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Old 05-07-2025, 07:20 PM   #5158 (permalink)
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I was grossing between $12,000 and $14,000 a month pre covid. Now I'm lucky to gross $500 a month.
Respect to the geniuses that are able to start/maintain/sell their business. I don't have the brain capacity to do that. I'm one of those "tell me what to do and I'll do it" employee lol.

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The profit margin on custom shirts is razor thin. Can't compete with China and India.

I sell a one sided shirt for between $22 and $24 which is rather high. All my equipment is payed off but a blank shirt costs me almost $7 (wholesale). Ink is SUPER expensive. Costs about $5 in ink depending on how much coverage. Shipping is $4 -$5. Then you have maintenance materials, various chemicals, electric etc. That's roughly $1 a print.

So your looking at a profit of $4 to $5 bucks a shirt. China sells shirts for less than my cost. They're crappy quality, but they're cheap. Most people dont care about the quality for a "goof" shirt.

So, basically I lose money on every shirt, but I make it up in volume! LOL!
Both of those countries are going through a war right now lol, one a trade war and the other literally a war.

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Tell that to the clowns that still wear their face diapers in their car. Alone.
People still wear these?
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