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Ive just ordered a bit of a equipment, have i forgotten anything essential?
Spent 1140£ in total with VAT/shipping, not as bad as i feared starting out would be (assuming i havent missed anything).
By fedex/dhl trackings i get evrything delivered the 12th/13th, looking forward to try it out now.

Got quoted 560£ for 2x mug heat press and 192x 11oz mug with styrofoam shipping boxes, gone see how well i do printing/selling covers before considering to get mugs also.

What ive bought sofar is;
Epson Workforce 7015 A3 printer
Continuous ink system
200ml black
200ml cyan
200ml magenta
200ml yellow

15x15 inch flat heat press
A3 paper cutter/guillotine with 3knives (cut/wave/dotted)

500x A4 sublimation paper
100x A3 sublimation paper

10x 5mm (33m) high temperature resistant tape
10x 10mm (33m) high temperature resistant tape
2x large tape dispenser with cutter
Heat resistant gloves (upto 500c)

950x Sublimation smart phone covers (50% black, 50% white)
- iPhone 4/4s (100pcs)
- iPhone 5/5s (100pcs)
- Samsung Galaxy S2 (50pcs)
- Samsung Galaxy S3 (50pcs)
- Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (50pcs)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (100pcs)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (100pcs)
- samsung galaxy Note (50pcs)
- samsung galaxy Note 2 (50pcs)
- samsung galaxy Note 3 (100pcs)
- Sony Xperia Z (50pcs)
- Htc One (50pcs)
- Galaxy ace (50pcs)
- Galaxy s advance (50pcs)

1000x Self seal retail pack for phone covers
1000x plastic shipping envelopes

Did you buy any experience? Or do you already have some? Is this completely new to you?
welcome anyway.

Have you tested the market already on the products you are wanting to sell?
You seem to have ordered a lot of blank product for someone starting out.
You would have been better buying in less stock 'til you knew what your best sellers were going to be, and then buying shedloads of them - especially for things like phone covers.
ink, paper, heat tape - you'll always need them, so no problems with them, although I would have thought you'd want to buy litres of ink, rather than a couple of 100mls for the amount of blank product you've got.

Did you include your £10 Premium Membership? That would be the best investment

....and welcome to the forum by the way.

LOL, agree with Justin, what you can gain from this forum will be easily worth more than ten times £10 for you and your business.

Dave271069;78863 wrote:Did you buy any experience? Or do you already have some? Is this completely new to you?
welcome anyway.

Ive been involved in design from concept to final print and the pressing on mugs/t-shirts in the past, doing the whole process myself is new to me but i do have friends/acquaintances that has been doing this for a while that offer their assistance.
Its a learning curve but i see that as a challenge.

pisquee;78875 wrote:Have you tested the market already on the products you are wanting to sell?
You seem to have ordered a lot of blank product for someone starting out.
You would have been better buying in less stock 'til you knew what your best sellers were going to be, and then buying shedloads of them - especially for things like phone covers.
ink, paper, heat tape - you'll always need them, so no problems with them, although I would have thought you'd want to buy litres of ink, rather than a couple of 100mls for the amount of blank product you've got.

I already import leather cases and other accesories to cell phones that sell decent so i know what phones there is the most demand for, ordered a wide arrangement of blanks for starters since basicly their cheap and having a wide selection is good for the marketing.
I have indeed not ordered alot of ink yet, was quoted 140£ for 80x 10ml with the mix of colors as i choose, has a 6day delivery so for now i just ordered ink to cover testing/failing process and will restock the needed quantity when i am at the point of retailing.

Justin;78883 wrote:Did you include your £10 Premium Membership? That would be the best investment

....and welcome to the forum by the way.

pisquee;78884 wrote:LOL, agree with Justin, what you can gain from this forum will be easily worth more than ten times £10 for you and your business.

Have not bought it yet, but i do definatly see the value of it as i am new to doing the process from design to final product by myself.
I fully realise that i will not be able to provide retail quality from day1, and that this forum has alot of priceless pointers/tips for worth way beyond the 10£ price and hopefully shorten my learning curve intil i reach the point that i can sell products.


Basicly the point i am coming from is that i already import varius gadgets and phone accesories for resale in a small scale (500-1500£ a month), and see the market/practicality for printing versus stocking thousands of covers to have all models.
But need to do the learning process upto being able to provide a retail product.

When it comes to selling the product i can in a 12-16week timeframe bring in 3000-5000 organic visitors pr month from SEO alone, have a established network of blogs to promote threw cheaply and can setup the store myself at a 80-120$ cost in licenses.
I normaly provide this service to retailers but i am looking to get established myself instead of just helping others get their stores running.

can i ask you if you bought your gear from UK? or Norway?

in answer to your actual question

Yes you have everything you need to start printing and selling.

Good luck and welcome to the forum

Paul;78892 wrote:can i ask you if you bought your gear from UK? or Norway?

For most of it i used my regular procurement agent in china that collected prices from a few factories along with what brands they normaly produce for.
In general i like to purchase directly from factories that also produce for quality brands as they often sell off their surplus production dirt cheap compared to buying from the brand.

For blanks i paid 0.36-0.75£ each with shipping included, will add tablets (1-1.8£) when i restock covers. (prices at 50-100pc each)
Found retail packed screen protectors at 0,1£ each with shipping for all phone models so considering to get those so i can do "Free screen protector included, regular value ...".