60,000+ Etsy Sales Started With a Heat Press on the Dining Table
60,000+ sales. That is where one personalized gift shop on Etsy got to after starting in 2015 with a heat press on the dining table. The owners, Tina and Daniel, told Alura that Daniel did the printing before going to work.
The start-up part is smaller than most people think. Here is the math for custom shirts from home:
Cost to make one custom tee = $4.00 tee + $2.50 transfer = $6.50
You keep from a $25 Etsy sale = $14.70
A $135 heat press pays for itself after = 10 shirts
15 orders a week = about $907 a month
You keep from a $25 Etsy sale = $14.70
A $135 heat press pays for itself after = 10 shirts
15 orders a week = about $907 a month
The full breakdown, with Etsy fees, craft fair math, a hat press add-on and what to do after the holidays, is in Start a T-Shirt Business From Home, part 1 of our Side Hustle Series.
See the 12x15 Heat Press Machine w/ Hat Press, Swing Away Digital T-Shirt Transfer Press
Example numbers, not a promise of earnings. Seller story as reported in Alura's seller interview.
