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I run an online shirt store as well for and its doing alright but I'm trying to basically get where you are in regards to sales and repeat customers. So I have a quite a few questions you could maybe help me with.

-I assume you don't buy your shirts in bulk but wait for them to be purchased then order them from your printer. What did you say to your local printers to give you a fair price? Often when I tried to talk to local printers they still quote me at their ridiculous prices or will only print minimums.

-What is a desired profit margin for t-shirts?

-What did or do you do during lulls in sales? How do you get business to pickup when sales are low?

-You said you license some of your shirts. Are there contracts? Do you provide them? How do you prove how many you've sold and how do you handle the payments?

-You said you have reaching out to some popular/known people. How do you approach them and whats your selling point when you do reach out to them? Obviously you are trying to get their approval but its hard to get someone to realize you are trying to make them money. I understand a nice letter formatted correctly and showing professionalism is important but quite often that's not enough to get a response. My business requires me to reach out to basically internet stars if you will and most the time I can't get a response.

-You mentioned you plan on moving to a new site. What platform do you plan on using and how will you find a company that will develop it at a reasonable price?

Thanks for your time and maybe in the future I could ask some more questions if you'd be willing to DM your email :)