Nowadays, t-shirts are no longer limited to just being a piece of garment, in fact, they’ve turned into powerful marketing weapons for business. In the current fashion scenario, customized t-shirts have become the new trend as it gives an outlet to experiment and be creative with your fashion sense. While one can’t experiment much when it comes to formal clothing, t-shirts remain the safest and best option to be as creative as one can get.

Customized t-shirts have the potential to appeal to a wider target audience. In business events/campaigns, customized printed t-shirts can be used as an effective marketing tool. T-shirt printing has become a thriving aspect of the print industry. Here are some perks of including custom printed t-shirts in your marketing campaigns:

1. They’re cost-effective- If you are looking for a marketing product that won’t harm your budget in any way, and then the customized t-shirt is just the right choice. Generally, there are bulk orders when businesses order customized t-shirts, which makes the per piece cost steep down to lower prices.

2. They’re long-term promotional material- The majority of the printed marketing materials have pretty much a long-cycle, but customized t-shirt tops the list. Customers will hold their t-shirts for a long period of time as they also create an emotional connection. They also outlast the campaign period, hence increasing brand exposure. Make sure that you produce high-quality t-shirts that your clients can wear for a long time.

3. They’re functional- Brochures, business cards, banners, are all informative and only readable, but promotional printed t-shirts are functional items that your audience will get more use out of. T-shirts are worn by people of all age groups and so, when people wear your customized t-shirt, your brand gets more recognition.

4. Employee engagement- Apart from being an essential marketing tool, branded personalised t-shirts can also increase employee engagement. When your employees wear matching t-shirts in sponsored events or other business affairs, they appear as a team and they’ll all feel special when they are being given their own customized tees.

5. Widespread brand recognition- No other printed marketing material is as mobile and popular as customized printed t-shirts. They contribute to increasing brand recognition as every time a client wears your company printed t-shirts, your brand will be marketed everywhere he/she goes.

PrintStop, an online printing company, offers a wide range of services, including t-shirt printing. You can customize your T-shirt by uploading your own unique design or can even get the assistance of their in-office design team Pehchaan. With personalization technology, a combination of embroidery, screen printing and offset printing, PrintStop is no doubt a dependable company to help you up to your fashion game. Both polo t-shirts and round neck t-shirts are available in all sizes and colours. They also have a price-calculator which lets you know the price of your order considering both the quantity and quality of t-shirts. Their printing solution named Pro Brandstore helps companies enhance their brand name and create a sense of belongingness in their employees through customized merchandise.

Whether it’s a Darth Vader shirt or your favorite Adventure Time character, there will always be a personalized tshirt for that. Nowadays, Shopify and other ecommerce platforms had made it so easy for both consumers and sellers to connect resulting into thousands of products and orders.

And one such niche that continues to make a killing in terms of sales is personalized tshirt. Just try Googling for this term and you’re bound to see thousands of websites each with literally hundreds of design to choose from.

Today we’ll take a closer look at 3 popular shops where you can cop your next personalized tshirt.

Johnny Cupcakes

Before JC became a behemoth of a clothing store, it started as a brick and mortar business from the founder, Johnny Earle’s, car. He literally sold his Johnny Cupcakes t-shirts at the back of his outside of friend’s gigs. This was in 2001. Several years later, he would open a string of retail shops across the world and ultimately reach global success after launching his clothing store online.

JC is most popular for its cupcake and bones design, which captured that perfect balance of cute, funny, and angst-y philosophy of its fans.

Threadless

This online T-shirt company is credited to be one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. Back in 2000, the founders started polling forum members to rate various designs where the winning entry would end up in various merchandise like tshirts and other products which will be sold and shipped all over the world. The artist with the winning entry will get paid with royalties from sales of his or her design along with a couple of bonuses from the company. This made the concept very popular among designers and kept Threadless from getting amazing designs from artists all over the world.

Nowadays, Threadless proves to be one of the biggest online and brick & mortar stores that sells a wide range of products with eye-catching designs.

COOTD

COOTD is a budding online T-shirt company based in the Philippines that sells a cute collection of designs covering popular characters and other categories like Food, Drinks, Animals, and more. The designs feature a simple yet engaging appeal that’s a sure hit across customers from all sorts of ages.

What do you get from shopping in COOTD? Aside from their niche collection of catchy designs, they offer shipping all over the world. And perhaps the most amazing part is the price---COOTD shirts are priced so competitively you can grab a couple of shirts for the price of one from the first two stores we mentioned above. Does this make COOTD a better store? Probably not, but it definitely is a hit among shoppers looking to find the best bang for their buck.

I hate waste. Not the waste that you see in the garbage bag, but the act of throwing something away that is still perfectly usable. If I have something that rarely gets used but still in OK condition, I give it away or sell it online. I remember giving my personalized T-shirt of our high school band to one of the kids in our neighborhood. But what if giving or selling are not an option? How can one still repurpose something headed to the trash bin?

Easy, recycle! And in the case of used shirts, here are the top 10 ideas on how you can recycle them.Most of these will work best with a bit of sewing action.

Rags & Potholders - Clothes with heavy fabric are perfect for these. You can cut out the fabric and re-sew the pieces or simply cut a few portions a bit then use as is.

Pillow case - Cut off the arms including the ridge in the middle Sew them shut and voila, you have your very own, homemade pillow case.

Doggie Mat - If you have a dog, turning your once-favorite personalized T-shirt into a doggie mat is a great idea. Similar to making the pillow case, cut out the arms and sew all holes. Best if you can slip in a thin foam before sewing it all up for some added softness.

Tote Bag - Yup, you’re old Nike T-shirt can still “do it”. Tote bags are rather easy to make, make a cut-out as a guide, sew and make fringes at the bottom (for best effect).

Headbands - Didn’t thought of that one, did you? Simply cut off the sleeves (option 1) or cut the whole shirt into small strips of cloth then sew them together to make a headband.

Wall Art - I saw this one once in a friends room. She took her old T-shirt then stretched it out to staple into a wooden frame. She painted on the thing directly (she’s an art major) with an image of an oak tree. Cool.

Book Cover - Aside from covering them in plastic, there’s a cooler way to protect your beloved books. Cloth covers! The great thing is that the process is very much like how you would do it with a plastic cover, so only minimal sewing is required.

Placemats - Pretty straightforward to do. Better if the old T-shirt is made up of a thick fiber like Polyester or Rayon for better durability and water absorption.

Scarf - If your scissor game is strong, you don’t even have to do any sewing to turn an old (preferably printed) shirt into a scarf. The more elaborate prints, the better.

Pet Toys - Sew up a bunch of fabric from your old T-shirt into a quick doggy bone or fluffy ball for your cat.