How To Start Your Own Heat Press T-shirt Printing Business In Philippines

by Crisanto Andrada Consultant

T-shirts are one of the most popular and comfortable wears in the history of mankind. We all love t-shirts and own dozen of them as they are casual and trendy at the same time. T-shirts would never go out of fashion so investing in a t-shirt heat press printing business to sell customized t-shirts is an idea worth of trying.

Starting your own heat transfer printing business is not rocket science, as it only requires some strategic planning and good-quality equipment. If you too have a desire to start your own t-shirt printing business, make sure to arrange for the following things as mentioned below:

Acquire a business license: Obtain a business license and permits to get your business legally registered from genuine licensing agencies. There are many perks of a business license like legal recognition by law, and it also gives you access to apply for business bank account and business loans.

Purchase high-quality equipment: Getting quality pieces of equipment for your new business is of paramount importance. In order to start your own t-shirt printing business, you are required to buy gadgets like a superior quality heat-press printing machine, a printer of good quality with ink cartridge, a computer for designing print images, a graphics software to modify images, heat transfer vinyl or paper to transmit images, and vinyl or paper cutter to cut perfectly-sized paper. There are many printing services in Philippines like DIY Printing, that supplies heat-press printing start-up kit to new entrepreneurs. You can easily avail your preferred business package from them.

Find a t-shirt dealer: Blank t-shirts are the raw material for your business. Get in touch with t-shirt distributors or wholesalers. You can also make t-shirts by yourself to save money, all you need is blank clothes and a sewing machine.

Decide your target audience: Your target audience determines your final products. It depends on what kind of people you want to cater to. The best target audience for your t-shirt business would be sportsperson, school and college students, band members and your local club members.

Build networking through proper channels: Let’s digest the fact, without networking, nothing happens in this world. Create an official website of your business and update it frequently with fresh content and the latest t-shirts to attract various shoppers. Take full advantage of popular social networking sites to advertise your t-shirts. Wear t-shirts made by you in public as it allows more eyes to see it. To stimulate sales, you should use e-commerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart, and Shopify, to name a few.

To sum up, good quality equipment and the right advertising are the building blocks of any heat-press printing business.