There are many reasons why you would want to create your own T-shirts. Some of you may want to create something truly unique, a T-shirt which no one else has. It feels great to put on the one and only T-shirt in the world, designed by you.

Some of you may be designers who have fabulous ideas for a T-shirt. Designing is your passion. Your goal is to become famous from your T-shirt designs.

If you are not a designer, you may have some sporadic inspiration for a T-shirt design. Sometimes, while having a conversation with people, an idea pops up. You may want to create the design to see if it might catch on.

But I have to be honest. The main reason why I want to create my own T-shirt design is the money factor. Who doesn't want to make money on the side, doing something fun and enjoyable? You can earn some profits from selling your own designs in a T-shirt shop.

Do I have to create my own website? The answer is no. Some of these T-shirt websites are happy to host a page for your T-shirt shop. Once your design is completed, you can upload them to your shop, from which people can buy. That easy!

But, not all T-shirt websites allow you to set up your own shop. Be careful!

One of the more popular T-shirt websites will have to be CafePress. Here you can create a free online shop to promote your T-shirt designs. Besides, men's and women's apparel, CafePress also allows you to print designs on baby onesies, kids' T-shirts, maternity clothes, bumper stickers, mugs, journals, clocks and even your pet's bowl.

One of the main reasons why people like CafePress is because it has established a worldwide reputation and has a large following. So, if you create unique designs, it will definitely get noticed in this community.

Another reason is that CafePress provides templates for almost all its products. These templates act as guides for you when designing your T-shirt or other products. In this way, you will always have a perfect design every time.

The final reason has to be its user-friendly interface. The online program is very simple to use. Once you have created a design, you can upload your images in a few easy steps.

Besides CafePress, there are websites which specializes in printing T-shirts based on your own designs. For other websites, please refer to Tee off! 10 Fun Websites to Create your Own T-shirt.

Design softwares can be expensive. You don't have that kind of money to spare to purchase one. So what do you do?

Get a Free Design Software for starters. For beginners, I'd suggest you start with a free design software. First of all, if you are not familiar with the available features, you will find those expensive design softwares to be very complicated to use. You will definitely want something very simple and which has an intuitive interface for your very first design.

Try GetPaint.net! It's very simple and easy to use. As I'm not technically-inclined and neither do I use design software regularly, a free user-friendly software is all I need. You just need to download the software into your computer and you can start creating your T-shirt designs.

Alternatively, if you have your mind set on a paid design software, you may still want to check out CNet.com for a free trial version (if they have one) before purchasing it.

Now that you have a free design software, you may want some simple steps to get your T-shirt shop started, please refer to this article for the details about How to Set up a T-shirt Shop using only Free Resources in 3 Easy Steps. (Note: I have used CafePress as an example for this one!)

What if you can't design? How can you still make money from these T-shirt websites? Some of these T-shirt websites allow you to create an affiliate program with them. You can still promote their websites in your blog and earn a commission from it.

Alternatively, you can create a Squidoo lens and promote other people's products within your lens, still earning a commission from it. So don't fret if you can't design.