Yup, another Teespring thread. I actually hadn’t even heard of it before coming to this forum, and needless to say it intrigued me. Enough so that I decided to take it on as a side project and document it here. I’ll be doing this in my “free time” or as a break when I’m not working on my main business. It seems like fun to me.
I’m doing this partially for fun, partially as a challenge, and to learn some new skills and get out of my comfort zone. While I do have experience in ecommerce, it’s mostly through eBay. I’ve seen people on here talking about facebook advertising in particular, which is something I have no experience in. So I want to see what the deal is, how it works, experiment with driving traffic, etc. I think the skills I’ll pick up doing this will translate well to any business and serve as practice for some strategies I may use to grow my main business.
I’ll commit to posting my progress here – good or bad, win or lose. This may not pan out or be worth my time, but I will not quit until I have at least one successful campaign. My hope is to show how easily and affordably somebody can get their feet wet in entrepreneurship, and perhaps push a person or two over the fence into trying something.
Questions, comments, suggestions, and criticisms are all welcome.
But this isn’t fastlane!
Maybe not, or maybe not yet. Yes, I’m relying on Teespring. If they close shop tomorrow this is over. I’m not relying on this possible income, I’m looking at it as a learning experience and a side hustle. If I end up having a knack for these designs this could be fairly passive. Maybe Abercrombie will spot my incredible design talent and buy me out for millions, maybe I’ll make a hundred bucks, or maybe I’ll lose a hundred bucks. I’m not losing sleep over any of these outcomes.
So – what value can I add?
Well all I can possibly do here is provide designs, find customers, and set prices. So, this is pretty easy: I hope to provide customers with fun and original t shirt designs at a fair price, that they wouldn’t have found otherwise.
I’m doing this partially for fun, partially as a challenge, and to learn some new skills and get out of my comfort zone. While I do have experience in ecommerce, it’s mostly through eBay. I’ve seen people on here talking about facebook advertising in particular, which is something I have no experience in. So I want to see what the deal is, how it works, experiment with driving traffic, etc. I think the skills I’ll pick up doing this will translate well to any business and serve as practice for some strategies I may use to grow my main business.
I’ll commit to posting my progress here – good or bad, win or lose. This may not pan out or be worth my time, but I will not quit until I have at least one successful campaign. My hope is to show how easily and affordably somebody can get their feet wet in entrepreneurship, and perhaps push a person or two over the fence into trying something.
Questions, comments, suggestions, and criticisms are all welcome.
But this isn’t fastlane!
Maybe not, or maybe not yet. Yes, I’m relying on Teespring. If they close shop tomorrow this is over. I’m not relying on this possible income, I’m looking at it as a learning experience and a side hustle. If I end up having a knack for these designs this could be fairly passive. Maybe Abercrombie will spot my incredible design talent and buy me out for millions, maybe I’ll make a hundred bucks, or maybe I’ll lose a hundred bucks. I’m not losing sleep over any of these outcomes.
So – what value can I add?
Well all I can possibly do here is provide designs, find customers, and set prices. So, this is pretty easy: I hope to provide customers with fun and original t shirt designs at a fair price, that they wouldn’t have found otherwise.
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