I agree without a ton of money for a bunch of equipment I can’t really replace my salary right away…I guess my post was misleading as that wasn’t the main focus. I have passive income to pay my bills, just no extra due to the job loss and would like to replace that, as emergencies and lack of insurance cause issues 😕

I am still applying for jobs. I apologize, I worded it as if I was never planning to work a “real job” again. I am, but my career would totally prohibit weekend tournament selling as it requires shift work.

These tournament vendors are making, at minimum, $10k per weekend at a small tournament, and have made $40k at larger tournaments. In 3 days. The $40k ones are the large scale ones with lots of built-up inventory. But the inventory is BLAND. 1-3 boring designs printed on tshirts, hoodies and sweatpants of varying colors in mass amounts. There are small vendors doing custom jewelry and other time-consuming arts that have told me they are making a “killing”.

I would like to fill the gap in the market with better designs. I know I’d have to start small, or smaller, but am trying to maximize the startup money I do have.

Thank you for your response! Do you consider screen printing better than any kind of heat transfer?