I'm off for the weekend and finally have sometime to sit down and write out my plan on this sub while my son naps.
I know the T-Shirt business is over saturated from the comments and other topics I found using the search engine. I've been doing a ton of research the past two months and I am going to take a 3 days "hands on" class with my wife next month. My wife is very artistic but is less business orientated then myself. This class will help us learn the basics better and hopefully learn a lot of new stuff.
Background:
We both work full time jobs (secure) and have one child. I think this is a major strength and separates us from other T Shirt businesses that are new. We don't need to make 1,000 this month to pay rent on the commercial building etc. Reading on the web a lot of people run out of funds, I just don't see this happening from our position. We aren't super well off, low middle class in my opinion, making under 80k total a year now. However we live well within our means.
Strategy
Local business, flea markets and local events. Lots of festivals in our area and no one seems to be selling "event" type shirts. "small town music festival 2018" shirts etc. Hustle, Hustle, Hustle. Cold calling, emails, and going door to door. Outside my comfort zone but ill have to get comfortable.
Online - Ebay (have established account) Etsy, Shopify, Facebook, and build IG account. Buy ads on Facebook, pay extra on Ebay for better listing, Facebook ads etc. Really want to drop some money here after we get the local stuff going. One of the shops will be designated to Cryptos niche. The others are going to start with basic but clean designs. If this part doesn't work out, we can just change are strategy. From listening to podcasts its not uncommon for T shirts companies to re brand several times before hitting it off.
(End game/goal)
Lastly reach out to new brands (over saturated area imo) make them customers. Print their shirts and do it better/cheaper then Printful etc. This is end game talk here, but setting long term goals is never a bad idea.
Another end game goal we have is getting a shop on the Maryland ocean city boardwalk or another east coast boardwalk. The rent for the summer in these buildings are near 50k-100k! However from what i heard its well worth it, even with multiple shops on each boardwalk they all seem to do well.
Anything else I should consider before getting the equipment in March? Working in the garage now and getting it all ready with proper ventilation and water hookup. Making the area a pleasant place to work.
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