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How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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Re: How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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Post by glibgil »

orbifold wrote: post #2

Just in case someone is wondering what designs inspired him, one was a shirt with a picture of a man hanging head down naked from a chain that was attached to his pubic region. I realize there are two degrees of separation here and it was foolish of me to click on a link with 4chan t-shirt designs. Still i don't think it is necessary to promote yet another shitty t-shirt design website.

That man is not dead. Look again. He is carefully balancing being sure to make no sudden movements. In the original photo there is a bottle of talcum powder nearby. The dead don't need talc.

Re: How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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doesitmakesound wrote: post #10
poopsintub wrote: post #7

I hate to be a downer but you're flirting with disaster here. Copyright infringement everywhere.

We only offer shirts we have agreements with the artists with, are created/recreated by us, or have no searchable creation. There has been a couple times someone said "I made that!" and we add them into the royalty group when it looks like they are. I don't know if we have to do that even, but we do. Most shirts people submit have licensing issues and the shirts we have with licensing besides Astrosloth don't sell as…

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Re: How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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Post by orbifold »

glibgil wrote: post #21
orbifold wrote: post #2

Just in case someone is wondering what designs inspired him, one was a shirt with a picture of a man hanging head down naked from a chain that was attached to his pubic region. I realize there are two degrees of separation here and it was foolish of me to click on a link with 4chan t-shirt designs. Still i don't think it is necessary to promote yet another shitty t-shirt design website.

That man is not dead. Look again. He is carefully balancing being sure to make no sudden movements. In the original photo there is a bottle of talcum powder nearby. The dead don't need talc.

I'd rather not, I take your word for it.

Re: How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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Post by JTon »

timClicks wrote: post #3

Well done for making it. Good luck now that you've handed in your notice. I think the true lesson here is understanding your market. The 'giggly teenage boys' market doesn't want refined style or a corporate look. You need to present yourself as homebrew and authentic. I find it a shame that smart people like silly things, but hey that's the Internet. edit: punctuation

> I find it a shame that smart people like silly things

Why? I don't see how this matters at all. Besides, possibly, disrupting your vision for society

Re: How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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Post by kurrent »

orbifold wrote: post #2

Just in case someone is wondering what designs inspired him, one was a shirt with a picture of a man hanging head down naked from a chain that was attached to his pubic region. I realize there are two degrees of separation here and it was foolish of me to click on a link with 4chan t-shirt designs. Still i don't think it is necessary to promote yet another shitty t-shirt design website.

yes, there were some truly tasteless tshirts in that list but when you click on any link prefaced with 4chan, you have to assume the worst.

i have to admit, reading this post to eventually come across a t-shirt with a pair of pants on it really made my day though

Re: How I made $40k within Shopify's trial period

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Post by doesitmakesound »

tabrischen wrote: post #15
tabrischen wrote: post #13

Congrats, I love the idea of asking the market for feedback on demand early on. Are there one or two shirts that generate the majority of the revenue, or is it all pretty evenly spread?

Also, I'm interested in the different prices of the shirts. Are they adjusted for demand or just based purely on printing costs?

Both cost and demand. One shirt is crushing it compared to the rest and then we have three groups. Ones that sell really well, ones that sell, and ones that don't. Some of the non-sellers provide good comical value though. I would say it's pretty spreadout as you can see with this graph: http://i.imgur.com/W5pCFSl.png.

Each bar represents a different shirt.

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