals to T-shirt Fridays!
Would you need to possess an B in computer science to manage a blog like this?
if they can afford 25k for a printer then they can afford a half ass decent website with some good photos of their shirts.
Photos sell.
I pretty much wear t-shirts to work around the house or on the car. I do need some nice golf style shirts with my business logo on them.
Wish they offered those.
Locally there are people who do them for stupid high prices.
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Really like that shirt. You should have ordered a onesie though!