Hacker News Reader

There are literally dozens of "make your own t-shirt" offerings online, most with a wider array of shirt colors and the ability to include your own graphics in addition to text, at a price comparable or cheaper than you are offering (cafepress.com, inktastic.com, etc). I've used these services myself and found them easy, not at all "cumbersome" as you state on helvetitee.com.

What value does your offering have in comparison to your competition?

View on HN

We view our simplicity as a benefit. Sure SpreadShirt and their ilk offer thousands of options, but when you just want a message printed clearly on a tshirt, we provide a solution that you can take advantage of in seconds. It's very easy to make a pig's ear of your shirt with those other services. With Helvetitee, it's actually hard to make something ugly.

Your point on the pricing is fair, it's something we'll have to monitor and find out what people are comfortable with.

Thanks for the feedback.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com