Starting a New Line/Brand Feedback Thread

I'm sort of confused.
Is Novus Imp. Co now WEAREOUTHERE?

But anyway I can see what you are trying to do/accomplish . First shirts usually consisit of the company name and logo so people can recognize you. I would honestly do more then one shirt if that is the cae though. Making a website for one shirt doesn't give the buyer much to look for and they are going to be kind of let down when they visit the site cause they may have been expecting more. Do atleast 4 varations of the logo on shirts. Small qty prints. Black and white shirts @ first. And $15 would be a better price for a "up and coming" shirt company with only a 1 color design.

If you do at least 4 shirts, include some pictures (fun shots of friends walking around and what not) and some stickers to bomb on your web page that should be a decent start. Don't look to make to much money for the first go round.
You actually spend more money in the begining building and establishing yourself and handing out free stuff for advertising.

In the beginning you are basically going to be recycling money.
The money you make will go into making more shirt and supplies and not into your pocket. Unless you took out a loan or something.
Get a job more importantly. Using this as a income at this age will only lead to stress and possibly a chance in not putting your heart into it and giving up.
Most of us aren't blessed to have rich parents like some of the start up brands (non that I have seen in here) where they just throw money into it and then go skate boarding afterwards and party.

In the beginning you are basically going to be recycling money.
The money you make will go into making more shirt and supplies and not into your pocket. Unless you took out a loan or something.
Get a job more importantly. Using this as a income at this age will only lead to stress and possibly a chance in not putting your heart into it and giving up.
Most of us aren't blessed to have rich parents like some of the start up brands (non that I have seen in here) where they just throw money into it and then go skate boarding afterwards and party.

yeah man i feel ya.


Growing up with a single mom and barely enough money for rent and being into streetwear wasn't easy.
Always wanted to start a line since i was in middle school.While I looked up to Jonas(LRG,r.i.p) and Nigo(bape), other kids round here had different taste. So i was that 'weird' kid into different things.
but yeah! been applying everywhere hope someone calls.Lol.

How much money did you guys start your brand with?

How much money did you guys start your brand with?

Depends on your brand. You can start with 100 you can start with 100000. Do your research and make a budget

Creating a Flyer for my re-release this summer

How much money did you guys start your brand with?

Depends on your brand. You can start with 100 you can start with 100000. Do your research and make a budget

Like justin said itll be different for everyone. We bought a DTG printer at the start so our costs were a lot higher. But my advice to anyone is make a budget for 3 months and make sure you have all the money you need to buy stock, marketing, giveaway etc for those 3 months.

Now take that number you just came up with, and double it. Thats how much you should have. Nothing worse than simply running out of money or having all your cash tied up in stock when you need money to fix your website or to buy new stock that will sell much better.

And to answer your question we started in the 5k-10k range.

Creating a Flyer for my re-release this summer

The bottom with your brand info doesn't exactly look the greatest... Try cutting the image and just having your logo/info over a white background. I think itll look much better.

How much money did you guys start your brand with?

Depends on your brand. You can start with 100 you can start with 100000. Do your research and make a budget

Like justin said itll be different for everyone. We bought a DTG printer at the start so our costs were a lot higher. But my advice to anyone is make a budget for 3 months and make sure you have all the money you need to buy stock, marketing, giveaway etc for those 3 months.

Now take that number you just came up with, and double it. Thats how much you should have. Nothing worse than simply running out of money or having all your cash tied up in stock when you need money to fix your website or to buy new stock that will sell much better.

And to answer your question we started in the 5k-10k range.s

Creating a Flyer for my re-release this summer

The bottom with your brand info doesn't exactly look the greatest... Try cutting the image and just having your logo/info over a white background. I think itll look much better.

I'll throw my two cents in.

Not related to money, but make sure to try and cultivate a community. Having 2000 followers who're following for the sake of clicking a button versus 500 dedicated followers. Although it seems counter-intuitive the smaller group is better. Find your market and target them, you'll conserve resources better that way.

How much money did you guys start your brand with?

Depends on your brand. You can start with 100 you can start with 100000. Do your research and make a budget

Like justin said itll be different for everyone. We bought a DTG printer at the start so our costs were a lot higher. But my advice to anyone is make a budget for 3 months and make sure you have all the money you need to buy stock, marketing, giveaway etc for those 3 months.

Now take that number you just came up with, and double it. Thats how much you should have. Nothing worse than simply running out of money or having all your cash tied up in stock when you need money to fix your website or to buy new stock that will sell much better.

And to answer your question we started in the 5k-10k range.

Creating a Flyer for my re-release this summer

ok. Yeah I see a lot of printers moving towards DTG and encouraging it as a best option. But when you go to buy clothing you still see most companies print with the good old fashion silk screen process. I guess if you make a large number of shirts in bulk it's cheaper to silk screen. Just wondering how much of "new guys" print.

The recent DTG shirts I made someone made a comment and said it looked like it was ironed on cause we used cookie sheet paper to heat press it and cure the ink afterwards.

Good luck with that machine. I know how much of a headache it can be from listening to my printer and how he has nightmares at night because of it.

Anyone in here cop CYC blanks and use them for your hoodies? Curious as to how much it would cost to cop 100 blanks of 250 in two different colors, etc. TIA

I'm assuming a brand ID/tax ID # would be required.

It has its ups and downs.

We bought the printer used and had to put some money in it to fix it, and for the most part it was a good buy for us. let us do custom orders and make money on the side to stay afloat. The best part is that you can print 1 shirt with as many colors as you want.

We used it for all of our shirts at the time. it recently kinda broke down tho. and were not sure what the problem is,its one of 3 things. but we dont have the money to fix it so were selling it now. Its a Fast T Jet 2 with a bulk ink system.

I might be interested in the dtg. Lmk how much u selling it for.
Joey

Anyone in here cop CYC blanks and use them for your hoodies? Curious as to how much it would cost to cop 100 blanks of 250 in two different colors, etc. TIA

I'm assuming a brand ID/tax ID # would be required.

Last time i checked they were too expensive and not worth it. And im pretty sure youre right with the brand ID/tax ID. Where are you located?

It has its ups and downs.

We bought the printer used and had to put some money in it to fix it, and for the most part it was a good buy for us. let us do custom orders and make money on the side to stay afloat. The best part is that you can print 1 shirt with as many colors as you want.

We used it for all of our shirts at the time. it recently kinda broke down tho. and were not sure what the problem is,its one of 3 things. but we dont have the money to fix it so were selling it now. Its a Fast T Jet 2 with a bulk ink system.

I might be interested in the dtg. Lmk how much u selling it for.
Joey

Ill send you a PM!

I'm in Chicago...I'm just curious what the discount is for buying in bulk.

Anyone in here cop CYC blanks and use them for your hoodies? Curious as to how much it would cost to cop 100 blanks of 250 in two different colors, etc. TIA

I'm assuming a brand ID/tax ID # would be required.

Anyone in here cop CYC blanks and use them for your hoodies? Curious as to how much it would cost to cop 100 blanks of 250 in two different colors, etc. TIA

I'm assuming a brand ID/tax ID # would be required.

I would be interested in it but I can't find much info on them other than forum posts. Have you found a website or dealer of em?