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MMM Commentaries
May 16th, 2006, 03:22 AM
Thinking of branching out into offering the usual tshirt/mug thingy on our podcast website - does anyone recommend a company with good quality stuff at a good price? I suppose they would have to be US based as that is where the majority of listeners for podcasts come from, but having a company that offers good rates for UK and Australian residents would be helpful as well.

Trev.
ChrisFitzpatrick
May 16th, 2006, 04:21 AM
Thinking of branching out into offering the usual tshirt/mug thingy on our podcast website - does anyone recommend a company with good quality stuff at a good price? I suppose they would have to be US based as that is where the majority of listeners for podcasts come from, but having a company that offers good rates for UK and Australian residents would be helpful as well.

Trev.

Cafepress.com

+cfitz
Hollywood Adam
May 16th, 2006, 06:20 AM
I was severely disappointed with the quality of the tshirts from cafepress. The rest of the products looked fine though.
kinkysex
May 16th, 2006, 08:42 AM
I use www.contagiousgraphics.com for t-shirts and www.psprint or www.stickerguy.com for stickers. Great quality!
boldbusiness
May 16th, 2006, 05:30 PM
I just ordered some things from Cafepress. We'll see how they turn out.
MMM Commentaries
May 16th, 2006, 05:31 PM
I suppose what I am looking for is a company that doesn't limit the amount of things you can offer. Cafepress wants you to pay $75 per year to be able to offer more things. For a podcast like mine we would be lucky to make a few dollars off shirts (money isn't really the reason I am getting into it to be honest), so a firm which offered a few more options would be helpful.

I will though check out Contagious and the Sticker Guy and see if they meet our needs.
WyethDigital
May 16th, 2006, 07:00 PM
I was severely disappointed with the quality of the tshirts from cafepress. The rest of the products looked fine though.
What were the quality issues you had? Materials or printing? Was it transfer. silk screening, or another process?

Eric
tokies
May 16th, 2006, 09:06 PM
what about the jackets are those good? or made the same way the t-shirts are made?
Hollywood Adam
May 17th, 2006, 09:46 AM
I was severely disappointed with the quality of the tshirts from cafepress. The rest of the products looked fine though.
What were the quality issues you had? Materials or printing? Was it transfer. silk screening, or another process?

Eric

It was a printing issue. It was definitely a thermal transfer image. I could've made the tshirts using iron-on sheets and the quality would've been better. Jim from Zipperfish sent me a mug that I think they used cafepress for and it is very nice.
WyethDigital
May 17th, 2006, 12:45 PM
It was a printing issue. It was definitely a thermal transfer image. I could've made the tshirts using iron-on sheets and the quality would've been better. Jim from Zipperfish sent me a mug that I think they used cafepress for and it is very nice.
Sounds like I should consider another source for T shirts!

Eric
TheDiva
May 18th, 2006, 04:10 PM
Cafe Press stinks!

I agree with Adam..I make better Ts with my computer and an iron on. I ordered a standard ladies T...it's HUGE! So not flattering to the female figure. The Logo faded after 1 washing.

I also recently ordered a Ladies ringer/cap sleeved T from them and it shrunk so much that my Cat wouldn't even fit in it now! (I still wear it...just gotta stretch the **** outta it).

~The Diva
WyethDigital
May 18th, 2006, 07:59 PM
PM'd ya, Chris! I forgot to mention, we'd be interested in Mugs, too!

Eric
obtuseangle
May 19th, 2006, 01:56 PM
Thus far, I've had a good experience with Spreadshirt.com.

Their interface seems a little clunky but I'm real happy with the quality and variety of products -- the only exception being the long-sleeve baseball style shirt, which is very thin and also runs a size or two small ...

Feel free to check out what the storefront/merchandise looks like at the Steve Dupont Corporation Giftshop. https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?sid=16601

Steve
Twilight
May 21st, 2006, 12:45 AM
Thus far, I've had a good experience with Spreadshirt.com.
Steve

Thanks, Steve. I was wondering if Spreadshirt was good. I'm thinking of going with them for shirts and with Cafe Press for mugs, bags and the like.
boldbusiness
Jun 4th, 2006, 03:03 PM
My Cafepress T-Shirt turned out just fine. I chose the direct printing. I haven't washed it yet so I can't comment on that but so far I have no problems at all.
WyethDigital
Jun 4th, 2006, 03:24 PM
My Cafepress T-Shirt turned out just fine. I chose the direct printing. I haven't washed it yet so I can't comment on that but so far I have no problems at all.
"Direct printing?"
Is that an option, where you choose "direct printing" versus... something else? Do they give you different quality options?

Eric
boldbusiness
Jun 5th, 2006, 10:53 AM
Yes, there are two options.

Direct printing or heat transfer.

There's a part on the site that explains the pros and cons of each one.
WyethDigital
Jun 5th, 2006, 02:59 PM
Yes, there are two options.

Direct printing or heat transfer.

There's a part on the site that explains the pros and cons of each one.
Thanks! Somehow we missed that when we were poking around! More homework to do!

Eric
NBX
Jun 7th, 2006, 12:01 PM
We ordered some flexfit embroidored hats from http://www.elevateprints.com
High quality, nice hats