DGI Apparel
Expedia for ordering blank apparel
DGI Apparel is a B2B marketplace for custom screenprinters to purchase all of the supplies needed to operate their business. DGI enables users to connect their existing vendor accounts to compare prices, inventory, and shipping time across all of their vendors on a single website. They can also manage all of their vendor carts, checkout, and view purchase tracking and analytics right from DGI.
Active Founders
Ian Hinkley
I'm from Raleigh, NC and went on to earn a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Business with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from MIT. I was a 4-year starter on the Men's Basketball Team where I hold the career 3-point record. I was a screenprinter all through high school and am extremely passionate about the custom apparel industry. I was an EPM at Tesla and co-founder of Opdefi before starting DGI.
Grant Fuhr
Grant is Co-Founder and CTO of DGI Apparel. Previously a software engineer at Datadog building distributed systems. MIT CS 2021
Daniel Shkreli
Co-founder of DGI Apparel, a modern shopping experience for custom apparel shops. Technically technical but user-focused. From the Bronx.
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TL;DR:Â With DGI, store owners can shop and compare across all of their blank garment vendors on one website.
The Problem: Custom apparel stores constantly need to source blank shirts to fulfill their customers’ orders in a timely fashion. Blank shirts make up the majority of their COGS, so store owners spend countless hours shopping around different vendor sites to find the best price, shipping time, and inventory.
DGI’s Solution: We’ve built a purchasing tool where store owners/inventory managers can connect their wholesaler accounts to a single website. We pull in all pricing, inventory data, cart info, and more to create a single, unified shopping experience across all of their vendors. DGI is completely free for end users.
Team Background:Â Ian was a screen printer in high school and loves making custom t-shirts. Daniel, Grant, and Ian lived together while studying engineering at MIT and always wanted to start a company together.
Our ask:
- If you’re ordering custom swag for your company, MESSAGE ME: ian@dgiapparel.com. Our users love it when we give them business and we can help you save money as well.
- If you know anyone who runs a custom apparel store, please connect us, or send us their contact!
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