Threadless on NPR
Monday, December 11, 2006
As my alarm clock went off for the third time this morning, I thought I heard the words, “the winners get printed, and the T-shirts sell out, sometimes in just days.” I dragged myself out of bed and, as my morning stupor slowly wore off, I realized NPR was probably talking about Threadless, my favorite casual T-shirt source.
The site gets about 150 design submissions a day. Entries have seven days to get scored by the community.At the end of the week, 10 of the highest scoring designs are selected and about 1,000 of each are printed.
I think I own at least a dozen Threadless shirts by now. I love how they are unconventional, funny, and (for the most part) one of a kind, given that not many people I know wear them or, even if they do, have the same tastes as me. Dave introduced me to them back in 2004 or so, and we’ve been getting our friends into Threadless ever since, especially at church, which is pretty much the only opportunity I get to wear casual.
If you buy a shirt, use my referrer so I’ll get points! We can reciprocate, too – join as a member and activate your StreetTeam referrer ID, and whenever someone makes a purchase through your link, you get $1.50 in credit. Totally worth it, because as far as I know shipping is rarely free.
Whoa, I don’t remember hearing the alarm clock at all.
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