What is Streetshops?

Here at Streetshirts, we heard your cry, we listened, and we delivered! Now, with just one click in your account area, you can create your very own Streetshop! Streetshops are your own online shops selling your designs, infinitely customisable, to your own audience.

It doesn’t cost you a penny, and better still, because you get to set your own commission on your items, you’ll actually make money!

It’s perfect for raising funds for a charity, organisation or band, or just to pay for a night on the tiles! And what better or easier way to design your own fashion label than with the best online designer with the best choice of materials, colours and garments?!

As for ordering you team kit, there’s no more waiting for everyone to get back to you before you can order, no more hassle of getting everyone’s sizes and having to collect in money. They simply go online to your Streetshop, order their own and get it posted directly to them! It couldn’t be easier! No more need for stockpiling and no worries over how many of each size to get. Customers buy directly through your Streetshop!

Streetshirts are proud to be the only UK based company offering this service.

Getting Started with Streetshops

Starting your own Streetshop is easy! If you already have an account with Streetshirts, Click here to log in, then click on the Create My Shop button.

If you haven’t used Streetshirts before, you can Click here to create a new account.

Once you have your Streetshop, from your account area click on My Shop then Create New Product. This will load our amazing online designer within your account area, allowing you design to your heart’s content. Once you are happy with your design, down the bottom right of the screen click on the green Save to Shop button.

It doesn’t matter which size you choose here – your customers will be able to choose their own size when they order from your Streetshop.

Then comes the best part. You almost certainly want to create a range of items with the same design. You are now offered the chance to go back into the design you have just created and make any variations you desire!

Don’t want to do that right now? Not a problem. You can always retrieve your designs from your account area at any time.

You now have your very own Streetshop – it’s that easy!

Organising My Products

Once you have one or more items for your Streetshop, you may like to organise them into categories. You can have as many categories as you wish, so you can sort your items by type, similarity, design or whatever else you choose. The first category will be your Streetshop homepage, so choose it carefully to best represent what you offer. You might want to call it “Featured”, “Favourites” or “This month’s specials” to highlight certain designs. To place an item in a particular category, simply click on the item and choose the category from the drop down list.

Adding Descriptions

When customers click on one of your items, it brings up a description of your item. Some parts are automatically generated from the choices you made when you designed it, for example the name of the item you chose and the materials you chose for your design. There is also space for you to add your own description of the product. This is your opportunity to really sell it to them!

Customising My Streetshop

Just like using our online designer, there are infinite possibilities to customise your Streetshop!

Firstly, you can choose where and how your Streetshop appears on the web. If you don’t have a web presence anywhere else on the net, then you can create your Streetshop at www.streetshirts.co.uk/yourstreetshopnamehere. Do you already have your own website? Add your Streetshop to your site by typing in the domain name of the page you wish it to appear on. We have purpose-built Streetshops to fit into a pre-existing website template, so you won’t have any awkward adjustments to make. Want to add your Streetshop to your blog? Just copy and paste the code into your blog, it’s that easy!

Then, following our step by step guide, you can alter the appearance of your Streetshop, making it unique to you and your style. You can create your own banner, choose background colours and patterns... Already an accomplished web designer? Alter away to your heart’s content; Streetshops have been created to offer the best flexibility for customisation.

Streetshops are brought to you by Streetshirts, but we don’t plaster your shop with our banners and logos! The name Streetshirts appears once at the bottom of your Streetshop, with a link to our terms and conditions. This is a legal requirement, but we make it as unobtrusive as possible. It’s your Streetshop!

Commission

Commission is automatically set at 15% for all products. How does this work? It’s very straightforward.

You will get 15% of the sale price after VAT and postage of £1.50 per item. So we only take off the amount we have to pay to others - the VAT to the government and the postage to Royal Mail - and you make 15% on what’s left!

For example, if the item costs £20, we pay £3 to the government as VAT (currently 15%), and £1.50 to Royal Mail for postage. That leaves £15.50, of which we pay you 15% commission. That’s a neat £2.32 in your pocket!

Item price to customer	£20.00
VAT paid to government, at 15%	£3.00
Postage paid to Royal Mail, at £1.50 per item	£1.50
Total remaining	£15.50
Commission paid to you, at 15%	£2.32

Commission is paid on all orders of your own unique designs that are paid for, dispatched and not returned or discovered as fraudulent.

Commission is paid by cheque every quarter if you earn over £10, and for Streetshops earning over £50 a month you will be paid automatically at the beginning of the following calendar month.

Amount of commission earned	Pay frequency	Pay dates – On or around the:
£10 + over 3 months	Quarterly	1st Jan; 1st April; 1st July; 1st October.
£50 + a month	Monthly	1st of the following calendar month.

Commission is paid on all orders of your own unique designs that are paid for, dispatched and not returned or discovered as fraudulent, within a given timeframe. Orders towards the end of a month will count towards the following month’s commission, once they have been dispatched and not returned or discovered as fraudulent.

Customer Service

The great thing about running a Streetshop is that you don’t have to get involved in taking your customer’s payment, or in the production of the item! We do all that for you, so you can concentrate on what you’re good at – designing great products.

Customers buy your products through your Streetshop by clicking on the Buy now button below the desired item. They can choose their size, preferred colour and garment with your design on.

Payment is taken online and their order is produced and dispatched from our Streetshirts main facility. Orders are normally dispatched within 48 hours and often in as little as 24 hours! They are sent, from the UK, by Royal Mail 1st class and typically arrive within 1-2 days from dispatch.

Streetshirts also handles all customer service for you too! We pride ourselves in providing top quality products as designed by you.

Please note that as the items are customised one-offs, they can only be returned if they are faulty, whereupon a remake or a refund will be offered.

We will also provide you with anonymised data in your account area so that you can monitor product performance, track best sellers and keep your Streetshop right on track.

Promoting your Streetshop

The first thing is to make your Streetshop the best it can possibly be. You don’t want to be directing people to a Streetshop with no products!

Remember that your first category choice forms the homepage of your Streetshop, so think about what you want the first thing your customers see to be. It’s a good idea to frequently update this category – customers like a Streetshop that regularly offers different products. It shows the owner is fresh, forward thinking and forever moving with the times. High street shops don’t keep the same window display month after month, so apply the same rule to your Streetshop and build regular repeat visitors.

Good title ideas for your first category are “Latest”, “New this month”, “Favourites”... the options are endless!

Make good use of the sales data we provide – got a good seller? Highlight it! Got something that no-one buys? Perhaps try it as a first category item for a few weeks, or make the decision and get rid! Don’t let your site stagnate with dusty old items nobody wants – keep it fresh and regularly update it by adding new products and removing the old.

Next, you need to get your Streetshop known across the web. Make use of the links at the bottom of your Streetshop to share it on all the different social networking sites.

Encourage all your friends to do the same and get them to get their friends to do it too! Follow it up with your own fan-page on facebook or bebo and get all your friends (and theirs too!) to join. Regularly update it with info on your latest great design, and why not do twitter updates too? The more things you do, using all the different sites at your fingertips, the more your Streetshop will become famous!

Got a blog? Copy and paste the link from your account area into it to immediately introduce your Streetshop to yet another audience. Again, let everyone know what’s new and why your designs and your Streetshop are the best thing ever.

And let’s not forget good old fashioned email and word of mouth. Tell everyone what it is you’re doing and how brilliant it is, not to mention how brilliant you are! Hell, if you want to tell them how brilliant we are too, we won’t complain!

Who can have a Streetshop?

Streetshops are open to absolutely anyone. You might be an individual looking to create your own fashion label, a charity or organisation, a sports club or running a band. Whatever it is you want to sell your own designs for, Streetshops has something for you.

What will a Streetshop do for me?

Streetshops mean different things to different people. It’s an opportunity to promote yourself as a budding artist/designer, or an opportunity to grow support for a charity, sports club or band. Best of all, it allows you to sell direct to the public without having to stockpile products you may or not be able to sell. It’s a great way of testing the water without burning your fingers.

Does it cost anything?

No, absolutely nothing! There are no setup costs, no hidden fees, and of course, no need to bulk order!

How do I open my own Streetshop?

Starting your own Streetshop is easy. Simply log into your account and click on the Create My Shop button!

What will my Streetshop be called?

You can choose your own unique name for your Streetshop – so it’s entirely up to the wildness of your imagination!

Where will my Streetshop appear? Can I have a Streetshop on my own website?

Streetshops appear at www.streetshirts.co.uk/yourownuniquename. However, you are not limited to this. If you already have a website, the main body of the Streetshop can be added to your site. It’s been designed to fit into your website template, so you don’t need to be the web designer to do this. Simply type in the web address of the page you want it to appear on. It really is that easy! We also provide code for your Streetshop so it can be pasted into your blog.

How do I get my designs to show in my Streetshop?

All your designs are saved in your account area. If you have some designs you’d like to add to your shop you can do this by clicking on the Add to my account button at the bottom of the chosen design.

To create a new design for your shop, in your account area, click on My Shop, then Create New Product. This will load the designer into your account area and instead of Add to Basket, you have the option to Save to Shop.

How can I make sure my designs only appear in my Streetshop?

The only way to guarantee this is to create your designs in your account area using the My Shop, Create New Product function. If you design your shirts in the normal customer design area, you may end up allowing your design to be public and others will be able to view it on Streetshirts.

What products can I sell?

You can sell any items currently available on Streetshirts. These include clothing, badges, hats and mugs! More items are being added all the time so keep updating your Streetshop with the latest new thing.

Can I easily produce the same design on different items?

Of course! After you’ve created the original design, having clicked on Save to Shop, you are offered the ability to change the base product behind the design, without having to start from scratch each time.

Can I put a description next to each item?

Yes, absolutely. When your customer clicks on one of your designs, they are taken to a description page, giving information not only on what the garment is, what materials you used in your design and so on, but also your own description of the product.

Can I organise my items?

You certainly can. You can organise your items into different categories. You can have as many different categories as you want. The first category forms the homepage of your Streetshop, so it’s a good idea to make this a category that allows for regular change to keep your site looking fresh.

What will my Streetshop look like?

Whatever you like! We have made great efforts to create the most flexibility possible so you can alter your Streetshop as much as your own capabilities will allow. Even with no prior knowledge of web design, you can create a Streetshop unique to you following our simple step by step guide.

How much control will I have over my Streetshop?

It’s your Streetshop, you can make it look and organise it however you see fit.

Will my Streetshop have Streetshirts branding all over it?

Streetshops are brought to you by Streetshirts, but we don’t plaster your shop with our banners and logos. The name Streetshirts appears once at the bottom of your Streetshop, with a link to our terms and conditions. This is a legal requirement, but we make it as unobtrusive as possible. It’s your Streetshop!

Can I earn commission?

Absolutely! Some of our most successful are benefitting from the increase of cash in their pockets. Commission is paid on all orders of your own unique designs that are paid for, dispatched and not returned or discovered as fraudulent.

Please note, Streetshoppers are responsible for their own tax payments on any income earned, and for the purposes of any monies paid Streetshoppers are treated as self-employed.

How does the commission work?

Commission is set automatically at 15%, and is paid on the amount left after VAT and postage of £1.50 per item. We have to pay VAT to the government, and we have to pay Royal Mail to deliver the items. After that, we pay the commission on every penny. So if the item costs £20, we pay £3 to the government as VAT (currently 15%), and £1.50 to Royal Mail for postage. That leaves £15.50, of which we pay you your 15% commission. That’s a neat £2.32 in your pocket!

Item price to customer	£20.00
VAT paid to government, at 15%	£3.00
Postage paid to Royal Mail, at £1.50 per item	£1.50
Total remaining	£15.50
Commission paid to you, at 15%	£2.32

How will my commission be paid?

Commission is paid by cheque.

How often will I receive my commission?

Commission is paid by cheque every quarter if you earn over £10, and each month if you earn over £50 a month.

Amount of commission earned	Pay frequency	Pay dates – On or around the:
£10 + over 3 months	Quarterly	1st Jan; 1st April; 1st July; 1st October.
£50 + a month	Monthly	1st of the following calendar month.

Commission is paid on all orders of your own unique designs that are paid for, dispatched and not returned or discovered as fraudulent, within a given timeframe. Orders towards the end of a month will count towards the following month’s commission, once they have been dispatched and not returned or discovered as fraudulent.

What exactly will you pay commission on?

We pay commission on all designs that are uniquely yours.

Who makes the items?

The products are all made for you by Streetshirts, in our main production facility in Bradford, near Leeds.

How quickly will orders be dispatched?

Orders will normally be dispatched within 48 hours, and often in as little as 24 hours from ordering!

What delivery methods will be used?

Items are sent using Royal Mail 1st class delivery, and typically arrive in 1-2 working days after dispatch.

What if a customer isn’t happy with their order?

If the order is faulty, we will absolutely remake the items for them. All other choices (for example colour, size etc) are down to the customer, so as long as we have provided what they have ordered they are sure to be happy.

Who handles customer service?

We do! We know you want to concentrate on the front part of the shop, creating the designs and updating it regularly. We take the customer service off your hands, after all, we are the experts on the products and the production methods.

What is the refund policy?

We would offer a refund on any proven faulty item without hesitation. Otherwise, the goods provided are customised one-offs, unique to each order, so we cannot offer a refund if the customer changes their mind.

How will my customers know what size to order?

What do I do? What do you do?

In order to make your Streetshop a huge success, we allow you to focus on what you’re good at, and we cover the parts we’re good at! This table explains further:

I am responsible for:

Streetshirts are responsible for:

Naming my Streetshop Creating the designs for products Creating my designs on all the different products I wish them to appear on Choosing background colouring, banner design and overall design layout of my Streetshop Choosing category names and organising my products into the different categories Creating any individual product descriptions desired Maintaining and updating my Streetshop as I see fit Any content I add and for any offence caused Paying any due tax on profits made

Collecting monies owed from customers at point of order Producing and dispatching any items ordered Handling any customer service enquiries, and where appropriate, refunds Calculating and paying any commission owed as per the table How often will I receive my commission?

How can I promote my Streetshop?

First and foremost, make sure you have a Streetshop worth promoting! Make sure you have something to offer, and make the effort to regularly update your Streetshop so customers will want to keep coming back.

Next, make great use of all the social networking sites. You’re probably already a member of at least two, make it work for you! Use the share buttons at the bottom of your Streetshop to share it with your friends, and encourage them to do the same. Before you know it, you have spread your roots across the web and people you don’t know are looking at your Streetshop. Keep everyone updated with your new products, start fan-pages on the various sites, and why not join the twitter revolution?!

Don’t forget the humble email and word of mouth as great methods of telling people about what you’re up to. If what you’re offering is good, people will delight in your success!

Also, ask anyone you know with a website to link to your Streetshop. The more links you get, the more chance you have of appearing in the search engines.

How can I take my promoting to the next level?

If you’re serious about making a success of your Streetshop, and signs from sales are promising, you could take it to the next level and advertise your site through sponsored links in the search engines. Different search engines operate differently, but normally this works by choosing key search words you’d like to appear for, choosing a price per click (which determines how high up the sponsored link list you come) and only paying when someone actually clicks on your link. Better still, you can set a cap on how much you are willing to spend in a month, so you won’t be stung by a high click rate.

You could also think about what market your particular designs suit, and look into advertising or Promoting Your Streetshop in these areas. Start small and using resources to hand – it’s amazing what you can achieve with a bunch of mates wearing some of your own designs and willing to give up their time!