T-shirt Printing added to every product on my website - New Format

I am testing a new format for adding t-shirt printing online to a shirt order. Over the years I have developed a published custom t-shirt printing price list based on Levels 0-10 with each level representing a different quantity of shirts for the total order. In this way I can give discounts for bulk t-shirt purchases and since everyone is used to Levels from video games it seems like an intuitive way to show potential customers the discounts they get on custom printing as they order more shirts. Typically I use a price grid table format, but this is confusing for many customers. I have now found another way to add printing to the bottom of every item on the website by formatting a list of the levels and posting them under every t-shirt on the site that is printable.

Link here to the T-shirt Printing Pricelist Guide.

This is annoying to look at first because it looks like a long list of similar items, but I hope that it will draw each customer that is interested in printing to look below their items and check for the cost of printing without having to call. I can build discount pricing into the shirts themselves with a pricing formula without having to send the customer to a different page for ordering the printing. Now it is time to test this procedure so I can get back to printing tee shirts instead of designing web pages.

Now look at what you've gone and done!

Ten years later I am still working on the basics, but it always seems like I haven't done enough. I've started the organization for t-shirts.org to match the search delivery system that Google is launching based on intuitive guidlines and vague references to the products that I work with. Now I am adding the ads to these pages in hopes that it will generate income and I won't have to direct a shopping cart and sell t-shirts directly through these pages. Most of these pages link back to my main shopping cart pages on YQue.com and it will only get confusing is I have to duplicate those efforts here. The goal here is to develop in depth topic orientated information and links through t-shirts.org without having to post all of the same information on the YQue.com site which is more of a retail t-shirt store versus a t-shirt directory like t-shirts.org .

The T-shirts Organic Organization has begun

Here are the categories and links that I have made for developmental purposes on T-shirts.org - the organized t-shirt website:

T-shirts Store - for buying t-shirts online

T-shirts Artwork - Design t-shirts for printing graphics

T-shirts Brands - Hanes, Gildan, American Apparel and others

T-shirts Printing - How t-shirt printing works and the different methods

T-shirts Organic - Certified Organic t-shirts and organic cotton t-shirt brands

T-shirts Styles - For Men, Women, Kids

T-shirts Wholesale - Bulk discounts and wholesale t-shirt prices

T-shirts Academics - How to print t-shirts, how to design t-shirts

T-shirts USA - Made in the USA and USA t-shirt locations and designs

T-shirts Fantasia - T-shirt websites that break the mold

T-shirts Bands - Music and Band related t-shirts

T-shirts Supplies - Inks, screens and t-shirt supplies

T-shirts Printed - PrePrinted T-shirt designs and funny t-shirts

T-shirts Blank - Blank Wholesale t-shirts for sale online

T-shirts Bulk Printing - Wholesale t-shirt printing prices for custom t-shirts

T-shirts Accessories - Trucker Hats, Seatbelt Belts, and Panties that go with t-shirts

T-shirts Sales - T-shirt Sales and Bargains

These are going to be developed around the intuitive organization that has resulted from my midnight romp through Google. They don't have to immediately make complete sense, but there is some rationale for each section albeit vague.

Organic or Organized - that is the question.

Google has gone through a massive change with the suggestive refreshing of results for searches in the drop down menu. Although I have tried many things for business over the years t-shirts are the one product line that keep pulling me back in. I've been working with this website as a t-shirt store online called, T-shirts.org, but it has done little in the way of increasing my sales for Organic T-shirts. I stare blankly at the horizon and wonder if I have put my eggs in the right basket with that website and once I reviewed the words that are associated with Google through the pull down search function I can't find hardly any searches for t-shirts organic. Now I am thinking that I should redirect my web efforts for t-shirts.org to "T-shirts Organized"

I've reviewed the many words that are associated with t-shirts and I am going to fill this page with the results. Simply put I need to regenerate these words into categories and then build my little TshirtVille on an organic platform sorted by the world of search results. Underlying this optimized organization will be the products or links to products that people need as they relate to t-shirts, t-shirt printing and blank t-shirts, my specialty.

My first step of organizing a t-shirt website is to categorize the searches. These are some general categories I have created, location, store, items, how to, artwork, supplies, wholesale, style and printing. I am working on placing the first wave of results into these categories, which were quickly associated with the phrase results of the first 100 results, so I expect this association and organization to change as I dig deeper into this project. For now I am simply going to create the categories and build pages that associate with the basic structure. Here are the words that seem to relate to t-shirts via Google. These results may be localized and formatted to fit my profile on Google, but I've got to start somewhere.

printing
design
quilt
maker
man
mockup
clipart
guys
graphics
junkie
king
land
lyrics
logo
outlet
ology
uk
pros
quilting
citynames
ville
tv
wholesaler
z
shop
shack
iwant
online
for sale
in bulk
vintage
stencils
styles
store
supplies
world
art
and more
buttons
bulk
blank
bands
blog
big and tall
by the dozen
custom
cheap
cool
café
company
clipart
china
cape cod
designer
designs
design your own
deals
direct
designs for women
east lansing
elk horn
embroidered
express
ed hardy
etc
houston
embroidery
batavia
for sale
funny
for women
for kids
for men
from movies
for printing
for a cause
for teachers
graphic
geek
gildan
grand rapids
games
galore
girls
graphic design
history
hawaii
hoodies
hangover
hanes
heat activated
hoboken
hip hop
humorous
in bulk
into quilts
ideas
in las vegas
in spanish
india
ink
in russian
in movies
japanese
junk food
jersey shore
jacksonville
junggesellenabschied
jokes
jesus
jackson
japan
made fast
mugs
made by humans
made
made in usa
new orleans
neon colors
new york
next day
nerd
norfolk
nyc
nashville
numbers
on demand
on sale
online store
order form
oil spill
plus
plain
printing machine
press
printed overnight
political
peru
quotes
quality
queen street
quick
family renunion
custom t-shirts quick
funny t-shirts quotes
football t-shirts quotes
cool t-shirts quotes
r us
rock
outlet
overnight
running
rock bank
retail
reno
retro
redding
review
bend oregon
san mateo
san jose
sale
size chart
screen printing
store
styles
sayings
san mateo
sf
san francisco
that fit
transfers
that change color in the sun
to go
to order
that say awesome
topeka
that change color
unlimited
urban
unique
under 10 dollars
under 5 dollars
usa
under dress shirts
uk
urban outfitters
united
vintage
vistaprint
vancouver
vancouver wa
vector
vector free
vintage uk
victoria
victoria bc
ville
wholesale
with sayings
with quotes
wiki
wholesale printing
with funny sayings
with logos
with pockets
with photos
websites
xxl
rock t-shirts xxl
vintage t-shirts xxl
coheed and cambria
metal t-shirts xxl
world cup t-shirts youth
mario t-shirts youth
youth
zazzle
custom t-shirts z

One thing leads to another and I need a down and dirty art program

One thing leads to another and I need a down and dirty art program. I need to quick edit images from time to time to get them on the web and photoshop isn't always available. I tried the photo program that comes with Windows and I couldn't even get the image to fit into the screen to crop it. Low, Low resolution crap. No wonder all the artwork I get from people often sucks if they tried to do it with Paint. I have heard about Picassa and if this works I'll forward my customers to the Google link to quick edit their own artwork. I will post the progress as it occurs.

Except for trying to bump out the other browser when I started it and request for anonymous error tips, it seems like a harmless photo editor, for now. The program seems to recognize the following file types: jpeg, jpg, tif, tiff, bmp, gif, png, tga and raw. They each are different compression algorythms for photographic files that are often viewable by web browsers and other photo editors. The Raw format is straight out of the camera and I am not sure what a TGA file is. The first thing the Picassa did was search my computer and find all of the above mentioned file types. the sorting window looks pretty good and it organized my images by folder. I was able to open a file and crop it, as well as, apply an assortment of filters. The only save as format was jpeg, .jpg. Next I need to check the image resolution and size.

Picassa allows me to see the image size under Properties, but I can't seem to increase the size arbitrarily. I was able to zoom in on sections. I played with the contrast in the various tonal ranges and that wasn't bad, not great, but not bad. I don't see any export or halftone functions, which limits me for screen printing grey tones, but you can get a down and dirty high contrast effect by manipulating the shades. Rough Edit. Wow, I really like the soft focus when added to a high contrast funky mix. Ok, I can add text, but not that easy to find a blank space. Image posted, 15 minutes of hacking.

I don't think it will replace photoshop, but this appears to work for fun edits. Almost printable artwork.

There is an export function that takes the photo image over to another program, picnik. In this program I was able to resize the image and send it back to Picassa 3 where I saved it and uploaded the images to my website. More editing features were available in teh PicNik program and although I did not get printable artwork out of the software, I was able to convert some web images from large files to viewable jpegs. Success.

I went back later to do a design that popped in my head, "Made in America" but with an Indian Head. I found some clip art and went to work. The combination of Picassa and PicNik isn't bad to get something on the web. I can go back and fix it if it sells and needs to be printed, but this gets me in the ballpark. I would still have to charge for artwork if I received this type of file from a customer, but overall it's a good draft, possibly salvagable into a printable file. A point in favor of the program is that I actually created a folder called "New Designs" on this Acer mini computer, thus recognizing that the file may be printable. It's a good thing I don't have high demands for my artwork requirements. I am interested in the tag elements of the program, it seems like it is allowing the insertion of keywords into the image, which makes alot of sense. I wonder if those are somehow read back into Google? My next step is a web design interface that has a chance at being workable without crashing.

Alternatives to American Apparel - Wholesale Made in USA t-shirts

Y-Que has promoted and sold American Apparel for a long time and there has not been a sufficient amount of focus on providing a direct alternative to American Apparel until now. I sell t-shirts all day long and despite previous problems with the stock and availability of American Apparel in the past I don't think anything will compare to the problems that a company will face with hundreds of leases and not enough cash. To be properly prepared there must be an available resource to provide to my customers that is a viable alternative to American Apparel.

We've listed and discussed various brands in the past and we will have to reconsider and promote many of them until the winner is clear. Consider Y-Que like a wine merchant who gets grapes from many sources and comes up with the best combination for a particular year.

The main brands as alternatives to American apparel t-shirts that are available wholesale are Alternative Apparel, Kavio, Next Level, Canvas, Bella, Hanes, Anvil, Gildan, Alstyle and each of them have their positives and negatives. Made in USA iss the first problem and only American Apparel can boast that, but we have found a private label t-shirt the we can have for Y-Que that is Made in the USA. The problem is there isn't much cost savings from American Apparel, but as an introductary price we are considering selling it for a straight $4.00/ea on whites and $5.00/ea on color. The label is a consideration, but I am thinking about printing a label that will dissolve in the first wash. In this way I can make it easy for printers to find the size, but the buyer of the shirt can get rid of the label by washing it. If they want to keep the printed tag then they would simply iron the space with the print.

It's not easy being Green - Save American Apparel

The fact is that survival in corporate america isn't easy, especially when you sell out. American Apparel tried to sell out, everyday, and it isn't working. Selling out is the American Way, so this is an obvious path for the company to have taken, but don't get fooled again. This isn't just about the libido of Dov Charney, this is about profitability and extortion. The financiers that control the clothing industry of this country have a strangle hold on the companies that work in this country and right now is not a good time to have debt. The debt is what is destroying the stock value of American Apparel and the profitability of the company would be sufficient if it weren't for the exhorbant interest rates that are being charged to the short-term financing and covenents that are restricting the ability of the company to post a profit. I am not saying that the other realities like over-expansion and negligence on the part of the administration aren't obvious problems, but that shit happens all the time from Apple to the White House, so stop throwing stones. Face the facts that the very people that made American Apparel what it is are upset because they can't profit as much as they want. REMEMBER PUTNEY SWOPE! SAVE AMERICAN APPAREL!