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How I made money with TeeSpring

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Teespring does some really cool work with non-profits, launching kickstarter-esque campaigns for them (at no cost) and giving a cut of the proceeds to that organization. A few friends of mine who run an education non-profit in Philly (http://www.12plus.org/) did it a few months ago [1] and it really helped them out a lot. Coupled with this blog post, TeeSpring seems like good people.

[1] http://teespring.com/12plus

Thanks Daniel! The 12plus tee is still one of our favorites.

I'm on my third campaign with Teespring (http://teespring.com/rubyguy). They've been great to work with.

I ran a store last year selling shirts (http://rubythreads.com/) and I managed inventory and shipped out of my garage. Any profit made on the shirts was spent on logistics. Its a rough business and I'm trying to appeal to a very specific audience. I was planning on building a new storefront and moving to a kickstarter-model for future designs, but Teespring has been totally turnkey for me so far.

I too had to try my crack at it, unfortunately the shelf life for my shirt is about 9 months: http://teespring.com/CautionBabyInside

Hi from Teespring! This is awesome - if anyone has any questions we're always happy to talk, I'll keep an eye on this thread and you can also reach us by email at walker (at) teespring (dot) com.

Excellent example and use of crowd funding with no upfront costs

This is inspiring... So I was a little overzealous and created three campaigns.

One - Antifragile, on Nassim's new book. http://teespring.com/antifragile

Two and Three - Holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah http://lastshirts.tumblr.com/

The site is very easy to work with.

I made two just for fun: http://teespring.com/football and http://teespring.com/starwars - note my good urls, not sure that teespring has enough SEO for that to matter tho...

I'm inspired, and I'll give it a shot for sure. Just went to the site and added a design - will see how it goes. http://teespring.com/basketballelite_rise_and_grind

Yeah I'm inspired too... nearly felt too easy to set up! (different thing to actually sell them though)

I'm a big fan of Flight of the Concords so I made this one; http://teespring.com/itsbusinesstime

Wonder what tips there are around getting a campaign right (ie guessing simplicity and fun are key factors...but what about colour of the t-shirt etc?) Also, would be nice to get some analytics about how many visit your campaign page Vs people who add to cart but don't buy etc.. (or did I miss that?)

[also this is my first post on Hacker news! followed for ages, but kind of looking forward to adding more]

Interesting idea! Maybe we can put together a blog series with trends/stats on what sells and what doesn't.

What kind of printing process does TeeSpring use ? Doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere.

We only use high quality screen printing, no digital printing or DTG printing here.

The great thing about using a crowdfunding model for apparel is you don't have to compromise of quality or price - you can have the best of both worlds.

Thank you for the swift response.

Will definitely be using your platform in the future , it's exactly what i was looking for.

Any plans on crowd funding posters in the future?

Absolutely, we're currently doing mugs for TWiT (www.teespring.com/twitmugs) and our plan is to branch out to other items - we just want to make sure we can deliver an amazing experience in each product category before we expand to the next.

If you shoot me an email at walker (at) teespring (dot) com I'd be happy to work with you to setup a poster campaign.

fyi wiwillia, your account here has been hellbanned so nobody is seeing your replies.

I can see the comments just fine.

An hour account, his account was marked dead. Now it's not.

Thanks for letting me know - should be all set now

It's a very quick and painless process.

Here's one I made using an illustration I did a couple years ago http://teespring.com/gigiphinaleus

This is beyond intriguing. If only I had an audience to sell to..

wiwillia (of Teespring) appears to be hell-banned, but not sure why.

Thanks for the heads up - should be fixed now!

Teespring may be facing legal issues soon

Can you clarify, with sources or more information?

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