A screen printing business is a great thing to start since it costs almost nothing to do so. This is because you can easily make your screens out of used lumber and fabric from an old wedding dress. Equipped with the screens and a simple machine you will be able to make signs, magnets, shirts and baseball caps to sell. Of course, you could also design and build your own 4-color screen printing press. There are plans that can be purchased online to help you build one yourself.
Deciding To Start A Screen Printing Business
Only you will be able to tell for sure whether or not you want to start your own screen printing business. Even if you decide against starting a screen printing business, you can still print items for fun. Starting your own screen printing business isn’t all that hard or expensive. You could actually purchase everything you need for less than $100 if you just get started with the basics (i.e. a frame, photo emulsion, a light, ink, a squeegee, masking tape, t-shirts). Of course, you would need to either build your own screen printing press to use or spend around $100 to purchase one that has already been built for you.
While you may not have everything that you need when you first start out, it is easy to upgrade your screen printing business as it grows. This is because it will only take you a small amount of money to purchase the items that you need (i.e. a few pennies for screen printing a t-shirt that will only cost you between $3 and $4 to purchase from your local craft store or that can be purchased for even less money if done so in bulk), then you can reinvest your profits into the business.
Where To Locate Your Screen Printing Business
The best place to set up your new screen printing business is either in your garage or your home’s business. Of course, you can also rent a shop for it. Once your screen printing business begins to grow you will want to look into your local government’s zoning laws.
Where To Sell Your Shirts
Once you have all of the equipment that you need and have set everything up in a location that works best for you, the next step is deciding upon somewhere to sell the t-shirts that you create. One place where you can sell these t-shirts is on eBay. If you decide to go this route, it is a good idea to look at what types of t-shirts are being bought and sold on this website before you ever start creating any of your own. From there you will want to create some of your own original artwork to use on the t-shirts that you print, then print a few of them and try listing them for sale on eBay. In the end you may discover that while you may spend a few dollars to print a shirt (remember $3 or $4 for the t-shirt and a few pennies for the ink) you may be able to make between $10 and $15 per shirt, thus adding up to a nice profit margin for yourself.
Screen Printing Business Opportunities
Some of the other screen printing business opportunities that you may wish to look into include making t-shirts for local bands, baseball teams and family reunions. It is simply a matter of discovering who needs to have t-shirts printed and then offering your services so that you can make some money. Just make sure that whenever you do so you do your best work so that your word of mouth following will begin to work in your favor and bring in more business for you.