Hi everyone and welcome back to
another Print On Demand video.
In today's video, I'm going to be sharing
some helpful information for those of you
who are just starting out with Print On Demand.
I've been doing Print On Demand
for well over five years now.
So I just wanna take this quick video
to share a few important things that you can expect
as you're starting out in Print On Demand
and things that I wish were shared with me
when I was starting out.
To all of you guys who are returning to the channel.
Thank you guys so much for all the support.
It's pretty awesome to watch this community grow.
It's beyond what I ever expected for this YouTube channel.
So thank you guys so much.
With that being said, if you are new to this channel,
welcome, my name is Greg
and I like to talk about online entrepreneurship.
Specifically Print On Demand and affiliate marketing
and sharing the resources
that I wish were shared with me along the way.
If you're interested in making money online,
feel free to look around the channel
and consider subscribing because you're going to find
a lot of things completely free on this channel
that you would typically have to pay for in course.
With all that being said if you are new to Print On Demand,
the next few minutes are going to be very helpful for you.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if you are new
to making money online, Print On Demand is one of the
absolute best places you can start.
In the past five plus years I have tried
a ton of different ways to make money online.
These are things from drop shipping, Amazon FBA, surveys,
affiliate marketing, Print On Demand
just to name a few of them and only some of them
have really stuck and really worked
and I continue to do them today.
Now with that said, the reason that I recommend
Print On Demand to anyone who is just getting into
making money online is because,
one it's not going to cost a lot to get started.
You do not have to pay anything at all
to start making sales in Print On Demand.
Yes, there are designed tools and niche research tools
that can help you and will allow you to grow your business
and get more sales and make more money quicker.
However, you do not need to use any of those
to get started and start making money.
When I started out with Print On Demand years ago,
I did not have any design tools that were paid.
I use completely free designed tools
and just kind of toughed it in the beginning
and spent a lot more time than I do today
making each one of my designs.
So the biggest thing above everything else
if you are starting out in Print On Demand,
is just know that you do not have to spend a single dollar.
You do not need to buy any expensive of courses,
you do not need to invest into advertising
and the paid tools ,are not required,
they are only recommendations.
So that covers the first reason
of why I really recommend Print On Demand for beginners
because there really is no upfront cost
that you have to pay.
Now the second reason that Print On Demand
is absolutely perfect
for anyone getting into making money online,
is because you do not need to have a specific skill set.
Yes, Print On Demand is about creating designs
that will ultimately be sold on T shirts,
on sweatshirts, on mugs et cetera.
However, you do not need to be
a graphic designer or an artist.
Take me for example I started years ago
and I am not a graphic designer.
However, by using design tools,
whether they are free or paid,
nowadays, you can create designs very easily
and without any graphic design experience.
If you look back a decade before we had all of these apps
and design tools to use,
you would have to create these by hand.
So if you didn't have the skill set,
then you wouldn't be able to create these designs.
Now by using the tools that are available to all of us
we can all create designs that someone will see on a shirt
and really want to buy.
Now another big tip that I can pass on to you guys.
If you are just starting out in Print On Demand,
is don't think that the best designs
are just the ones that are most complex.
Some of the designs on my accounts
that sell the best to date over the last five plus years,
are ones ,that are simply text.
Now yes, I can definitely say that
the best designs that sell are combination of text
and an illustration or a graphic.
However, text only designs sell as well,
so you don't have to create super elaborate designs
just to try to get sales.
Now moving along in the beginning
as a Print On Demand seller.
If you are new to this space,
it's very important to mentally understand
that it can take time to get your first sales.
There's a very popular thing in the entrepreneurship world
known as shiny object syndrome.
You see this a lot with making money online
and essentially what it is,
is someone will start a new venture
because it looks like a good opportunity.
And then once they've been working on it
for a week or two they see something else
that looks like a good opportunity.
These are the shiny objects
and they jump from shiny object to shiny object.
So they only put in a couple weeks,
they get distracted they completely drop it
and try something different.
When you're starting out in Print On Demand.
Your first sales can take anywhere
from a couple days to a couple months.
So just trust me, if you do stick with it
and you start to see those initial sales,
it will have a snowball effect
and the more designs that you're creating and uploading,
the more sales you're going to see coming in overall,
the beginning can be very tough
because you don't have a big library
of designs already out there.
So you're not getting a ton of organic traffic
seeing your designs right off the bat.
But trust me when I say,
"If you're just starting out in Print On Demand,
try to be as patient as possible, stay optimistic
and just keep consistently putting in the work."
There is no downside to this, there are no risks to this,
the only thing that you're sacrificing is time.
This is the time that you spend creating the designs,
the time that you spent uploading the designs,
you don't have to pay for ads,
you don't have to pay for anything else.
So it's just your time and it is going to take
a lot of hard work.
Now the reason I say that is to keep it real with you guys,
but don't let that discourage you at all.
Yes, it does take hard work.
However, some of you guys who have been following
this channel for a while,
have been coming back and leaving comments
of how quickly you got your first sales
or how your success is going so far.
So with that being said, what are we recommend to you,
if you are new to this space,
is go through some of the other videos on this channel
and just scroll down to the comments section.
Typically when I see them, I will pin them to the top,
but just browse through the comments
and look at some of the other comments
and talk to those people,
they are sharing how quickly they got their first sales.
Now, I absolutely don't wanna get your hopes up super high.
However, my personal record is uploading a design
and getting the first sale within 24 hours.
And there are two people that I know of
so far who have beat me.
In the comment section,
I've talked to someone who got their first sale in 16 hours,
and then the record holder so far that I know of
who has got their first sale in six hours.
That is absolutely insane.
And that is better than I have even done myself.
So my hat's off to you, and congratulations on that.
With that being said, stay as optimistic as possible
if you're just starting out in this space,
and you may get super lucky
and get those first few sales right off the bat.
Otherwise, it may take you a couple weeks
or a couple months.
Now some of you guys have been asking me
how can you speed up this process
in the beginning of getting those first few sales
and really the best answer I can give you is
it's going to come down to a combination of a few things.
First is going to be what niche you're going into,
how competitive that really is,
making sure that you have good designs that are as good
or better than the other designs in that niche,
and then lastly over on Instagram and the initial traffic
that you're getting over to your products,
it's really there is a factor of a little bit of luck
in getting in front of the right person
who sees that design is ready to buy
and it resonates with them and doing that early on.
In time, you're absolutely going to get
in front of those people.
However, some people get in front of that person
who's ready to buy within 16 hours or six hours.
So just know that by using those niche hashtags,
your design is going to be shown to people who care about it
and resonate with it.
It's just a matter of how long it takes for you
to get in front of the people
who are ready to buy right now.
Now just to throw in one more helpful thing in this video,
for those of you who are starting out with Print On Demand,
you will see in a lot of these videos
I'm talking about using Instagram
and that is the best strategy to get organic traffic
over to your storefront and get those first few sales.
That is 100% the best strategy if you're starting out
as a new seller on Print On Demand.
It does not require any paid ads,
you don't have to pay for anything,
you're using free niche hashtags
to get in front of people who care.
Now, with that being said, a question that I commonly get is
how many followers do you need to have
on your Instagram page to tell that it's working?
And this is actually not the answer you're going to expect.
But my answer is you don't have to worry
about followers at all.
Yes, building up followers on your page
is going to be helpful,
because then every time you post on that page in the future,
it's going to go on to their news feeds
without you having to do anything,
it'll automatically show up to them every time.
However, the vast majority of people making purchases
from Instagram, are impulse purchases.
What that means is they're just scrolling on Instagram
and your design pops up.
They don't even follow your page yet,
but it's because you use those niche hashtags.
They see it, it's relevant to them,
they care about it.
And either they want it for themselves right then and there
because it resonates so well or they know someone
who it would be perfect for.
Maybe someone's birthday is coming up,
maybe a holiday is right around the corner
and they know someone who fits
what that design is made about
so well that it's an impulse purchase
right place right time.
So with that said, don't worry about followers
too much on your page.
Yes, it is a good thing to have but more than anything,
it's a vanity metric it's not going to help you
get those first few sales any faster.
So guys, I know this has been a short video
but if you have any questions at all
one of my favorite things
is to go through the comments section
and just see you guys getting started
and helping you as much as I can.
So if you have any questions about Print On Demand,
whether you're a new seller or if it's one of you guys
that have been following this channel for a long time,
just let me know you can say hi in the comments,
you can ask me anything that I can help with
and I'd be happy to help you guys out.
With that said I'll keep an eye on the comments section
and I've got more videos coming for you guys soon.
So I will see you all in the next video.