How to start a Clothing Company

Giant list of T-shirt blogs and T-shirt sites

Getting traffic to your site is the most important task in order to have a successful online store. A great way to get traffic is through t-shirt blogs and rating sites. Here's a Giant list of websites you can submit to your site to.

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How to choose between LLC, Corporation, and Sole Proprietorship. Taxes and fees for t-shirt businesses.

Originally posted by Binki on t-shirt forums I wrote this up several years ago but it might be of some help here on starting a business in the USA. It is weak in some areas but should be a [...]

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Setting up your t-shirt site and e-commerce

This info is from manos at supermadolini. Ok, below is info based on my own personal experience and mostly in a form of notes for setting up the site. I acknowledge that this might not be for small budgets. 1. Buy a domain name. Any company of your liking will do - nowadays buying a domain name for x [...]

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How To Get Your Cool T-Shirts Reviewed by a T-Shirt Blog

Getting your store posted on a t-shirt blog is a big step towards increasing the traffic to your site. This article explains the proper Etiquette in asking a blogger to review your store.

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How To Start a T-Shirt Business - FAIL

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How To Start a T-Shirt Business - Branding

Niche in the Marketplace Now that you have systematically analyzed your industry, your product, your customers, and the competition, you should have a clear picture of where your company fits into the world. My biggest strength is my ability to communicate ideas and my sense of humor. There are a lot of companies out there that do [...]

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Johnny Cupcakes Interview

Johnny Cupcakes is a legend in the clothing business. He built an empire without compromising. You can check out his story on his website. This was originally posted from a post he made on emptees called “How I run some parts of my business / don’t be a whore . org.” “Grab some Sour Patch Kids [...]

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Free stats with Big Cartel

Let me start out by saying I love Bigcartel. The guys that set it up have done a great job and it has opened up e commerce to everyone. One thing that I don’t like about big cartel is that to get the stats I have to pay $20 more a month. That’s three times [...]

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Business Plan - Roadmap to success

The real value of creating a business plan is not in having the finished product in hand; rather, the value lies in the process of researching and thinking about your business in a systematic way. The act of planning helps you to think things through thoroughly, study and research if you are not sure of [...]

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How To Start a T-Shirt Company - Printing Basics

Warning: I have done my best to explain the screen printing process but I know there are a lot more knowledgeable people out there. If you want to add information or edit this let me know. My email is Kruse.jon@gmail.com Printing is fun but there is a lot to learn. Here’s a list of printers if [...]

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