Skreened

Skreened.com
Type of business Private
Type of site
 online market
Available in English
Founded Columbus, Ohio, USA
Headquarters Columbus, Ohio, USA
Industry Custom products
Products Electronic commerce, Shopping mall
Slogan(s) Ethically Custom
Website www.skreened.com
Registration Free. Required to sell
Launched August 2006

Skreened.com is an online retailer of customized and on demand clothing and accessories. Orders are shipped or are picked up in person from their headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.[1]

Business model

Skreened sells American manufactured teeshirts, bags, child and baby apparel. Customers can upload their own image files containing a graphic, logo or text, which will be added to the product by Skreened. Skreened.com also allows the user to have a virtual Skreened "shop" including an online storefront and website hosting, order management, fulfillment, payment processing, and customer service.

History

Skreened was founded as a privately owned company in 2006. As of August 2012, the site hosts over 50,000 online shops [2] with 300,000 designs.[3]

Corporate Ethics & Giving

Skreened messaging makes frequent reference to ethics or Ethical Apparel. The company only sources garments that do not utilize sweatshop labor and have been manufactured in the United States.

In addition, the company claims that 10% of their profits fund Microcredit through kiva.[4]

Technology

The Skreened brand name which is likely a reference to screen printing technology is a misnomer. The company uses modified inkjet printers in order to produce items cost-effectively in an on-demand marketplace.[5] The process sometimes referred to as Direct-To-Garment (or DTG) is common among print on demand apparel websites.

Retail Store

Skreened no longer sells print-to-order shirts in person, but customers can pick up their orders in person from their headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.[6]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/10/02/1_EXPENSIVE_T.ART_ART_10-02-08_E1_K7BFM9O.html
  2. ↑ http://skreened.com/action/discover
  3. ↑ http://skreened.com/action/discover
  4. ↑ http://skreened.com/static/ethics
  5. ↑ http://skreened.com/static/about
  6. ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/10/02/1_EXPENSIVE_T.ART_ART_10-02-08_E1_K7BFM9O.html
  7. ↑ http://www.columbusunderground.com/best-new-shop-of-2008-skreened-columbus
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