How We Began

ooShirts began in 2006 when a group of classmates needed custom t-shirts for their school club, "Monta Vista Tennis Club". Among these classmates, Raymond Lei, a then sophomore, took the task of finding a company to print their shirts. He looked through both local and online companies, only to discover time after time that the Tennis Club couldn't afford to have its design (shown on the right) printed.

He did further research into these companies, and found that the printing and the shirts didn't cost all that much. Instead, it was these t-shirt printing companies that were having huge markups! Disappointed at the existing companies, Raymond vowed to one day start a t-shirt company that ran efficiently and saved its customers money wherever it could.

With $2000 he gathered up, Raymond began planning his business. He was careful in what he invested in, and always sought after investments that offered the best value. In March of 2007, the first ooShirts website was launched. It was a simple website, with a mere five pages in the entire site. But among these five pages, it contained a few essential tools - a quote generator and a preview maker - that, along with its low prices, helped ooShirts earn its first customers.

Ever since, we've been slowly improving our business wherever we can while sticking to our principles. So far, it's been working well. We have a high customer return rate (see recent reviews), a healthy amount of referrals, and one of the highest growth rates in the industry. And as long as we remain in business, we will stick to the principles that have brought us up.

Our Principles

1. Our business is efficiency

» Low prices - We aim to have the lowest prices both offline and online, and regularly check to make sure we do. How do we do this? We try to make every process within our business as efficient as possible. We are very conservative in spending money and don't get distracted with side investments. Our resources are all dedicated to what matters most - providing good-looking shirts at good-looking prices
» Fast shipping - We know that you have deadlines to meet, whether its an organization meeting or a vacation. We know how important it is for you to have your order on time, and we streamline our order processing to make sure you have them when you want.

2. We do it right the first time

» High quality prints - We do offer a full money-back guarantee, but what is more important to us is to have our customers satisfied the moment they receive their shirts. To this point, we have never had a customer return their shirts because the design faded or fell apart after a few washes. We seek to continue our trend of quality, and make sure you are satisfied with your shirts from the very start.
» Easy online design - Our goal is to make our online design tool to provide everything you need to design your shirt. Whether you want to add fonts, add clipart, upload your own image, or change your shirt, our lab can do it for you. We are always making improvements to the design lab to help your design experience.

3. We communicate everything

» We create what you want - In addition to our design lab, our graphic artists always make sure we’re printing exactly what you have in mind. We make adjustments to your design, whether its the color, alignment, or positioning, to improve how it will look when printed. Our goal, therefore, isn't just to give you something you see on the online preview, but to create something that looks even better.
» Transparency - We want you to know what we're doing. If you call us at any time, we'll have information about your order ready for you. If we make changes to your design, we'll make sure to send you a design proof before physically printing it. And if you have a question about how your design will look, we'll give you honest, constructive answers to help you improve it.

Today, we hold to the principles that have brought us to this stage. If you have any questions about us, feel free to check out our help center. Otherwise, feel free to start browsing your custom t-shirts today.