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  • Market trading with custom print t-shirts (opinions please)

    Posted by Craig Wardle on January 23, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    I am thinking of going to a local market and setting up shop selling

    Personalised
    T-shirts
    Mugs
    Iphons case’s
    Wall decals
    Hi viz vest
    Ect

    sublimation of course

    What are your views on this please is it worth doing

    Thanks guys

    Neil Speirs replied 11 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • Denise Goodfellow

    Member
    January 23, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    I would write a list of plus’s and neg’s.

    Food for thought….

    For: fresh customers most days

    Negs: weather effecting machinery, spending 20 mins talking to a customer all for a £5 mug. The customer having to come back later to collect.

    Probably quite a few more for both sides, but can’t think at the mo

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    January 23, 2013 at 10:21 pm

    good advice denise!

  • Adrian Hewson

    Member
    January 23, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    Hi you dont see much of this about which makes me think there cant be much demand, they do do on the spot canvas in the Silverburn shopping centre including taking the photo. I dont think mugs but i have seen caps and Ts. I thin you need to work out footfall and demand against overheads and margins.

    the right place at the right time could be good.

    Outside celtic park after they have beaten Juve with customised Ts we beat Juve might be a good idea LOL

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    January 23, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    remember that you can buy all this stuff at most if not all Tesco’s.
    photo taken, order mugs, towels etc go shopping around the shop, back picked up all done and dusted.
    i am not in any way rubbishing your idea in any way mate, but denise makes good points and with the tesco scenario i just think its a difficult one.

  • Craig Wardle

    Member
    January 24, 2013 at 6:10 am

    View being taken into Acount thanks guys

  • Neil Speirs

    Member
    January 26, 2013 at 10:19 pm
    quote Denise Goodfellow:

    spending 20 mins talking to a customer all for a £5 mug.

    Here lies the problem + add on the time to design & produce the mug, t-shirt or whatever 😕

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