Advice Request - Print on Demand Online Shops
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Hi,
I want to set-up a online print on demand shop on a site like Society 6, Red Bubble or ImPrint. I was just curious if anyone here has done it. What sites they recommend (or what sites you should avoid) and any general advice that you might have.Thanks in advance,
Julia -
@Jewels I have a Redbubble store but I haven't seen any action from it (this is probably my fault for not putting more effort into marketing and new designs). But keep in mind that based on this experience I think the chances of people finding you organically unless you're popular is slim.
That said I've found their interface easy to use, you can choose which products you offer your art on and even change the art to better fit certain products. You can also change the price so that you get more per item if you want but take into account you normally only make approximately a 20% profit on sales.
There are also two types of POD. First you have ones like Redbubble and ImPrint that do everything for you. Then you have others like Printify and Printful, these are still POD but don't provide you with a platform, you use them in connection with your current online store, such as Etsy. The pro of the first is that you don't have to have a store and if you build enough traction you can get people finding you through them. The pro of the second is that you can connect it to your current store if you have one, that the quality is better and the profit margin tends to be higher (at least based on Youtube reviews I have seen)
I've started looking into the second option but I don't have any experience with it yet.
I hope this helps -
@CukiArtist It does. Thanks.
What did you think of the quality of Redbubble's prints and other items?
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@Jewels I personally haven't bought many test products. Generally, I think they tend to be average. Not great but not terrible either.
There is a lot of good youtube videos comparing the different POD options. I think it's worth checking out a few by just searching something like Redbubble vs Printify or Redbubble vs Society6 etc.
