I was just wondering how long it took some of you guys with very sucsessful stores to get to the point your at now. Im sorry if this has been discussed many times before but I just think it would be informative and interesting to know since i've just gotten started. If this has infact been discussed before ill delete the post. thanks. 2008-03-06T23:06:58-05:00 15 2008-03-06T01:22:12-05:00 true 0 1712 false false 1490 2214 1 2009-11-21T04:12:02-05:00 365 I'm interested to know this too. Thanks for making this post. I'm specifically curious as to who of you are living solely off of your stores... Not to hijack. (I always do this... sorry... :/ ) 1712 Post 2008-03-06T01:26:00-05:00 43946 1490 2008-03-06T01:26:00-05:00 haha no problem at all. Your actually one of the stores i thought of as highly sucsessful. (nice site with numerous designs.) haha i just have the one as of now. 1712 Post 2008-03-06T01:29:27-05:00 43948 2214 2008-03-06T01:29:27-05:00 im curious too. although im not hurting. i aint retired and i still have to do stuff i dont want on occasion. heres a great article though... if you want to get famous and rich. http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php 1712 Post 2008-03-06T01:35:41-05:00 43952 2865 2008-03-06T01:35:41-05:00 <blockquote><cite>weaselfarm said:</cite> haha no problem at all. Your actually one of the stores i thought of as highly sucsessful. (nice site with numerous designs.) haha i just have the one as of now.</blockquote> Don't be fooled - I still work a day job. I hope to go full time with LF by 09, but that may be a pipe dream. I printed my first tee in February of 06, though. I took preorders before getting it printed so I could judge my market, then used that money to print a bunch of extras (and threw in another few hundred from my pocket). The momentum from that plus my own investment money funded a print every few months. But this year I'm finally able to print every month. Still not quite in that "highly successful" bracket though. But I do appreciate it. :) 1712 Post 2008-03-06T01:50:47-05:00 43958 1490 2008-03-06T01:50:47-05:00 very cool, so i suppose the best words to live by are you need to give money to make money, and be patient haha, anyone else? 1712 Post 2008-03-06T09:40:09-05:00 44071 2214 2008-03-06T09:40:09-05:00 I live solely off of HORSEBITES but that's from doing illustration and design work. There's no way I could live off of just my store, yet (hopefully). I haven't had my store for long at all. I think I opened it in August '07? Ha, I can't even remember. Short time though. But it is nice to live off of just doing design, I'm super grateful for that. 1712 Post 2008-03-06T09:45:42-05:00 44073 1181 2008-03-06T09:45:42-05:00 Are these stores online only? 1712 Post 2008-03-06T10:00:56-05:00 44078 1931 2008-03-06T10:00:56-05:00 I'm almost there! once I pay off some old debts and kick things up a bit, I'll be able to live off of just SEIBEI, but I'll probably keep my printing job for awhile. Also, I like how a lot of people assume I have multiple people working for me - I think that's because I use "we" sometimes when I refer to myself as a business entity/company. 1712 Post 2008-03-06T18:22:21-05:00 44469 497 2008-03-06T18:22:21-05:00 <blockquote><cite>seibei said:</cite> I'm almost there! once I pay off some old debts and kick things up a bit, I'll be able to live off of just SEIBEI, but I'll probably keep my printing job for awhile. Also, I like how a lot of people assume I have multiple people working for me - I think that's because I use "we" sometimes when I refer to myself as a business entity/company.</blockquote> Dude, I'm so happy for you! I've followed Seibei for a couple years now (found you on funkyduds) and it's super inspirational to know you're so close to living off of it! Will the printing job be a safety net or a means to get your shirts made cheap? 1712 Post 2008-03-06T18:28:29-05:00 44477 1490 2008-03-06T18:28:29-05:00 well, by close I mean within a year, but since I've been doing this since 2005 that's close enough for me. thanks Eric! Still, we'll see. The printing job keeps my production costs down, and it's good to have steady income, aaaaand I really like my job. 1712 Post 2008-03-06T18:41:58-05:00 44490 497 2008-03-06T18:41:58-05:00 I'd like to make the leap soon into strictly clothing and freelance. It can be done...you just gotta work hard, know the right people and make the right choices. 1712 Post 2008-03-06T18:56:06-05:00 44504 451 2008-03-06T18:56:06-05:00 I'm living off just doing t-shirt designs but I'd love to have my own line in the future. Seibei, like Gameyy said it's inspirational to hear you're almost there. Best of luck to both of you! 1712 Post 2008-03-06T19:52:34-05:00 44558 1259 2008-03-06T19:52:34-05:00 <blockquote><cite>seibei said:</cite> well, by close I mean within a year, but since I've been doing this since 2005 that's close enough for me. thanks Eric! Still, we'll see. The printing job keeps my production costs down, and it's good to have steady income, aaaaand I really like my job.</blockquote> Yeah I envy your knowledgableness regarding shirt printing. It's a major advantage to have that at your disposal! I really hope you make it out to ICE, it'd be sweet (though intimidating) to be showing at the same event! 1712 Post 2008-03-06T20:33:11-05:00 44591 1490 2008-03-06T20:33:11-05:00 psssshaw, you'll be fine. you're already better than most of the t-shirts I've seen out there on the indie craft circuit. 1712 Post 2008-03-06T20:37:14-05:00 44593 497 2008-03-06T20:37:14-05:00 <blockquote><cite>seibei said:</cite> psssshaw, you'll be fine. you're already better than most of the t-shirts I've seen out there on the indie craft circuit.</blockquote> Lol, I was talking about Seibei bro. I fear the Lint will be steamrolled by Zombie and Cyclops awesomeness! 1712 Post 2008-03-06T23:06:58-05:00 44710 1490 2008-03-06T23:08:06-05:00