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Hello,

My name is Ben and I ran a small home based screen printing business.
I started fairly recently.  My first immediate goal at this point is
to create a website that seamlessly combines screen printing with
apparel retail. The competition is light; there are Cafepress.com,
Threadless.com, and etc. but the key here is merge two very
interrelated operations into one. I have done my share of research and
I honestly have no seen a website that combines both custom printing
and apparel retailing to their full potentials. The screen printing
 industry offers high rewards and marketing is the key to survive. I
 plan to market to overlooked niche groups such as start-up bands for
custom printing and intend to use venues such as Facebook. The
targeted audience group for this business is between 18-28 years old.
Obviously, the long term goal of this business is to establish itself
as a sustainable enterprise and eventually fully integrate the online
experience with franchise stores. This is a high growth market based
on the billion-dollar apparel retailing industry. I personally believe
it will succeed. I have tested some limited concept ideas online with
very tangible successes.  However, I lack the funding to achieve and I be interested in getting 100k-200k.

If you are interested, we can schedule a phone call to further
discuss the details I mentioned above.

Thank You very much for your interest

Ben

Ben,
I would like to forward you to t-shirts.com.  They do exactly as you are describing and they have gained a pretty decent market presense.

Greg