The AP Product Labs (also referred to as the APPL platform) is a free software app that you can install on your MySpace page through the MySpace Apps Gallery ([link]). This application automatically places a customizable store on your profile page, which you can then use to design custom products, add a desired markup amount, and then sell for retail on your MySpace profile. Since this is only our soft launch, and we are easing into some of the features we have developed, you will notice that the product options (and product print locations) will be greatly limited; right now, we are only letting you design some light colored t-shirts, with front and / or back print locations. In the next few weeks, we will be rolling out a wide array of product options, all of which will be fully customizable. Upload your own images, and preview them on the products! Add text! Once you add the item to your store, anyone who visits your MySpace page can view and purchase the items; from there, Archangel Printing will handle all of the production, manufacturing and shipping of your items to the end customer, all in your name! As you sell your items, you will see your profit build in your account; you can then request a check for the money you have earned!!

We have also added some neat features, that will make our application very useful to anybody who is trying to start a successful clothing line; by making your custom designed items "shareable", anybody who purchases your item will have the option of "sharing" it in their store. What does this mean? If somebody likes your design enough to purchase it, then it stands to reason that they might also like to offer it to their friends and family (for a cut of the profit), as well. Once they have purchased your custom item, and added it to their own custom store, the person sharing the item would then share 50% of your markup, each time they sell that item from their store! Just like in the retail industry; if you are trying to sell your own clothing line, you don't do it from your own store, alone! Instead, you try to get your designs into popular stores, and you allow the resellers to make a profit from your designs, allowing you to focus on creating more custom items! Multiply your selling power as more and more people purchase your items, and decide to place them in their stores; your custom designs could literally be in thousands of individual stores, across the internet, and you would make half of your markup ANY TIME those items are sold, ANYWHERE!

We will be rolling out lots of great features and additional products in the near future, so get on board early and start designing your initial items! There is NO cost to use the app, so there is no risk at any time. Design shirts for yourself, and purchase them at wholesale prices! If you have been waiting for the app to launch for the last two years, or you are just hearing about it now, CHECK IT OUT!

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Its fun, its easy, and you can make it blend into your profile pretty well. We will be adding LOTS more customization features, soon! Ok, now for the DISCLAIMER: you can't just download pics from the web and sell them on shirts. Remember that the same copyright laws apply on the web, as they do in the real world. However, there are lots of rules for specific "parody" designs, which are more than acceptable, provided they are your own custom work. Oh, and I am sure we will be rooting out the last few quirks in the system, over the next few days... We will be re-launching the Community Forums in the next few days, on the new APPL server; I'll keep you all informed!

Until then, INSTALL THE SOFTWARE! In only takes a second, and its way more useful than "Mobsters" or "Buy Your Friends"........ We both know you've got a few minutes to spare.