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wikishirts.io

3 pointsbensampson9 comments

Hi everyone!

I built this site because I realised that there are a lot of people that don't fit the general interests and materialism thta fashion companies think their target customer values, and for good reason. Shirts for hackers, developers, and blockchain-enthusiasts won't sell too well.

But I think more specialisation/personalization results in higher personal satisfaction and happier customers.

Print-on-demand offers this but not everyone is a graphic designer.

So I noticed there's probably a big market(this included me) and made something that lets any one find a Wikipedia article and order a T-shirt that takes an extract from that article.

I'm no fashion guru or enthusiast, but when I wear something I want it to say something about me or initate conversation.

Tell me what you think! Just looking for some feedback :)

    Shirts for hackers, developers, and blockchain-enthusiasts won't sell too well

Maybe not if you put it in a H&M store. But these kinds of shirts do exist and I don't think 'nerds' are averse to buying them.

Thanks for your input, wingerlang! I completely agree, these kind of shirts do exist and there's definitely a market for them. But Wikishirts literally offers 5.7 million unique shirts, an unmatched degree of specialization that, I think, makes the shirt very personal.

What service/api did you use for the t-shirts?

The MediaWiki API, hosts a collection of over 5.7 million articles. Hope this helps!

Thank you! Apologies, I meant for the tshirt ordering.. I am assuming it is using some dropship service like Printful?

i too would like to know

Correct, Printful, it's a great platform :)

Thanks!

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