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Why would we get into this business? Because of shirts like this: http://i.imgur.com/QNQqXnD.jpg

In all seriousness, we really dislike the inefficiencies of this industry ourselves. We used to contract out our print work, but we opened up 3 facilities (California, Pennsylvania, and Indiana) to improve on the quality and efficiency issues in the industry.

This is an industry where everyone uses the same equipment, same consumables, and same method of decoration, and still charge high prices because everyone else does. We differentiate ourselves by having the technology and processes (from the manufacturing side to the ordering side) and scale to move orders in and out more efficiently than anyone else.



Yea see then it makes sense to me, sort of. If you have your own manufacturing ability then for sure go for it.

However, I will still say that most of the money to be made is in actually selling your own designs.




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