OllieInAZ said:
The problem with those places are that most of them (cafepress, anyway) are not really screen printing. They're just a step above the iron-on print things you can buy at Wal Mart, but they're not screen prints. They fade badly after a wash or two. We had some done by one of those places for the Vegas Reptile Expo last year and they were crap after being washed once. I think we are going to get these in 50% polyester and 50% cotton. I have always got cotton in the past, but I like the fit and feel of the 50-50 shirts I buy at Target. With screen printing, you have to get the screens made (for each color) one way or another. There's no way to screen print a few shirts and keep the cost anywhere near the prices of cafepress. It's efficient when doing a hundred or two, but not in smaller numbers. I don't know about the cost of CafePress, but getting a few hundred shirts screen printed, the cost per shirt is pretty low. I think we plan on giving them away more than anything. We'll do something like a free shirt with every order over "X" amount. I don't mind stocking them, my website tracks inventory on sizes and colors well, and I have 900 bags of cypress mulch sitting here.... A few hundred t-shirts won't be in the way
