Print on demand business

[Manali Dixit]

I would like to start a print-on-demand business. What websites do you recommend to get started with? And is there any more knowledge someone has about this industry?

 

[FreddyG]

Have you ever worked in this field?

 

[fisicx]

@Manali Dixit - I’m assuming you have your own printing presses, source of products and lots of money for marketing.

 

[Manali Dixit]

I come from a textiles for print background, so I am familiar with this field.

 

[Manali Dixit]

What do you mean by lots of money? Do you know how much I would need? I can buy the print machines. I do not know about marketing, please can you guide me further? This is the information I am interested in understanding, the money I need to spend on these activities. How much would it cost for digital marketing and who i need to contact for marketing.

 

[Manali Dixit]

Have you ever worked in this field?

I come from a textiles for print background, so I am familiar with this field.

 

[fisicx]

What do you mean by lots of money? Do you know how much I would need? I can buy the print machines. I do not know about marketing, please can you guide me further? This is the information I am interested in understanding, the money I need to spend on these activities. How much would it cost for digital marketing and who i need to contact for marketing.

Buy books on marketing. Pay a developer to build you a website. Do lots of market research.

You will probably need to spend money on advertising. £1000/month would be a good start.

 

[Deleted member 367548]

What do you mean by lots of money? Do you know how much I would need? I can buy the print machines. I do not know about marketing, please can you guide me further? This is the information I am interested in understanding, the money I need to spend on these activities. How much would it cost for digital marketing and who i need to contact for marketing.

Happy to have a chat with you to see if my agency can help. Full transparency its not a sector I have experience in but I am sure we can come up with something

 

[Manali Dixit]

Buy books on marketing. Pay a developer to build you a website. Do lots of market research.

You will probably need to spend money on advertising. £1000/month would be a good start.

Thanks for your advice, I have heard that if I start with amazon or etsy I won't need to do much marketing as they already have a platform with customers. What is your point of view on that, and what kind of business do you come from?

 

[Manali Dixit]

Happy to have a chat with you to see if my agency can help. Full transparency its not a sector I have experience in but I am sure we can come up with something

Yes sure! Go ahead !

 

[fisicx]

Thanks for your advice, I have heard that if I start with amazon or etsy I won't need to do much marketing as they already have a platform with customers.

Yes but so can everyone else. Do a Google search for t-shirts, mugs, poster or whatever and there are thousands of suppliers. Even if you do a very specific search for a design (eg: "unicorn riding a unicycle t-shirt") there will still be loads of competition. If you want to get noticed you need to spend money. Lots of money.

 

[ecom1337]

Go unique with the designs to standout !

Hire someone to build you a shopify store or do it on your own , it takes time but worth learning .

Create good quality UGC ( reels ) run meta ads and make sure be consistent to make pixel train and lower cpp !

Best of Luck