This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/ 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 that the product should be unique and [...]
Archive | January, 2012
How to find your total sales tax in paypal for 2011
January 25, 2012
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 and decided to write a step by step process on how to find the sales tax for the 2011 in [...]
Custom packaging that won’t break the bank
January 23, 2012
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ 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, but it usually ends up in the [...]
How to achieve a professional look on a tight budget
January 20, 2012
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 while still looking professional. Unless you have some sort of substantial backing, chances are that you’re going to try to [...]
How has technology helped and hurt the t-shirt community?
January 18, 2012
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog 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, but unfortunately I probably hold a heavy [...]
Top 20 T-Shirt Blogs
January 17, 2012
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 could see how important google views the sites but there is a lot more information to compare all these sites. [...]
When is it art, and when is it art for a t-shirt?
January 15, 2012
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ 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 awesome piece of artwork, and when something [...]
Building A Concept – Knowing When To Not Use A Design
January 11, 2012
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ 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 that is going unused. This brings me to [...]
Book Recommendations for Clothing Company Owners
January 11, 2012
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 Also post some comments on the books I missed. I am going to go through and add some more in [...]
4 hour work week
January 6, 2012
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 soak in as much knowledge as possible on my boring drive down I-5. This time I decided to go back [...]





January 28, 2012
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