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Hi,
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I have for many years tried to come up with ideas for my own business and 2 of those ideas i had really good feedback on the development I had done and the plans for them both but ultimately funding was my issue and with a young family I was not prepared to take the relevant risks to make it a success.
Now some years on still trying to find an alternative idea that does not require so much funding every thing leads me back to clothing.
I have my Niche and especially in this Covid 19 period of time, the genre has exploded in a big way and there is currently no store selling these types of t-shirts. Also the genre is quite underdevelped commercially so no competition. However the customers of this genre spend BIG money on their equipment and there is quite a large social and community scene. So i believe that there is definately a market and the few people I have spoken to have really liked my designs. Of course I want to get some honest feedback as well
I have a designer and we are now in full swing of generating the designs and they look really good. I think some might not work but the designs are costing me nothing up front and designer will be paid on commision of each sale of his designs. I'm trying to start with 30 - 50 designs.
I have looked at platforms and Shopify and Wix are the 2 I see as being the best options with a limited budget.
However I feel like im taking the easy way out by dropshipping and having the items directly delivered to the customer without me ever seeing it. I always read about how you should know your product and believe in it. I feel like i'm lying to my cusotmers about my business as i'm literally sticking a design on a template on a website, pay and it gets sent to them. I havent a clue really how these companies operate until I get my first order in. I have of course checked out reviews of them all, but there seems to be a lot of print quality issues with the dropshipping customers.
But these orders must be a success. When it launches I anticipate alot of views. If customers order and it is a long delivery time, poor quality, delivered incorrectly, this will get the business crucified in the community very quickly and severly harm chances of success I fear. And because I do not hold the stock or create the goods or send the goods, I fear my customer support options will be limited to, "I'll have to get back to you", rather than providing a quick answer and solution.
There are lots of t-shirt dropshippers out there. I suppose I have 3 questions from all of the above text:
1. I have no idea about fashion, but I do know about my niche and can generate good designs. Is T-shirt selling really a sustainable business.
2. Is dropshipping a good idea or will it just be holding me back. What alternatives are there if any besides me buying my stock and keeping it myself (storage is a problem).
3. Am I looking at the correct platforms, Is there any here that people would recommend.
[Skip this paragraph if your bored of peoples life stories]
I have for many years tried to come up with ideas for my own business and 2 of those ideas i had really good feedback on the development I had done and the plans for them both but ultimately funding was my issue and with a young family I was not prepared to take the relevant risks to make it a success.
Now some years on still trying to find an alternative idea that does not require so much funding every thing leads me back to clothing.
I have my Niche and especially in this Covid 19 period of time, the genre has exploded in a big way and there is currently no store selling these types of t-shirts. Also the genre is quite underdevelped commercially so no competition. However the customers of this genre spend BIG money on their equipment and there is quite a large social and community scene. So i believe that there is definately a market and the few people I have spoken to have really liked my designs. Of course I want to get some honest feedback as well
I have a designer and we are now in full swing of generating the designs and they look really good. I think some might not work but the designs are costing me nothing up front and designer will be paid on commision of each sale of his designs. I'm trying to start with 30 - 50 designs.
I have looked at platforms and Shopify and Wix are the 2 I see as being the best options with a limited budget.
However I feel like im taking the easy way out by dropshipping and having the items directly delivered to the customer without me ever seeing it. I always read about how you should know your product and believe in it. I feel like i'm lying to my cusotmers about my business as i'm literally sticking a design on a template on a website, pay and it gets sent to them. I havent a clue really how these companies operate until I get my first order in. I have of course checked out reviews of them all, but there seems to be a lot of print quality issues with the dropshipping customers.
But these orders must be a success. When it launches I anticipate alot of views. If customers order and it is a long delivery time, poor quality, delivered incorrectly, this will get the business crucified in the community very quickly and severly harm chances of success I fear. And because I do not hold the stock or create the goods or send the goods, I fear my customer support options will be limited to, "I'll have to get back to you", rather than providing a quick answer and solution.
There are lots of t-shirt dropshippers out there. I suppose I have 3 questions from all of the above text:
1. I have no idea about fashion, but I do know about my niche and can generate good designs. Is T-shirt selling really a sustainable business.
2. Is dropshipping a good idea or will it just be holding me back. What alternatives are there if any besides me buying my stock and keeping it myself (storage is a problem).
3. Am I looking at the correct platforms, Is there any here that people would recommend.
