I want to sell my design on tee shirts, which site is the best for me?

If you were hired to create a design for a tee shirt you would retain your copyright, unless you were paid (example) 3x your fee to hand your copyright over.

So the tee shirts sites you want will

A) Allow you to retain your copyright

B) set prices/make a royalty

C) show an artist’s profile which links back to your site, blog, etc.

You should also be concerned with quality of the product and customer support systems if you decide to sell goods through a print on demand site. Also check on how the site will pay you, it is after a set amount of time? Or held until you make over a certain amount? Also check if your site is international how they accept payment, etc.

DO NOT ENTER CONTESTS. Only 2% of entrants ever win contests, meanwhile you may be giving away your copyright just by submitting. That’s your work and your ideas for free, to a private business, you don’t even have the satisfaction of it supporting a charity. Also, these sites never help you gain a following, and you can’t use them in professional portfolios. It’s a RIP OFF (shakes fist) It’s referred to professionally as ‘working on speculation’ and it’s unethical. There are plenty of ways to make your stuff, spread it around and make a buck.

Sites to try: (btw, all these sites are free to join and I have not used them)

TeeFury, (retain copyright, royalty, artist promotion)

Qwertee (retain copyright, royalty, artist promotion - but only for one day)

TeePublic (retain copyright, royality, artist promotion)

Print on Demand:

Society6 (retain copyright, you set prices on art prints, royalties for other products, artist promotion, sales offers, good quality, good customer support, ability to control art design on variety of products, no third party sales or changes to artwork, when you remove artwork or close your account it does not stay on site) Society6 pays you once a month with no threshold and there are no fees for payment, site is great at promotions provides you with free sale templates and easy to navigate. (it helps that artists began the site) this is where I live babies.

Redbubble (retain copyright, artist is allowed to set their royalties after a base price, artist promotion, you can’t cancel orders, ability to control art design on variety of products,site is allowed to dispose of excess product as they see fit) you can remove art and cancel your account, but your art may remain on site for sale ‘within a commercially reasonable time' Redbubble will hold earnings until you make a certain amount. (have an account, but have not used this site)

Zazzle (retain copyright, royalty, artist promotion, you can remove art and cancel your account, but your art may remain on site for sale, site has the ability to change your design and make third party sales at a price it decides (so for example, a company can order your product with their name added at a bulk rate) Zazzle will hold your earnings until you make over a certain amount and they charge fees if you get a payment by Paypal or check etc. Tried this site, wasn't impressed by quality.

Cafe Press (retain copyright, royalty, artist promotion, you can remove art and cancel your account, but your art may remain on site for sale, site has the ability to change your design and make third party sales at a price it decides (so for example, a company can order your product with their name added at a bulk rate) Cafe Press will hold your earnings until you make over a certain amount and they charge fees if you get a payment by Paypal or check etc. (put bluntly, it takes a long time to be paid on this free site) Has a ‘fan portal’ to create for your fave fandoms, but this has a review process and these products must remain exclusive to the CP site. Has a free site option and a paid shop option. Tried this site, wasn't impressed by quality.

Threadless has a contest model for design challenges, but you retain copyright, royalty, site has the ability to change your design and make third party sales at a price it decides, if it uses your art in a promotion (calender etc.) you will receive no payment. Payment once a month via Paypal, no fees. I have not used this site.

*Etsy doesn't apply here (as you make your own goods, not have someone make shirts for you, though recently Etsy is allowing third parties to sell there, with approval I suppose? It's sort of fuzzy. Etsy is also a site you pay for with a fee monthly, regardless of if you have sales or not, percent goes up with more sales.

Carrot Cake with Orange Marmalade Cream Cheese Frosting

I've had so many compliments on this cake it's ridiculous

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
4 large eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed golden brown sugar
1/2 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup orange juice
3 cups peeled carrots grated
3/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts

frosting *for single layer cake
2 0z package cream cheese room temp
1 cup powdered sugar
2/3 cup orange marmalade
3 tablespoons butter room temp
1 teaspoon finely grated orange peel

Preheat oven to 350degrees, butter and flour 2 9" round cake pans or 1 large square baking pan
Sift first five ingredients
Beat eggs, oil, sugars, marmalade and juice in a large bowl until blended
Stir dry ingredients into 'wet' bowl
Fold in carrots and nuts
Bake until tester comes out clean (30-40 min)
Cool completely before frosting

Frosting (double recipe for layer cake)
Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl, add marmalade, butter and orange peel