What you'll learn

Learn the basic creation and beginning of marketplace selling or online store using print-on-demand

Understand how to prepare for costs to better project profit or loss as a seller

Identify many major pain points of selling using print-on-demand and how to better handle them

Basics of finding a niche to use for your store or on the marketplace

Requirements

You will learn the basics needed to get started and being prepared for many issues that may arise with print-on-demand selling

Description

Have you been thinking of print-on-demand as an option for starting a business or selling on Etsy? Have you already started your print-on-demand brand, but you are concerned or curious about issues that can come up down the line? Discover many of the pain points involved with print-on-demand so that you are not caught off guard by them as you begin your selling journey. You will discover good ways to come up with a niche for your designs, and then good ways to go about basic design creation. You will discover methods for dealing with production times that can catch sellers off guard when manufacturers are having trouble keeping up, and ways of handling customer service to help mitigate issues that can arise from them wondering where their purchase is. I will also give tips on helping to avoid issues with copyright and trademark infringement and protecting yourself through doing business as a business entity instead of personal. I will show how to plan better for the sales and the costs associated with them to give you a better understanding on if you might be profitiable or not when selling at the price you want. Overall if you are interested in print-on-demand as an option for income this course will help give you a very good overview of it.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Store vs. Marketplace

Lecture 2 Store vs. Marketplace

Section 3: Understanding All Costs

Lecture 3 Understanding All Costs

Section 4: Sizing Issues

Lecture 4 Sizing Issues

Section 5: Dissimilar Colors

Lecture 5 Dissimilar Colors

Section 6: Long Production Times

Lecture 6 Long Production Times

Section 7: Customer Service

Lecture 7 Customer Service

Section 8: Individual vs. Business

Lecture 8 Individual vs. Business

Section 9: Trademarks and Copyrights

Lecture 9 Trademarks and Copyrights

Section 10: What and How to Design

Lecture 10 What to Design

Lecture 11 How to Design

Section 11: Final Thoughts

Lecture 12 Final Thoughts

Motivated entrepreneurs that are interested in the world of print-on-demand selling as a business or side income