I know there is a lot of competition, especially with cafepress.com, but I'm thinking about starting up a small clothing company. I'm not looking to get rich, I'm just looking to be able to break even and cover my costs with the possibility of making a profit. I would be 100% satisfied if I only covered my costs. I'm doing this more for the "business venture" than the actual profitability, but everyone likes to cover their costs
There's always new fads, new clubs, groups, music bands, new forums etc that are looking for custom stuff. And there's always those high school kids just looking for something different.
I will have a brand name with my own T-shirts that customers can buy, but I will also make custom ones for people who do not want to purchase my brand.
What does everyone think?
What kind of licenses would I need?
I would assume I need a Business License, Copyright Registration, Trademark Registration. Anything else? Someone mentioned to me an exporting permit, but I dont think I need that to ship T-shirts to the United States.... do I? I could send a t-shirt to someone in the U.S. right now and I don't have a permit. Doesn't quite make sense to me...
I wont be setting up shop, this will mainly be an online thing with ebay, facebook, twitter, as my advertising/selling helpers.
I will have my own website domain, as well as email domain.
Any information/suggestions/criticism would be appreciated.
There's always new fads, new clubs, groups, music bands, new forums etc that are looking for custom stuff. And there's always those high school kids just looking for something different.
I will have a brand name with my own T-shirts that customers can buy, but I will also make custom ones for people who do not want to purchase my brand.
What does everyone think?
What kind of licenses would I need?
I would assume I need a Business License, Copyright Registration, Trademark Registration. Anything else? Someone mentioned to me an exporting permit, but I dont think I need that to ship T-shirts to the United States.... do I? I could send a t-shirt to someone in the U.S. right now and I don't have a permit. Doesn't quite make sense to me...
I wont be setting up shop, this will mainly be an online thing with ebay, facebook, twitter, as my advertising/selling helpers.
I will have my own website domain, as well as email domain.
Any information/suggestions/criticism would be appreciated.