Spreadshirt

January 20th, 2009 in Creative, by Head Honcho

http://www.spreadshirt.com

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” This is one of Mark Twain’s famous quotes. Too often it had been quoted by people in the fashion industry or quoted as an answer to “Why do I need to wear fancy clothes?”

What if you are given the chance to clothe the man? Or rather, design your own shirts and profit from it? I am sure you would want to check out Spreadshirt.com if you said “Yes” to both questions.

Spreadshirt started as an idea from two graduate students and launched in Leipzig, Germany in 2002. It became one the most successful Internet startups in Europe and after two years opened itself on the American market. Since its opening in the United States, its impact became viral. It has since grown into a community of partners who have created thousands of custom products worldwide.

What does Spreadshirt offer? The site lets people to design, buy and sell merchandise online. It allows users to open their own online shops and sell them to other users. This site is known to be the second most popular in print-on-demand right after the famous Café Press. Like Café Press, the site allows its users to create and sell their own apparels and other merchandise.

If one would want to produce professionally made T-shirts without the hassle and surprises and at the same time generate revenues from it, then Spreadshirt is the platform you are looking for. As mentioned, their print-on-demand model is appealing to either those who want to sell merchandise or those who want to quickly order and print designs. They offer wonderful, cool features which include using images from their database and the capability to print in flex, flock or glow in the dark. Users can add text or images to their t-shirt designer of which the user can markup a shirt for profit if it sells.

Spreadshirt can be used by anyone who has a private or commercial internet site. The online shop they create on Spreadshirt can be placed on these sites and produce a revenue stream from the customized products. No hassles. Spreadshirt will take care of payment processing, merchandise production, shipping and after-sales service. All a user needs to do is simply market the shop online.

If you want to view the Print Technology used by Spreadshirt, check out this video: