The ‘user-generated content’ web revolution has led to an entire genre of constantly evolving sites. And that concept has extended beyond the web to the actual products being sold on the web. The most well known example might be Threadless.com, but there are countless other great sites where the creative can exercise their skills.

Wooshka is a competition based shirt shop that let’s users submit and vote on designs. The winner’s receive cash, kudos and the satifaction of knowing their shirt designs are reaching the masses.

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Are you undecided in this years presidential election? Can’t decide on Barack or Hillary? No worries. Retro Campaigns puts a cool (old) spin on the political tee - and you’ll already know exactly who won, or lost. They’ve got a great collection of ‘classic’ political tees inspired by campaigns and candidates long gone by. So if you’re stuck in the 70’s you can still support Carter and McGovern.
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Calling all shop owners! We’ve finally gotten around to creating our own directory of t-shirt sites. I have no clue why it’s taken us so long, but better late than never I guess. So, if you happen to be a shirt shop owner and would like your web site listed in our directory than click here to get the party started.

We’re planning on getting a basic directory launched at the end of this month. So early adopters will benefit from a lack of competing listings. (Please don’t let that stop you from spreading the word). As we have more entries (an time), we’ll be doing some refinement to the search mechanism. We’re also planning on have a few shops randomly featured each day in some kind of sidebar link scenario. And of course we’ll promote the directory in general throughout the site.

We get so many requests for reviews and posts that it often takes us a while to get around to everyone. The directory should allow just about anyone to quickly get included on the site. And of course owners are still encouragement to shoot us an email to request a formal review, pass on coupon codes and sale information.

With 2008 being an election year I have no doubt we’re going to see an endless stream of celebrities wearing Rock the Vote t-shirts. First up, Brittany Murphy. While they’re not the most exciting t-shirt we’re certainly a fan of the message. And if celebrities in t-shirts is what it takes to get voters to the polls the so be it.

Got a good political tee for the upcoming election season? Make sure you drop us a line.

I stumbled across this story on the AP wire, not sure what the context was but thought it worth passing along. The familiar face of Alice Fraasa received media coverage as she was revealed to be the ‘face’ of Snorg Tees. It’s possible you’ve seen Alice on one of the many ads we (and others) run. She’s a 19 year-old sophomore at Auburn University that’s been the feature model for Snorg’s stuff for quite some time. And as you might well imagine - she’s been paid in tees.

We thought we’d solicit a little feedback on how our fellow t-shirt entrepreneurs faired in 2007. Cafepress.com is one of the most popular entry points for designers looking to sell shirts online. One of the questions I see frequently in forums is how much money can you really make with Cafepress.

I’ve had a Cafepress shop for several years, (and Spreadshirt as well). I can certainly tell you it’s not a matter of ‘if you build it they will come’. As most site owners know, it takes an ongoing effort - daily really - to make a site successful. When I was actively working my Cafepress shop it did pretty good, as things considered, and the earnings fell way above the scale I have listed below. Of course I spent a lot of effort doing SEO as well as some Pay Per Click advertising - not to mention continually coming up with new shirt designs. My guess is that the average shopkeeper isn’t taking those kind of steps. So, we want to hear from you. If you had a Cafepress shop online last year, answer our quick poll below and let us know how much you made.

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Delicious Tees dropped us a line just before the holiday season. They have a really nice line of women’s tees that got me thinking. I realized a majority of submissions I post tend to be for mens shirts. Need to work on that. No better place to start I guess than with Delicious.

A series of 10 shirts is available, all of which ‘promote a message of love and unity rooted from the female experience’. Our feature sample is the Instrument design (shown right). The designs are great. A rich mixture of type and illustration brings to life the Delicious message. The shirts are a 50/50 blend and nicely cut. The silkscreening was nicely executed. We also appreciated the little catalog that came along with the shirts. I think those little extras make the presentation and had me immediately looking at what else was available (and no net connection needed). Nicely done.

www.shopdelicioustees.com

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Quick note for our Busted Tees fans. All hoodies at BT are only $25 until Monday, Jan, 14th. No coupon code needed. Just hit up bustedtees.com.

Entourage’s Adrian Grenier wasn’t shy about showing off his t-shirt style. A simple type tee from We Are the Superlative Conspiracy. Check them out online at wesc.com. Large selection of polos and tees. Pretty cool flash site, with a unique interface, (though a bit bandwidth heavy and slow to load). So you think Adrian paid for that tee?