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my advice... start small and try to grow organically - maybe start off selling through all online auction sites and supporting that with your own site. Like anything that is a gamble, dont stake more than you can realistically afford to lose, customer service is important in a crowded industry like this (in a supply orientated industry it doesnt matter at all) and it can make a big different to be personable and give customers the impression you'll go that extra mile for them. Have a good product, draw up a lot of designs and test them on people before you go, get a good idea of what the market wants. Definitely sell on ebay, big size shirts sell well, work in small batches until you are sure you can sell something or you have enough wins to cover a few losses.
And more than ANYTHING, and I may be speaking as someone who has worked a few years in finace, KEEP ACCURATE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS!!!! Obviosuly your end of year financial accounts will be designed to give an accurate reflection of your trading -in compliance with the law - but favourable to you. It is important to month by month, week by week if you can, have a clear and accurate picture yourself of how you are doing.
You have to be prepared to make a loss at the start maybe, depending on what terms you write off fixed assets of your trading entity, but you also need to have a clear and realistic idea of when to pull the plug and draw the line
And last of all, good luck to you... I would be doing the same sort of thing (maybe not tee shirts, but prolly books) if I had the balls!!!
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