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Bro i been following you for yrs ever since i bought my first heat press. I have literally watched you grow its been awesome to be apart of your journey very motivating for my own business. Thank you
Very entertaining. We have been running an M2 DTG for 2 years. We love it. Great quality and we are not having to charge our customers a setup fee per color. $15 is way too low. We dont charge below $20. We have mastered the no cracking and with some trial and error we have our pretreat measurements down. There is a learning curve, as with anything.
How do you not get it to crack? And how long is it taking you to make a shirt on average? Also which printer do you have? if you dont mind answering these
My man, I make about 40 shirts per day on an Epson f2160 and it takes me 2 - 2.5 hours. I have worked hard to refine the process and I don't pretreat shirts the day before because I feel like the ink fades on the shirt quicker if you do. There is definitely space to make a small to medium sized business work in the day and this climate. I was thinking about making some content about it myself, just not sure if people are interested in that kinda thing.
@@JV-fj7nv THIS sounds like realistic figures with this machine. a single operator 20/25 an hour easily. while something is being pretreating, something is being cured in the heat press, something is being printed in the Epson. be like chef in the kitchen :)
I know this video has been out a while, but I only recently found your channel. Huge thanks for giving HONEST and realistic information. You just gained a follower because of that!
The printer was a bit complicated to hook up ruclips.net/user/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 but it does the job very efficiently. I like the ink wells versus the ink cartages that cost an arm and a leg. It prints quickly and the quality is excellent. It shuts off when not in use, so you have to remember to turn it on. Overall, it exceeds my expectations. I'll update my review in a couple of months.
I sold mine too! Too many steps. Expensive. The fear of the breakdowns and the cost of repairs scared me. I’d rather do screen transfers. Worst business mistake I’ve made to date. Live and learn!
Sounds like you just may not have been equipped for the machine. My old company I worked for did 600k/year with a 4 man team running one Brother GTX. Just depends on who you are and what you’re working style is.
Most honest review on dtg I’ve seen ! Still will do it as I’m the creative and marketer cutting out the production middle man and print my own. So profits will be 15-20 after all cogs
Bro, Only $15? That how much I sell custom sublimated masks for and they also pay for shipping. You should be selling them shits at at least $20 a shirt on the low end and on average $23-$25 per and shipping on top of that.
Facts. I sell mines for 20 or 25 depending on size of shirt and what's printed. You get a lot of shirts out of the cartridges of ink. And you only need to buy them depending on how much you sell.
@@Ebeezy272011 Damn that will take a long time until you start making a profit after your startup costs. I guess you are set for a long time and can grow a lot with the printer you brought
Sitting in front of the camera is actually his job. I’m pretty sure he gets into different business just to show people how they work. RUclips is probably much more profitable than anything he’s tried.
Did he quit his RUclips channel? You did say he quits EVERYTHING, lol. Who are you to judge his job anyways? Him sitting in front of a camera actually helps plenty of people out. Just wondering who you’ve helped lately? Cool comment I guess though, hope it made you feel better pointing out someone else’s flaws.
It’s not something he truly loved and it’s okay to step away from what you’re not passionate about. Imagine him doing DTG printing all day in silence alone and his camera skills and talking to an audience skills teaching speaking all goes to waste
Man, this quarantine got me binge watching your whole channel! I love your realness, humor, and all the free99 knowledge. I hope you feature some woman owned small businesses in the future.
Bulk ink systems are made for aftermarket. Voids you’re warranty though but saves... also use aftermarket ink. You just paying for marketing and brand name in the ink world. Like most pretreat are basically salt water... lol.
We've had so many bad prints with Printful and Printify we gave up on DTG, but we found someone doing it properly and we were really impressed. I just don't understand how these big companies produce such low quality results...
@@KongasMusic DTG is amazing. There’s just as many crappy screen printers who don’t put the effort into the work. This is all subjective. The right operator using DTG is an amazing method with a lot of benefits. Reyes is also using a not so good DTG printer. The Brother GTX series is awesome.
Hi Reyes, Thanks for the incredible videos! I actually was inspired by you and other creators here and decided to finally start a RUclips channel. I took advice from your videos and I can attest that my channel is growing. I would love to grow even more with the RUclips community, and I’m looking forward to that. Thanks again!
It's not. Oki is worse than dtg. Feel wise & quality wise. If you want to replace dtg with white toner printer, get yourself at least a Uninet printer. Way better and also a bit cheaper than OKI
What about the other downside? The constant maintenance of the DTG printer...that thing was horrible for maintenance. Almost 30 min to an hour per night.
I watched all your videos and you have that it factor for TV. Very funny, you keep a person tuned in to see what's gonna happen next. Keep the content coming. Also keep up that great work.👍🏽
The guys at All American are great! It's always interesting to see how different people approach DTG. You can learn so much from watching people succeed and fail with ANY printing method. I think that's why your followers love you so much. 100% every time.
I'm glad I held off on DTG and got our wide format print/cut instead. Those white toner laser printers are looking real good right now, especially for the low maintenance.
I'm only silk screening with Handdrawn artwork my shirts retail 20 to $25. If I'm doing custom shirts I make them do a hundred shirts with a setup fee. And I charge them less per print.
you have said everything i have said for the past 2 years after i bought my epson. People thought i was crazy. The quality is great, soft but too damn expensive and if you dont use it every week the head clogs, and then its 2k to repair. Also you can really only use cotton. That pre treat is sticky as hell too, machine will also clog. You are on point with everything you said. I got so tired of arguing with these guys, i use transfers now, fast cheap high profit margin.
Reyes! You’ve been a huge help and inspiration in getting my t shirt business up and running!Idk if this is what you were talking about, but what do you know about making shirts with a printer/cutter like the Roland BN-20?
I have the Epson F2100 and I love it. I print money with the printer. I agree with most of what you said but. A DTG business takes a lot of time and commitment. But the rewards or great if you have a plan.
I know graphics design done printing done vinyl...do u think it would be a wise choice to get it because it seems Reyes doesn't have a good background in graphics design...for someone to have it it seems like it might be ez...
You can use heat transfer vinyl that stretches and rarely cracks and in many cases outlast any screen printing and DTG... see stahls' fashion film and premium plus
3:12, too many steps! 😄 Yes literally it does... And that too we have repeat all the steps each time for each T-shirt. Screen-printing too has many steps but they still gotta be done once for one whole order
I just got done watching the video you made two years ago. Now I seen this. Had to watch "Bill Gates Third Cousin." I loved that line. Thank for doing this video. Here's a silly idea. Did you try putting the tee shirt that you wore week after week after week on to the heat set machine? I know one time I had a tee back in the 80's that was doing that. So I heat set it with my household iron from inside of the shirt. It helped it to last longer.
You should definitally look at the opendtg or katana. There is another one but I forgot. OpenDTG uses kothari which is a great rip and printing software, affordable units and ink(you can use other brand inks with this also!) It is super affordable way of getting professional looking dtg prints still 1/3 the cost of the epson! They have great customer service and a forum which you can get SOO much help from!
Hi my name is Toya and I have Epson wf 7710 printer that won't print out the ink when doing sublimation transfer if you can give a better understanding on what I can do it would be so helpful please I have already clean my printer heads with solution did all the checks and it say at times can't read cartridges but will on be one it can't read at a time I really don't know what to do
great vid! I've owned a screen printing business for 14 years now. Youve nailed the pros and cons dtg. Im waiting for the tech to evolve more before on jump on board.
Great stuff! I used to use the big POD vendors--Printful and CustomCat. However, I just got tired of a combination of bad quality due to low or no QC, excessive delays due to Covid-19 (understandable to a degree) and lack of customization options. I got tired of hearing, but, they print thousands of orders a day so there are bound to be some bad one that slip through. My reply, well my customer don't know that and don't care to know that. I only order a few and the failure rate seems to be much higher. I'm small, so I just can't justify buying large equipment and doing it myself. What I ended up doing is researching and partnering with a couple of local vendors to do my DTG and my embroidery. They physically look at every output, so, there's a great chance that errors are found before they are shipped. I order my blank from wholesale vendors. That's working out great for me so far. Add to that, I have a lot more flexibility as well as being able to talk with them in person/over the phone to brainstorm ideas and address any potential issues. I suspect that it will get crazy around the holidays as it usually do. That means that a lot of the big boys will have issues, delays, etc. At the end of the day, you have to be flexible and keep moving forward, making whatever changes you need to make to be successful! I wish everyone much continued success!
Yo Reyes....my cousin just purchased a Ricoh i2000 dtg. He was doing vinyl and sublimation and barely knows much about that. His he in for a rude awaking? Supposedly the i2000 doesn't have all the crazy maintenance other machines have.
love you Reyes... you saved me thousands of dollars.. and everybody else.. was gonna sell my card to start it out but did not know all the sides of it but now thank you
One thing I miss here is (and I am no expert so don't judge) but can you not use the DTG machine for other things too? Like for printing on things like phone cases. Sounds like potentially that would reduce the steps and improve your ROI (not just cases but just diversifying in general).
Hey bro thanks for all ur help . So I'm trying to start with my t shirt brand . What do u Recommend on software to make logos for T shirts and also what material Do you recommend for a heat press paper?
You should do a review on chroma last.not many people know about but if you do sublimation on whites and lights only.its a game changer because it's for cotton clothes.look into it reyes.
Mr. Reyes, a quick question. What would be the best machine to start a t-shirt and sweater business but for 100% cotton. Also that it is a machine for all colors including black and white. Y si DTF es mejor que DTG? Thanks
I really want DTG to work. Maybe it’s still an early stage, considering this technology has only began a year or two ago. Second or third generation DTG printers are coming and hopefully for the better.
You should do a video on white toner printers like the uninet icolor550. I just got mine and love that i can do full color images on dark cotton shirts now. I still got to mess around with the higher quality transfers to see what the true potential of this printer but it seems good so far.
Thanks for the great content. This is what people tune into your channel for. You give honest and straight up opinions on what you try to do. Keep it up. I will catch you in your next video. lol
Not being in the shirt business I took note that you said 20 to 50 orders per day. Work that out that it takes ten minutes per shirt. I can imagine that since you are working with three machines the process allows for some work flow to overlap your time on the machines. But 250 shirt per day, you would need to charge a hefty set up fee to compensate for the expense.
Jaja Primero Kenyonken emocionó a Reyes, luego Reyes nos emocionó a nosotros con la impresora DTG, en serio pensé en vender un riñón para comprar una!!, Opté por la sublimación, y estoy muy a gusto y feliz, muchas gracias Reyes!! tus aciertos y tus desatinos, me han ayudado mucho!!!
It may be good for us to meet. I will soon be investing in printing in various mediums. If you have a 3-5 page Executive summery of your business vision I would like to see it.
Your channel is pretty cool. Always something fun to watch and learn from. So, this other company that hit you up with half the steps and cost...was it iColor dye sub laser printer?
BUT REYES!!! What about the plancha!!! Lol just messing with you thanks for all the info. Still debating on what move I should make for a small business thanks for all your info and sharing your experience
Love your videos bro, you're the reason I started my channel to help others, you are my inspiration and the reason I didn't give up when I wasn't getting any attention lol.
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1) MAKE YOUR OWN HEAT TRANSFERS HERE:
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1) DECALS- Vinyl, Cutter, Tape, Everything here:
kit.co/ReyesTheEntrepreneur/decal-business
2) HEAT TRANSFER VINYL (HTV),Vinyl Cutter, Heat Presses- EVERYTHING YOU NEED HERE:
kit.co/ReyesTheEntrepreneur/shirt-with-heat-transfer-vinyl
3) SUBLIMATION - EVERYTHING YOU NEED HERE:
kit.co/ReyesTheEntrepreneur/sublimation-kit-custom-mugs-keychains-shirts-and-more
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Damn Reyes you could've heat press that shirt you're wearing😆😏
Reyes The Entrepreneur thanks for the information bro it’s greatly appreciated
Love your Videos Bro, Long Time subscriber here Keep up the Good Work
Bro i been following you for yrs ever since i bought my first heat press. I have literally watched you grow its been awesome to be apart of your journey very motivating for my own business. Thank you
Y you got music in background
I dont think Reyes has anykind of negative genes in his DNA. Always positive vibes even when describing pros AND cons. Love and peace brother
I only look illegal 😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 I'm done
Don’t we all😂😂
It KILLED me 😂
That's a t-shirt right there! Lol
he wild for that one
Very entertaining. We have been running an M2 DTG for 2 years. We love it. Great quality and we are not having to charge our customers a setup fee per color. $15 is way too low. We dont charge below $20. We have mastered the no cracking and with some trial and error we have our pretreat measurements down. There is a learning curve, as with anything.
How do you not get it to crack? And how long is it taking you to make a shirt on average? Also which printer do you have? if you dont mind answering these
@@HoodyMas probably heat treat the garment twice.
@@HoodyMas 100% proper heat treat.
How is it going
This guy so awesome an humble, everytime I feel like quitting I just look at 1 of this video an keep going!! Thanks 😊👌
You got this my darling ! 😊
Are you a designer or prints T-Shirt? What’s your Instagram?
My man, I make about 40 shirts per day on an Epson f2160 and it takes me 2 - 2.5 hours.
I have worked hard to refine the process and I don't pretreat shirts the day before because I feel like the ink fades on the shirt quicker if you do.
There is definitely space to make a small to medium sized business work in the day and this climate.
I was thinking about making some content about it myself, just not sure if people are interested in that kinda thing.
Make the content
@@JV-fj7nv THIS sounds like realistic figures with this machine. a single operator 20/25 an hour easily. while something is being pretreating, something is being cured in the heat press, something is being printed in the Epson. be like chef in the kitchen :)
We’re interested
i'm interested bro!
Do you have a link or something to the printer? I can't find a epson f2160.
I know this video has been out a while, but I only recently found your channel. Huge thanks for giving HONEST and realistic information. You just gained a follower because of that!
The printer was a bit complicated to hook up ruclips.net/user/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 but it does the job very efficiently. I like the ink wells versus the ink cartages that cost an arm and a leg. It prints quickly and the quality is excellent. It shuts off when not in use, so you have to remember to turn it on. Overall, it exceeds my expectations. I'll update my review in a couple of months.
I sold mine too! Too many steps. Expensive. The fear of the breakdowns and the cost of repairs scared me. I’d rather do screen transfers. Worst business mistake I’ve made to date. Live and learn!
Thanks for sharing this I was thinking about doing the same too. What are you using now?
Sounds like you just may not have been equipped for the machine. My old company I worked for did 600k/year with a 4 man team running one Brother GTX. Just depends on who you are and what you’re working style is.
@@jovanniroland9208 The Brother printer is far superior to the Epson. The machine matter too.
Me: But Reyes how many jobs do you have?
Reyes: YES!
Haha yup
Reyes The Entrepreneur you doing the Lord's Work 🙏🏼
Most honest review on dtg I’ve seen ! Still will do it as I’m the creative and marketer cutting out the production middle man and print my own. So profits will be 15-20 after all cogs
Everything made sense until you said that you were moving to Los Angeles. I live here and want to leave.
I live in Whittier my whole life and I hate going to LA. It’s disgusting.
Living in Los Angeles just spend your total life almost for nothing!! Honestly, I heat California and I will leave it as soon as I can!
You don't look illegal, you look like my neighbor. Great information..
Bro, Only $15? That how much I sell custom sublimated masks for and they also pay for shipping. You should be selling them shits at at least $20 a shirt on the low end and on average $23-$25 per and shipping on top of that.
Facts. I sell mines for 20 or 25 depending on size of shirt and what's printed. You get a lot of shirts out of the cartridges of ink. And you only need to buy them depending on how much you sell.
@@Ebeezy272011 How much did both of you pay for your printers?
@@Neilukuk 15,000
@@Ebeezy272011 Damn that will take a long time until you start making a profit after your startup costs. I guess you are set for a long time and can grow a lot with the printer you brought
@@Ebeezy272011 Goodluck with your business and take care.
Because it's real work not just sitting in front of a camera. I've noticed you quit everything
True point but in this case its not a profitable business unless you have orders back to back small batches and all local pick ups no shipping.
you are not wrong
Sitting in front of the camera is actually his job. I’m pretty sure he gets into different business just to show people how they work. RUclips is probably much more profitable than anything he’s tried.
Did he quit his RUclips channel? You did say he quits EVERYTHING, lol. Who are you to judge his job anyways? Him sitting in front of a camera actually helps plenty of people out. Just wondering who you’ve helped lately? Cool comment I guess though, hope it made you feel better pointing out someone else’s flaws.
It’s not something he truly loved and it’s okay to step away from what you’re not passionate about. Imagine him doing DTG printing all day in silence alone and his camera skills and talking to an audience skills teaching speaking all goes to waste
Yes I would love to see something new and exciting for the shirt business .. if u will do the review
Man, this quarantine got me binge watching your whole channel! I love your realness, humor, and all the free99 knowledge. I hope you feature some woman owned small businesses in the future.
I got one female ride along coming in a few weeks. Thanks for watching my content.
@@ReyesTheEntrepreneur that's awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing it!
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"JUST KIDDING, I ONLY LOOK ILLEGAL"
I'M CRACKING UP IN MY CAR TO THE FIRST JOKE. 😳🤣🤣🤣😭🤣🤣
You are one of kind brother, keep hustling and spreading the free 99 knowledge.
Cartridges are to damn expensive. If you are not grinding 247 you are losing.
That's exactly what I said. Feel your pain man. Gotta print all day to be worth the money
Thats why I got the freejet 330tx plus....didn't want them cartridges.
Bulk ink systems are made for aftermarket. Voids you’re warranty though but saves... also use aftermarket ink. You just paying for marketing and brand name in the ink world. Like most pretreat are basically salt water... lol.
We've had so many bad prints with Printful and Printify we gave up on DTG, but we found someone doing it properly and we were really impressed. I just don't understand how these big companies produce such low quality results...
Big companies focus on quantity, not quality. It's very easy to mess up a print. If one shirt messed up on me, I'd just break even replacing it.
@@ReyesTheEntrepreneur ey it's a shame... It really ruins the reputation of DTG. Keep it up my dude. Cheers from Norway.
@@KongasMusic DTG is amazing. There’s just as many crappy screen printers who don’t put the effort into the work. This is all subjective. The right operator using DTG is an amazing method with a lot of benefits. Reyes is also using a not so good DTG printer. The Brother GTX series is awesome.
🎉🎉🎉😂 i love this. It's been four years.I still go back.Great content, get back on that t shirt game, Reyes.
Thank you so much for the info! I have been saving for a DTG printer. Now I realize I can do it much better my way.
Never quit RUclips. Your content is fire dude!
That’s why I don’t understand how people think they can sell shirts for $9.95 (free shipping) and still make a profit. ???
probably not made in America?
You can’t.
Love your humor my friend!!! Your a beautiful hearted individual 😌 stay blessed!!!
Yo reyes, WHAT ABOUTTTT THE TAXESsssssss
What taxes foo he’s illegal
david guerrero no u
@@dg8676 I know you are joking but even illegals pay taxes every product that they bought has taxes
Great transparent video Reyes, love how you gave it a shot and found it wasn't for you. Best of luck in your next business.
Hi Reyes,
Thanks for the incredible videos! I actually was inspired by you and other creators here and decided to finally start a RUclips channel. I took advice from your videos and I can attest that my channel is growing. I would love to grow even more with the RUclips community, and I’m looking forward to that. Thanks again!
BUT REYYEESSSS - Get the oki laser printer bro! Its wayy better
I would love to see this
Good advice.
It's not. Oki is worse than dtg. Feel wise & quality wise. If you want to replace dtg with white toner printer, get yourself at least a Uninet printer. Way better and also a bit cheaper than OKI
@@leonmakest-shirts oki white toner and uninet white toner is the same types (different brand) of white toner laser printers ...
@@shastylesdesign no they're not. Uninet has patented features that the Oki doesn't have
What about the other downside? The constant maintenance of the DTG printer...that thing was horrible for maintenance. Almost 30 min to an hour per night.
Speaking of shirts, why didn't you iron or heat press the one you have on?
Savage
So good to see you Reyes, blessings to you and your family!!
Thank you and blessings to you and your family as well.
I watched all your videos and you have that it factor for TV. Very funny, you keep a person tuned in to see what's gonna happen next. Keep the content coming. Also keep up that great work.👍🏽
I totally agree. Reyes is a huge volcano of positive energy. How can anyone not like this guy.
Oh yeah show us the new printer! Reyes Reyes Reyes Reyes Reyes Reyes Reyes the crowd chants 💯💯💯💯
bro your so honest thats why i come to this channel
Love what you're sharing.. we gotta hustle!
Yes please. Hit us the the review. I would love to know what it is. That DTG cost was a turn off for me.
You should use one of your heat presses to iron your shirt.
The guys at All American are great! It's always interesting to see how different people approach DTG. You can learn so much from watching people succeed and fail with ANY printing method. I think that's why your followers love you so much. 100% every time.
Please do the review of the new printer. Been looking for something different than a DTG!!
I'm glad I held off on DTG and got our wide format print/cut instead. Those white toner laser printers are looking real good right now, especially for the low maintenance.
Dayum bro , $15 is too low , they going for about 20-25 perfect
Most definitely.
Yep we charge $20.
I'm only silk screening with Handdrawn artwork my shirts retail 20 to $25. If I'm doing custom shirts I make them do a hundred shirts with a setup fee. And I charge them less per print.
you have said everything i have said for the past 2 years after i bought my epson. People thought i was crazy. The quality is great, soft but too damn expensive and if you dont use it every week the head clogs, and then its 2k to repair. Also you can really only use cotton. That pre treat is sticky as hell too, machine will also clog. You are on point with everything you said. I got so tired of arguing with these guys, i use transfers now, fast cheap high profit margin.
DTF?
Yes Reyes! Bring us the next tshirt business video! All your videos are great!
Reyes! You’ve been a huge help and inspiration in getting my t shirt business up and running!Idk if this is what you were talking about, but what do you know about making shirts with a printer/cutter like the Roland BN-20?
I've watched you for years love the videos! Yes of course get the new printer 👍
You got it :)
i’m ready to know what new dtg printer you talking about! 🤯
I have the Epson F2100 and I love it. I print money with the printer. I agree with most of what you said but. A DTG business takes a lot of time and commitment. But the rewards or great if you have a plan.
I know graphics design done printing done vinyl...do u think it would be a wise choice to get it because it seems Reyes doesn't have a good background in graphics design...for someone to have it it seems like it might be ez...
Someone recommended to reach out to you about this. Thank you for the information and this is good to know 👍🏽
You can use heat transfer vinyl that stretches and rarely cracks and in many cases outlast any screen printing and DTG... see stahls' fashion film and premium plus
3:12, too many steps! 😄
Yes literally it does... And that too we have repeat all the steps each time for each T-shirt.
Screen-printing too has many steps but they still gotta be done once for one whole order
I just got done watching the video you made two years ago. Now I seen this. Had to watch "Bill Gates Third Cousin." I loved that line. Thank for doing this video.
Here's a silly idea. Did you try putting the tee shirt that you wore week after week after week on to the heat set machine? I know one time I had a tee back in the 80's that was doing that. So I heat set it with my household iron from inside of the shirt. It helped it to last longer.
You should definitally look at the opendtg or katana. There is another one but I forgot. OpenDTG uses kothari which is a great rip and printing software, affordable units and ink(you can use other brand inks with this also!) It is super affordable way of getting professional looking dtg prints still 1/3 the cost of the epson! They have great customer service and a forum which you can get SOO much help from!
Great information. Thank you for being so transparent. God bless on your new adventure. See ya' soon!
We appreciate you Reyes. 😎⭐👍
appreciate all the love I get :)
Hi my name is Toya and I have Epson wf 7710 printer that won't print out the ink when doing sublimation transfer if you can give a better understanding on what I can do it would be so helpful please I have already clean my printer heads with solution did all the checks and it say at times can't read cartridges but will on be one it can't read at a time I really don't know what to do
What’s your opinion on machine embroidery?
Yeah we want to see the new printer they offer you that's smaller and cheaper .. where in los angeles are you located for business.
My boy out here saying he quit dtg but got right back into dtg. Hahaha! Keep hustrling brotha
I really appreciate your honesty Reyes! Means a lot bro!
great vid! I've owned a screen printing business for 14 years now. Youve nailed the pros and cons dtg. Im waiting for the tech to evolve more before on jump on board.
So is screenprint better?
Did you take that companies offer on the new printer? Did you do a video on it?
Dude! You rock! I love your positive energy! You are an inspiration to many people. Keep up the great work.
What kind of screen printer do you use?
you should try the miscreen machine. sounds cheaper no emission no tranperancy paper. the starter kit is around 3,000
Great stuff! I used to use the big POD vendors--Printful and CustomCat. However, I just got tired of a combination of bad quality due to low or no QC, excessive delays due to Covid-19 (understandable to a degree) and lack of customization options. I got tired of hearing, but, they print thousands of orders a day so there are bound to be some bad one that slip through. My reply, well my customer don't know that and don't care to know that. I only order a few and the failure rate seems to be much higher. I'm small, so I just can't justify buying large equipment and doing it myself. What I ended up doing is researching and partnering with a couple of local vendors to do my DTG and my embroidery. They physically look at every output, so, there's a great chance that errors are found before they are shipped. I order my blank from wholesale vendors. That's working out great for me so far. Add to that, I have a lot more flexibility as well as being able to talk with them in person/over the phone to brainstorm ideas and address any potential issues. I suspect that it will get crazy around the holidays as it usually do. That means that a lot of the big boys will have issues, delays, etc. At the end of the day, you have to be flexible and keep moving forward, making whatever changes you need to make to be successful! I wish everyone much continued success!
Yo Reyes....my cousin just purchased a Ricoh i2000 dtg. He was doing vinyl and sublimation and barely knows much about that. His he in for a rude awaking? Supposedly the i2000 doesn't have all the crazy maintenance other machines have.
You should make a video of how much a Chair and table rental makes, uber driver, restaurant business
The demand isnt there for shirts to be honest :P to live in LA is expensive as well just a heads up
I heard you can't print black ink very well on these so it's hard to do a photo that does not look faded, can you comment on that?
😂I love finding ppl like you on RUclips, very helpful videos bro 😎
Hey you said shirts cost you $3 ? Where did you buy from? Can you please share. The name of place you bought from online or in store or where?
www.dtgmart.com/product-category/blanks/garments/t-shirts/
love you Reyes... you saved me thousands of dollars.. and everybody else.. was gonna sell my card to start it out but did not know all the sides of it but now thank you
Well Done & "I only look illegal", hilarious.
brutally honest, really enjoyed your video and your personality. Good luck with your future!
One thing I miss here is (and I am no expert so don't judge) but can you not use the DTG machine for other things too? Like for printing on things like phone cases. Sounds like potentially that would reduce the steps and improve your ROI (not just cases but just diversifying in general).
Deadass was contemplating DTG and Screen printing yesterday. Thank you
Hey bro thanks for all ur help . So I'm trying to start with my t shirt brand . What do u Recommend on software to make logos for T shirts and also what material Do you recommend for a heat press paper?
You should do a review on chroma last.not many people know about but if you do sublimation on whites and lights only.its a game changer because it's for cotton clothes.look into it reyes.
I meant chromablast.
Mr. Reyes, a quick question. What would be the best machine to start a t-shirt and sweater business but for 100% cotton. Also that it is a machine for all colors including black and white. Y si DTF es mejor que DTG?
Thanks
What is a easier way to print multi-color logos on a shirt without the white box around the picture ?
I really want DTG to work. Maybe it’s still an early stage, considering this technology has only began a year or two ago. Second or third generation DTG printers are coming and hopefully for the better.
Oh snap Reyes is coming here . It’s lit!
Great vid bro. Appreciate your time energy and efforts.
You should do a video on white toner printers like the uninet icolor550. I just got mine and love that i can do full color images on dark cotton shirts now. I still got to mess around with the higher quality transfers to see what the true potential of this printer but it seems good so far.
He is watch it's gonna be that one or th oki printer watch
Thanks for the great content. This is what people tune into your channel for. You give honest and straight up opinions on what you try to do. Keep it up. I will catch you in your next video. lol
You could use a dtg pressing machine to iron your shirt though!
Not being in the shirt business I took note that you said 20 to 50 orders per day. Work that out that it takes ten minutes per shirt. I can imagine that since you are working with three machines the process allows for some work flow to overlap your time on the machines. But 250 shirt per day, you would need to charge a hefty set up fee to compensate for the expense.
Oh it prints directly to garment ! That’s cool ! So is it raised or do u not feel it
Jaja Primero Kenyonken emocionó a Reyes, luego Reyes nos emocionó a nosotros con la impresora DTG, en serio pensé en vender un riñón para comprar una!!, Opté por la sublimación, y estoy muy a gusto y feliz, muchas gracias Reyes!! tus aciertos y tus desatinos, me han ayudado mucho!!!
It may be good for us to meet. I will soon be investing in printing in various mediums. If you have a 3-5 page Executive summery of your business vision I would like to see it.
Your channel is pretty cool. Always something fun to watch and learn from. So, this other company that hit you up with half the steps and cost...was it iColor dye sub laser printer?
where is that video for the new printer u got Reyes ?
yes! where is the review of the printer u mentioned at the end?!
Reyes in your opinion which is better- the Freejet or the IColor DTG printer?
Hi Reyes have you done a review on the Roland B12 DTG
BUT REYES!!! What about the plancha!!! Lol just messing with you thanks for all the info. Still debating on what move I should make for a small business thanks for all your info and sharing your experience
Love your videos bro, you're the reason I started my channel to help others, you are my inspiration and the reason I didn't give up when I wasn't getting any attention lol.