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spreadshirt.co.uk
Has any one had any dealings with http://www.spreadshirt.co.uk
There was a mention of this in this months sign directions magazine.
Apparently all you need to do to set up your own on-line personalised “T” shirt printing business is to link to their website from your own web site. People can then order personalised T shirts on -line. You don’t need to do anything as all requirements from printing and stocking to payment, delivery and customer service are handled by spreadshirt.co.uk. Your business then gets paid a commision for all sales generated from your website. Seems like a good idea to me. What do others think 😀
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hi phill, there is actually allot of companies offering this on the internet mate. i have setup the same thing for the boards. you will be able to see it in the NEW shop opening soon. 😀
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quote Robert Lambie:hi phill, there is actually allot of companies offering this on the internet mate. i have setup the same thing for the boards. you will be able to see it in the NEW shop opening soon. 😀Ohhh very nice 😀
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Sounds fine in theory Phill,
But it will depend on how many hits your site gets, then how many order T shirts, and then, Here is the rub, how do you know if your link generated the customer, and if so how can you check?Peter
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i know what you mean peter… ill keep you posted on how it goes… thing is though, im not intrested in making money from it. if i do, great… the idea is simply to have it available to our traffic and maybe one day see someone wearing a branded t-chirt, cap etc for me that would be payment in itself 😛
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quote Peter Normington:how do you know if your link generated the customer, and if so how can you check?Peter
Exactly what I was wondering Peter. I guess you could test the system by placing an order yourself and checking that this resulted in a commision?
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quote Phill:quote Peter Normington:how do you know if your link generated the customer, and if so how can you check?
Peter
Exactly what I was wondering Peter. I guess you could test the system by placing an order yourself and checking that this resulted in a commision?
good idea phill!
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quote Robert Lambie:quote Phill:quote Peter Normington:how do you know if your link generated the customer, and if so how can you check?
Peter
Exactly what I was wondering Peter. I guess you could test the system by placing an order yourself and checking that this resulted in a commision?
good idea phill!
Now you have to think, If everybody that places a link, places an order to check if they get commission, who is making who pay?
Peter
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mine is already setup but i havent even looked into it this far, but i will check it out over the next few days as the shop is near to completion.
ill keep you posted on my finds… thing is, like i said, there are lots of people offering this sort of thing, if it wasnt 100%, i doubt folk would bother. im sure there are many scam merchants out there but the reputable ones will only shoot themselves on the foot when reality is, its a good idea! -
I can see that both sides win in this situation. The merchandise company have a sales team working on a comission only basis, and the website owner generates extra income simply by having this link on their site. You can even go on holiday, shut shop, and your website continues to generate an income for you.
I think I’ll just retire to Florida and live off my ongoing comission 😎
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Agreed phill 😀
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so, all you need to do is set up a link to me, I will sign all the vans in the world and everyone else can retire…
Pie in the sky!!!
If you think by putting a link on your site you will generate any income, think again. Its all been tried before, it’s just another attempt to pyramid market.
Peter
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It’s more than a simple link to your site – it’s an adjunct, so the site looks like a section from your own website.
Also it’s not a pyramid sales method – it doesn’t rely on recruiting further individuals down the line.
I’m still open minded about this – If your existing customers look at your site (mine do) and know you offer other services related to signmaking – then why wouldn’t they order “on- line” through your site. Come to think of it other services related to signmaking could be offered this way (e.g business cards, letterheads, safety signs etc).
When I get asked if we do lettereheads, business cards or T shirts I simply refer them to another local business I know of that does this sort of thing.
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peter, the way i see it is this…
lets say i wanted to start selling t-shirts and use the boards to do so…
i have to setup a cart, payment process, credit card machine, then actually take the orders, do the work and distribute the goods. the profit maybe a bit higher but the outlay and the time it takes to establish something like this is “allot”. now take the ready made setup… you place the link and IF you get any sales you, you get your cut for nothing other than the link. if you make zilch, you havent lost anything…
on the other hand, as a sign maker, the sales rocket… you go about setting up your own thing and drop the agent setup. -
Yeah I suppose I am just a sceptic, Its good for the company that set it up, they get loads of orders, in theory, and all the People that have a link get a few quid. the company that do the set up may do very well, but down the line, why not quit making signs and just have a website with loads of money earning links? The idea is fine, but I doubt if in practice it will earn you anything. If I want a printed t shirt, or any other product, I would google and find the best value for money, not just order one because I saw a link on a site.
sfridaynightsoexcusemystoopidlogic
Peter
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Sounds like a good idea to me, but would agree it aint going to earn you alot. I do shirts inhouse, they don’t earn me much but they do attract customers that then buy other goods. My theory is, the more people come through your door the more they talk about my business, the more advertising.
Phil, I can’t believe you don’t do business cards, I don’t actually print them but, I would have lost alot of business if I didn’t offer the service. It is abit like the T shirt thing, the customer comes in for a design for his new business, I create the design send it off to the printers, meanwhile I do their van, and a couple of polo shirts. I have even got vehicle work just because the customer came in to get some boilersuits lettered up.
Cheers
Dave
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Many uksb members would be happy to supply other members with printed garments, So perhaps that would be a better way to go, Like keep it in the family? I would not be to happy, if an online vinyl for vans site were to be promoted here…
Peter
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at the end of the day, im not wanting to offer this for the money. even if i was, i doubt very much ide make much at all selling uksg/b t-shirts. for me its about promoting the site, nothing more.
as you have just said peter, if we all offer t-shirts as our own service, why not do our own? just one of the reason why our new download area will allow you to do so 😉 -
I’ve been thinking about this and I see the negatives as follows:
1/ What happens if the service is poor – it will reflect badly on your own business
2/ Many existing customers will want to have their own logo printed on the garments. This may be a problem if you are promoting this as an additional service and yet you can’t provide their logo (which you already have on file) on a garment without becoming more involved and not acting simply as an agent passing on an enquiry
Dave – I have wondered about outsourcing printing such as business cards and letterheads but had decided it wasn’t worth doing as I prefer to spend my time doing what I do best which is sign production. My time is fully occupied with signmaking and I have always thought I would be spreading my time too thinly if I was to offer other services that required an input from me but only earned a small commision. Maybe I am wrong to think this.
The attraction to me for the web-link expressed here was that it required no extra input from anyone promoting this on their own website yet a commision would still be earned from any sales.
I have no fixed ideas or agenda behind discussing this – I was just interested in other peoples views on the subject as I am uncertain as to whether or not it is a good idea worth trying 😀
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It’s called affiliate marketing.
It can work well and you would be surprised at some of the large national and international companies that get involved in it. Take a look at
http://www.affiliatefuture.co.uk/default.asp?id=1
A company called Internet Business Group provides the infrastructure for some of these schemes and the value of their shares has multiplied five times in fifteen months. Now that really is better than making signs for a living. Florida here I come. 😀
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The bottom line is you are letting another company act on your behalf who you have NO control over.
Customers are the most important part of your business.
I remember an old sign my Grandfather had in his shop which read.
If we serve you well tell others – if not tell us.
Customers are hard to come by but bloody easy to lose !
DONT LET OTHER PEOPLE LOSE THEM FOR YOU
Hughsie
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