threadless.com

Advantages: Great place to showcase work, may even make some money and get some clothes!
Disadvantages: Tightly knit snobby community

Ok, let's start with what the website offers…. Threadless is, in essence, a website to buy original t-shirts from. Sounds simple so far, there are a lot of sites out there that offer "original" t-shirts, so what makes this one, and it's t-shirts, so special? Threadless only sell t-shirts that have been designed by all those aspiring artists and graphic designers, the idea is simple, come up with a t-shirt idea, download a template and submit it ...
...in the threadless community to vote your t-shirt into the number 1 spot, your t-shirt gets printed, BOOM you win $2000. ~Getting in on the act~ The first thing you will need to do is to create yourself an account, it is all very simple, just create yourself a username, enter your email ad, create yourself a password, fill in your date of birth, add a country, check the box for the newsletter (if you want it) and you are away - simple as that. ... Read review

Advantages: Good quality t-shirts that very few other people will own.
Disadvantages: Potential import duties, threadless newsletter avoidance.

Threadless.com is a clothing website with an interesting difference. Instead of offering you plenty of designs you can find elsewhere from big name designers, Threadless offers designs by people like you. Yes, that's right, you too can design your own t-shirt! Not content with the kudos that your very own designs could soon be sold across the world? Well, Threadless will also reward you for your designs. If selected, Threadless will give you US$2000 ...
...is split between US$1500 in cash, a US$300 Threadless voucher and membership of their club, worth US$200. Of course, it's not as easy as that, but it's the general principle. If you're a bit of a dab hand with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Flash, you can download the t-shirt templates and design away. The design you submit is the design that they will use if it proves popular enough on the site. If, like me, you have the artistic skills of a two year ... Read review

Advantages: fabulous service, continually updating new tshirts
Disadvantages: none to think of.

What an idea.... lets set up a website where people submit designs of tshirts they would like to see, have people rate them, and the winners we'll make each week into real tshirts for people to buy!..................... oh dang it those lovely people at skinnycorp have already done it.. and the result is Threadless.com! there is a wide selection of tshirts to choose from, and new designs are added every week, and you can vote for your favourite ...
...to buy! tshirts cost usually $17 each with $11 shipping to the UK, but they sometimes have sales where you can get tees for $10! so depending on the exchange rate at the time depends on whether it's a bargain or absolute bargain! they take all of the usual suspects with regard to payment VISA etc. also available is the option to become a member of the 12monthclub, where you pay a flat rate for the year, and get a tee sent every month that are exclusive ... Read review

Advantages: able to display your work and possibly win some cash
Disadvantages: cliquely community, poor community overall, long time to actually print designs

Threadless is a trip into the past! Why? because it's like going back to highschool. It's way too cliquey, designs get high votes based on popularity and how many "friends" you have via the site. You won't get any constructive critism, if you browse most designs you will see even the most terrible designs never get a bad comment. Why? because if you simply say "i do not like the design" or "you could have improved this" they freak out like babies. ...
...call you a horrible person and wannabe designer. Some of the ugliest shirts have won and sit unsold in the shop forever because of threadless' staff poor judgement and the cliques voting ways. A lot of the designs submitted are very poorly done as well. I would suggest you try a better site like designbyhumans.com where theres a much more mature crowd and better designs too. ... Read review