Getting Started in the T-Shirt Business

Getting Started in the T-Shirt Business 

Thinking about getting started in the business of selling custom t-shirts? Because there’s no doubt it can be a smart way to earn extra money. In fact, you probably know 4-5 people who need custom shirts right now. The question is, how do you print those shirts and how do you make a fair, healthy profit along the way?

We Wrote the Book on Getting Started in the T-Shirt Business

The good news is, we have all those answers (and many more) for you. Stahls’ has helped people get started in the t-shirt printing business for decades. When it comes to this topic, you’re in the right place. The truth be told, we’ve not only written one book on Starting a T-Shirt Business, we have many guides on succeeding in the world of printing custom t-shirts. Here are just a few. For a complete listing of all our how to resources and videos, click here. 

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started Printing T-Shirts

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a T-Shirt Business

Ready to start a t-shirt business? Already in business and need a helping hand with the basics? Download a copy of our free book, The Ultimate Guide to Starting a T-Shirt Business. Because from heat press choices to transfer types, pricing, finding customers and more, this book has the answers you need.

Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Start a T-Shirt Side Hustle

Amazingly, it’s possible to start earning the extra income you need printing t-shirts, without the major commitment of leaving your full time job. Learn how you can get started printing shirts from home. Discover 7 different ways to print shirts that are fun and easy to do. Includes tips on how to grow your business further when you want to take it to the next level.

Learn from the Experts in Custom Apparel Printing

The Ultimate Guide to Design Size and Placement

This 23-page guide is the most comprehensive work on how to position and size logos on garments and more. In other words, it’s one of the most frequently downloaded e-books we’ve written. Learn the perfect size and positioning for any heat transfer on any item. This information takes the guesswork out of printing logos on t-shirts and other popular custom apparel pieces and accessories. Whether you are printing team uniforms or promotional items, you’ll never have to second-guess the best placement of any transfer or design.

The Best Design Software for T-Shirt Art

The Ultimate Guide to Artwork for T-Shirts

Still trying to figure out how to create the art you need to print shirts? But you’re not an artist? It’s true that great artwork sells shirts. Sometimes getting the art you need ready for print isn’t as easy as you thought it would be. This book can help. Learn how to use basic design skills to make shirts standout. Finally understand the difference between raster and vector artwork. Discover the differences in file types and when to use which type. Also, great ideas on using stock artwork.

Print on Any Fabric

The Ultimate Guide to Fabric Types

Today, there are so many different types of fabrics—cottons, polyesters, tri-blends, nylons, stretch, performance fabrics and more. Did you know there are heat transfers that work on all fabric types? The question is, which transfers do you use on each fabric?  If you want to know how to print successfully on all types of garments and items, you need this book.

The Ultimate Guide to Team Decorating

Is it your dream to print uniforms for teams? You don’t have to make a huge investment to get started in this profitable custom printing market. This 43-page book shows you everything you need to know about creating professional looking team uniforms, including popular number styles, colors and sizes, how to add player names, how to print spirit wear and much, much more. A must-read for anyone who’s thinking about earning extra money by printing uniforms for teams, schools and leagues of all shapes, sports and sizes. You can even print on-demand shirts or add names to existing jerseys. This book shows you how.

Print for Teams and Local Sports Leagues

The Ultimate Guide to Sports Decorating Pricing

Eventually, many t-shirt printers decide to jump into the lucrative team printing market. Not sure how much to charge for adding a name or number to a football jersey? Want to know the best way to profit when printing for all sports? We’ve got the answers in this Ultimate Guide. You’ll not only learn the best ways to personalized shirts and uniforms for teams, you’ll learn production tips and how to price your work like a true t-shirt printing professional.

Marketing Your T-Shirt Business

The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your T-Shirt Business

Once you have gotten the hang of printing t-shirts and your t-shirt business is up and running, you want to know how to find more customers. This book is the only marketing book written specifically with the needs of a t-shirt printer in mind. It has lists of niche markets, ways to outsmart the competition, cross-selling and upselling techniques and much more. You’ll learn how 10 minutes a day of marketing can help take your business to the next level. 28 pages packed with useful marketing information for the custom apparel printer.

The Power of Social Media to Grow Your T-Shirt Business

The Ultimate Guide to Social Media for Your T-Shirt Business

Ultimately, you need to put your social media muscle to work in order to grow your business. Learn the most cost effective ways to promote your business online through the most popular social media channels. Learn what to do and more importantly, what NOT to do. You don’t have to be a social media expert to benefit from these smart and easy to do strategies. Stop putting off this important step in growing your t-shirt business. Handy checklists and worksheets help you get the details done right.

The Performance Wear Printing Handbook

Learn how to earn more by printing custom logos on yoga pants, fleece jackets, dancewear, performance wear and more.  Not everyone can print on these stretchy or performance fabrics. This guide shows you how to decorate performance wear that is in high demand—even one or two pieces at a time, without damaging expensive, heat sensitive fabrics.

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