Comments on: Why I Use Spreadshirt

By: Tommy White

Tommy White — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:41:42 +0000

The way I have mine set up is that it looks as if you never leave my site. Other than that a lot of users use iframes and have good success even though I wouldn’t recommend it. I am not sure of any other PODs that allow you to run applications for checkout services from your own site

By: Al

Al — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:05:45 +0000

Can you recommend the best solution around this? I am selling other things besides t-shirts in my shop and I can’t really have people leave the site for another shopping cart. What would you do? or do you know of any other POD that would allow you to sell through your own shopping cart.

Thanks

” The problem with this, and it’s a big one, is that people will be leaving your site”

By: Tommy White

Tommy White — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:37:18 +0000

Yes I only offer the flex. While the color options (numbers) are limited I love the look and feel along with the durability. I have tried their DTG which is nice but on dark colors I didn’t like it at the time. It may be better now since they are expanding and always testing new products. Before going to Spreadshirt the only other provider I used was Cafepress.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:34:26 +0000

Are all of the shirts in your store flex print? Have you tried Spreadshirts print-on-demand or any of the other providers out there?

By: Tommy White

Tommy White — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:39:56 +0000

Hi Dennis,

To my knowledge there is no extension that integrates Spreadshirt in to Joomla. The way most people do it is through iframes which is bad for a lot of reasons. The best way to do it is just make your hosted joomla site the way you want it to look and then duplicate it for the Spreadshirt shop (hosted by Spreadshirt). The problem with this, and it’s a big one, is that people will be leaving your site. On the plus side if both sites look identical then most times no one will even know the difference. I always get asked how I integrated mine and the truth is I just did it how I mentioned above.

I know that’s probably not the answer you were looking for but I hope it helps.

By: dennis

dennis — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:43:52 +0000

Tommy.
Thanks for sharing. I have a few joomla sites online but my php skills arent as great as i would like them to be. Would yu happen to knw where I can find a joomla extension/script to integrate spreadshirt and joomla?
Thanka again.

By: lucy

lucy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:30:55 +0000

Thanks!

By: Tommy White

Tommy White — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:59:45 +0000

Yes the o.6 rule can be frustrating. They are getting better with the new DTG printing but I still prefer Flex/Flox.
BTW I love your work.

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:43:30 +0000

Hei Tommy,
Thank you for this very helpful blog. I recently joined Spreadshirt and I’m excited about their print quality and customization features. My main problem has been the approval process to vector art, specially the minimum of .06 inches rule… It’s been very stressful and time consuming trying to adapt my designs. I’m actually almost giving up Flex and Flock even though I originally create my designs in Illustrator.

By: alfred

alfred — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:45:44 +0000

thanks man