For aspiring graphic designers, selling one's designs comes with a host of potential problems that Bonfire helps to solve. The online service lets any consumer become an e-commerce retailer, selling t-shirts with their own designs.
No matter how appealing a graphic designer's ideas are, selling them on t-shirts is a difficult process, if only for logistical reasons. For one, designers need to be able to actually print their graphics onto the tees. Then they need to make sure they always have enough merchandise in stock. And they need to have a distribution network in place, since selling a shirt doesn't mean much if no one knows to buy it.
Bonfire tackles all these logistic problems for its consumers -- or, perhaps more aptly, its clients. Those using the service can upload their own graphics, pick the shirt style, promote it through social media and have the shirts shipped anywhere.
T-Shirt Sales Platforms
Bonfire Lets Consumers Design and Sell T-Shirts
Trend Themes
1. User-created T-shirts - The trend of consumers creating and selling their own t-shirt designs through online platforms presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the e-commerce and fashion industries alike.
2. Simplified Logistics - The trend of online t-shirt platforms handling printing, inventory, and distribution logistics creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the logistics and supply chain industries.
3. Social Media Promotion - The trend of t-shirt platforms allowing users to easily promote their designs through social media presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the social media marketing and advertising industries.
Industry Implications
1. E-commerce - The trend of consumers leveraging online platforms to create and sell their own t-shirt designs presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the e-commerce industry, especially in terms of integrating with user-generated content.
2. Fashion - The trend of simplified logistics through online t-shirt platforms creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the fashion industry in terms of exploring new business models and partnerships with these platforms.
3. Logistics and Supply Chain - The trend of online t-shirt platforms handling printing, inventory, and distribution logistics presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the logistics and supply chain industry in terms of exploring more streamlined and efficient processes.