Printing on T-shirts is an interesting and fairly simple idea for a small business. To start it, you will need to obtain an IP certificate, as well as special resources.
Starting a business
Earn your Self-Employed Certificate which will enable you to start your own low-cost T-shirt printing business. Contact the tax office closest to you and request a sample application on Form P21001. Please fill in one copy in block letters. Have your completed and signed application certified by a notary. Pay the state duty at one of the branches of Sberbank and receive a receipt. Visit the tax office again and submit a package of ready-made documents. After a few days, you will be invited to receive a certificate of an individual entrepreneur, after which you can start doing business.
Rent a room to receive orders. It can be small: 6-10 sq. m. To connect the equipment you will need electricity. It is important that your trade and production point has a good location. Try to organize it in the city center, near the metro station and transport interchange. This will help to attract the main consumers: local buyers, tourists and advertisers. It is beneficial to locate such a point in large shopping centers and department stores. In this case, you will receive additional customers in the form of visitors and employees of shops and companies operating there.
Functioning of the printing point
To create and transfer images and inscriptions on T-shirts, the transfer printing method is most often used. First, prepare some templates using special computer programs such as Photoshop or Corel Draw. You can make images by freehand drawing and processing through a scanner. Print the resulting templates on a high-quality photo printer.
In addition to printing on T-shirts, your item can create images for mugs, mobile phones and other items.
You need to buy special equipment for transferring images onto T-shirt fabric. The most effective solution would be to purchase a heat press, the productivity of which can reach 600-800 processed T-shirts per day. Prepare materials for transfer printing: paper on which the design will be printed, toner for printing the image on paper, and cotton T-shirts (alternatively, you can use polyester or silk).
The monthly income of a T-shirt printing business reaches an average of $ 3,000.
You can print on T-shirts yourself or hire 1-2 people for this with a fixed or piecework wage. It is important that employees have computer skills.
