Gotcha. I was thinking with the sticker type prints you can do yourself they usually don't last that long, they look good initially but start to wear off after a few washes.
Hands on seems ideal for profit margins too. :) Though gotta be some better/still relatively cheap machines out there for printing... good to know how this business works anyhow. Bummer about the bad quality prints.
Cyberdevil
I thought Etsy handled prints and all when you sold there... you actually get an order you have to fulfil yourself there huh. Do you use stickers, iron them onto the shirts? I imagine a t-shirt business gets difficult if you don't have real machines; some level of automation, but very cool initiative.
The designs were dope too.
StufflingDX
Etsy is eBay for art, so you're typically doing it yourself. Many print on demand services have integration with Etsy which is what I did for these shirts. They were nice, but the last two a friend ordered were inconsistent which pissed me off. I think I'll be more happy with a more hands on approach