Spreadshirt at MiniBar

At next MiniBar we will have Spreadshirt.co.uk presenting (they are also a sponsor). Though they are not a start up anymore they have a creative and at the same time robust business model, which will be valuable for up and coming entrepreneurs to listen to. We also hope to get some MiniBar T-Shirts. See what they write about themselves:

Spreadshirt.co.uk is the “things you wear” answer to the growing desire
for personal branding – letting customers quickly create one-of-a-kind,
high-quality, expressive apparel. Two types of customers include:

Buyers. Like tattoos, phone skins, and MySpace or Facebook pages,
Spreadshirt lets people show who they are through shirts, shoes, bags and
more, with affordable prices, high quality, fast delivery, and no minimum
quantities.

Sellers. With Spreadshirt’s online shop platform, sellers offer their
creations without worrying about managing inventory, accepting credit
cards, manufacturing, shipping, or customer service. Shop partners focus
on the creative… Spreadshirt delivers the rest. Shops are free to
set-up, and standard shops are free to maintain.

Launched in 2002 in Leipzig, Germany, Spreadshirt was named one of
Europe’s fastest growing companies. The company now has over 300,000 shop
partners worldwide, which include a range of private individuals, charity
organizations, artists and corporations. Notable partners have included
Samsung, Coca Cola, Chuck Norris and The Guardian. With t-shirts as the
company’s specialty, shop partners can create branded merchandise with a
range of around 80 printable items, from sweatshirts and jackets to bags
and shoes.