My coworker, Garnet has children in elementary school who play on the local football team and cheerlead. She came up with a brilliant idea to start merchandising for the team. She started by purchasing some large, flat fashion earrings from the clearance section from Meijer. The earrings cost her only $1.00 per pair. She printed little logos and applied them to the earrings with tacky glue then covered the edges with burgundy and yellow sequins (team colors) and applied a thing clear gloss coat to the earrings to protect them. She began selling the earring the earrings for $10 a pair. In a single week she has completely sold out of earrings, making an estimated profit of $140.
Next Garnet decided to make apparel for the team. She used Shirtcity.com to design the tees. She then sent emails that included a link to her free “football store” to each of the families with children on the team. The family members could then go to her online store and purchase t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee cups , hats and more. During the month of September she sold 34 mens, womens and kids tees which earned her about $300. In October she changed the style of the shirts and also created shirts for the cheer team, making her earnings triple. Garnet is exceptionally happy with Shirtcity.com and is looking forward to supplementing her income by providing shirts for more local teams and groups. The parents and relatives of the team members absolutely love the clothing and wear it proudly to each game.
Garnets success got me to look into Shirtcity.com and I was very impressed with their program and pay scale. For each shirt you sell, you earn $4 - $9, depending on the price of the shirt. Creating your free online shop takes as little as 10 minutes and you can immediately begin selling.
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The shirts are very reasonably priced: $21 for a standard custom tee is very fair.
In addition, you can offer your shoppers coupons that allow them to take $5 off their purchase, get free shipping, etc.
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