MSH #006: What Is Minimalist Clothing
And how you can get started in 4 simple steps.
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Minimalist Side Hustles newsletter.
Each week (for the first 10 weeks) we will cover a different minimalist side hustle, this week we dive into minimalist clothing.
Minimalist clothing was one of the first minimalist side hustles I found success with after starting Minimalist Hustler in 2020.
You can see what’s coming in the next 6 issues at the end of this one.
What is minimalist clothing?
One of my friends from high school started his own clothing company.
He actually started 4 of them over the years.
One he sold.
Two failed.
And the latest one is thriving.
While I love his brands, wear his shirts, and support him when I can. I could never do the hustle the way he does.
His trunk is filled with clothing and he's got tons of boxes of shirts.
It stresses me out just thinking about it!
While I've never launched my own clothing brand, I have sold thousands of shirts with my designs on them over the past few years.
I did it the minimalist way.
No inventory.
No shipping.
No website.
No brand.
And I didn't spend a penny to start.
All of this is thanks to "print-on-demand".
Print-on-demand is when you create a design, and upload it to a marketplace (or your e-commerce website if you prefer). It can go on many different items, and for each one that sells the print-on-demand supplier prints and ships it directly to your customer and you collect a profit.
Items like these:
Bags
Mugs
Shirts
Shoes
Jewelry
Even Clocks!
And so many more items, there are thousands!
You can create and promote a brand yourself and all your items, or you can leverage marketplaces like Amazon Merch, TeePublic, Redbubble, and a few others to sell individual designs not necessarily linked to a brand.
It's up to you to decide which route you want to take, they both have pros and cons involving the amount of work, risk, and profit!
Are you interested in creating minimalist clothing?
Get started with minimalist clothing in 4 easy steps.
Create a design.
You can use any program you like, I use Canva to create a design you think would look nice on a t-shirt.Open a POD marketplace account.
There are many marketplaces, but one of the biggest and most used is Amazon Merch, open a free account there. Alternatively, you can use Redbubble, Teepublic, and other marketplaces. You can also use Printify or Printful and connect them to your own store on Shopify, Etsy, and many others.Create designs to put on the products.
You can use any graphic design app or software, I use Canva.Upload and list your designs on the marketplace(s).
Follow the steps to upload your designs and give them a title, description, tags, and other information that they will use on the product pages.
What would you call your clothing brand if you launched one?
10 minimalist side hustles to choose from.
Minimalist BloggingMinimalist BooksMinimalist ChallengesMinimalist ClothingMinimalist Communities (Next week)
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Ah ha! I finally got to close this loop. I was so curious about minimalist clothing. Thanks for sharing. Print-on-Demand seems fun. I wish I had a few more hours in the day to explore it. :)
So minimalist clothing isn't about loincloth... Interesting!