# Custom T-Shirts online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502 "2005-02-23T07:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ice1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ice1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ice1000)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/21 "2005-02-25T11:27:16Z")
> [@caphis](#): > > Adveritising, primarily. Though I’ve yet to spend a penny on it, I advertise primarily in LJ groups devoted to the subject matter, Yahoo! groups, USENET, etc. > > As far as creativity, I’ll shoot you off an e-mail link to one of my stores, and you can judge for yourself, since I’m not sure if it would be considered advertising or not. What is LJ? Yeah, I like to see your stuff! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/22 "2005-02-25T19:01:22Z")
> [@ice1000](#): > > What is LJ? LiveJournal- they have “communities” dedicated to certain topics, so people can obsess over _24_ without cluttering up their own journal, where their friends wouldn’t care. They’re also good places to promote or adverise a product or service related to the community theme. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/23 "2005-02-25T19:19:31Z")
> [@ice1000](#): > > What is LJ? > > Yeah, I like to see your stuff! Thanks. Looks like your e-mail is turned off in your profile. : ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/24 "2005-02-25T19:33:24Z")
IANA graphic artist, but it seems like a lot of you are using a less than ideal file format for your designs. Ideally I would think you would want a vector graphic file, such as a .ai (Adobe Illustrator). It will scale to any size and give you much smoother edges. Granted, .jpg is going to be the most accessible format. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/25 "2005-02-25T20:56:38Z")
Eh, for a shirt, there’s little advantage to be gained by going over 150 dpi. (Granted, I use 300 myself, but anything more would be overkill) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/26 "2005-02-25T23:10:34Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > I want to buy one – just one – custom-printed shirt online at a reasonable price (say, under $20). I would use an iron-on print, but I’ve tried those three times and burned them each time… :smack: > > So, I’m looking for a recommendation for a quality printing company. I just want text on it, preferably in two colors, but I’d be just as satisfied with solely black. I’ve got the design up in Photoshop, so format isn’t really a problem. Has anyone had an exceptionally good experience with an online company? I have a little side Internet biz designing my own custom Tees, printing them to Iron-ons and selling them on Ebay. I’ve only burned one, and that was because I didn’t know about using the protective sheet when I ironed it on, resulting in major mess. Have YOU been using the protective sheet? Since then, I’ve had relatively little trouble … a couple have had corners come ujp. But mostly they work fine. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502/27 "2005-02-25T23:36:06Z")
[http://store.northshoreshirts.com/deyoownts.html](http://store.northshoreshirts.com/deyoownts.html) How’s $10.99? Though I can’t vouch for them, as I haven’t used them. (Ask me again in a week, I did just buy their “I’m blogging this” shirt.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-t-shirts-online/291502.md?page=1)