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T-shirts
A versatile hero product that rewards strong silhouettes and readable artwork.
Good starting audiences
- Communities and hobbies
- Events and teams
- Gift buyers
Design structures
- Centered graphic
- Badge or stacked typography
- Small chest mark
Works well
- High-contrast subjects
- Limited focal points
- Transparent backgrounds
Avoid
- Tiny details
- Unproofed gradients
- Text near the printable edge
Personalization options
- Names
- Team roles
- Dates
Production notes
- DTG, DTF, screen print, and transfer methods behave differently.
- Garment color changes perceived contrast.
File checks
- Exact print-area template
- Real pixel size
- Transparent-edge cleanup
Common risks
- Unexpected ink feel
- Placement variation
- Fine lines filling in
Sources and specifications
Supplier and platform requirements change. Recheck the current page before production or publication.
- Printful — How to prepare the perfect print file for DTG Official rule or guidance. Provider-specific DTG preparation guidance; always recheck the selected supplier's template. See evidence boundary
Guide chapters
- Research & methods
- What POD is—and what AI changes
- The complete POD workflow
- Find markets, people, and trends
- Choose products and build a range
- Ways to make POD artwork
- Skills and an asset knowledge base
- Build an AI toolkit
- Match design, product, and print method
- Prepare print-ready files
- Design reliable personalization
- Mockups, listings, pricing, and testing
- Rights, platform rules, and your 2027 plan