You had me at "Hey Joe, It's folks here" I'm seriously glad I found your channel, about to start your Dummies class, I like the way you explain things and you're easy to listen to. Thanks!
I do large format LASER cutting for metal signs and custom truck/side by side accessories. This is the money maker....but can be few and far between (I sell locally only). I do dye sublimation,LASERS engraving,t-shirts and Vinyl signage in CONJUNCTION with the other products, targeting companies needing give aways and signage. Mom's and grannies buy 1 or 2 and take up a lot of time for little gain. Small companies need SWAG for trade shows etc... and in my experience, don't have personnel to handle the art and manufacturing of these items. Just my 2¢
Awesome Job, Joe! PoD is my next Adventure as an Entrepreneur with 10 Years of Experience now. Finding your Channel was both helpful and entertaining. Your Honesty and Genuity is obvious. Very grateful, keep it up 🙏🏻
I was ‘in’, at forget shirt or mug. But ultimately, what anyone in this sector does, is create their own brand. No customer, ever, bought a brand without it meeting their needs. So any dreams of printing money, relate to exactly meeting the needs of potential customers
Great video, Joe, I was in T-shirt printing and tried to create my own brand, "Back In The Day" and created dozens of designs. I had regular visits to the home page, but few orders and tried different forms of marketing but after about 4 years decided to shutter the whole thing. I will be thinking about your new approach and see if I can find a niche that would work for me to start testing ideas. Thanks man!
Loved this video Joe thank you. Big help as I'm just starting out and so much to learn. Will be taking you up on your course too. Keep up your great honest videos as that's what we love.
Great video about this aspect of your approach. The POD RUclipsrs who teach to sell shirts will emphasize that almost everyone wears shirts, most people have dozens of shirts and will always buy more, and therefore you can easily get impulse purchases, and return customers buying multiple shirts over time (if you do email marketing to keep bringing them back). Whereas with a metal sign, shower curtain, or car seat covers, not everyone wants that kind of product, it's a higher price so it's a bigger decision, and most customers probably won't buy multiple over time (?). Ultimately I'm sure either approach can work if done properly. But one point for your approach-it seems like you're able to get a higher profit margin even when paying for traffic. I don't think anyone selling shirts with paid traffic are getting a 35% margin.
Thanks for watching! Getting impulse purchases on shirts from what I’ve seen is what a lot of people are struggling with which is why they’re choosing low competition niches
I'm pretty sure all the RUclipsrs teachers aren't selling shirts anymore or at least they aren't a priority for them. they've moved on to more profit items.
Thank you! This actually makes sense. I'm so tired of seeing videos claiming "why I don't do xyz anymore" but its a total 180 from the method being searched. I have some close ties to some very specific niches that I want to sell to, not as a primary product but because I know the pride and advocacy these ties have. I've been hesitant because tees are so overdone, and I'm not impressed with the profit margins. I didn't want to waste my time. I'm excited to watch your series and look for some higher profit margin products to sell.
@@Stan-Ard dont overthink everything man . just start . printful has premium hoodies , i ordered a sample first then launched the site and started to marketing on IG .
I love your content thank you so much for a fresh take on POD. I know a lot of content creators are using the zoom in /out feature for their vids but I find it very distracting.
If someone sees a t-shirt they like, they're likely going to buy it.T-shirts are usually priced at an impulse purchase level. Also most people buy multiple t-shirts every year. How many metal signs is a buyer going to purchase for his/her home gym?
The majority of people selling shirts are not finding people to buy their shirts though - the gym sign was just one example, doesn’t mean that would be the only product that is low competition and high profit that you could sell them. Remember, I’m just sharing what I’ve seen work well on my own stores and with people that I’ve worked with in competitive niches and that’s choosing low competition products
Another way to look at it, is people with home gyms sure as hell don't scoff at paying money for a sign, compared with many more price shoppers looking for tshirts.
Thank you for this very insightful and thought provoking video. As you so aptly point out, one size does not fit all and just because a niche is filled does not mean there aren't ways to actually take advantage of that seeming impediment to success. The secret to selling anything is to have a product that you discern the prospect has an innate emotional need for born of their circumstances. To the degree that you are able to seek out and find such prospects and approach them in a manner that enables you to present your product to them intelligently, succinctly and in an appealing, engaging fashion? Your chances of selling them are quite high but, therein lies the rub! Lol Because this is where the vast majority of people selling fall down and fail - whether it's POD tee shirts, cars or anything; they lack the creativity and high level selling ability requisite to enable them to discern such things. All the more for the rest of us who can!
I can’t stomach doing T-shirts and mugs. It is so boring to me. I just started doing shoes. I have some really cool looking ones and they are definitely getting clicks.
Great video ! I am looking to design my own stuff but I am unsure if it's smart to design whatever I feel like designing or if I should just focus on a couple of items? Thank you!
What about protecting your design? Does printing your design on one of these print on design services also copyright your design, like publishing a book would? This industry feels like it’d be ripe for stealing by bigger competitors 🤔
There used to be a website where you could upload the picture and it would automatically copyright it for you. Problem is I haven’t used it in years so I don’t remember the name. Happy hunting
@@sethro2756 I watched another video about doing this w/ Amazon, that in their contract, it says that they recognise your design is yours, and you are giving the permission to print it. It's from a youtube video, so take that for what it's worth. I'm thinking it's worth the $500 to hire a lawyer to ask these kinds of questions before I put anything up. Nowadays most people think nothing of taking someone else's idea, especially if you're going up against the bigger competition....
POD is infested with the culture of ripping off the designs of others. I'm not saying that Joe is. Short of just ripping off designs, research tools powered by AI can be used to target specific designs that are doing very well, so the game that is accepted in the POD culture, is taking such a design and just changing it up a little bit. Presto!
Thank you so much! Great information. Do you already have a video about returned orders? Has Printify improved its products? I've been hesitant about using Prinify because of the poor quality. What is the rate of returns?
Hey Joe thanks for your video! Would you recommend doing a multi-niche store but with the same products? For example a blanket for dog lovers and the same one but for anime fans too? Thanks
I sell on Etsy and I've had to prepay for all 5 items I've sold because Etsy doesn't release funds for 14 days! Am I missing something? This has been very inconvenient.
Why should I use personify when I have to pay the base cost to have it shipped to you instead of using Amazon merch a Redbubble or tea public where they handle all that and give me half of what the selling prices plus if I use personify I handle customer service Unlike the other website that do everything for me plus, I don't have to pay a member to be part of the other websites unlike I have to pay a fee to use
If I use printify I have to pay for it monthly and then when I have it shipped out through them, I have to pay it upfront commission to get it out to you and then they reverse me for that but when I use teepublice or Redbubble or Amazon, I don't pay them anything not even to become a seller and they handle the customer service for returns plus, I'm on a budget because of that so explain to me how your service will help me when I'm trying to start one with any money @@RealJoeRobert
My problem is creating product descriptions. I'll create many designs and then get stuck finishing the product creating titles and descriptions. I'll come up with an image design concept. Create the image (with or without text). Then so any color adjustments and other edits. I may end up with a handful of useful images to use in the same theme. Then I got to upload them and start creating products and mockups. Then the mockups need to be downloaded and edited. Then re-uploaded. Then I'm left with several products in the same niche with the same theme but ask different but also similar. And they all need titles and descriptions..... And I don't want titles to be too similar not the descriptions. Then I have to consider SEO part of it. It's mentally draining if i must say. If I get one or two done per week that's great. Maybe I'm just not great at it. I will use chat gpt on occasion to help with SEO and such on certain topics or if it's a subject matter that I can't quite express in my own words I'll get a few examples to go with our piece together. But still I usually just make a list of things to describe the scene on the image. Then work on a hook of some kind. I just need 37 hour days and 8 days a week.
@@crazywithsusmita7221 - I created a free account with chat GPT and I type something like 'create a description for my coffee cup with a cute purple teddy bear design on it that I will sell on my Etsy store'. It remembers things I've asked it so it will fill in some info I didn't ask for that helps the description. If I don't like something I tell it not to add whatever or to add something else. I spend so much time on designs, I don't want to spend time on descriptions. :)
Just used Elijah's Printify Automation tool to launch a new Printify store with 1500 products. Took me less timeLove how Elijah's tool works with my existing Printify products as templates. Makes expanding my catalog so easy! than creating 10 manually!
Question from a newbie - there are many different niches. If I choose to sell products related to several completely different niches such as farming, baking, beaches and pets, should I have a site for each niche or a "catch all" with a company name that implies that? I'm setting up a Printify Pop up Shop now but I would like to upgrade to a Shopify or similar product for a site that looks more professional and offers personalization features. Thanks for any advice. BTW - I really enjoy your vids.
Hi, I have some doubts about POD and I have not yet seen any videos that talk about this. If I have products from different suppliers in a store, would the customer be delivered separately and would they be charged for shipping each item? And if they are different products from the same supplier, would the shipping prices of each item be added? Are customers actually okay with that?
Thank you for posting this comment! And please forgive what has turned into a rant🤯🤭… I’ve created a ton of designs for my new shop and have finally started to add the items, but in ‘hidden’ mode for this exact reason! I’m just going off of how I would feel when shopping anywhere other than Amazon. I’m not adversed to paying for reasonable shipping but I admit to abandoning many a cart when the shipping seems ridiculous. And offering free shipping either jacks up product prices or decimates my profit margins. I’ve watched countless helpful videos from YT POD gurus, and researched my ass off to find the best products to offer my designs on. But the problem is that the best of the best means at least 2-3 different print providers, and way more if one of those is Printify, because they’re just a hub for a ton of smaller providers! T-shirts are easy enough, all providers are pretty much competitive in that space. But finding a provider that also offers a healthy selection of tote bags, glassware, notebooks, pillows, canvas wall art, etc., is impossible! So if a customer likes a design and wants to buy a t-shirt, a notebook, and a pillow from my shop, they’re going to be hit with 3 stacked shipping charges in their cart! I’m not so concerned about items arriving separately; every online store does that now so customers are used to it. But when shipping nears, or crosses, the $20 mark, that’s a valid excuse to abandon cart. I’ll try to find the video, mentioned in Joe’s reply, and watch it… hopefully that will help me out of what feels like a crippling holding pattern of dread😩🤞😂
@@RealJoeRobert I don’t know how I missed it, but just watched the video you’re referring to and it definitely helped me come up with a more comfortable shipping strategy. Or at least the start of one. (My epic rant is below for context) IMHO I feel like it was one of your best ones yet, or maybe it just spoke volumes to me because it addressed everything that was holding me back. Thank you!! I now feel like I’m ready to step in with both feet!🙏🙏🙏
That's what kills sells. Multiple shippers charge crazy price for shipping. Making customers price high compared to TEMU or TT shop of course after paying for the shirt, taxes, shipping I wouldn't even by my own shit. I Ordered a sweat shirt for almost $59 from my own store. But I wouldn't normally past that much
Well since Etsy is a platform it uses sales data to fuel its algorithm so buying your own stuff would cause a situation where you could manipulate your shop If you want to order your own products you can place a manual order with your print on demand supplier
Thanks for watching. In the video I said I sell on Shopify. I’ve never ran Etsy ads because I don’t sell there. I’ve got lots of videos on my channel about what I do
@@RealJoeRobert thank you. I tried doing this 2 years ago when POD wasn’t that good. Might have to give it another go. Have so many designs just sitting. What’s Good sweatshirt supplier? Also thanks for the reply!!
I'm new to shopify I've had a few sales. My hang up is with shipping I had a customer buy 3 things and the shipping was $25 OMG is that normal they bought 2 mugs and a hoodie. I've watched a bunch of yt videos all offering free shipping how is that even possible if you want a profit. Can you give me guidance with this?
The stuff your shoing only ships from Canada, isn't that expensive with shipping? The shoes especially, just asking because I don't honestly know I just see it's Ships from Canada under them all..
Do simple patterns on leggings and hoodies and women cut sew would sell well? Like I am beginner and want to keep it simple and use an app called repper app to design those patterns?
I typically say great designs have three things. The first is a graphic. The second is some sort of quote/message and the third is an overall aesthetic to the design Leggings obviously in some cases though won’t have text. Depends on the niche
@@RealJoeRobert i have an print on demand idea and i want to share wth you is it will be sucss full or trash and i have 0 compatator in it that why i want to share with you
is it better to have a copyright or trademark on the items you sell so you don't have people copying your design or mark? I hear this happens a lot on platforms like ETSY.
@@RealJoeRobert I own 9 trademarks. I'm just saying a lot of people don't copyright there work (illustration) and when they upload there design it gets copied.
@a-affordablecom can you define what you mean by “copyright their work” you don’t file for copyright it’s a natural protection you receive when you create some thing. Which is why I told you to look up the difference lol 😊
@@RealJoeRobert OK i hear you but i've seen so many horror stories on Etsy of Etsy deleting peoples selling page cause someone copied there design then started selling it and claimed it was there's.
@a-affordablecom I’m not sure what you’re looking for me to say lol anyone who creates something would have a natural copyright and if they wanted to take someone to court to prove it they could do so
You had me at "Hey Joe, It's folks here" I'm seriously glad I found your channel, about to start your Dummies class, I like the way you explain things and you're easy to listen to. Thanks!
Thanks for watching 🙏
I do large format LASER cutting for metal signs and custom truck/side by side accessories.
This is the money maker....but can be few and far between (I sell locally only).
I do dye sublimation,LASERS engraving,t-shirts and Vinyl signage in CONJUNCTION with the other products, targeting companies needing give aways and signage.
Mom's and grannies buy 1 or 2 and take up a lot of time for little gain.
Small companies need SWAG for trade shows etc... and in my experience, don't have personnel to handle the art and manufacturing of these items.
Just my 2¢
Awesome Job, Joe! PoD is my next Adventure as an Entrepreneur with 10 Years of Experience now. Finding your Channel was both helpful and entertaining. Your Honesty and Genuity is obvious. Very grateful, keep it up 🙏🏻
Hey thanks!
I was ‘in’, at forget shirt or mug. But ultimately, what anyone in this sector does, is create their own brand. No customer, ever, bought a brand without it meeting their needs. So any dreams of printing money, relate to exactly meeting the needs of potential customers
Great video, Joe, I was in T-shirt printing and tried to create my own brand, "Back In The Day" and created dozens of designs. I had regular visits to the home page, but few orders and tried different forms of marketing but after about 4 years decided to shutter the whole thing. I will be thinking about your new approach and see if I can find a niche that would work for me to start testing ideas. Thanks man!
Best of luck & thanks for watching!
The intro of "Hey Joe, it's Folks here" is awesome. This video was extremely helpful and informative. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Thank you for breaking this down! Do you have a POD company you recommend that makes quilts and/or the super soft throw blankets?
he does idk what it is tho
Loved this video Joe thank you. Big help as I'm just starting out and so much to learn. Will be taking you up on your course too. Keep up your great honest videos as that's what we love.
Thanks for watching!
Great video about this aspect of your approach. The POD RUclipsrs who teach to sell shirts will emphasize that almost everyone wears shirts, most people have dozens of shirts and will always buy more, and therefore you can easily get impulse purchases, and return customers buying multiple shirts over time (if you do email marketing to keep bringing them back). Whereas with a metal sign, shower curtain, or car seat covers, not everyone wants that kind of product, it's a higher price so it's a bigger decision, and most customers probably won't buy multiple over time (?). Ultimately I'm sure either approach can work if done properly. But one point for your approach-it seems like you're able to get a higher profit margin even when paying for traffic. I don't think anyone selling shirts with paid traffic are getting a 35% margin.
Thanks for watching! Getting impulse purchases on shirts from what I’ve seen is what a lot of people are struggling with which is why they’re choosing low competition niches
This comment made me subscribe it’s people like you that need to be in my life ❤😂
I'm pretty sure all the RUclipsrs teachers aren't selling shirts anymore or at least they aren't a priority for them. they've moved on to more profit items.
@johnlenton3900 I don’t really think that’s true. Lots of mug and t shirt propaganda
@@RealJoeRobert that’s possible but trying compete with some shops prices is getting harder if you’re using POD. Just a thought.
Thank you! This actually makes sense. I'm so tired of seeing videos claiming "why I don't do xyz anymore" but its a total 180 from the method being searched. I have some close ties to some very specific niches that I want to sell to, not as a primary product but because I know the pride and advocacy these ties have. I've been hesitant because tees are so overdone, and I'm not impressed with the profit margins. I didn't want to waste my time. I'm excited to watch your series and look for some higher profit margin products to sell.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Good luck
i do hoodies , sell them at $50( 8.49 shipping) cost $36 to make and ship , $23 profit
Better to make them $58.49 and offer free shipping, it's a must these days to get better sales
@@Stan-Ard dont overthink everything man . just start .
printful has premium hoodies , i ordered a sample first then launched the site and started to marketing on IG .
@@Stan-Ard like you're literally overthinking and asking question about extra things just because youre afraid to start
What brand of hoodies are you using?
Hoodies are a great option, you could also explore all over print ones
I love your content thank you so much for a fresh take on POD. I know a lot of content creators are using the zoom in /out feature for their vids but I find it very distracting.
If someone sees a t-shirt they like, they're likely going to buy it.T-shirts are usually priced at an impulse purchase level. Also most people buy multiple t-shirts every year. How many metal signs is a buyer going to purchase for his/her home gym?
The majority of people selling shirts are not finding people to buy their shirts though - the gym sign was just one example, doesn’t mean that would be the only product that is low competition and high profit that you could sell them.
Remember, I’m just sharing what I’ve seen work well on my own stores and with people that I’ve worked with in competitive niches and that’s choosing low competition products
@@RealJoeRobert I'm not having problems selling T-shirts. I don't use platforms like Etsy though. I have my own self hosted niche shop.
Another way to look at it, is people with home gyms sure as hell don't scoff at paying money for a sign, compared with many more price shoppers looking for tshirts.
This Elijah's printify automation tool is wild. Uploaded 100 designs and had 1000 products ready to go in no time!
So pissed i didn't do POD earlier. I am super witty and love designing. I'm in marketing now but will tryt his once again!!!!! JUst to be creative.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Joe! This was great info and very helpful 😊
Glad to hear it thanks for watching!
Thank you for this very insightful and thought provoking video. As you so aptly point out, one size does not fit all and just because a niche is filled does not mean there aren't ways to actually take advantage of that seeming impediment to success.
The secret to selling anything is to have a product that you discern the prospect has an innate emotional need for born of their circumstances. To the degree that you are able to seek out and find such prospects and approach them in a manner that enables you to present your product to them intelligently, succinctly and in an appealing, engaging fashion? Your chances of selling them are quite high but, therein lies the rub! Lol
Because this is where the vast majority of people selling fall down and fail - whether it's POD tee shirts, cars or anything; they lack the creativity and high level selling ability requisite to enable them to discern such things. All the more for the rest of us who can!
Hi Joe, you just made a new fan with this video :) It's very helpful, thank you.
Awesome! Thanks for watching 🙏
Totally makes sense!!! Blew my mind 🤯
I can’t stomach doing T-shirts and mugs. It is so boring to me. I just started doing shoes. I have some really cool looking ones and they are definitely getting clicks.
Good luck!
when you master ads and you get a nice design there no limit for you
Average CPA with Facebook/Instagram ads would be at least $10 which would heat up all of your profit selling shirts though
@RealJoeRobert do you have an FB or IG ads for dummies?! Totally need a refresher!!!!
Love how Elijah's Printify automation tool works with my existing Printify products as templates. Makes expanding my catalog so easy!
Thank you for sharing this helpful content with us!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video ! I am looking to design my own stuff but I am unsure if it's smart to design whatever I feel like designing or if I should just focus on a couple of items? Thank you!
You’d want to make designs specific to a niche
Great video! This makes total sense!
Thanks for watching
I agree with you 100% , Im glad I found your video.
Thanks a lot for watching!
What about protecting your design? Does printing your design on one of these print on design services also copyright your design, like publishing a book would? This industry feels like it’d be ripe for stealing by bigger competitors 🤔
I think this is normally an Etsy problem to be honest I haven’t experienced a lot of design theft on Shopify
There used to be a website where you could upload the picture and it would automatically copyright it for you. Problem is I haven’t used it in years so I don’t remember the name. Happy hunting
@@sethro2756 I watched another video about doing this w/ Amazon, that in their contract, it says that they recognise your design is yours, and you are giving the permission to print it. It's from a youtube video, so take that for what it's worth. I'm thinking it's worth the $500 to hire a lawyer to ask these kinds of questions before I put anything up. Nowadays most people think nothing of taking someone else's idea, especially if you're going up against the bigger competition....
POD is infested with the culture of ripping off the designs of others. I'm not saying that Joe is.
Short of just ripping off designs, research tools powered by AI can be used to target specific designs that are doing very well, so the game that is accepted in the POD culture, is taking such a design and just changing it up a little bit. Presto!
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Thank you so much! Great information. Do you already have a video about returned orders? Has Printify improved its products? I've been hesitant about using Prinify because of the poor quality. What is the rate of returns?
I do - type “Joe Robert returns” into RUclips search a few will come up 😊
Hey Joe thanks for your video!
Would you recommend doing a multi-niche store but with the same products? For example a blanket for dog lovers and the same one but for anime fans too? Thanks
Great video 🎉. And wats with this Elijah’s printify SPAM ???
I've been reporting those comments as spam. Maybe RUclips will put a stop to it, but I doubt it.
It’s crazy they’ve been leaving hundreds of comments across my videos
@@RealJoeRobert Dammmm terrible! 🤦🏼♀️ They need to market someplace else! 🤬😆
@@RealJoeRobert Likely because of the hideous AI revolution.
Thanks man. I appreciate.
Great tips! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
YEP, I'm totally over it.
Thanks for watching!
So glad you did this video. Can you please recommend some good POD companies for embroidery product?
Thanks for watching! I think printful does a lot of embroidery, bit pricey though
@@RealJoeRobert In addition to printful, I suggest you Merchize, a very high quality embroidery product
What do you think about hoodies ? are they also pretty saturated ?
Not as much as shirts, all over print hoodies are great
Thanks from France Joe!!
And what about ads to get trafic on your POD shopify store ?
Taken care 😊
Got videos on that - see one of my playlists
Thanks for watching 🙏
I sell on Etsy and I've had to prepay for all 5 items I've sold because Etsy doesn't release funds for 14 days! Am I missing something? This has been very inconvenient.
I’m not sure I don’t sell on Etsy
❤❤ awesome....thank you for sharing...
Thank you! Love your video
Thanks for watching 🙏
Why should I use personify when I have to pay the base cost to have it shipped to you instead of using Amazon merch a Redbubble or tea public where they handle all that and give me half of what the selling prices plus if I use personify I handle customer service Unlike the other website that do everything for me plus, I don't have to pay a member to be part of the other websites unlike I have to pay a fee to use
They’re different businesses. You’re either selling on a platform or you’re starting your own brand
If I use printify I have to pay for it monthly and then when I have it shipped out through them, I have to pay it upfront commission to get it out to you and then they reverse me for that but when I use teepublice or Redbubble or Amazon, I don't pay them anything not even to become a seller and they handle the customer service for returns plus, I'm on a budget because of that so explain to me how your service will help me when I'm trying to start one with any money
@@RealJoeRobert
My problem is creating product descriptions. I'll create many designs and then get stuck finishing the product creating titles and descriptions. I'll come up with an image design concept. Create the image (with or without text). Then so any color adjustments and other edits. I may end up with a handful of useful images to use in the same theme. Then I got to upload them and start creating products and mockups. Then the mockups need to be downloaded and edited. Then re-uploaded. Then I'm left with several products in the same niche with the same theme but ask different but also similar. And they all need titles and descriptions..... And I don't want titles to be too similar not the descriptions. Then I have to consider SEO part of it. It's mentally draining if i must say.
If I get one or two done per week that's great. Maybe I'm just not great at it. I will use chat gpt on occasion to help with SEO and such on certain topics or if it's a subject matter that I can't quite express in my own words I'll get a few examples to go with our piece together. But still I usually just make a list of things to describe the scene on the image. Then work on a hook of some kind.
I just need 37 hour days and 8 days a week.
I use chat GPT to help with the descriptions. Maybe it can help you, too. :) Good luck.
I wouldn’t stress this much tbh
@@lynwilliams72 how?
@@crazywithsusmita7221 - I created a free account with chat GPT and I type something like 'create a description for my coffee cup with a cute purple teddy bear design on it that I will sell on my Etsy store'. It remembers things I've asked it so it will fill in some info I didn't ask for that helps the description. If I don't like something I tell it not to add whatever or to add something else. I spend so much time on designs, I don't want to spend time on descriptions. :)
@@crazywithsusmita7221 Use the right prompts
Just used Elijah's Printify Automation tool to launch a new Printify store with 1500 products. Took me less timeLove how Elijah's tool works with my existing Printify products as templates. Makes expanding my catalog so easy! than creating 10 manually!
Question from a newbie - there are many different niches. If I choose to sell products related to several completely different niches such as farming, baking, beaches and pets, should I have a site for each niche or a "catch all" with a company name that implies that? I'm setting up a Printify Pop up Shop now but I would like to upgrade to a Shopify or similar product for a site that looks more professional and offers personalization features. Thanks for any advice. BTW - I really enjoy your vids.
Thanks for watching! In my pod for dummies course I have a few videos about store types like you asked about, it’s free www.podninjas.com/freecourse
@@RealJoeRobert I signed up for the POD for Dummies. Thanks!
Hi, I have some doubts about POD and I have not yet seen any videos that talk about this. If I have products from different suppliers in a store, would the customer be delivered separately and would they be charged for shipping each item? And if they are different products from the same supplier, would the shipping prices of each item be added? Are customers actually okay with that?
Yes to all of your questions. I uploaded a video recently about things I wish I knew before I started where I discussed all of that in depth
Thank you for posting this comment! And please forgive what has turned into a rant🤯🤭…
I’ve created a ton of designs for my new shop and have finally started to add the items, but in ‘hidden’ mode for this exact reason! I’m just going off of how I would feel when shopping anywhere other than Amazon. I’m not adversed to paying for reasonable shipping but I admit to abandoning many a cart when the shipping seems ridiculous. And offering free shipping either jacks up product prices or decimates my profit margins.
I’ve watched countless helpful videos from YT POD gurus, and researched my ass off to find the best products to offer my designs on. But the problem is that the best of the best means at least 2-3 different print providers, and way more if one of those is Printify, because they’re just a hub for a ton of smaller providers!
T-shirts are easy enough, all providers are pretty much competitive in that space. But finding a provider that also offers a healthy selection of tote bags, glassware, notebooks, pillows, canvas wall art, etc., is impossible! So if a customer likes a design and wants to buy a t-shirt, a notebook, and a pillow from my shop, they’re going to be hit with 3 stacked shipping charges in their cart!
I’m not so concerned about items arriving separately; every online store does that now so customers are used to it. But when shipping nears, or crosses, the $20 mark, that’s a valid excuse to abandon cart.
I’ll try to find the video, mentioned in Joe’s reply, and watch it… hopefully that will help me out of what feels like a crippling holding pattern of dread😩🤞😂
@@RealJoeRobert I don’t know how I missed it, but just watched the video you’re referring to and it definitely helped me come up with a more comfortable shipping strategy. Or at least the start of one. (My epic rant is below for context) IMHO I feel like it was one of your best ones yet, or maybe it just spoke volumes to me because it addressed everything that was holding me back. Thank you!! I now feel like I’m ready to step in with both feet!🙏🙏🙏
That's what kills sells. Multiple shippers charge crazy price for shipping. Making customers price high compared to TEMU or TT shop of course after paying for the shirt, taxes, shipping I wouldn't even by my own shit. I Ordered a sweat shirt for almost $59 from my own store. But I wouldn't normally past that much
@@RealJoeRobert which video are talking about ??
Etsy doesn't let you buy your own stuff which is stupid
Well since Etsy is a platform it uses sales data to fuel its algorithm so buying your own stuff would cause a situation where you could manipulate your shop
If you want to order your own products you can place a manual order with your print on demand supplier
Thanks for the video 👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
Hey Joe - its folks here. Did I hear that correctly? Thanks for the Freebie!
You heard right 😉
How can you sell all that only in 3 months? Do you pay for adds on Etsy? If so, how much do you pay daily for adds? Can you show Us please? Thanks!!
Thanks for watching. In the video I said I sell on Shopify. I’ve never ran Etsy ads because I don’t sell there. I’ve got lots of videos on my channel about what I do
@@RealJoeRobert ohh OK thank you!! 🥰
How do you customize stuff tho
Have you done a vid on how to market a Shopify store?
Yep. I have a lot of videos on my channel, also a free course in the description of all of my videos
When people say, I sell on shopify where are they selling, shopify is not a store?
I think you’re confused with all due respect.
i think that when they say that they mean that they use shopify as a platform to power their website/store
Hey Joe, where can I find a deep dive with your fb $1/day strategy?
yes i need this also
How do you get the initial views to your shop?
Influencers, organic marketing, ads
interesting idea, how much time do you spend on these businesses?
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What’s a good quilt supplier?
Only quilts I’ve seen are from Pillow Profits. ShineOn has a woven blanket
@@RealJoeRobert thank you. I tried doing this 2 years ago when POD wasn’t that good. Might have to give it another go. Have so many designs just sitting. What’s Good sweatshirt supplier? Also thanks for the reply!!
I need help with personalization. Not sure how people are doing this with POD.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
very helpful thank you
Thanks for watching!
You're not on discord, can you pls create a discord server for people to connect for more in-depth this and tutorials? 🙏
Kind of an odd request lol. I’ve never used discord
I'm new to shopify I've had a few sales. My hang up is with shipping I had a customer buy 3 things and the shipping was $25 OMG is that normal they bought 2 mugs and a hoodie. I've watched a bunch of yt videos all offering free shipping how is that even possible if you want a profit. Can you give me guidance with this?
Sounds like you’re going to have to adjust prices of your shipping
Great content.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Amazing info
Thanks for watching
Thanks!
If only there was some kind of Printify Automation tool I could use. Oh well one can but hope.😉
Automation forrrrr?
Fantastic thanks you x
No worries!
so industrious!
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The stuff your shoing only ships from Canada, isn't that expensive with shipping? The shoes especially, just asking because I don't honestly know I just see it's Ships from Canada under them all..
@@rashipp4982 what did I show that ships from Canada?
@@RealJoeRobert On my side the "rubber shoes. The baseball mom shoes, all that shows Canada on my Printify..
Oh it's China my bad..not Canada..those all show China on my shopify
Right.
"For Dummies" is a copyright series, i'd be careful with that if I was you.
Did you start 8 years ago or 3 months ago?
@@Holabella I started my first store in 2016.
More info please
Good vid.
Thanks for the visit
It is low in profit when you are doing POD for real. I do this stuff but i print em myself
Then I guess this video isn’t for you lol I talked about a lot more than just profitability though
I want to hit the painting niche of POD prints on canvases/ frames posters, etc. Anyone have advice for this niche?
Painting niche? Advice would be to get more specific, sounds a bit broad currently
@@RealJoeRobert sorry. I mean wall art more specifically
Do simple patterns on leggings and hoodies and women cut sew would sell well? Like I am beginner and want to keep it simple and use an app called repper app to design those patterns?
I typically say great designs have three things. The first is a graphic. The second is some sort of quote/message and the third is an overall aesthetic to the design
Leggings obviously in some cases though won’t have text. Depends on the niche
“Women cut sell well”? And you use an app called Repper?
@@EE-uj6tw I want to use this app. What is a women cut?
drinking game: one shot every time he says "niche". good luck
Lol
@@RealJoeRobert I'm not just a pithy online troll guy, your channel has some great vids.
Marketing is the challenge
Marketing is the easier part imho. Creating something good enough for someone to want to buy is harder
"Hey Joe it's folks here?" ... what am I missing?
It's just a quirky reversal of the typical RUclips intro
It's a bit of side humor. Kind of like when a RUclipsr I watch says "Like that smash button."
So your average ticket is $120?
Ticket?
@@RealJoeRobert you said you made 30k over 250 sales. So average sale is $120?
Are you using ads?
Yes, and influencers. I have videos showing 😊
why just sell to your nieshes? what about neshews?
What?
R/whoosh
@tylerk.7947 if the spelled niches correctly the joke would have hit batter
What company prints canvases of this size 60x30 ? Which is shown here 3:15
I mentioned it, Teelaunch
@@RealJoeRobert I looked they don't have it. I've been searching for 4 days now
@@RealJoeRobert That size is not available via Teelaunch. Try again Joe.
I can’t find it in their products either
@@JennyW77 because they are not there, and no one can give an answer, I have already asked everywhere and in Joe's FB group too.
Shopify CHARGES!
Yes. Were you under the impression it was free?
@@RealJoeRobert I think it should be stated up front
Like every time Shopify is mentioned it needs to have a disclaimer that it’s not a free service?
@@RealJoeRobert like everyone knows about Shopify? Nope.
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Why are people only printing t-shirts as if it's all they know? ...it's dumb! Why are people only wearing t-shirts? That's dumb too.
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haha, so you are selling tshirts for $129? 🤨🧐
@@Startech333 why would you think that
Because you had over 28k sales but only 223 orders? Unless people were buying multiple tees per order but it still seem high? Just curious.
@Startech333 not selling shirts I said that lol
@@RealJoeRobert ah ok... Haha
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Bro how can i talk you to private
I’m not sure, what is the reason?
@@RealJoeRobert i have an print on demand idea and i want to share wth you is it will be sucss full or trash and i have 0 compatator in it that why i want to share with you
is it better to have a copyright or trademark on the items you sell so you don't have people copying your design or mark? I hear this happens a lot on platforms like ETSY.
@@a-affordablecom I think you should look up the difference between copyright and trademark 😊
@@RealJoeRobert I own 9 trademarks. I'm just saying a lot of people don't copyright there work (illustration) and when they upload there design it gets copied.
@a-affordablecom can you define what you mean by “copyright their work” you don’t file for copyright it’s a natural protection you receive when you create some thing. Which is why I told you to look up the difference lol 😊
@@RealJoeRobert OK i hear you but i've seen so many horror stories on Etsy of Etsy deleting peoples selling page cause someone copied there design then started selling it and claimed it was there's.
@a-affordablecom I’m not sure what you’re looking for me to say lol anyone who creates something would have a natural copyright and if they wanted to take someone to court to prove it they could do so
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bulk is nice but it is a slippery slope quality vs quantity got me to my success
This Elijah's printify automation tool is wild. Uploaded 100 designs and had 1000 products ready to go in no time!
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