Are you a creative person? Did you know you can take your creative potential and turn it into a profitable business without leaving your house? You can turn your art into profit by making cool t-shirts with your own, custom designs and then sell them online. And it’s a great time to start an e-commerce business, as last year alone, online sales made over $500 billion.

How can you get started?

The first thing you want to do to design and sale t shirts online is decide what kind of shirt you’re going to sell. You should make an original shirt design and put yourself in the shoes of a potential customer: “Would I buy this?” Even if you don’t have a knack for art, you can think of a funny phrase, cool song lyric, or popular meme to write on a shirt, and that would be a great product too. As an example, “Frankie Says Relax” did very well during the 1980s. Once you have the perfect shirt design to put on sale, it’s time to think about how to sell it.

A quick Google search will show you there are more than enough websites to help you. Forget about buying plain shirts and printing logos. Most of the websites take care of manufacturing and delivering the shirts, you just have to provide the design! Good places to look into are SpreadShop, Printful, Merchify, Bonfire, Teepublic and many more. They only get money when your products are sold.

After you choose the perfect site for you, you can get to work!

Once you’ve designed your shirts and opened your online store, it’s time to make a profit. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t make a lot of money in your first attempt. Every business is competitive and takes time to learn. Marketing is typically the biggest hurdle, but thankfully there are many articles and guides online to help you navigate this scary terrain. If you keep at it and put your trust in your creative instincts, you can make your new online t-shirt business a huge success.