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Of course the shirt applies to pretty much the whole Midwest right now, so that helps from a market segment perspective.",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Shirts sold at $16 with shipping included","maker",[65,69],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"2173382","soamv","These costs are already factored into the price of the shirts, so you don't have to pay any additional costs for shipping Nice touch -- both for including the shipping price in…",{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"2176017","I've mentioned this several times, but I'll bring it up again because I'm legitimately surprised at how expensive many seem to think these shirts are. Screen printing should…",{"value":73,"source":63,"evidence":74},"Test viral features and capitalize on a fast trend",[75],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":77,"source":63,"evidence":78},"About 4 hours",[79],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},[81],{"value":82,"source":63,"evidence":83},"HTML and CSS",[84],{"id":85,"by":11,"text":86},"2173609","Nope, this one was just straight up css and html. Nothing fancy here - no reason to, its only a single page :) oh and its hosted on whatever my cheap web hosting is. Is it sad…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":91,"objections":119,"requests":141,"questions":164,"alternatives":183},[92,108],{"value":93,"source":94,"evidence":95},"Polished landing page and design","commenter",[96,100,104],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"2173330","makmanalp","Great landing page. I instantly get what's being sold and for how much, and the sale is a click away.",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"2173966","random42","This looks very polished for a 4 hour effort. Congrats on being profitable. :)",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"2173529","joelmichael","Nice work, your good site design is a big part of why it works. Maybe you can turn this into a brand that makes more ironic t-shirts about overblown current events?",{"value":109,"source":94,"evidence":110},"Savvy opportunism",[111,115],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"2173229","unshift","i wouldn't call it exploitive, rather i would say it's very savvy. even if it's a one-time shot, it's real money and you're not doing anything shady to earn it. that's how people…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"2173384","icandoitbetter","You found the opportunity and owned it. I can't see how that deserves any criticism. How much did you make so far?",[120,127,134],{"value":121,"source":94,"evidence":122},"Hacker News is not the right place for get-rich-quick stories",[123],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"2175291","danielhfrank","I suppose I'll be in the minority on a site run by a VC, but I'm pretty disappointed that a get-\"rich\"-quick story like this can outpace technical articles here - no doubt the…",{"value":128,"source":94,"evidence":129},"Shirts are a poor fit for summer in Chicago",[130],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"2174960","u48998","So are we expected to wear these T-Shirts in summer in Chicago? Nice idea at the right time but I am not sure why people would buy such things. 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Whats the total cost for printing and shipping?",{"id":180,"by":181,"text":182},"2173266","djahng","Where are the shirts being made? Are they made to order and drop-shipped like Cafe Press\u002FZazzle? Or are you building up inventory?",[184,193],{"value":185,"source":94,"evidence":186},"Cafepress and Zazzle",[187,190],{"id":188,"by":11,"text":189},"2173588","Building up orders to place a bulk wholesale order. Cafe press and zazzle are overpriced for the customers and too low profits for sellers. Why would I charge somebody $24 +…",{"id":191,"by":11,"text":192},"2173482","No zazzle or cafepress. I'm building up orders for a bulk wholesale order of good quality screenprinted tees. Haven't started printing or shipping just yet, as is explained on…",{"value":194,"source":94,"evidence":195},"Threadless and Design by Humans",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"2173654","kalpeshjoshi","I love online shirt designs \u002F prints \u002F creativity. 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