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Shop Partner Interview with Matteo from Milktees

What inspired or motivated you to open a shop and how long have you run the shop?

I think that drawing t-shirts could be a great way to be brilliant.

I’ve always had a passion for customized tees, since I was a baby. I had fun picking up coloured pens and drawing on shirts, or printing my designs using rudimentary transfers that my mom fixed with the iron! 😀

Then, I started to work as a graphic designer and a whole world made of vectors and pixels appeared in front of me! So, I decided to open my Spreadshirt Milktees shop last September.

How did you learn about Spreadshirt?

There was a time in which I was searching for a way to start “my own label”. The step from Google to Spreadshirt was, effectively, quite short 😀

How much time do you invest in your shop? Do you create designs yourself?

Oh, being a freelance graphic designer gives you a lot of free time. I spend so much time drawing my graphics, but most of them quickly find their way in the bin.

I’m so strict with myself!

I use to create ’em by myself, but every design is “critiqued” by my sweet-half Irene <3

Where and how do you market your shop and make it well-known? Read more

Today is T-Shirt Day! Win 10 Shirts & Free Standard Shipping All Day!

Happy T-Shirt Day!!

Today and today only – get free standard shipping on your order! No minimum order value or other conditions to speak of here. Simply use the voucher code T-DAY2011 when going through checkout and we’ll send your products to you free of charge. Simple as that!

So, wait no longer to get that custom shirt you’ve been eyeing – today is the day: T-Day.

But that’s not all – Win 10 Free Shirts Simply by Submitting a Photo

What shirt were you wearing on T-Shirt Day? What kind of t-shirt activities were you up to? Take a picture of yourself or your family and friends wearing your favourite t-shirts. Then upload it on the Spreadshirt Facebook page or post a link to the photo in the comments below. You have until 26 June 2011 to submit your photo/link. Our jury of t-shirt experts will then select 3 of the best photos and award each of the winners with 10 FREE t-shirts for their next t-shirt party!

Sports Collection and More Products Available for Digital Direct

Since the beginning of the month we’ve had a new collection getting sporty our shelves. Men’s, Women’s and Kids’ breathable shirts from the same brand – and that means you can now match the same colors and styles. So now you can go out there as a whole family or together as a team with our new sport collection.

Some of us (me included!) tested them on a company run and and we all agreed they are perfect for sports. They don’t stick to your body or show the effects of your hard work (a.k.a. sweat). Another awesome new feature is that they are tageless. So that means no annoying neck-label, as the product information and wash instructions are printed inside directly on the fabric. All print foil types are available for this shirt, even flock, which gives it a nice and professional look! Read more

Winners of Spreadshirt’s 1st API Contest

The past few days we’ve presented the 14 submissions for Spreadshirt’s 1st ever API contest. Now we’re ready to name the winners! As you saw in Martin’s posts (Part 1 and Part 2), we broke the submissions down in to 5 different categories. The majority of the submissions fell into the category “bringing different types of content to clothing”. In the API contest’s description, we purposely decided against laying down clear category boundary lines – but this is still covered within our platform strategy. The fact that many of the submissions fell into this type of category has influenced how we approach our API and how future contests will be organized. But, more on that at a later date.

Intro out of the way, let’s get to the winners! After lots of meetings and hefty discussion, we decided to award the prizes as follows: Read more

Presenting Submissions for Spreadshirts 1st API Contest – Part 2

Earlier today we took a closer look at 8 of the 14 submissions for the 1st Spreadshirt API contest. Now we want to present the 6 remaining apps that dealt with the question: “how to do you best integrate the Spreadshirt API in existing websites?”

Topic 3: How do I integrate Spreadshirt content into existing websites?

The Spreadshirt API was used in this area to access article or design lists from Spreadshirt shops and present them, create new products and allow them to be added to the basket for purchase.

ShirtPress –Wordpress Plugin

URL: http://example.shirtpress-plugin.de/shop
Screenshots:

Description:

ShirtPress is a WordPress plugin that allows you to show article lists from Spreadshirt shops directly in a WordPress blog for purchase. ShirtPress creates its own basket that the customer can use to add articles and then purchase from there. Checkout then follows via the Spreadshirt checkout system.

Sheepstealers – WordPress Plugin

URL: http://www.sheepstealers.ie/
Screenshots: Read more