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

18. January 2012

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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 [...]

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Book Recommendations for Clothing Company Owners

11. January 2012

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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 [...]

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Top 5 mistakes in ecommerce design

7. April 2011

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Sorry about the lack of posts. I am going to try and write a bunch of articles myself about web design and different tools available on the web. 1. Splash Page A splash page is the landing page of your site where it has a flash animation or just text that says “Enter”. A simple [...]

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How to connect multiple paypal emails – tutorial

20. February 2010

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Paypal has a lot of different options but it always seems like you will never use most of them and it is difficult to find the ones you want. Today I got a paypal payment to the wrong email. I did a bit of research and found that you could connect up to 8 emails [...]

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How many shirts should I print?!

13. December 2009

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This question comes up a lot and I think it really needs an article about it. I remember printing my first shirt, live every week like it’s shark week, and I was asking the same question. I asked people what sizes I should order and I also unwisely asked what size people wanted to buy. [...]

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Storenvy: Free online store review

17. November 2009

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oday I’m reviewing a new e-commerce store system called storenvy which offers a free stores to everyone. It is most similar to big cartel which charges $10- $20 a month for it’s services but also includes a bunch of social networking stuff to get your site seen.

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Networking for clothing lines

14. September 2009

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What is networking? Why is networking important? Why am I writing this and how does it have to do with Too Legit? All of these questions will be answered in the following Facet of Legitimacy. Let’s say that you need to find a job. You spend hours and hours and come up with a resume [...]

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SEO for Apparel and T-Shirt Companies

23. June 2009

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Tim Toomey from Assault Blog and Assault Shirts talks about how to get SEO results without spending a lot of money. He gives some great tips for keyword strategies, blog strategies and coding strategies.

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How to Make Your T-Shirt Shop Stand Out and Sell More

8. December 2008

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As web designers and t-shirt addicts we’ve learned a few things about what goes into making a t-shirt shop a killer success. So we put together this article on the details that a lot of people overlook when designing their stores. We hope you find it useful for your clothing line.

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10 Ways Your Tee Shirt Business Can Improve

15. November 2008

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Looking to improve your monthly tee shirt business sales and conversions? Well you have come to the right place, because today’s article is all about improving your tee shirt business! We have put together 10 great ways to fine tune your site, which will help ensure you make the most of your precious traffic. read [...]

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How to ship orders with Endicia

8. November 2008

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I wrote a previous article about how to ship orders in paypal but here is another one by Eric Terry from Linty Fresh. He uses endicia which is free for the first 30 days and $9.95 a month for the standard plan. One plus to this method is that you can pay for first class [...]

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Bigcartel CSS customization: Introduction

16. October 2008

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What is CSS? Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation of a document. CSS basically defines what font, colors, and images are used on the website. What the guys at bigcartel said about editing your stores CSS We recommend using one of the many options out there for [...]

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How to package and ship your items with paypal shipping center

9. October 2008

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The first thing you need is envelopes to package your shirts it. I’ve been using uline poly mailers and they are light weight and durable. I got the 9 x 12 size and that’s the perfect size for shirts. You’re also going to need a scale. I got a cheap one at Costco for $20 [...]

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Setting up your t-shirt site and e-commerce

4. April 2008

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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 [...]

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Free stats with Big Cartel

6. March 2008

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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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