If you are interested in print-on-demand
then you should be well aware that there
are many different platforms that you can use.
In this video we are specifically going to talk about Shopify
versus all of the other print-on-demand websites
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In today's video you are going to learn all about
the different print-on-demand platforms,
what's the best one to use
and specifically we're going to be talking about
using Shopify for print-on-demand
and all of the other platforms you can use for print-on-demand.
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So the very first thing we have to talk about here is price
So there are a ton of different print-on-demand websites
and I'm going to break down the ones that I recommend for you
but the big one we need to talk about first is
using Shopify compared to the other print-on-demand platforms.
Now it breaks into two categories;
there's free and there's paid.
So when we talk about Shopify, it's going to be paid.
There's no free version of this that we can use
so it starts at $29 per month
and then goes up to $79 per month or $299 per month.
So in order to use Shopify for print-on-demand
you're going to have to pay monthly,
so with that said when you pay for that Shopify subscription
it's basically giving you the website
where you can process the transactions and all of that,
however, you still need to add in plugins
that will allow you to do the print-on-demand part.
so there's two main plugins you can add here
and they are very easy to set-up
one is called Printify and one is Printful
both of those you can add into your Shopify store for free
So those don't come with a cost,
it's just the overall subscription to Shopify that you have to pay for.
So if you're going to go to Shopify, just know that you're in at least
29 dollars per month to use that.
Now staying with price, when we start to look at the other platforms
the top three that I recommend for you are:
Teespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon
Now what's cool about this is
all three of these are completely free to use
and it's basically plug and play,
so you just upload your designs and it's as easy as that.
So right off the bat
the difference between Shopify and other print-on-demand platforms
are first price.
So just know that if you are going to use Shopify
there's a price associated with it.
Now there is a benefit to that which I'm going to explain here in a minute
but now that we've talked about the price
now I want to talk about the benefit you do get with Shopify.
So if you do go with Shopify there is one pretty big advantage
that you don't get with these other platforms
and that is the ability to collect email addresses .
On your Shopify store, when someone makes a purchase
you get their email address,
then you can follow up with them because they already purchased
and then you can email afterwards.
Additionally you can add a pop-up to your website,
a coupon
or something to that effect
where they get 10% off in exchange for their email address
and then you can send them out emails with new designs
that are released and things like that.
That is a pretty good benefit to build up an email list
but if you're starting out as a beginner,
I think that is way too much to worry about.
Now when we come over to these free platforms
Teespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon,
you're not able to collect email addresses
so you can't follow up with customers
and announce new designs being released.
However, if you're using the right strategy
with these print-on-demand platforms
you don't need to worry about emails at all.
In a nutshell the overall strategy that works best for these
is getting out a high volume of good designs
those are the two big components if you can make a lot of good designs
and get them out onto these platforms,
that is how you can really start making a lot of money with
print-on-demand.
Now when talking about these free platforms,
the common question that I see from you guys is
which one should I go with?
But the answer is actually awesome,
they're all non-exclusive.
Which means you can upload the same t-shirt design
on to Teespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon.
This way you can have your designs out on all three of these,
Someone who's on Amazon might not know about Teespring
and vice versa someone on Teespring might not know about RedBubble.
So by putting your designs on to all three you get triple the exposure
and this leads us into our main point
of why I personally don't use Shopify for print-on-demand.
This is because of marketing and traffic.
when you make your own Shopify store, that's your website.
You are now responsible to bring people to that website
and get them interested to purchase your products
However, with these free print-on-demand websites,
they do the marketing for you.
There are a couple really important things to understand
so the next minute of this video is going to be pretty important
but just know that these websites do the marketing for you.
This way you upload your designs and you don't have to do anything else,
that's why print on demand is so passive.
When you have a Shopify store, you have to bring the traffic yourself.
When you upload to these free print-on-demand platforms, they do it all for you
that's the big difference.
Now the thing that's really important to understand is the Teespring trust score.
Now RedBubble and Merch by Amazon don't have one of these
so what I'm about to explain only relates to Teespring
Now Teespring does a ton of marketing for you completely for free
I'm going to put up on the screen here
just a list of all the different types of marketing they do for you
for free.
However, they don't start doing this marketing for you
until you as a seller on Teespring have established a trust score.
Once you've established your trust score on Teespring,
they start doing all this marketing for you
and then you're set for Teespring
all you have to do is upload designs in the future
but the three parts to getting your trust score set are:
One, getting at least 2 - 10 sales on your account.
Nobody knows exactly how many sales it is on your account
but it's somewhere between two and ten sales.
More lately I've heard that it's closer to two sales
so just make sure that you try to get a few
sales on your teespring store yourself in the beginning,
so that way you knock out the first of three parts getting a few sales.
The second part is not infringing on copyright.
So don't upload things that other companies own
like logos or things that are trademarked
or anything that might be copyright infringement
where someone's going to report that
and then Teespring Doc's you for that.
So stay away from anything that may be copyright infringement
And then third is keeping spam out of your titles and descriptions.
What I mean by that is not putting full capital letters,
limited-edition, you have to buy this now
it's not going to be available tomorrow,
if it seems spammy to you don't put it in your title or description.
Those are the three things that you have to do
to get a trust score on Teespring
and like I said, once you've done that
then all the free marketing kicks in on Teespring
Now the other two platforms that I recommended
RedBubble and Merch by Amazon,
they don't have a trust score so as soon as you start uploading your designs
to their website
they're going to start doing the marketing for you.
Now the bulk of their marketing is in their marketplace.
Now for Amazon, that is extremely powerful.
Think about how many people are going to Amazon every day
and your designs are going to start showing up in the marketplace.
So that's how that works and then obviously the more sales
that you start to get on these platforms
the higher up you're going to rank in their marketplace.
So that is the big reason why I prefer not to use Shopify
for print on demand and rather to use
Teespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon.
Now I've got one more big thing for you guys in this video
and that is that if you do want to make a website similar to Shopify
where you can collect emails for print on demand
and this can even be in addition to Teespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon
then I recommend doing what I'm about to explain
because that will take care of the traffic portion
which is the main reason why I don't use Shopify.
Now this is definitely going to be a longer term play
so I recommend getting designs out on Reespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon
while you're doing this
but what I recommend doing is creating a niche affiliate marketing website
and then once you've done that that'll start bringing in traffic from Google.
You write blog posts on this website
and then people find it in Google search results
that's how you get your targeted traffic to your website
and then you add a tab up top called clothing
and you build basically your own storefront
that links to Teespring or Merch by Amazon or RedBubble.
Now I know that sounds like a lot
so I'm going to link a video up here that explains
step by step how to do this.
because there is quite a bit to it
but just know that if you do want to build your own website
you don't have to use Shopify to do it.
You can do it on your own website whether that's WordPress or Wix,
something that's cheaper and then that'll give you all
the added benefits of having your own Shopify store
but for a lot less than $29 per month.
So with all that being said the video that I was just talking about
will be referenced up there and then I'll also put it down in the description
and I'm gonna link one other video that's a good resource in the description as well
and this is going to be how to get those first few sales on your Teespring account
to build up your trust score.
So if you're just getting started on Teespring
and you haven't established your trust score yet
and all that marketing hasn't kicked in for you,
this video will be a good way to explain the strategy
that I recommend you use to get those first few sales on your account
and then just remember, stay away from copyright infringement
and don't put spam in your titles and descriptions
and then remember once you've set your trust score on Teespring
all that marketing will kick in.
And you don't have to do any additional marketing yourself
all you have to do is keep uploading cool designs
to grow your business as big as you want.
Alright guys that's it for today
I hope this video has helped you guys understand the difference
between using Shopify for print-on-demand
and the other print-on-demand platforms
specifically Teespring, RedBubble and Merch by Amazon.
I really hope you guys enjoyed this video,
and if you did I really appreciate the thumbs up on this video
If you guys have any questions at all about this,
feel free to leave them in a comment and I'll get you an answer
otherwise I will see you guys in the next video