Advertising for a competing site on your Printfection store?

[Tobuscus]

I want to sell the same shirts I sell on Printfection through FatFreeCart - which allows for checkout through Google or PayPal - by posting a link, like "Save $5 on our top designs!" and linking to my site.

I would make the shirts sold with FatFreeCart through a local screenprinter (so the price would be ~$10 cheaper), so it would technically be in competition with sales through Printfection.

Does Printfection not allow your directing traffic away from your main store? I would only offer this for the most popular designs, and just the T-Shirts, none of the other products.

Does anyone else have experience with this?

Thanks!

[Tobuscus]

I just read through all of this:
http://forums.printfection.com/showthread.php?t=1335&page=3&pp=15&highlight=competition

which talks about CP shutting down Eric's store for doing something similar. Does PF do the same? I would be linking to my own site which would sell the t-shirts I have screenprinted (this local place screenprints for $15 per screen, $4 per shirt with ink, max - no minimum!).

[PF_Gavin]

You need to read through the store owner agreement and make up your own mind.

I personally don't think it is a cool idea. Kind of like working at MacDonalds and putting up a poster in their store advertising your other hamburger joint down the road. You might have a cheaper burger, but they have given you the infrastructure and market reach that you should be doing on your own.

Cheers,

Gavin

[Tobuscus]

I see what you mean, it would lead some business away from Printfection. I'm definitely not thinking of doing this now, I'm just trying to feel out my options - mostly because it's easier to leave everything automated and up to Printfection. :)

But if it were possible, I'd rather offer a few of the simpler shirts on sale for $10-15 + $3 shipping, instead of $20-25 + $5 shipping. I know I don't want to pay $25 for a t-shirt, and I'm aiming at the teen-college demographic, none of which are rich.

I've seen places that offer a few colors of t-shirts from their own site and link to Printfection for a wider variety of products/colors. I feel like this is the other side of the same coin - but in their case less traffic would end up at Printfection.

I guess the way to go is to have a matching site with thumbnails for designs, and when someone clicks the thumbnail it could say "Order the T-shirt - $15.99" or "Click here for this design on other products at our Printfection store!"

I really like Printfection, and I might just end up solely with it if I can figure out how to do the Navbar (I think that's what it's called - about, contact, etc.)

[Tobuscus]

I looked at your stores, your prices look very affordable. Maybe I should try to push the lighter shirts, I think that's my problem.