At 918 Design Company, Leeah Calvert has been on an exciting entrepreneurial journey, which we’ve been lucky to witness. Leeah joined us previously on the Print Hustlers Podcast to share how she grew her Oklahoma-based business and the challenges that came along with...
Customer Stories
Wee’s Tees: Building a Thriving Business Focused on Quality
“Printavo allows you to focus on day-to-day operations rather than on each job. Whether you’re in charge of art, production, or customer service, you can see where each job is in the production process,” Randy Wee, Wee's Tees. Randy Wee has a long history with...
Print Hustlers Conference 2024: Why You Should Attend
Learn why Don’t Lose Hope (DLH) Screen Printing urges shop owners of all sizes to attend the Print Hustlers Conference 2024 and the valuable tools they’ve taken away for long-term growth. https://youtu.be/wwtFSkusK_c?feature=shared As the year winds down at Inktavo,...
Making Moves in Portland: Oregon Design Specialist
Building a reputation is crucial to running a successful custom-branded merchandise business. For Oregon Design Specialist, that reputation has been focused on quality and reliable turnarounds since day one. Based in Portland, Oregon, co-owners Leydi and Edgar Meza...
The Perfect Match: How Compound Sportswear Cornered the Wrestling Team Apparel Market
Sportswear is a popular revenue generator for many print shops, but for Compound Sportswear, finding a niche within that category has been a big part of its success. The company’s roots date to 2011, when owners Stephanie and Cliff Fretwell participated in a...
Beyond Band Shirts: How Midnight Supply Company Serves the Music Merchandising Niche
All photos by Owen Weitzel While many screen printers run shops because they’ve honed their craft and turned it into a business, a whole other subset of business owners enter the industry because of an interest in other worlds tangentially related to it. For...
Customer Success Story: Moving from East to West with Get It Got It
Curious about how Printavo and InkSoft integration can benefit your shop? Check out this video from Courtnee at Wyoming-based business Get It Got It. Scroll below to learn more about their journey from a side hustle on the East Coast to a full-time business out West....
Whiskey No Rocks: From Full-Time Music to Full-Time Screen Printing!
We recently had a chance to chat with one of our new customers, Nick Alligood from Whiskey No Rocks, and learn about where he's looking to take his business with the power of Printavo. We talked about his transition from being a musician to venturing into screen...
Shop Tour | Print Renegades: The Vibey-est Screen Printing Shop in Los Angeles
Join Print Renegades in Los Angeles for a shop tour with a truly unique vibe. Started in 2012, Print Renegades serves a broad customer niche: “we can do one piece on our DTG printer or we can do thousands.” The biggest tool they use to grow? Word of mouth. “Companies...
What Happened at TeeSpring? | Supply Chain Breakdowns and More
Curious about what happened with TeeSpring? Now rebranded as Spring, TeeSpring was one of the earliest venture capital backed forays into custom printing. After a multimillion dollar investment, TeeSpring found the graphic t-shirt game much harder than anyone...
“Making a Print Shop for Your Friends” | Culture and Screen Printing with Upstate Merch
What if you started a print shop with your best friends – and printed for your favorite bands, companies, and celebs? That's what Upstate Merch has made a reality. Join owner Dylan Gilligan as he shares the story of a tight-knit shop in rural New York. "All of...
The Best Heat Transfer? Supacolor’s Growth in the Screen Print Industry
Heard of Supacolor? If you haven’t, your print shop is missing out. They’ve created “the Holy Grail of heat transfers.” It’s a water based heat transfer, arriving fully cured – with no weeding or trimming required....