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What items can I sell besides t-shirts?

Categories: Business, Design|

Written by Ray Masaki This is a really good question, but the answer obviously depends on what you consider your demographic to be. But one thing that is definitely important regardless of your demographic is [...]

How to find your total sales tax in paypal for 2011

Categories: Business|

I always use google to try and find answers to my questions but somehow I couldn’t find any good information on how to find the total sales tax for 2011. I figured it out myself [...]

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Custom packaging that won’t break the bank

Categories: Design|

Written by Ray Masaki Custom packaging is one of those things that are icing on the cake. I think it’s awesome when I get a package that comes in an awesome box, or custom mailer, [...]

How to achieve a professional look on a tight budget

Categories: Design|

This is probably a topic that most, if not all, indie brands think about. I know most of you reading this and interested in starting a clothing brand have considered ways to spend less money [...]

How has technology helped and hurt the t-shirt community?

Categories: Design, E-commerce|

Written by Ray Masaki This topic was suggested by my buddy and fellow New Yorker, Bryan of Doctor Hazmat, who I incidentally met after first talking to him via twitter. It’s certainly an interesting question, [...]

Top 20 T-Shirt Blogs

Categories: Marketing|

I had a post on this site for a giant list of t-shirt blogs that was very popular but haven't updated it in a while. I had their page rank in the list so you [...]

When is it art, and when is it art for a t-shirt?

Categories: Design|

Written by Ray Masaki This is somewhat related to my previous post of knowing when to not use a design for your line. I think an extremely important distinction is knowing when something is an [...]

Building A Concept – Knowing When To Not Use A Design

Categories: Starting Out|

Written by Ray Masaki I’ve hinted in previous posts that I have lost a lot of money from deciding not to use designs. In fact, I hired a couple designers to work on a collaboration [...]

Book Recommendations for Clothing Company Owners

Categories: Business, Design, E-commerce, Marketing, Starting Out|

I just put up a page for my book recommendations. You can check it out on the very top navigation of the site on the far right. Or you can just click here book recommendations [...]

4 hour work week

Categories: Business|

Going home for Christmas I have an 8 hour drive from Northern California to Southern California. I always use this time to load my mp3 player with a couple of audio books and try to [...]