💰How to Start a T Shirt Business at Home with Silhouette or Cricut
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- How to Start a T Shirt Business at Home | Silhouette School Blog 😍 Turn your craft hobby into a t shirt making business at home with a Silhouette (or Cricut!) ! My BEST Advice: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/... 👇MORE INFO + IMPT LINKS!👇
🔥Biggest mistakes to avoid when starting a t shirt making business at home! Recommended equipment to get you started..and how to grow when it’s time..it's all here!
Plus we'll talk HTV vs Printable HTV vs Sublimation vs DTG (Direct to Garment ) vs White Toner Printer and outsourcing transfers!
❤️MUST HAVE GEAR TO START A AN AT HOME T Shirt Business
🥰Silhouette CAMEO: shrsl.com/2v77q
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👏🏻👏🏻Cutting a Profit: Ultimate Silhouette Guide to Running a Successful Silhouette Small Business: www.ultimatesilhouetteguide.c...
🤪Best Printer for T Shirt Making? Help deciding which printer you should get next PLUS Printer Comparisons: Pros & Cons 👇www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/...
😍Printers I Use and RECOMMEND with Silhouette CAMEO: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/...
🥳INKJET Printer: HP OfficeJet 8610
😎Sawgrass SUBLIMATION Printer SG500 or SG1000: shrsl.com/2yw0z
🤩Roland BT-12 Direct to Garment DTG Printer shrsl.com/2yw0t
😲Uninet iColor 560 WHITE TONER Printer shrsl.com/2yw13
00:00-01:02 Introduction: Should I Start a Small T Shirt Business At Home?
01:02 - 01:21 T Shirt Business Plan: What to Consider FIRST!
01:21 - 01:56 T Shirt Business Equipment: What Do I Need to Start?
01:57 - 04:14 Pros & Cons of HTV in Your T Shirt Business
04:15 - 06:25 Pros and Cons of Inkjet Printable Material for T Shirts
06:26 - 11:58 Sublimating T Shirts: Is a Sublimation Printer Right for Your Business?
11:59 - 13:07 Sublimation vs DTG vs White Toner Printer for At Home T Shirt Business
13:08 - 16:04 Direct to Garment at Home with Roland BT-12
16:05 - 23:25 Starting a T Shirt Business with Uninet iColor 560 White Toner Printer
23:26 - 24:10 Outsourcing Heat and Screen Transfers
24:11 - 25:40 How to Setup a T Shirt Business for Beginners: Things to Consider NOW
25:41 - 27:17 Social Media Marketing for Beginners...from an Accidental Entrepreneur
27:18 - 31:48 #1 Mistake to Avoid when Starting a T Shirt Business Online
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More information and a comparison of all of the printers I use with Silhouette that can be incorporated into a small t shirt business can be found here: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/p/melissas-fleet-of-printers-for.html
This is one of the best videos on You Tube!! Thank you so very much for explaining everything in great detail. There is so much to consider when starting a t-shirt business and you have answered all of my questions so clearly.
I sincerely appreciate you!!!
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Wow, thank you! Glad it was helpful!!
Great video. Appreciated the explanations.
i have been off and on thinking about buying a sublimation printer, but you just talked me out of it :) I am glad you did. You made good points that I needed to consider.
Happy to help. I love my sublimation printers, but not so much for shirts ;)
Thank you for sharing Melissa! This is going to be a popular topic!! Have a great weekend.
Thank you! You too!
@@SilhouetteSchool appreciate you.
I seriously LOVE your videos Melissa!!! I am Definetely getting your material...
I am just getting my machines...my silhouette cameo 4 still in the box. And I just received my 15x15 heat press yesterday...(nothing mega wow but starcraft are sold out 😭😭😭😭). I have worked on sales for so many years but now decided to do business from home so I could spend more time with my kids...before I used to travel A LOT.
So wish me luck... I plan to be ready for September and be ready to post Christmas related products.
Yay! Good for you!! You got this mama.
Wonderful information! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for a very informational video, I am thinking of starting a homebased business and this video helps a lot in deciding what I want to go for.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video !!!! Really best video !!
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the vlog 🙏
My pleasure 😊
Great information rhank you
Thank, thank you
You can use Flock with sublimation for guys and my Sawgrass ink is going strong. My experience is, although the initial cost is shocking, the ink is very cost effective considering the quantity... 😇
Thank you I'm still trying
HELLO, Thank you for showing and explaining the different machines, methods and materials. This is the best video that I have watched. I have been struggling with what substrate to use to start my T-shirt business. I have a 15 X15 heat press. A cricut machine, 3 embroidery machines and an Epson 2720 printer that I converted to a sublimation printer.
I have completed t shirts using sublimation and HTV but was struggling with " how would I get orders out quickly, cost effective and have great quality. You did a great job explaining. Once again thank you....
Glad it was so helpful!
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Oh my gosh I love you! You are so thorough. Which I appreciate! My question and I’m only about halfway through so you might be getting to it is what about if you ordered your design and all you need is a heat press to attach the design to the T-shirt
Yes if you are ordering transfers and not printing or cutting anything then you will just really need a heat press :)
I am in Europe where craft supply is not easy to find. But, I already own a laser printer and actually I could buy a white toner for it if I would. Yes, a bit more expensive as the “normal” colours, but still not a new printer …
I have a beginners question. What if the design that I cut on htv separated, so that I won’t have a big area of transfer tape? Is there a way to apply additional tape?
You sublimate onto glow in the dark HTV. Same process 💕
Oh that's great to know and a good alternative!
I bought my first silhouette about 7 years ago.. so it was a dinosaur but was still kicking!!! Last year I decided to upgrade to the silhouette cameo 4. My new machine does not show me the cutting countdown how do I turn this on ?!?!
have you ever wished you went with the icolor 600 for the larger print size?
It really depends on your business needs and budget!
This was such a great video that I wish I had seen BEFORE I purchased my Sawgrass sg500. It's a magnificent sublimation printer BUT I didn't realize how expensive the ink was. It's $300+ for all four cartridges. That's more than half the cost of the printer 🤦🏽♀️. But I have it now and love the quality. However, it was a very expensive learning experience.
I love my Sawgrass too! You can find less expensive inks on Amazon if you want but I would not use them until your warranty is up. Here's the link amzn.to/3waToT3
@@SilhouetteSchool thank you. Yes, I saw the cheaper inks but the reviews weren't that great. It said they ran out much quicker.
@@BlueSkies7 I have used them without much issue
@@SilhouetteSchool then I'm going to have to get them. Thanks so much for that info because I definitely don't have an extra $300 for ink. So glad you told me that.
On the cameo4 plus what cut settings you recommend for heavy cardstock
Hi there! It depends on how heavy. Check out this blog post with some tricky to cut materials and settings: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2015/11/glitter-card-stock-perfect-silhouette.html
People keep saying the hp inkjets won’t heat transfer but I literally watched someone print out heat transfer paper out of a hp inkjet and then put it in a t-shirt, it probably isn’t ideal but you can do it. But everywhere else you look people say no you can’t do it.
Hey there, you can get printable heat transfers. Check it out here: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2021/03/how-to-use-starcraft-inkjet-printable.html But it isn't going to have the same longevity as a toner or ecosolvent ink.
Your book "Cutting A Profit" is that specifically for the silhouette? Would I still benefit If I have another machine? Love your videos, TY
No it's not specifically to Silhouette. It does reference Silhouette, but it would apply to Cricut, Scan N Cut or other handmade/home craft businesses as well. You can use the code. THANKYOU2681 to get an additional 10% off if you'd like on www.ultimatesilhouetteguide.com
I really do appreciate you. I'm trying to get my business started up. I need help
Hey there! Check out our ebook Selling A Profit too www.ultimatesilhouetteguide.com/collections/frontpage/products/cutting-a-profit
Great video! Lots of detail. I'm having a hard time finding the answer to one question and am hoping you can help me out. I'm going to be using an e-commerce site and it says to "upload pictures". I'm not printing out all of the 60 designs I have but need a static way to display them so I can upload them onto my product page. What do you use to show your products? Since these are T-shirts everyone is saying use a mock-up service like Mockup Generator or Placeit but I just wanted a simple picture of a T-shirt that I can put my sayings on. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!!!
I bought your book but it doesn't mention how to display your products except by taking photos of them. Again, since I have over 60 designs and would like them to look consistent, I was hoping you could help me with how to display them without having to print 60 different shirts. I appreciate any help you can provide.
Thanks!
Hey there! You'll want to make a mockup. You can find one you like on places like our sister site So Fontsy (sofontsy.com/pages/search-results-page?q=tshirt+mockup). There's a step by step on how to do use it in the Cutting A Profit ebook too.
I have a question I bought Silhouette because is more powerful than Maker. Can I cut acrylic sheets that are very thin and engrave on them? I am loving your books and online learning tools I definitely recommended to anyone reading
It depends on the thickness of the sheets.
Thank you so much for this video! However, I’m even more confused than at the beginning when I started thinking about opening a T-shirt business 😅 I thought investing about $1000-$2000 will be enough but is seems like the icolor printer is the best option if I want to do cotton T-shirts in both light and dark colors, right?
Either the iColor or the Roland BN-20 would work well for custom, full color shirts. Here's a comparison between the two: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2022/02/roland-bn-20a-vs-uninet-icolor-560.html
@@SilhouetteSchool Thank you so much. I’m seriously thinking about going very deep in my pocket and purchase the iColor. I wouldn’t even need the Silhouette, right? I have your website open and I’m reading your articles for so many hours already, I love all the helpful informations. Thank you for being amazing! 😁
Melissa, I have started whoop, whoop...I am trying to add pictures for advertising so that the design is exactly what the customer will get. My problem is that the silohoutte studio doesn't have an "opacity" setting. This setting would be to -blend- the quote or pic into the t-shirt so that it doesn't look like I laid it on top of the shirt. I have used several other apps for this but DO YOU KNOW HOW I WOULD DO THIS ON SILOHOUETTE STUDIO...yes I have Business Edition.
I want to know the answer to this too!! It doesn’t come out as I wanted 🤧
Hello I have the Silhouette White Cameo 4 w/ 8-in-1 Pink 15" x 15" Heat Press Bundle × 1 just ordered yesterday iam a beginner so im just wondering are these machine great to start the tshirt business im trying to make my own clothing brand please help me with whats best to start my own clothing line
This video is a great place to start....I would also suggest if you are brand new to Silhouette, you start here: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/p/new-start-here.html
You should do a book strictly for advertising, I would def. buy it
Check out Cutting A Profit! www.ultimatesilhouetteguide.com/collections/frontpage/products/cutting-a-profit
I have the cricut maker and didn't even hear about the cameo till I'd already spent the $$ on cricut....is there a huge difference?
We'd recommend checking out this video! ruclips.net/video/yn0JVDGH0JA/видео.html
Hi Melissa pls help me out, i have the cameo 4 and im trying to do a certain text " cactus jack" text i bought from the design store, unfortunately i have wasted 4 of my vinyls that came with my cameo and my mat because it cuts out the text so bad and cuts through im not sure what im doing wrong ..pls help
Hello there! We would love to help but it is hard to diagnose the issue just from this little bit of information. We do have a membership that offers one on one chats and live Q&A's silhouetteu.com/pages/silhouette-videos-help
hi again. I commented a few days ago about this video ... but wanted to ask a question. I left this video thinking a white toner printer would be awesome, but wow so expensive. Well I saw something about a Mini Ghost printer for less than $800. However I am guessing that is Euro and is made maybe in Belgium. But I am in the US. I don't see it available here. Are you familiar with those printers? Do you know where they might be sold in the US?
thank you as always for the great information!
this is all quite confusing :) It looks like some Ghost printers are branded Ghost, but there are also Cannon and HP printers that can use ghost white toner. But I have many questions. I am going to email Ghost and ask.
I am not familiar with that that one so unfortunately can't provide much info.
@@SilhouetteSchool From what I gather, one can buy certain HP and Canon color laser printers for about $250, buy white toner from Ghost and have a much less expensive white toner printer (i can't say if it would have all the same capabilities as the printer you have). And some printers can use a toner that ghost makes called sublime which allows them to make sublimation prints. So one device can be your day to day printer, your white toner printer, and your sublimation printer. Sounds like start up costs for all that might be in the neighborhood of $600. The Ghost company is in Belgium. I think one would buy the printer locally or online and then may need to purchase the specialty toner from Ghost in Europe.
I thought you might be interested in what I found. I am still thinking about it. It is still expensive since I am really primarily interested as a hobbyest and not sure if I would try to sell tshirts.
I want to join silhouette U mainly for the one on one help over one really big problem that I'm having and can't get help from silhouette about the cameo 4 pro. How long is the wait to get the one on one help?
Hi there! Melissa has 1:1 chat hours for Silhouette U members as early as this Thursday! Once you join there's a tab called events that you can see all the office hours available.
Oh goodness I figured she was a very busy woman thank you so much I am about to join for the educational videos and help that I need for sure. Thank you all very much, what you all do is amazing work to help people learn with their investments and businesses.
If you can't afford a heat press starting up your t-shirt business could you start with a Cricute Easy Press?
That's going to depend on the kinds of shirts! Check out this article about Easy Press: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2018/12/cricut-easypress-2-review-all-your.html
@@SilhouetteSchool Thanks
High do you do photos?
Hey there! I'm not totally sure what you mean. Are you wanting to know about images on shirts?
How do I order your book?
You can find Cutting A Profit here: www.ultimatesilhouetteguide.com/collections/frontpage/products/cutting-a-profit
What is htv?
Heat transfer vinyl - vinyl that goes on textiles
May I ask if these are your machines or are you sponsored? If they are yours, do you feel like you are making enough money to justify your purchases?
I am in the business of education so I don't use the machines the same way a traditional person would ;) And to answer your question this is not sponsored content.
How can I easily put an image and/or text that I have downloaded on to a t shirt and save on my hard drive to show customers what there buying. All images I download have a white background so I can't put it on any other colour. All videos I've seen seem to use photoshop and do what I can already do which is image on a white shirt. Silhouette cameo 4 let's me do it but won't let me save to hard drive
Hi there! You probably want to use the PNG which usually has a transparent background. We suggest taking a look at this video: ruclips.net/video/jyVF64wWjY4/видео.html
Ughhh polyester shirts🤨
There are other options for printers, check them out here: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/p/melissas-fleet-of-printers-for.html
Thank you very much, very useful information. Can one email you directly.