I've been kicking around some ideas for new trike shirts. What I want to do, I don't have the equipment for so I'd have to outsource it raising my costs substantially. I'm trying to get an idea of how much is too much when it comes to shirt prices. I see t-shirts in stores for up to $35 sometimes if they have crazy large prints on them. I've always thought that's a completely ridiculous price to pay for a t-shirt though. I'm guessing from a little preliminary poking around that single sided t-shirts will probably cost anywhere from $15 each to $20 each depending on how many are ordered. Keep in mind we're talking about a much better design and print than previous ones though. Worth a slight bump in cost to me as long as it doesn't get crazy.
So for some seriously badass trike shirts, what's your limit?
I need to know this because every color adds to the price. Printing on the front AND back adds to the price. Sleeve prints add to the price. So what I'm doing is trying to figure out how nutty I can get on the designs before the cost is just too high to sell the things.
Also, if I do this, I will have no choice but to charge in advance and people will have to wait probably 3-6 weeks to get their orders. I'll have photoshop mock ups to show at the time I take orders. Keep an eye out and be ready to jump in on the order if it happens. We're talking much, MUCH more detailed designs, much larger prints, vey cool more modern looking type printing with gradients instead of just a solid silhouette. Might be multi-color, might be greyscale. Not sure. Greyscale can look awesome with half tones though. In my head I almost prefer it.
Doing it this way gives me the ability to do MORE designs. Like a 200x, 350x, 250r, Tecate, whatever. Anything I can get good source images to make the designs from. Then it just becomes a matter of how many people want of each design because that will affect price as well (in other words, I could do an obscure trike design like a 110 or something, it will just cost more per piece if only a few people want it, the more popular, the lower the cost will be). Lots to figure out still but need to get some pricing opinions before going any further with it. Another nice benefit to outsourcing is I can get ANY size without having to get an entire dozen. Nobody gets left out.
Not just t-shirts by the way. I'd like to know what you think for t-shirts, long sleeve shirts/jerseys and sweatshirts.
Is it worth paying extra to have something printed on the sleeves? Cost on that is an extra $3.50-7.00 PER SHIRT to give you an idea. In the numbers we'd be getting most likely $7 extra per shirt. Kinda pricey to me but it would definitely look badass.
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