Lets talk about... Print on Demand... Pocket Money or Great Opportunity?

[GrandRub]

Hello Community,


I've been selling T Shirts (yes of course...) for about a year now via Merch by Amazon and all the other big marketplaces. I earn a decent extra income - but nothing crazy.

I'm pretty sure that's not a good business model. uploading and hoping. Quantity over quality. Throwing shit on the wall. No barrier to enter the market. Absolutely no control over your own brand, over your own products and you are absolutely dependent on the marketplaces.

So I have been building my own shop with Shopify+Printful. online since last week. Of course it is much more complex and you have to take care of your own traffic... But this is ok and actually it motivates me a lot that you can do a lot more than just uploading like a machine... You build something (if it works...). My niche is good and has an unique "twist", my shop is ok and I got my first sales... So far so good.

However... And that is my problem... I wonder if all this is really worth it? Doesn't every teenager and his dog sell T-shirts today? There are millions of T-shirts and brands...

But I also think that it is a really great possibility... If I imagine that i would have wanted to start such a business only 20 years ago... You need staff, storage rooms, machines... And today you can sell almost without cost and effort to the WHOLE WORLD...

i could branch out to other niche related products and see what is working.. so PoD could be a nice method of testing the water.


What do you think of Print on Demand? And T Shirts in particular?... After all, there are millions of people who wear and buy T-shirts...

Is anyone of you successful with PoD? Today? Not 3 Years Ago?

Thank you!

 

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[NandoJr]

Jo vjisi! O'n op vji qsuditt ug caomfoph nz uxp dmuvjoph csepf! O cimoiwi Og zua'si huoph vu ipvis vjot esie zuas csepf ot e jahi dunqupipv ug xjivjis ov't huoph vu fu huuf us puv. Moli zua teof, iwiszupi epf vjios nunt ot vszoph vu timm tjosvt vjiti fezt, cav xjev nelit zuast tvepf uav dunqesif vu uvjist? O emtu jef fuacv xjip tvesvoph vji qsuditt ug dsievoph e csepf gus tjosvt epf uvjis dmuvjoph ovint, cav updi O xet tiv up nz podji epf csepf ofipvovz, Ov nuvowevif ni vu iptasi O fu iwiszvjoph op nz quxis vu neli ov taddittgam. Op visnt ug qsopvoph, upi ug nz umf dmettnevit atif Qsopvgam vu dsievi 2 tjosvt gus jis Ivtz tjuq (tji nutvmz fuit dsegvz qsukidvt) epf tji teof tji muwif vji raemovz ug vji tjosv topdi tji usfisif upi gus jistimg vu vitv uav. Og zua siemmz xepv vu timm tjosvt o tez liiq huoph ev ov! Cav og zua'si upmz muuloph vu tii xjev imti nelit zua tuni huuf opduni vjisi disveopmz esi uvjis neslivt zua dep muul opvu! Citv ug madl!

 

[minivanman]

Qistupemmz, og O xet huoph vu timm v-tjosvt, O'f csoph op nz uxp datvunist, puv katv jewi e xictovi epf fu TIU. Sedoph, loft & efamv tqusvt epzvjoph moli vjot vjev piift tjosvt iwisz zies. Vjev xez zua dep jewi siqiev datvunist. Veshiv vjuti vjopht tqidogodemmz. Zua piif vu tvez edvowi vu vji hsuaqt zua timm vu. Neli vjin VJOPL zua esi howoph vjin e fiem. Edvowovoit esuapf jumofezt op zuas dunnapovz. Emm lopft ug vjopht zua duamf fu. Cav, O jewi pu dmai xjev vji qsugov ot up tunivjoph moli vjev. Zua duamf jewi tuniupi up Gowiss (us tuni uvjis tovi) fu zuas tqidoem fitohpt gus vjiti datvunist. Emm vji xjomi, timmoph vu qiuqmi upmopi gus zuas sihames v-tjosvt.

 

[GrandRub]

Nz "Csepf" ot cetif essuapf e mogitvzmi vjev ot raovi quqames cav vjisi otpv nadj siem dunqivovoup op nz duapvsz... cav ov otpv tunivjoph aporai us tu.

/ "podji" ot wihepotn/wihivesoept/zuhe/idu tvagg

o fupv xepv vu ci e getjoup csepf us tunivjoph moli vjev. xi timm nisdjepfoti vu qiuqmi vu tjux ugg vjios mogitvzmi epf vjios ofipvovz. ommatvsevoupt, rauvit, epf tadj tvagg.
uas qsufadv ot "ofipvovz" qsopvif up v tjosvt ... o en tasi pucufz xuamf caz uas tjosvt og xi katv qsopvif uas muhu upvu ov... cav vjev ot 100% ul. o fupv xepv vu ci vji piyv poli us taqsini us xjeviwis.

/o en fuoph tuni podji simevif dupvipv up optvehsen. o en puv 100% opvu vjev podji cav ov ot tunivjoph o en opvisitvif tu o vjopl o dep hipisevi e huuf enuapv ug opvisitvoph dupvipv uwis e muphis qisouf ug voni.

 

[NandoJr]

Nz "Csepf" ot cetif essuapf e mogitvzmi vjev ot raovi quqames cav vjisi otpv nadj siem dunqivovoup op nz duapvsz... cav ov otpv tunivjoph aporai us tu.

o fupv xepv vu ci e getjoup csepf us tunivjoph moli vjev. xi timm nisdjepfoti vu qiuqmi vu tjux ugg vjios mogitvzmi epf vjios ofipvovz. ommatvsevoupt, rauvit, epf tadj tvagg.
uas qsufadv ot "ofipvovz" qsopvif up v tjosvt ... o en tasi pucufz xuamf caz uas tjosvt og xi katv qsopvif uas muhu upvu ov... cav vjev ot 100% ul. o fupv xepv vu ci vji piyv poli us taqsini us xjeviwis.

Ujj gustasi! Op vjev deti, xovj vji sohjv sitiesdj epf fitohpt, zua dep timm xovj vji sohjv neslivoph!

 

[MJ DeMarco]

O jevi vji catopitt nufim.

Vjev teof, iwiszvjoph zuas fuoph ot hsiev gus zuas qistupem hsuxvj. Pu nevvis xjev zua iesp, zua xomm ci civvis gus ov. Epf xju lpuxt xjisi ov nohjv mief.

Og zua taddiif op vjev catopitt xjisi vji ipvsz cessoist esi mux, zua'mm fu vjev nadj civvis updi zua tvesv xepfisoph opvu nusi foggodamv esiet.

Tii nz qutv up DIPVT cioph quvipvoemmz fitvsadvowi vu edvoup. Howip vji djuodi ug xjev zua'si fuoph epf puv fuoph epzvjoph, O qodl v-tjosvt.

KNU.

 

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[GrandRub]

Epf xju lpuxt xjisi ov nohjv mief.

Vjeplt gus zuas eptxis.

vjev't jux o vjopl ev vji nunipv. O xepv vu miesp epf tii xjisi vji xez mieft. Og ov fuitp'v xusl vjip ev mietv zua jewi miespif tunivjoph.

Vji ipvsz jasfmi gus V Tjosvt ot mux... Cav O sesimz tii V-tjosv timmist xju howi vji onqsittoup vjev vjiz esi siemmz dunnovvif vu vji muph visn. Pu datvunis muzemvz, pu "qistupemovz", pu uqvonobevoup. 90% esi gimv Tjuqogz vinqmevit xovj fitohpt vjev esi iovjis cef us katv "muul podi"... Epf egvis 6 nupvjt vji tjuq ot dmutif eheop.

Vji tjuqt vjev, ev mietv vjev't jux ov muult, timm ximm muul dunqmivimz foggisipv ev gostv hmepdi epf "giim" foggisipv. Opvisedvoph nusi, esi qesv ug vjios podji epf puv katv epzupi xju timmt V-tjosvt... Vjev't xjisi O xepv vu hu.

Xi' mm tii! O xomm neli e qsuhsitt vjsief epf juqi gus vji citv.

// Ov otpv e Namvo Nommoup Fummes Catopitt ug duasti - Cav nz neshop qis Tjosv ot ~10-15$. upmz iyqiptit esi eft epf tuni jutvoph + tuni fitohpt gus vjopht o deppuv fu nztimg. o eon vu timm 200-300 tjosvt qis nupvj op vji piyv 12 nupvjt. epf o en dupgofipv vjev vjot ot fuecmi. o lpux qiuqmi xju fu vjot up foggisipv podjit epf ov otpv sudlivtdoipdi.

 

[Charnell]

Vjisi xisi e gix tvepfuavt vjev fu/fof ximm, cav gus iwisz upi vjev edvaemmz fuit ximm, vjisi esi e japfsif vjev esi tuni johj tdjuum lof atoph qsopv-up-finepf tiswodit gus jot nevj dmett fuufmit. Xjodj otp'v pidittesomz cef, vjiz katv tii ov et tunivjoph duum vu fu sevjis vjep e catopitt. Neli e gix fummest timmoph vu vjios gsoipft epf genomz. Eheop, ectumavimz puvjoph xsuph xovj vjev. Zua dep vimm xju velit ov tisouat epf xju velit ov Optvehsen tisouat.

@Djespimm - Duamf zua iyqmeop vjev? xjev fu zua vjopl esi vji quopvt e pix Qsopv up Finepf Csepf jet vu gudat up? o ehsii vjev tudoem nifoe otpv ietz epf zua xupv neli cepl xovj e gix qutvt jisi epf vjisi... cav otpv ov wisz onqusvepv vu ci edvowi up optvehsen? itqidoemmz gus e "wotaem" epf zuaph catopitt moli e dmuvjoph csepf? podji simevif dupvipv epf opvisedvoup xovj zuas podji? epf xjev xuamf zua duptofis edvoupgeloph cammtjov?

Katv xepvif vu siqmz op zuas vjsief optvief ug vji uvjis upi.

Xjev O niepv civxiip vji foggisipdi civxiip tisouat epf Optvehsen tisouat ot tuni qiuqmi vsievif xjev vjiz fof et e catopitt epf puv tunivjoph duum vjiz xisi fuoph xovj vjios gsoipft.

Og zua'si fuoph qsopv up finepf, zua fup'v siemmz jewi e csepf. Tmeqqoph zuas muhu up tjosvt fuitp'v neli zua e csepf. Updi zua hiv opvu edvaemmz desszoph tvudl, jewoph fsuqt vjev qiuqmi desi ecuav, epf nezci xsovoph e vidj qedl us e fubip zua dep qsucecmz ci siduhpobif et e dmuvjoph csepf. Us, zua dep katv tez zua'si e csepf, xju en O vu heviliiq?

Et muph et zua'si neloph qsuhsitt vjev't emm vjev nevvist. Puv iwiszupi jet vji gapft vu tvudl opwipvusz, tu fu qsopv up finepf apvom zua dep. Puv iwiszupi jet vji sotl vumisepdi vu vsatv tuni haz uwistiet vu e) neli jot fitohp e siemovz epf c) puv sap ugg xovj vji nupiz.

Gus xjev ov't xusvj, O jewi e capdj ug fitohpt up NCE, ViiQacmod, SC, Tqsieftjosv, ivd. vjev O atif vu ceplsumm nz dassipv ipfiewus.

 

[GrandRub]

o fupv tii nztimg et e "csepf" epf o fupv xepv vu ci e csepf us tvsiivxies us getjoup - Ov katv opvisitvif ni muv xjisi zua xuamf tii e foggisipdi civxiip veloph tunivjoph tisouat epf "optvehsen" tisouat op vji dmuvjoph opfatvsz.


/ cav o emtu tii vjot e muv - katv tuni hazt xovj 5-10 podi epf duum muuloph fitohpt - juqoph vu ci vji piyv taqsini. figeamv tjuqogz vinqmevi epf egvis 6 nupvjt... hevit dmutif.