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Very cool St Patrick’s Day parade Irish t-shirt shop and leprechaun shamrock gift store.
Feb/March 2008
So St Patrick’s day is around the corner, you want to be Irish for a day and you have absolutely no idea where to go to prepare. Well luckily for you we found a little gem, or should I say shamrock, of a store for you to get all those great Irish St. Patricks day shirts and gifts.
With shirts like “Kiss me I’m Irish”, “hot, sexy and Irish” and of course numerous leprechaun designs how can you go wrong. The t-shirt masters at www.10tshirts.com have set up one of the larger Irish shops on the web so you can get your gear without leaving the comfort of your home or having to forgo your lunch at the office. They ship worldwide too so whether its Saint Paddy’s day in Dublin, St. Patrick’s day Parade 2008 in New York or simply a beer down at the local Irish pub in Sydney you can proudly go out and about this March the 17th. A 100% 30 days quality guarantee is standard so no worries there.
It’s not just an Irish girls and guys drinking and green Irish stew day either. They have stuff for the whole family. Literally! With over 50 of the top Irish family names on a crest you can make it a family day picnic or go to a parade together. There’s the bonus that no one will get lost either.
So put on those dancing shoes, toast the day with Eire’s “Slaite” with a beer or green drink for the kids on account of Paddy and then head off to your closest St Pats Day Parade. It’s sure to be a blast. Erin Go Bragh and Ireland that.
For more information head over to: www.10tshirts.com or go directly to the St. Patrick’s day shop www.10tshirts.com/store/index.cgi/10tees.hotnfunky.2100219+irish-pride-eire-st-paddy.html
FEBRUARY 2008 PRESS RELEASE
There's Still a Place Out There for the Budding Internet Retailer Small graphic design online T-shirt and gift retailer "Designs by Mish" grows 188.7 percent for the period 1st of November 2007 to 31st January 2008, pointing to the possibility of 2008 being the return of the "little guy with big dreams". Los Angeles, CA (Bluehost/PRWEB ) February 5, 2008 -- Small graphic design online T-shirt and gift retailer "Designs by Mish" reported a 3 month sales growth from 1st November 2007 to 31 January 2008 of 188.7 percent.
Whatever we can think of goes into this store -- perhaps we should do a kitchen sink design.
The big surprise though was that the strong Christmas growth was followed by a solid 155 percent increase in January. Chief Designer and owner Mish commented, "The January figure was very pleasing since a large number of customers flock to the internet for Christmas Gift shopping to avoid the congestion at the malls. Perhaps we are starting to benefit from the huge sale of PCs at the end of last year -- 2008 could be the year that the internet gets real market share." Due to additions of new higher quality items and a change in product mix, the average retail price increased from $14.22 to $21.40, resulting in an impressive gross profit growth of 210 percent. Another milestone in the up and coming outfit was the breaking of the 100,000 products available barrier. "We are very fortunate in that we have a model that is not dependent on fashion and not limited by rentable store space. We can keep our best sellers going forever. Obviously we add new designs daily -- the nature of the search engines and the customer demand it." This raises an interesting point that the traditional retailers have always struggled with. When do you replace a product and how do you keep your traditional customers while gunning for new customers and new markets? The question is not an issue for online stores. With a decent layout you can add products endlessly and if you start seeing a conflict in design, simply buy a new .com.
"Designs by Mish" have three online stores and two more in the pipeline that should be ready for March and June, respectively. Recently renamed www.10tshirts.com is the oldest shop and the most general. "Whatever we can think of goes into this store -- perhaps we should do a kitchen sink design." Their next store, a more focused effort, www.worldsoccergifts.com, is dedicated to soccer, possibly for overseas customers the word football would be more appropriate but they seem to alternate the words throughout the site. So far they have made 192 countries available. This year should see the addition of more of the popular national animal country flag designs and the remaining countries of the world will be added. The newest store, www.serendipityposters.com, is dedicated to the reconstruction of vintage poster prints, apparently a painstakingly slow but very satisfying process. Prices are a bit steeper but then they require a lot more work. 2008 will see early 20th century art added but the posters will remain the core work. With over 2,000 posters waiting to be given back to the public as reconstructed prints the team has a lot of work ahead.
So what does the growth of a relatively small online retailer mean for the web and traditional retailers? Mish is very pragmatic, "Probably very little really other than the fact that there is still space for the small business in retail. With the malls pricing out independent shops in preference for large franchise and chain stores the web has given back a sustainable selling channel to the little guy. Let's face facts our designs are very raw done in the back of the garage style but we are hitting a nerve by offering T-shirt designs and subject matters that big retailers simply cannot. Our customers feel secure because we are backed by state of the art secured payment systems and a proven 30 day quality guarantee."
The other point that Mish fails to mention is that online stores like theirs ship worldwide and with the weak US dollar and a fully online catalogue, capturing international customers without investing in new store construction is a major advantage over traditional brick and mortar stores. In the big picture growths like these may appear rather meaningless but for the little guy with big dreams the web is recovering its luster that it lost after the internet chrash. In 2008 hard work and real substance may just be winning back fans of the online miracle.
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9 October 2007 Status Slowly the new site is bedding down and I'm pleased to say that It has developed a loyal following - Over a third of first time visitors are book marking the sight for future visits. I have decided to add each months previous new designs and sections here so even if you are new to the site you will be able to follow a bit of its history and development. Image and product Additions:
Well loads of designing going on to cover the gaps - 10 tshirts now boasts over 50 000 Product options for you to choose from ! Yes My eyes are shot but I am enjoying it.
Production quality :
With a success rate of 99.9% this month our production team is absolutely flying high. They were given a post production inspector and this has lead to any trends being identified and the issues ironed out promptly. It of course also keeps the elves happily on their toes to satisfy you and raised the bar generally.
I will probably give you a mid-month update again but in the meantime enjoy all the New stuff !
Mish
17 September 2007 Take a look at our newest section on Halloween 2007. Full of witches, goblins, cemetries, bats, brooms, spiders, coffins and other great images all designed for a fun halloween day whether for the kids, friends or even to wear at the office.
Greeting to New visitors
After a year of Hot n Funky trading we have established our new 10tshirts.com website. The new site will give us more flexibility to enhance your shopping experience. We have recently celebrated our first birthday and things couldn`t be looking better.
We have managed to average a 99% customer satisfaction rate which is unbelievable for an online store. The area that I have been most suprised about is that on the clothing side the sizes have been really accurate. Having said that if you are from Itay, Spain, France or Other smaller body framed countries our sizes are more in tune with the American, Canadian, German, Dutch and English customer. So we suggest you order on the smaller side. You will find detailed sizing information next to each product.
Sometime in August we will expect to hit another milestone. At the moment we are on 1903 orders and we should hit 2000 in August. Keep an eye out because we are likely to suprise you with some kind of celebration. Just add us to your favourites and visit us regulary.
In the last 6 months Mish has been hard at designing and he has generated a massive 33000 products for you to buy. We are expecting an explosion in sales in the next months as the Search engines get to indexing our new site. The fact that you have arrived here already is testomany to the work we are doing to get the new site noticed.
So why 10tshirts. Hey we like the number 10. Great sports number think Pele, Maradona, Perfect 10, No. 10 Downing street, top 10, decimal system based on 10, 10 x 10 = 100, 10 ways to... etc. Plus its an easy name to remember isn`t it ? Our T-shirts will always be hot n funky at heart so nothing is lost there.
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PRESS RELEASE FROM 10th of AUGUST 2007
New Online T-shirt and Gifts Store Exposes Boring "Brick and Mortar" Shopping Sites
Through good old raw creative energy www.10tshirts.com is exposing the failings of "brick and mortar" store sites. Designer Mish of 10tshirts says that "the white background nature of department store sites is getting old fast - everything is about add on sales rather then the design on their t-shirts and gifts".
Los Angeles, CA (Bluehost/PRWEB ) August 10, 2007 -- Brick and mortar stores have forgotten about their customer in pursuit of add on sales says Mish chief designer at new www.10tshirts.com - "the white background nature of department store sites is getting old fast - everything is about add on sales rather then the design on their t-shirts and gifts".
The new purely on-line store shows signs of the early rebel Internet sites. The t-shirt designs are raw, if not naive and a bit clumsy and the site itself has a designed in the garage look - but thats the whole point according to the designer. "People come to the net looking for something different that they can relate to. They don´t need perfect polished products available at the local shopping mall they need cool silly fun that awakens a feeling within them that they can identify with."
With over 35,000 products of totally exclusive designs www.10tshirts.com is about to explode onto the T-shirt scene.
There is a wide range of topics from the hippest of graphic art, logos, great satirical designs, animal lovers interests and special sections on Sports T-shirts, Italians, Irish and African ethnic art. To rank up the kitsch factor they even have all the American state flags done in shaded and retro styles on T-shirts and gift items.
Aimed at the whole family you will find gifts for teenagers, kids, gifts for her, gifts for him, gifts for dad and mom too. With over 90 product types including frames, mugs, golf shirts, baby grows and T-shirts sized toddler to mens and womens oversizes, there´s no complaining for lack of variety of choice. It won´t be hard to spoil yourself rotten with these unique and very hot T-shirts.
Plenty of variety and depth in design ensures a global appeal and should prove a hit in no time with local USA and international consumers.
The site does the basics right though, offering fully secured on-line shopping with US based worldwide shipping for all your International gift buying requirements. A variety of shipping methods combines economy with last minute needs. They offer a full 100% 30 day quality guarantee setting an unbeatable minimum level of service.
Since the surge of mainstream brick and mortar stores on the net its a welcome relief to see raw talent and creative spirit again. The site is a breathe of fresh air in a crowded but popular market place and brings back the fun in on-line T-shirt and gift shopping.
Go back to the designs here. 