We use the highest quality shirts and deliver them with the most affordable pricing.
Does this imply that the $25 price is the lowest possible point at which the OP can attain reasonable margins? If so, they really need to reevaluate their infrastructure, as $25 for a text-only tee shirt is very, very high, and the OP is likely being ripped off by their suppliers.
Given the price, I have doubts about the willingness of potential customers to purchase shirts of this sort. The precedent for comparable services like Teespring and even for individual shirt vendors seems to be $10 to $20, substantially lower than what the OP is charging.
Other than the pricing, I'm not entirely sure whether hashtags would make suitable shirts. Hashtags tend to be highly ephemeral, and most cease to be relevant within a few days. Most people keep shirts for years, and thus would be likely be wearing these shirts for a period far longer than the life of the hashtag. It's a novel idea, but at the end of the day it's trying to turn what are highly transient cultural artifacts into something permanent.
The problem with teespring and the likes are that they have an MOQ that most people don't want to commit to.
As for hashtags and being irrelevant in a few minutes/days/weeks, I'd argue that a shirt that says "#GoBlue" will always be somewhat relevant. But hey, we'll see! More a fun project than anything else.
The MOQ is a drag but it serves a purpose: you can use a higher quality printing process (screen printing) which has most of the cost in the setup. Personally have not found too many Direct to Garment (what most one off shirts are printed with) printers that I was happy with in terms of consistent quality. Trust me, it would make my life so much easier if I could print quality one offs.
You may be better off doing each hashtag as a short term campaign, maybe Teespring has an API?
Love your idea though! Think you should consider different color shirts: when we did black shirts in our tshirt subscription, people complained that they already have too many black shirts in their closet and wanted something different.
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We use the highest quality shirts and deliver them with the most affordable pricing.
Does this imply that the $25 price is the lowest possible point at which the OP can attain reasonable margins? If so, they really need to reevaluate their infrastructure, as $25 for a text-only tee shirt is very, very high, and the OP is likely being ripped off by their suppliers.
Given the price, I have doubts about the willingness of potential customers to purchase shirts of this sort. The precedent for comparable services like Teespring and even for individual shirt vendors seems to be $10 to $20, substantially lower than what the OP is charging.
Other than the pricing, I'm not entirely sure whether hashtags would make suitable shirts. Hashtags tend to be highly ephemeral, and most cease to be relevant within a few days. Most people keep shirts for years, and thus would be likely be wearing these shirts for a period far longer than the life of the hashtag. It's a novel idea, but at the end of the day it's trying to turn what are highly transient cultural artifacts into something permanent.
The problem with teespring and the likes are that they have an MOQ that most people don't want to commit to.
As for hashtags and being irrelevant in a few minutes/days/weeks, I'd argue that a shirt that says "#GoBlue" will always be somewhat relevant. But hey, we'll see! More a fun project than anything else.
The MOQ is a drag but it serves a purpose: you can use a higher quality printing process (screen printing) which has most of the cost in the setup. Personally have not found too many Direct to Garment (what most one off shirts are printed with) printers that I was happy with in terms of consistent quality. Trust me, it would make my life so much easier if I could print quality one offs.
You may be better off doing each hashtag as a short term campaign, maybe Teespring has an API?
Love your idea though! Think you should consider different color shirts: when we did black shirts in our tshirt subscription, people complained that they already have too many black shirts in their closet and wanted something different.