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Originally posted by Rick Lee
Shaun, I should PM you about this, but want to put it out there in case others have some suggestions.
My fiance's father runs a small print shop in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PRC. He's always sending her catalogues of stuff he either makes (not sure if he makes just the catalogues or also the products in them) or can get dirt cheap, usually baseball-type hats, t-shirts and the like, which can all be customized with logos or labels. She and I have no idea where to run with this, but there has to be an oppotunity here. I don't think going to door to door to all those little mall shops that make customized hats and t-shirts is a very good use of time. Somewhere I'm sure there's a large distributor of this stuff who has supplier needs in China. Is there an eBay store opportunity here?
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Rick, we can talk by email if you like. this is a very broad topic. just one scenario is that there are several, national "blanks" manufacturers out there and local screenprinters who are their primary customers. The 1,000+ member local youth soccer org walks in, pays $6 a shirt. Screenprinter buys shirts for wholesale $.95 ($6 retail) to $3.50($9) typically and makes his profit as you can see.
If you had a way to get to large organizations, you could make a buck or two by outsourcing to China where his costs are probably $.50 per completed unit, shipped by air with customs maybe $2 loaded, sell for $5 and put local screenprinters out of business.
just a thought.