Exciting today to announce that the WEEKLY CHALLENGE has returned!

Many challengers from the Shop Launch Challenge told us they loved the Weekly Challenges the most, even without prizes, because it helped motivate you and allowed you to see what other shop owners were up to as well. So we're bringing it back!!! Starting.... NOW!!!



That's weird. But hope it got your attention.

Let's think of the WEEKLY CHALLENGE as sort of a new weekly newsletter of sorts to keep you motivated and connected to shop owner community here. And, build up those spreadshop muscles for the NEXT big challenge in the future.... Sound good?

Your challenge for the week of April 19,2021 is:
Let's do some spring cleaning! 

We have no official prizes to give away right now.... BUT... let's do an un-official prize. We'll buy two items from our favorite shop this week, based on your "ABOUT US" game.

Post a link to your shop here, and if you did anything special, tell us why! 

Looking for a great designer to help boost my sales and image must be open mined on projects





Hallo Liebes Team,   

Ich bin seit dem 12.01.2021 auf Tiktok als Brativotv Unterwegs und gehe momentan nach nur sehr langen Zeit einen guten Weg. 
Ich finde das langsam gehört wird mein erster MERCH zu droppen, da viele Zuschauern und Abonnenten es gehen. 
Bräuchte nur ein bisschen Hilfe bei den Designs. 
Wäre cool fühlen sich da jemand finden lassen werden gelassen. 

Liebe Grüße Valentino Tomasovic (Brativotv) 

Hey! 
I have a collection of around 30 designs that I would need to have refurbished, since currently they are underground photoshop skills at work. The goal is to have the image in such a way that they can be easily printed on real hoodies, but also to have them ready to put in as finished designs here on spreadshirt! Can you image doing that? You would bring two years of design work to life! In any case,

Stay safe. And Awesome.

Jay

This is just me, live, reviewing our massive shop list. YEP, we open and review each one before the judges rank, review and coordinate together. 

We want to be sure we haven't missed anyone out there... so much amazing talent on the platform. This was just a very random login to share the process. You might see a couple familiar faces on this little stream:




We'll be in touch VERY soon!... Winner announcement next week. 

Hello, Friends, We Are CuriousKong We Design All Types of Corporate Gift design, Product Design, and Clothing Design. We are Already Done with Many Designs for the Bollywood Film Industry, Pharma Company, Clothing Company, Dance Academy. Medical Department, and Production House.

Sorry to contribute here so late, but my computer has been out of commission. Better late than never though, so here it goes!

Growing up, tea parties (the fancy, more British kind) were a regular part of my experience: tea with Grandma, tea with American Girl dolls and stuffed animals, and tea with our girls' club. However, it was many years later that I actually enjoyed the taste of a true cup of tea (herbal infusions, sugar water, and juice were the "teas" of my childhood).

College brought many new experiences, including a more mature palate that appreciated camellia sinensis in its various forms. About a year after I graduated, I ended up landing a job in a retail tea shop, and my inner tea nerd was born. Among family and friends, I became the go-to tea person, having tasted more than 100 different types at the shop. I also discovered and started attending annual tea festivals.

Unfortunately, retail was not the best long-term fit for me, and the sales stress finally gave way to a new job in a different field. But I would joke, "You can take the girl out of the tea shop, but you can't take the tea out of the girl." I kept up with the tea festival tradition, something my husband even jumped into with me, and deep down inside, I wished that I could own my own tea shop.

Southern California is not exactly the tearoom capital of America, and I knew that a traditional tearoom was simply not a practical pursuit for our family. I researched the possibility of becoming an independent tea consultant, but there were no options that fit my vision. And tea blogging was simply too much of a time commitment in light of my full-time employment.

Then came 2020. We were expecting our first baby, I was about to retire from my job to be a stay at home mom, and then the country shut down because of COVID.

This is definitely not a COVID story, but I'll just say this: 2020 was hard. 2020 brought difficulty. But 2020 also turned into a series of blessings for our family that we thank God for constantly. Home with our baby son, I had time to start enjoying digital art, and it was my husband who said, "You should put that on a shirt."

Light bulb moment! Graphics that centered on tea and related concepts came to mind naturally, and I already had a name in mind for my brand: The SoCal Cup and Saucer. I started researching design-your-own shirt companies. The first company I tried turned out to be a disappointment, but as a result, I stumbled on Spreadshirt, and my wish was fulfilled: I was the owner of a tea shop (er, tee shop).

Spreadshirt offered solutions for the biggest problems I had with the other company: shirt quality, shipping policies, and customization.

The other print-on-demand company used a variety of shirt brands that all differed in feel, fit, and quality, and I never knew what I would get (let alone my customers!). Spreadshirt backed its own products by self-branding, and I got consistency as a result.

The value-based shipping policy was what actually sold me on opening a Spreadshop. Most other POD companies have flat shipping rates per item, which add up in astronomic proportion. I couldn't bear to slap my customers with such outrageous fees, so I was extremely thankful that Spreadshirt followed a normal business pattern.

And I had so much fun customizing my Spreadshop! All the design, promo, and product options made me feel like I could make the SoCal Cup and Saucer my own. When I tell my friends that I own a "tea-shirt" shop, I feel confident in referring them to my website, and I don't have to offer any caveats.

This SLC gave me a push to run with my new business. I'm still doing it as a hobby (being a mom is full-time work, and I love it!), but it gives me a creative outlet and has taught me new things about advertising. I dislike social media in general, but using it professionally has actually been enjoyable, and I like connecting with other tea lovers and artists.

My dream is to take SoCal Cup and Saucer to one of the tea festivals along the West Coast. The kind of people I've met at those events are my primary target audience, and although POD merch is not exactly easy to sell from a booth, I keep thinking that there must be a way!