PRINT-ON-DEMAND
The key to sales with Print-on-Demand is the be able to upload and create a lot of great designs. However, unless you are a skilled graphic designer with a lot of time on your hands, it doesn’t seem plausible to to crank out a ton of designs to increase your chance for sales. Another key to success is to choose the right niches. You will want to find what products customers are buying, so you will also need a tool to help you find where the fish are biting. Niche research is very important. It could very well determine if you succeed or fail with your business. You will need to determine whether the niche you target is over-saturated with a ton of competition, or perhaps under-saturated with low competition. Here are some tools to set you on the path to success.
The key to sales with Print-on-demand is the be able to upload and create a lot of great designs. You will need to this tool in order to get sales, and a great t-shirt design tool is Placeit.net. This is one of the best design tools out there for the average person, since they provide thousands of t-shirt designs and transparent backgrounds for you to use. You won’t need to purchase any software in order to create your design, as it is all web-based right on their website. The cost is $29 per month and that gives you unlimited t-shirt mockups with designs that are crafted by professionals. I currently have a yearly membership with placit.net and I wouldn’t recommend this resource unless it was worth every penny.
Niche research is so important. It could very well determine if you succeed or fail with your business. You will need to determine whether the niche you target is over-saturated with a ton of competition, or perhaps under-saturated with low competition. Merchinformer.com can maximize your sales. This software tool will help you find where buyers are in less saturated markets. Now this is a paid tool, which currently cost $9.99 a month. This tool specifically offers a ‘competition checker’ search query which is very simple and also very effective. The search query is based on the Amazon marketplace for print-on-demand products – so you can get a pretty good snapshot of what niches are saturated or under-saturated.
Canva has a free version, and a paid version. The paid version is the better option, but if your budget doesn’t allow you to afford a monthly fee, you can still get started for no cost. Once you start making a few sales, you can consider investing in paid resources to fast track your success.
