Need Advice: How to enter into business relationship with other company

[noah]

I have recently been thinking about business ideas but I am having some trouble knowing where to start. My latest idea: If you guys remember "FatHead", the company that sells wall posters of everything from bball to nascar. I would like to start selling similair posters only for a specific sport, but I am not sure how to find a manufacturer. Should I approach FatHead, ask If they have a manufacturer I could contact. I would like to make this happen but I really have no idea where to start. Any help is of course much appreciated. Thanks,
noah

[colinmcmahon]

I doubt fathead will release their manufacturer. Check out tradekey and alibaba for print shops. You're most likely going to order minimum quantities. If you have money to invest, I suggest you get a wide format printer and just print off your own. The problem with this is that you need to get the copyright info and pay loyalties. This way is really in depth but then you run everything yourself and you don't have to rely on anyone else.

[noah]

Ive never heard of alibaba or tradekey but ill check them out. Also this wide format printer you mentioned, This could produce huge plastic posters?

[colinmcmahon]

Make sure you run checks on companies you're looking at overseas. There are a lot of scammers. Check out my blog below, it may help. As for the wide format printer, check out ebay for prices and specs. You can personally do anything a print shop can, you just need the cash to start it.