Hi everyone! I now have a 2023 updated version of this video which shows the new Etsy listing workflow (updated in April 2023) as well as a couple of tweaks to how I go about this process: ruclips.net/video/Bsl64hHm6eg/видео.html
Thank you so much for this !! I was almost in tears yesterday trying to figure this out.. I watched other videos but they were not as helpful as this one! Thank you so very much!!
I just wanted to say that of course I don't know you but from watching your videos, you seem to be the nicest man. May you be very successful in your POD business.
Love the video❤️ I just started my print-on-demand journey and found Crafted Threads. They have a ton of designs and it saved me so much time. They have something in every niche. And lifetime updates too!!
Haven't found another video that explains this effectively for Printify. Lot's of Printful stuff, but no Printify. Thank you for this very helpful explanation.
Thank you so much for making this video! This is the only video I have found that has answered this question! All of your videos have been very helpful! I appreciate you taking the time to go over everything step by step. I was wondering if you could do a video on how to sell personalized items (like a mug with a name on it, etc.) through Printify on Etsy. Thank you!
Thank you very much! I appreciate that. I can certainly add that to my list for upcoming videos! You can do personalized designs with Printify but it's not quite as smooth/automated as what Printful offers and that's a great topic for a video. Thanks!
Hi there, just wanted to let you know I uploaded a video about handling an order for a personalized item with Printify! ruclips.net/video/xCIexvOON-o/видео.html
This is super helpful...thanks so much for making this video. I was trying to add more colors to a single T shirt as Printify only allows 16 different colors per listing. Love your channel!
This is super useful information! It was always kind of a mystery to me how Printify linked an order with the product, but SKU makes sense. I really want to offer products where 1 listing shows multiple design choices that are somewhat related, so I think this will help a lot.
Hi! To publish as a hidden draft yes, you would click on Publish after checking the option to hide in store. However, since recording this I've found that you can copy the SKU numbers right off the Printify draft without publishing the listing from Printify at all. As long as you have it saved as a draft in your Printify account, all you need is the SKU number that you can get by expanding the variants section in the draft listing and copying the SKUs from there. I hope that helps!
Hi Jeff, I Need your expertise since I am having trouble saving a created variation listing to use on future products. Always seem to have to redo my work. How do you save the newly created product size variation listing? Great instructions, by the way; thanks again.
Hi - thanks for video - so helpful! Three questions: Should the Etsy listing now also be showing under "My Products" in Printify? Does color needed to be added as a variation if I'm only using 1 color (doesn't show that black is the color option in my E listing)? I wanted some of Printify's sweatshirt mockups but they didn't cross over - how can I get them onto the listing now - I remember checking to mockup box in Printify when I did the draft listings?
Hey, I loved your video! I just added my products:) my question is, even though the status of the product on printify says "Hidden" will orders still be fulfilled Automatically from my store to printify?
Thanks! Yes, as long as the SKU numbers are in the Etsy listing, orders will sync to your Printify account regardless of the listing status showing on Printify.
Thanks! Can you please do this same video with Gelato, I can't figure it out. There are no threads or youtube videos explaining this. And etsy and gelato customer service wasn't able to explain how to do it. It would be much appreciated if you could show how to add variants on your etsy store with Gelato asap. Thanks!
Thank you for the video, it was very insightful. Can you delete the other hidden listings from the Etsy store once you have merged them all into one listing?
@@PODinsights Thank you for this video!!! Super helpful and the only one I found that helped me understand - I'd like to add to this question though. If it is "hidden" as a listing in Etsy - does it cost you a listing fee anyway? Do you have to publish to Etsy for it to work, or can you just save it as a draft that is unpublished in printify?
@@jgardizzle You can leave them in draft status and you are not charged the $0.20 listing fee for listings that you have in draft status. You're only charged for the one listing that you publish with all the product variants included. I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you. This has been very helpful. I have one question. When I published as hidden my product in Printify in order to get the sku numbers the product saved as a draft in my Etsy account. Can this be deleted or saved to a separate folder. I think that after listing many products that this could get confusing. Thank you so much for your videos. They are very clear.
Hi! If you have the drafts still on Etsy, yes you can delete those. But you need to keep the Printify drafts so that the SKU numbers will be matched up when an order comes in - as long as they are there in Printify, you can delete the Etsy drafts. I hope that helps! I also discovered since making this video that you can actually double-click on the SKU number in Printify even if it looks like part of it is hidden and copy it, and it will copy the whole thing. So you actually don't even need to publish your products to Etsy, you can just save them as drafts in Printify and copy the SKUs from there if you want to skip that step.
@@PODinsights hello! This kind of answers the question I was going to ask, but I just want to double check. If I make a new listing in Etsy, not Printify. I don’t push the original listing from Printify. I make a new listing in Etsy dashboard, but I copy over the SKU numbers from Printify from the unpublished products, and my shop is connected to Printify, would the orders still go through without the original listing pushed through from Printify?
Awesome video! Thanks! I started to set this up and a couple of the vairants are out of stock through my printify supplier. Normally I would just select the product visibility option to show out of stock items as "sold out". How do I manage out of stock items with this set up so people arent making a bunch of orders that can't be fulfilled?
Hi! With Printify, the option to show out of stock variants as "sold out" only impacts the visibility of the variants at the time you publish the listing to your Etsy account. There is no ongoing/subsequent update to the stock status unless you re-publish the listing from Printify. So even if you use that option, you will still have to manually go back into your Etsy listing when the variants are back in stock and update them to show as being available, or republish the stock status from Printify. With a combination listing, if you only have one print provider for a product (or if all providers are out of stock of that variant), then you will need to go into the listing and edit the variant so it cannot be purchased. You can either drop the quantity to 0 which will show it as "sold out" or you can use the orange toggle button to turn it off, which will hide that variant in the listing. When back in stock, you will need to update the listing again. I personally don't update the stock status of apparel variants unless all print providers are out of stock - I move fulfillment for individual orders to a different provider if my normal provider is out of stock, this way I don't have to edit my listings all the time. But occasionally there is an extended issue with a product and I do update the listing to remove the variant(s) until they are available again. I hope that helps!
Thank you so much for this! I'm trying to add a couple different designs to the same listing but they would all be on the white Bella canvas 3001? Wouldn't the sku's be the same? How would I go about that?
Hi! To do that, you would need to create a draft in your Printify account for each design that you want to offer. Each one will have its own SKU numbers that you can then copy/paste into the listing to match the variants for the design choices. That's a great idea!
Super helpful!! You mentioned you created the variations template for sizes etc., but how do you save the template and reuse it for the next listing?? You didn't show that in your video but that's a great idea.
Thanks! To have a reusable template, you create a blank listing from scratch in your Etsy shop with all the product variants and basic product descriptions, pricing, etc. and save it as a draft. Then when you want to create a listing, use the "copy" option from the draft and it'll create a new one for you to publish every time, while keeping your template as a draft. I hope that helps! I can always add a short video showing that process if it would help.
@@PODinsights oh yes yes - please do a short video, I'm a visual learner, lol and I need all the visuals I can get! I always watch your videos, you have a great channel, you should have 50,000 subs! Thank you!!
@@PODinsights Thank you for the video. This may be a silly question but my brain is not working today. With each copy of the template featuring a new design, won't you have to transfer new SKU #s in every time per design?
This was a very helpful video. Question-I like the Out-of-Stock method, so it will help let the customer know that color for a certain size is out of stock. Is there a way to do a multiple listing, copy/paste sku's and it show out of stock on Esty? Just trying to figure a way to save time in the 4th Q, when hopefully more orders are coming in, but I know on the Printify side, risking out of stock color variants. On the fence about listing multiple items in a listing, because of this.
Hi! You can use the "disable" option within your listing variants on Etsy to not show any out of stock variants after creating the variants and pasting-in all the SKUs. You cannot, however, use Printify's re-publish functionality to update the stock status for a combination listing. It's important to point out that Printify does not do this automatically for you on any listings - if you publish with the "in stock" option, it will not automatically update the stock status when that changes in the future. You have to manually re-publish the listing in order to update the stock status, so it does not help you catch something that is out of stock before an order comes in. That's why I personally don't use that option, because I still would have to re-publish every time there is a stock update and I find it easier to just toggle variants on/off in the Etsy listing. When I get an order for an item that is out of stock with my primary print provider, I edit the order to have that item fulfilled by another provider. If it's one item in an order for several items that can be annoying, but it still gets the order fulfilled. I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights It does and did not know it wouldn't refresh when that size or color became available. I will change the way I'm listing. Thanks so much!!
@@carolelliott3336 Sure thing! It can be confusing because if you've used Printful before, it works differently. The Printful integration with your Etsy account keeps your listings more "in sync" with Printful and they can update stock status automatically. But Printify is like a snapshot in time from when you publish the listing, so it won't update until you re-publish.
Great video. I am new to POD. Can you give an example of why you would make a combo listing? I'm trying to understand if a combo listing is an advanced technique that everyone should consider or if you are just saying that it is an available option. Thanks
Great question, in my opinion it's definitely something everyone should be aware of, but I don't personally do it with all my listings. I think it's a good idea to do a combo listing if you are creating a set of designs intended to go together, like a set of family Halloween t-shirts or something where there's one for parents and others for kids/baby. I think if you're doing something like that, putting them in one listing increases your chances of making the sale because you're making it easier for the customer. If each one is separate, they have to bounce around to different listings (even if you link to them) and that gives them more time to change their mind. However for a straightforward design on a unisex t-shirt, I don't automatically create a combo listing with sweatshirt, hoodie, etc. This method also works great for doing a couple different mug options in a single listing and it's faster for items like that compared to apparel because it's way fewer variants. I hope that helps!
Hi! I go up to 3XL and do get some sales of that size, but 3XL seems to have a little less consistent availability outside of the core colors (white/black/navy/heather grey) in my experience, meaning other colors might go out of stock more frequently. So there can be a little more maintenance there, but it does make some sales.
Thank you so much! In Printify, when we select the option to show all color variants (even if they are out of stock) in order to get the SKU #, what happens if someone selects an item that is out of stock?
Hi! If you receive an order for an out of stock variant, you can change the print provider for that order to someone who has it in stock. If something is going to be out of stock for an extended period of time, you can disable that variant in the listing after creating it until it's available again. It depends on the item but with apparel there is usually another print provider that has the variant available to fulfill the order.
Is it possible to use two shipping profile in one combo listing? For example. A unisex shirt (POD shipping profile) and Pet Tank Top (Printed Mint shipping profile).
Hi once more. I was looking through your other videos. Do you have one that explains if we need to resize the design for like Monster Digital or My Locker for women's size tshirts that are X large, 2x or 3x and how easiest way to do it? First time listing via Etsy store, so novice. Thank you.
Hi, I don't have a video on that topic yet but good idea! Printify does have a help page for this though. The design editor on Printify is set to the sizing for size L garments. The graphic is printed the same size on larger sizes, but is scaled down for smaller sizes. There are a few providers that don't scale down on smaller sizes and they are listed on the page. I use Monster and Swift POD for t-shirts so I don't apply my designs in the maximum size/width since they won't be scaled down on smaller sizes. But I've never had an issue with the way the print comes out on larger sizes up to 3X. help.printify.com/hc/en-us/articles/4483635618961-Will-my-design-be-scaled-up-or-down-based-on-the-garment-size-
this was very helpful, i do have one question. When you add a new design to printify and it drafts it to your etsy store do you delete that item in your drafts on etsy or keep it there and create and entirely new etsy listing? I understand you use the sku codes from printify for each shirt and add to etsy listing, just not sure what to do with the drafted etsy listings that synced from printify..? help?
Hi! You only need to keep the draft listings in your Printify account after creating the combination listing. Any drafts in your Etsy account can be deleted and it will not impact your Printify account. The only reason to keep and publish the drafts in your Etsy shop would be if you also want each product to be listed separately in addition to the combination listing, which you absolutely could do if you want to!
After you have done this and created your new listing with the different products (tshirt, sweatshirt etc) can you then delete the individual "drafts" in the etsy shop manager listings? I hope this makes sense. Thanks!
Hi! You can delete the drafts from your Etsy shop as long as you keep them in your Printify account. I actually just released an updated version of this video because this is one of the things I do slightly differently - I no longer publish the Printify drafts to Etsy at all because you can copy the SKU numbers right from Printify: ruclips.net/video/Bsl64hHm6eg/видео.html
Hi! Using this method, for each new listing you create the drafts with the new design in Printify, then copy your listing template in Etsy and enter all the product SKUs, mockups, description, tags, etc. The template listing itself should just stay as a draft on Etsy so that you can copy it each time.
Hi, great video thank you. Could you use this approach to create listings for the same product, eg a tshirt, (maybe in just one color to keep things simple) but where there are multiple design options? For example, if you had designs that said “most likely to_______” where the blank said something different each time. Would you make each shirt for each of the different options and save them as drafts then ‘tie’ them to your group Etsy listing with the sku numbers? The only way I’ve seen of doing this with printify is by using personalised orders where you give the customer a listing pic with codes/numbers to tell them which one to type in the personalisation box, eg. 1 is for “most likely to drink all the wine”, 2 is for “most likely to drink all the beer” and so on. I know this would be a lot of work to set up but if the listing sold well it would save you having to complete each draft order.
Hi! Yes you can definitely use a combination listing to do multiple design options for the same product. First you would create your drafts in Printify of each design on the same product. Then for your product variants in the Etsy listing, you would combine the design option with one of the other variants, I think color would probably be the easiest. So create the size variant first, and then create a second variant by using the custom option and do variants like "Black - Design 1", "Black - Design 2", etc. You will get all the size and color/design combinations as separate variants. Then copy/paste the SKUs from each Printify draft into the corresponding combination of size/color/design. I agree this would take a little time to set up but then your orders sync automatically and no confusing instructions for the customer, they just pick from the size and color/design drop-downs in the listing and they're good to go. Great question!
@@PODinsights Thank you so much 🙏 I’m going to try that today with a design that has only 7 variants. I’ve been using printful up til now but after watching your videos about combo listings and templates etc I’m definitely going to try printify because it seems so much quicker. I did set up a combo listing in printful after watching your video on that and, although it was pretty easy to sync everything, you couldn’t ‘reuse’ any of the work either by duplicating on the printful side or copying on Etsy. So it was a lot of work for one combo listing. Anyway, thank you again, and I’d like to offer a tip for people who decide to keep listings with the same design separate rather than in a combo - create a design code (eg, a 4 digit number) and enter it at the end of the title of every listing that uses that design, then enter that code in the search box on your shop, hit enter, and copy the entire web address of the search result and paste this into each listing for that design (or into a template as a ‘blank’). That way you can say something like “To see more products with this design click here >> “ followed by a space and the search link. When you do a new design you can simply replace the code number in the link with the code number of the new design. I got this tip from an Etsy seller who created matching wedding stationery digital products. One more question, is there any reason why you couldn’t publish the separate listings as well as link to them in a combo listing? For example if you were doing matching family shirts you could list the kids shirts in the kids category, etc and use more keywords.
@@miccy6702 Thanks for sharing that tip about adding a number in the title to make a linkable search term! And you definitely can still publish the items separately if you want the same products to take up more "real estate" on Etsy. I know some sellers will even duplicate their listings just to have another one with a different primary thumbnail image. I personally don't do that automatically every time because each one costs you another listing fee, but if something starts to sell a little bit sometimes I do publish the items separately to get more exposure for them. Thank you!
Hello! Is there any way to make a bundle listing (through Etsy)? For example, a set of 3 prints (each a different design) without editing and adding all the products to the order in printify manually? Thanks!
Hi! Great question, unfortunately there is not a way to do this that I know of where you don't have to manually edit the order on Printify, at least on Etsy. You definitely can create a listing on Etsy where a bundle/pack is a separate product variant so the customer can buy multiple items packaged together, but there's no way to "tell" Printify that one product variant is actually several separate products. I'm hoping at some point in the future our print on demand platforms will have a feature like this where you can pre-build a bundle as a single variant to automate it. That's something I usually suggest whenever I get the chance to give feedback or take a survey. I do believe you can do this if you sell through a Shopify store because there are other 3rd party apps you can add to create bundle listings that automate on the back end, but sadly it's not available for Etsy currently.
The product combinations are excellent for group listings thank you so much for doing this video, super super helpful, bt I'd also like to know how to add customization/personalization to the different product as well. Eg: a mom's t-shirt with "mama" as the design coupled with a daughter's tshirt with "mama's lil princess" for that design...??
Hi Jeff, Thanks For Another Great Video. Had one question for you- what if customer buys two different t-shirts from two different listing from your store which is fulfilled by Printful. will Printful charge us shipping for both individually or we get shipping discount for additional t-shirt.?
Hi! As long as the products come through in the same order, Printful does some unique shipping calculations that can be a little hard to predict (though it's in our favor so I shouldn't complain) and I've seen a couple different scenarios on orders. If the products are the same, say both Gildan 5000 t-shirts, then you will get the "additional item" shipping rate for the second item. If the products are different but they're still in the same shipping category, you still get the "additional item" shipping rate - for example that would be like a Gildan 5000 t-shirt and a Bella+Canvas t-shirt in the same order. If your order has different product types in it, you would think that you'd pay the "first item" price for each, but that's not always the case. Printful seems to do some type of calculation based on whether they can package the products together (I'm just guessing). For example, I created a test order for a t-shirt (shipping price $3.99) and a hoodie (shipping price $7.99). That should cost $11.98 for shipping because they're in different product categories. But the shipping charge on the order was only $9.99. Printify absolutely will charge you the full price in that scenario - but it seems Printful is giving you a better rate when they can. As long as you built the "first item" price into your product prices or charged that rate, then you get a little extra profit on occasion.
@@PODinsights Hi Jeff, Thank you so much for your reply and for all the above examples. It’s very helpful to understand the process of the print providers in our pricing strategy to reach the golden ratio.
Thank you very much for the great video! Instead of pushing the individual products to Etsy as drafts, can you publish the individual products in Etsy and then use the same SKU's in a group listing as well?
Hi! Yes, you certainly can do that! That would be another way to increase exposure for each product type for sure. I've also seen some sellers who create the combo listing and then duplicate it, and change the primary thumbnail and a few keywords in the title and tags to be more specific to each product so every listing has all the products in it but each one "features" a different product in the primary mockup, title, and tags.
Technically could I create a main listing as normal then just add the SKU's to the other products I want to add? Or do i have to do a custom listing draft like you did? Hope my question made sense.
Yes, you can do that! In fact, I made a more recent video showing how to do just that with mugs. I actually do it that way when there are fewer product variants involved. The only thing to be aware of if you're doing it that way with an apparel listing with lots of variants is that when you edit your variants, Etsy will wipe out the variant details that were there - meaning the SKUs, price and quantity might disappear on you, so you'll have to copy/paste all of them anyway. But there's nothing wrong with doing it that way if it works better for you!
Hi! To se the prices in the listing template (or adjust them later), you can use the checkbox above the list of all product variants or check the box for multiple (but not all) variants, and then click the "update price" button to edit the prices for multiple listings instead of entering them all separately. I hope that helps!
What if you have a set of 3 art canvas prints (each a different design) but only want to sell them as 1 set with 3 prints? I don't want customers to have an option to buy just 1 or 2 of the prints in a listing, but only all 3 together. Is there a way to do that?
Nice! Question... do I need to create matching products on Printify for each Etsy listing if I have say 10 images that I want printed in 4 different styles (i.e. sweatshirt, short sleeve, etc.). And if so, do I need to duplicate that first Etsy template but only change title, description, and mockups? Thank you
Hi! Yes, for each different product or different design that you want offer within the Etsy listing, you need to create a draft in your Printify account so that each item has a SKU for you to copy into the listing. You can combine different products or designs into one listing, but each time you want to create a new separate listing you need to start by copying the template. I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights Thank you! That's what I suspected but wasn't 100% sure. Have set up 2 products so far using your method and it's perfectly synced. Thanks again
@@PODinsights Hi, again. I had one other silly question if you don't mind. My Etsy "Draft" folder is filling up pretty quick, and I've copied all the SKU's that I need for each listing that are now active. Is it ok to delete the drafts now? Thank you.
Hello, quick question: When you need to update prices on a multiple-item listing, do you have a special way to do that? Or do you go into each listing and update the prices listing by listing? Thanks!
Hi! Usually (unfortunately) when you need to adjust pricing for different products in the same listing, the adjustment to each product is not the same. If it happens to be the same, like you need to increase all products in the listing by $2.00, you can use Etsy's bulk editing options on the listings page to do it. But if you need to increase the t-shirts $2.00 and the sweatshirts $2.50, for example, you will have to go into each listing to make those adjustments. I wish Etsy had an easier way!
say if I'm doing a listing that has three different designs the customer can choose from how I would get all the other SKU do i have to make a separate list on Prinitfy then copy the SKU from that one to the one on my shop?
Correct, you would create each product draft in Printify first with the different designs, and then copy the SKUs for each of them into the Etsy listing so they are all available in the same listing. To create the variants for them, you can add the design name into one of the existing variants like the color. For example, instead of one "Black" color, you would create 3 of them, one for each design option: Black - Design 1, Black - Design 2, Black - Design 3. If you do that for each color, you'll have an option for each color/design and size.
Hi! When you add two variant categories (size & color) and check the box "SKU varies" for both of them, then the Etsy listing will have a SKU number field for every separate variation of size & color, which is what you need for orders to sync to your Printify account. The SKU number is linked to one variant in your Printify account so it will match when an order is placed.
Thank you so much for this video. It has been so helpful! One question.. When I've duplicated everything and I have my Etsy listing complete and ready to go live, do I need to keep the shirts that I published as drafts from Printify in my Etsy shop or can those be deleted? I don't want to delete the printify drafts if it will keep my Etsy lisitng from syncing with Printify. Hope I'm making sense. Thanks!
I'm glad it was helpful! Yes, you can delete the drafts from your Etsy account, you only need to keep the drafts in your Printify account for the orders to sync properly. I actually recently discovered that you can see the full SKU number from your Printify drafts if you resize the browser window (make it more narrow) so if you want to skip the step of publishing the drafts to Etsy, you can copy them right from Printify! I made a short to quickly show that : ruclips.net/video/ckwgE4m9vx0/видео.html
Sine you're using multiple companies for prints, what would you put down for your shipping details? Would you just randomly choose one of them? How would that work?
For instance where you have to add the origin ZIP Code, what would you add there? Would you just select one of the providers zip codes? If so, which one?
Hi! Yes, for the shipping profile you will have to use just one origin zip code. I actually use Monster Digital for most of my t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies now so in a combo listing with those products it will be the same provider. But if I do use different providers, I just use the zip code for the provider that is most centrally located in the US. Etsy uses the origin zip along with the shipping method and the customer's location to estimate the delivery date. If the origin zip is located roughly in the central US, then if the real origin zip is more East or West it won't add a significant number of days to the delivery time, and in my experience it doesn't seem to have much impact on customer service. I've changed print providers for products at various times and haven't bothered to update the origin zip code on some of my shipping profiles, and customers have not noticed or asked questions about where the shipment came from. I hope that helps!
Hi! There is no problem with using different print providers for the products - the result will be the same as if you had the products in different listings. If the customer buys one of each, they will be shipped separately. But as I mentioned at the beginning of the video, you need to make sure that the shipping costs are close enough that you can use the same shipping profile for them, or do free shipping and build the shipping cost into the price of each product.
I tried this before watching this video with mugs. The price didn’t update. I had an 11 oz mug, a 15 oz mug, and an 11 oz color-changing mug. The price either showed as higher no matter what option I selected, or there was no corresponding picture once you changed options to a different cup (like Amazon does). I didn’t upload any mockups, but it didn’t change to my other pictures.
Hello! Thank you for a great video! I'm learning how to do group listings. I've watched 5 videos on how to do this process. Seems like every Etsy seller RUclipsr has a different way of doing this. My question is; once you create your product listing on Printify, you select the HIDE button so it doesn't show up inside Etsy but will generate the SKU#? The listing will be hidden in the draft section, right? And what do you do with the draft? Does it stay in that section or can it be deleted after we've copied the SKU#? Thank you in advance for your help. Namaste
Hi! Since making this video, I have since stopped publishing the drafts from Printify to Etsy. I found that if you resize the Printify browser window, you can get a nice clean view of the SKU numbers to copy into the Etsy listing, and that is all you really need. You need to keep the drafts in your Printify account so your incoming orders can be matched to the products in your account, but you don't need to publish them to Etsy at all. I made a quick video to show how to do that: ruclips.net/user/shortsckwgE4m9vx0 I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights You're a genius! I just followed this tutorial and listed my first family-matching t-shirts in my store! Thank you! I love that I do not have to publish. I also created a template on Etsy for my family matching shirt listing. I'm only doing one color, keep it simple for now. One other question. I am using Printify, do you have a video on how to add multiple designs in one listing?
Thanks for the video! I was wondering how you sort out the shipping fee in that combo listing for those customers that might order 4 different items for instance? I asked Printify and they will treat each item independently as they are separate items and the provider will be shipped separately even though the same customer buys multiple items. Does it make sense? I saw many videos on how to make combo listings but I didn't find what happens when someone actually purchases items from those listings.
Hi! It does depend on whether the items purchased are the same type of product or different products from the Printify catalog. For example, if the customer buys two different size/color t-shirts from the listing, it works the same as a regular listing and you will get the shipping price on Printify of the first/second item where you pay a reduced amount for the second item. But if the customer were to buy a t-shirt and hoodie, even from the same print provider, you will pay the full shipping cost for both items. Because of this, this strategy of combination listings for apparel works best if you offer free shipping and build the cost of shipping into the item prices. This way you're guaranteed to be collecting enough to cover the shipping cost for any combination of items that the customer purchases. Because you can only assign one shipping profile to each listing, charging a shipping fee on a combination listing means you will have to set your shipping rates carefully and probably will have to set your additional item charge differently than a regular listing. Having a combination listing also may increase the chance that your customers spend $35 or more in one purchase if they decide to get multiple items from the listing, so if you're opted into the Etsy Free Shipping Guarantee then they will get free shipping anyway, which is another reason doing free shipping to start with is less complicated. I hope that helps!
Hi! Great video, thank you. A question about SKU. My SKU field doesn't say "Enter SKU in variations" and there is nowhere to click "Edit SKU options". Can I just leave the SKU blank (and enter the SKUs for items in variations) and everything will be ok?
Hi! As long as you have a field next to each product variation in the Etsy listing to enter a SKU number, that is what you need to make sure the items will sync to your Printify account. I hope that helps!
Can you adjust an existing listing the same way? So if you wanted to add a youth size to a tshirt you already have active in your store, can you go through the same process - editing in the Listing Variations and then you would only have to add one set of skus? Or would that mess up the existing listing?
Hi! Yes, you can do the same on an existing listing by adding additional variants in the listing editor and then pasting in the SKUs for those variants. When you use the template, you don't have to take as much time adjusting/adding variants but you have to copy/paste more SKUs, so whichever way works best for you is totally fine and it won't hurt anything to add variants to an existing listing. Great question!
@@PODinsights So I actually went back and tried this with one of my existing products and while I could do it - it actually ended up wiping out the SKUs that were already there AND the pictures so there wasn't really any benefit to doing it that way LOL! I thought maybe it'd be nice to not have to transfer in the pictures and such, but nope! ;P Now I know though - I'll stick with your template method!! :P Thank you!!
@@jgardizzle Oh yes, if you add a new variant that applies to all products (like a variation for style or color) it will "reset" all the variant details. You should be able to add new options into the existing variants without losing your existing SKUs though - so if you did want to just add sweatshirts to a t-shit listing, for example, you could use the existing "size" variant and add all the sweatshirts as sweatshirt - S, sweatshirt - M, etc. Then if not all your colors are the same for both you just turn off the ones that you don't want. If you do need to add a different variant to the listing, it will wipe everything as you noted.
Love your videos! I’ve learned so much. Is going back and adding variants to a published listing possible? Or would you not recommend that? I apologize if you answered this in a more recent video. I’ve just been binging them and can’t remember. 😊
Hi! You can definitely edit the variants of an existing listing if you need to. The only thing I wouldn't recommend is completely changing the base variations - when you change the variation (for example if you remove the existing color variation completely) it will wipe out all the variant details that you have in there - the prices, the SKUs, etc. But if you just want to add some more options that won't be a problem!
This was a really helpful video! One thing I'm still unclear on is how to create the shipping profile. Is that first done on Printify and then automated onto Etsy? Or is it created on Etsy last once you have the listing filled out otherwise? Thank you for any help!
Hi! You can use a shipping profile created by Printify and then adjust it to your needs for use on combo listings. You will need to make sure the prices work out for all included products (unless you do free shipping) and for the origin zip code on these I just use the one that is the most centrally located in the US out of the providers that I use, unless it's the same print provider for all products in the listing. You can also just create a new shipping profile from scratch on Etsy if you find that easier - the only difference is that the one from Printify will have the fields already populated, but if you're going to have to adjust most of them anyway it may not save that much time. Once you have it created, you can reuse the same profile on all combo listings that have the same products. I hope that helps!
When making the printify draft, you checked to show all variants available- does this change to just showing only in-stock options when it's published on etsy? Or is that another step that needs to be done?
Hi! I publish all variants because if an order comes through for an out of stock variant, I just have a different print provider fulfill the order. Even if you do the option to only publish the in-stock variants, unfortunately you still have to manually update your Etsy listing when they are back in stock. Printify does not have a continuous 2-way sync with your Etsy account like Printful does, so once you publish the listing you either have to re-publish to update stock status or just go into the Etsy listing and manually enable those variants. Personally I find it easier to just display all of them from the start and then have another provider fulfill an order if I get one for an out of stock item. I hope that helps!
Hi, thanks for this Video. I am a Beginner on printify and etsy and I am a lil confused cause I got the SKUs from printify when i published a hidden product. So i use one not hidden listing , add the other variations and I add the SKUs from the hidden matching product on printify. Does this make sense? Or is this totally wrong ? I don't understand when you get the SKUs from etsy. I am sorry for my english and i hope you unverstanden what I mean.
You are correct! To get the SKU numbers for all products, you only need to create them as a draft, and then copy the SKUs into the one Etsy listing that you are going to publish.
This was an outstanding video! Thank you so much. I'm new to your channel. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on not matching sku's or even creating that particular product in Printify until we get a sale. OR just doing the adult t-shirt in Printify and putting in those sku's and then when something else sells backtracking it? I ask because obviously many designs and /or products in the listing may not sell. Thoughts?
Great question! There is a "back end" sync that you can do in Printify, where you go to the "other orders" tab after an order is placed, match the product to a variant in your Printify account, and then import the order. When you do that, there is an option to "always import" orders with that SKU and variant, thus establishing the automation. Instead of putting in all the work up-front, you're putting in the work when orders come in for each new variant. You could certainly do a kind of compromise where you publish the listing with the adult unisex variants with SKUs and leave the other variants blank and wait for orders to come in to set up the automation. The only catch is that you have to remember to look for the orders on your "other orders" tab and import them. I don't trust myself to remember LOL but if it works for you, go for it!
Hi! After publishing to Etsy with the "hide in store" option, you can find it in your Etsy account under the Draft listings. If you go into your listing view, look on the right side of that screen and you should see radio buttons for "listing status". Select "Draft" and you should find the un-published listing so you can find the SKU numbers. I hope that helps!
Hi! Yes you can, as long as you keep the drafts in your Printify account. In fact, I recently discovered there is a better view in Printify to copy the SKUs directly rather than publishing them as drafts to Etsy - you just need to resize your browser window with your Printify product listing and it will give you a nice clean view of the SKUs. I made a short video to show that: ruclips.net/user/shortsckwgE4m9vx0?feature=share
@@PODinsights I noticed that today. The only problem I see is that it will show ln printify as unpublished and might risk deleting because if I see something has been published or hidden I don’t delete at all.
Hi! You essentially have 3 options for shipping with combination listings: 1. Free shipping - easiest for you in terms of setting up the shipping profile. You build the cost of shipping into the prices of each item, so no matter what product the customer purchases you are collecting the correct amount. This can, however, push up your prices to the point of looking less competitive. But one upside is that Etsy always shows the lowest priced item in search results so customers will already be in your listing before they see prices for the more expensive products like hoodies. 2. Charge the highest amount and adjust prices - Set your shipping charge to $8 to cover shipping for the sweatshirts/hoodies. Then reduce the price of your t-shirts by $3 because it only costs $5 to ship the t-shirts. 3. Balance the shipping & product prices - this is like #2 but instead of charging $8, you charge a more "reasonable" average price for shipping, say $6. Then you subtract $1 from your t-shirt prices, and add $2 to your sweatshirt prices to balance out their costs with the shipping price. Same result as #2 but the product & shipping prices might appear a little more reasonable. I hope that helps!
I had to rewatch the video because I’m a little confused on how you list the shipping. If two items have two different shipping costs, what do you make your shipping profile for that listing?
The best items to combine into the same listing are ones that you either already were planning on doing free shipping for, or that have at least somewhat close shipping costs because you can only have one shipping profile assigned. If you have multiple products combined into one listing that have significant differences in the shipping cost, the safest thing to do is use the shipping profile for the highest cost products. For example if you charge $4 for shipping t-shirts and $7 for shipping hoodies/sweatshirts, use the hoodie/sweatshirt shipping profile. If that makes the shipping charge for the lower-cost items in the listing seem too high, you can always raise the list price of the products a little bit and then back down the shipping charge to prevent abandoned carts (ex: reduce shipping charge by $2 and raise item prices by $2). But ultimately, products that have vastly different shipping costs won't fit well together in the same listing (extreme example: t-shirts and framed posters). Personally, I do free shipping on all apparel items so the cost of shipping for each product is already baked into the price - that sometimes makes the price look less competitive but it sure saves a headache in these situations. I hope that helps!
Hi everyone! I now have a 2023 updated version of this video which shows the new Etsy listing workflow (updated in April 2023) as well as a couple of tweaks to how I go about this process: ruclips.net/video/Bsl64hHm6eg/видео.html
Thank you so much for this !! I was almost in tears yesterday trying to figure this out.. I watched other videos but they were not as helpful as this one! Thank you so very much!!
I just wanted to say that of course I don't know you but from watching your videos, you seem to be the nicest man. May you be very successful in your POD business.
Thank you so much! I wish you success as well!
I could cry! After watching several non helpful videos, this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you so much!
Love the video❤️ I just started my print-on-demand journey and found Crafted Threads. They have a ton of designs and it saved me so much time. They have something in every niche. And lifetime updates too!!
You are THE most helpful channel on youtube, hands down!!!
Thanks for the video. Love the considerations in the beginning as that is something that I would have missed.
appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video
Thank you So MUCH! How could I not sub after this amazing video.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
absolutely incredible info! thank you so much
This is the clearest explanation I have seen thus far on this topic. Thank you so much for putting it out there!
Haven't found another video that explains this effectively for Printify. Lot's of Printful stuff, but no Printify. Thank you for this very helpful explanation.
This video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much for making this!
Thank you for your video. I am just opening my store and was frustrated with how messy it was starting to look. This will help streamline it so much!
very helpful, worth the watch
Thank you so very much, watched your Etsy video for the templates too. Subscribed! :)
Thank you!
Nice. thanks for sharing
Thanks for the content I will most defiantly try it I think I'll use this when it's necessary.
wow, great video. thanks so much
YES! JUST WHAT I NEEDED, TY!!!
Thank you for putting together such a clear video. I used it to combine my framed and unframed prints with multiple sizes. Worked perfectly!
Thank you so much!! This was SO helpful for me. Keep up the great work!
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Thank you, really helped me!
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AWESOME tutorial! Thank you so much!
I was trying to figure out how to do this, thank you so much! Your videos are awesome!
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Thank you!
Thank you so much for making this video! This is the only video I have found that has answered this question! All of your videos have been very helpful! I appreciate you taking the time to go over everything step by step. I was wondering if you could do a video on how to sell personalized items (like a mug with a name on it, etc.) through Printify on Etsy. Thank you!
Thank you very much! I appreciate that. I can certainly add that to my list for upcoming videos! You can do personalized designs with Printify but it's not quite as smooth/automated as what Printful offers and that's a great topic for a video. Thanks!
Hi there, just wanted to let you know I uploaded a video about handling an order for a personalized item with Printify! ruclips.net/video/xCIexvOON-o/видео.html
@@PODinsights thanks for doing this! I just watched it and it was very helpful!
This is super helpful...thanks so much for making this video. I was trying to add more colors to a single T shirt as Printify only allows 16 different colors per listing. Love your channel!
you just convinced me on doing it
Very helpful! Thank you!
TY!!! AWESOME
Thank you, This video is really helpful
This was so helpful and direct to the point! Thank you so much. You got a new subscriber
Awesome, thank you!
This is super useful information! It was always kind of a mystery to me how Printify linked an order with the product, but SKU makes sense. I really want to offer products where 1 listing shows multiple design choices that are somewhat related, so I think this will help a lot.
Incredibly explained, can’t thank you enough
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Answered what I needed perfectly.
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful!
Hi, do you have to do this for every design
I must have missed this but do you have to click publish in Printify as well as Hide in Store? I really appreciate your videos!!
Hi! To publish as a hidden draft yes, you would click on Publish after checking the option to hide in store. However, since recording this I've found that you can copy the SKU numbers right off the Printify draft without publishing the listing from Printify at all. As long as you have it saved as a draft in your Printify account, all you need is the SKU number that you can get by expanding the variants section in the draft listing and copying the SKUs from there. I hope that helps!
Hi Jeff, I Need your expertise since I am having trouble saving a created variation listing to use on future products. Always seem to have to redo my work. How do you save the newly created product size variation listing? Great instructions, by the way; thanks again.
Great video. But I clicked this from your mug video hoping to get a variation video for mugs. Do you have that video?
Hi, I do! In this video I walk through a similar process but with different mug variants: ruclips.net/video/CL40UsLUFz8/видео.html
@@PODinsights thanks hun, I found it when I wasn't looking😚
Hi - thanks for video - so helpful! Three questions: Should the Etsy listing now also be showing under "My Products" in Printify? Does color needed to be added as a variation if I'm only using 1 color (doesn't show that black is the color option in my E listing)? I wanted some of Printify's sweatshirt mockups but they didn't cross over - how can I get them onto the listing now - I remember checking to mockup box in Printify when I did the draft listings?
Hey, I loved your video! I just added my products:) my question is, even though the status of the product on printify says "Hidden" will orders still be fulfilled Automatically from my store to printify?
Thanks! Yes, as long as the SKU numbers are in the Etsy listing, orders will sync to your Printify account regardless of the listing status showing on Printify.
Thanks! Can you please do this same video with Gelato, I can't figure it out. There are no threads or youtube videos explaining this. And etsy and gelato customer service wasn't able to explain how to do it. It would be much appreciated if you could show how to add variants on your etsy store with Gelato asap. Thanks!
Thank you for the video, it was very insightful. Can you delete the other hidden listings from the Etsy store once you have merged them all into one listing?
Hi there, yes you can! You don't need to keep the drafts in your Etsy account as long as you keep them in Printify. Thank you!
@@PODinsights Thank you for this video!!! Super helpful and the only one I found that helped me understand - I'd like to add to this question though. If it is "hidden" as a listing in Etsy - does it cost you a listing fee anyway? Do you have to publish to Etsy for it to work, or can you just save it as a draft that is unpublished in printify?
@@jgardizzle You can leave them in draft status and you are not charged the $0.20 listing fee for listings that you have in draft status. You're only charged for the one listing that you publish with all the product variants included. I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you. This has been very helpful. I have one question. When I published as hidden my product in Printify in order to get the sku numbers the product saved as a draft in my Etsy account. Can this be deleted or saved to a separate folder. I think that after listing many products that this could get confusing. Thank you so much for your videos. They are very clear.
Is it possible to do this on shopify also? Not sure if they integration reads the same?
wt if u are using 3 different products by 3 different providers ? which shipping profile you should choose ?
This is super helpful, my only question is are you able to delete the drafts after you transfer the sku to the live listing?
Hi! If you have the drafts still on Etsy, yes you can delete those. But you need to keep the Printify drafts so that the SKU numbers will be matched up when an order comes in - as long as they are there in Printify, you can delete the Etsy drafts. I hope that helps! I also discovered since making this video that you can actually double-click on the SKU number in Printify even if it looks like part of it is hidden and copy it, and it will copy the whole thing. So you actually don't even need to publish your products to Etsy, you can just save them as drafts in Printify and copy the SKUs from there if you want to skip that step.
@@PODinsights hello! This kind of answers the question I was going to ask, but I just want to double check. If I make a new listing in Etsy, not Printify. I don’t push the original listing from Printify. I make a new listing in Etsy dashboard, but I copy over the SKU numbers from Printify from the unpublished products, and my shop is connected to Printify, would the orders still go through without the original listing pushed through from Printify?
Awesome video! Thanks! I started to set this up and a couple of the vairants are out of stock through my printify supplier. Normally I would just select the product visibility option to show out of stock items as "sold out". How do I manage out of stock items with this set up so people arent making a bunch of orders that can't be fulfilled?
Hi! With Printify, the option to show out of stock variants as "sold out" only impacts the visibility of the variants at the time you publish the listing to your Etsy account. There is no ongoing/subsequent update to the stock status unless you re-publish the listing from Printify. So even if you use that option, you will still have to manually go back into your Etsy listing when the variants are back in stock and update them to show as being available, or republish the stock status from Printify. With a combination listing, if you only have one print provider for a product (or if all providers are out of stock of that variant), then you will need to go into the listing and edit the variant so it cannot be purchased. You can either drop the quantity to 0 which will show it as "sold out" or you can use the orange toggle button to turn it off, which will hide that variant in the listing. When back in stock, you will need to update the listing again. I personally don't update the stock status of apparel variants unless all print providers are out of stock - I move fulfillment for individual orders to a different provider if my normal provider is out of stock, this way I don't have to edit my listings all the time. But occasionally there is an extended issue with a product and I do update the listing to remove the variant(s) until they are available again. I hope that helps!
Thank you so much for this! I'm trying to add a couple different designs to the same listing but they would all be on the white Bella canvas 3001? Wouldn't the sku's be the same? How would I go about that?
Hi! To do that, you would need to create a draft in your Printify account for each design that you want to offer. Each one will have its own SKU numbers that you can then copy/paste into the listing to match the variants for the design choices. That's a great idea!
Super helpful!! You mentioned you created the variations template for sizes etc., but how do you save the template and reuse it for the next listing?? You didn't show that in your video but that's a great idea.
Thanks! To have a reusable template, you create a blank listing from scratch in your Etsy shop with all the product variants and basic product descriptions, pricing, etc. and save it as a draft. Then when you want to create a listing, use the "copy" option from the draft and it'll create a new one for you to publish every time, while keeping your template as a draft. I hope that helps! I can always add a short video showing that process if it would help.
@@PODinsights oh yes yes - please do a short video, I'm a visual learner, lol and I need all the visuals I can get! I always watch your videos, you have a great channel, you should have 50,000 subs! Thank you!!
@@eternity6615 Will do! I am working on getting this recorded now and will get it posted soon. Thank you so much for the support!
@@eternity6615 The video is up! ruclips.net/video/yoOpUh-wthE/видео.html
@@PODinsights Thank you for the video. This may be a silly question but my brain is not working today. With each copy of the template featuring a new design, won't you have to transfer new SKU #s in every time per design?
This was a very helpful video. Question-I like the Out-of-Stock method, so it will help let the customer know that color for a certain size is out of stock. Is there a way to do a multiple listing, copy/paste sku's and it show out of stock on Esty? Just trying to figure a way to save time in the 4th Q, when hopefully more orders are coming in, but I know on the Printify side, risking out of stock color variants. On the fence about listing multiple items in a listing, because of this.
Hi! You can use the "disable" option within your listing variants on Etsy to not show any out of stock variants after creating the variants and pasting-in all the SKUs. You cannot, however, use Printify's re-publish functionality to update the stock status for a combination listing. It's important to point out that Printify does not do this automatically for you on any listings - if you publish with the "in stock" option, it will not automatically update the stock status when that changes in the future. You have to manually re-publish the listing in order to update the stock status, so it does not help you catch something that is out of stock before an order comes in. That's why I personally don't use that option, because I still would have to re-publish every time there is a stock update and I find it easier to just toggle variants on/off in the Etsy listing. When I get an order for an item that is out of stock with my primary print provider, I edit the order to have that item fulfilled by another provider. If it's one item in an order for several items that can be annoying, but it still gets the order fulfilled. I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights It does and did not know it wouldn't refresh when that size or color became available. I will change the way I'm listing.
Thanks so much!!
@@carolelliott3336 Sure thing! It can be confusing because if you've used Printful before, it works differently. The Printful integration with your Etsy account keeps your listings more "in sync" with Printful and they can update stock status automatically. But Printify is like a snapshot in time from when you publish the listing, so it won't update until you re-publish.
Great video. I am new to POD. Can you give an example of why you would make a combo listing? I'm trying to understand if a combo listing is an advanced technique that everyone should consider or if you are just saying that it is an available option. Thanks
Great question, in my opinion it's definitely something everyone should be aware of, but I don't personally do it with all my listings. I think it's a good idea to do a combo listing if you are creating a set of designs intended to go together, like a set of family Halloween t-shirts or something where there's one for parents and others for kids/baby. I think if you're doing something like that, putting them in one listing increases your chances of making the sale because you're making it easier for the customer. If each one is separate, they have to bounce around to different listings (even if you link to them) and that gives them more time to change their mind. However for a straightforward design on a unisex t-shirt, I don't automatically create a combo listing with sweatshirt, hoodie, etc. This method also works great for doing a couple different mug options in a single listing and it's faster for items like that compared to apparel because it's way fewer variants. I hope that helps!
Do you have a video of how to sell 2 mugs at once? Like the once for Mr and Mrs? People would buy both together, not separate.
Hi Ty for this❤️ What do you suggest for sweatshirt sizes? I only go to 2XL, but? Should I offer more?
Hi! I go up to 3XL and do get some sales of that size, but 3XL seems to have a little less consistent availability outside of the core colors (white/black/navy/heather grey) in my experience, meaning other colors might go out of stock more frequently. So there can be a little more maintenance there, but it does make some sales.
@@PODinsights Ty🥰 Kindof what I was thinking, but hate to charge more🥴👍
Hi! When I save as a draft and I use it for another listing, do I have to update the sku from Printify?
Sir please give video of how to give % sale when product is connected with printify
Thank you so much! In Printify, when we select the option to show all color variants (even if they are out of stock) in order to get the SKU #, what happens if someone selects an item that is out of stock?
Hi! If you receive an order for an out of stock variant, you can change the print provider for that order to someone who has it in stock. If something is going to be out of stock for an extended period of time, you can disable that variant in the listing after creating it until it's available again. It depends on the item but with apparel there is usually another print provider that has the variant available to fulfill the order.
Is it possible to use two shipping profile in one combo listing?
For example. A unisex shirt (POD shipping profile) and Pet Tank Top (Printed Mint shipping profile).
Hi! Etsy does not allow you (at least currently) to use more than one shipping profile per listing.
Hi once more. I was looking through your other videos. Do you have one that explains if we need to resize the design for like Monster Digital or My Locker for women's size tshirts that are X large, 2x or 3x and how easiest way to do it? First time listing via Etsy store, so novice. Thank you.
Hi, I don't have a video on that topic yet but good idea! Printify does have a help page for this though. The design editor on Printify is set to the sizing for size L garments. The graphic is printed the same size on larger sizes, but is scaled down for smaller sizes. There are a few providers that don't scale down on smaller sizes and they are listed on the page. I use Monster and Swift POD for t-shirts so I don't apply my designs in the maximum size/width since they won't be scaled down on smaller sizes. But I've never had an issue with the way the print comes out on larger sizes up to 3X.
help.printify.com/hc/en-us/articles/4483635618961-Will-my-design-be-scaled-up-or-down-based-on-the-garment-size-
@@PODinsights Thank you!
this was very helpful, i do have one question. When you add a new design to printify and it drafts it to your etsy store do you delete that item in your drafts on etsy or keep it there and create and entirely new etsy listing? I understand you use the sku codes from printify for each shirt and add to etsy listing, just not sure what to do with the drafted etsy listings that synced from printify..? help?
Hi! You only need to keep the draft listings in your Printify account after creating the combination listing. Any drafts in your Etsy account can be deleted and it will not impact your Printify account. The only reason to keep and publish the drafts in your Etsy shop would be if you also want each product to be listed separately in addition to the combination listing, which you absolutely could do if you want to!
After you have done this and created your new listing with the different products (tshirt, sweatshirt etc) can you then delete the individual "drafts" in the etsy shop manager listings? I hope this makes sense. Thanks!
Hi! You can delete the drafts from your Etsy shop as long as you keep them in your Printify account. I actually just released an updated version of this video because this is one of the things I do slightly differently - I no longer publish the Printify drafts to Etsy at all because you can copy the SKU numbers right from Printify: ruclips.net/video/Bsl64hHm6eg/видео.html
So do I copy and paste from my template to a new listing each time? Do you place your new design on your sample group template and printify each time
Hi! Using this method, for each new listing you create the drafts with the new design in Printify, then copy your listing template in Etsy and enter all the product SKUs, mockups, description, tags, etc. The template listing itself should just stay as a draft on Etsy so that you can copy it each time.
Hi, great video thank you. Could you use this approach to create listings for the same product, eg a tshirt, (maybe in just one color to keep things simple) but where there are multiple design options? For example, if you had designs that said “most likely to_______” where the blank said something different each time. Would you make each shirt for each of the different options and save them as drafts then ‘tie’ them to your group Etsy listing with the sku numbers? The only way I’ve seen of doing this with printify is by using personalised orders where you give the customer a listing pic with codes/numbers to tell them which one to type in the personalisation box, eg. 1 is for “most likely to drink all the wine”, 2 is for “most likely to drink all the beer” and so on. I know this would be a lot of work to set up but if the listing sold well it would save you having to complete each draft order.
Hi! Yes you can definitely use a combination listing to do multiple design options for the same product. First you would create your drafts in Printify of each design on the same product. Then for your product variants in the Etsy listing, you would combine the design option with one of the other variants, I think color would probably be the easiest. So create the size variant first, and then create a second variant by using the custom option and do variants like "Black - Design 1", "Black - Design 2", etc. You will get all the size and color/design combinations as separate variants. Then copy/paste the SKUs from each Printify draft into the corresponding combination of size/color/design. I agree this would take a little time to set up but then your orders sync automatically and no confusing instructions for the customer, they just pick from the size and color/design drop-downs in the listing and they're good to go. Great question!
@@PODinsights Thank you so much 🙏 I’m going to try that today with a design that has only 7 variants. I’ve been using printful up til now but after watching your videos about combo listings and templates etc I’m definitely going to try printify because it seems so much quicker. I did set up a combo listing in printful after watching your video on that and, although it was pretty easy to sync everything, you couldn’t ‘reuse’ any of the work either by duplicating on the printful side or copying on Etsy. So it was a lot of work for one combo listing. Anyway, thank you again, and I’d like to offer a tip for people who decide to keep listings with the same design separate rather than in a combo - create a design code (eg, a 4 digit number) and enter it at the end of the title of every listing that uses that design, then enter that code in the search box on your shop, hit enter, and copy the entire web address of the search result and paste this into each listing for that design (or into a template as a ‘blank’). That way you can say something like “To see more products with this design click here >> “ followed by a space and the search link. When you do a new design you can simply replace the code number in the link with the code number of the new design. I got this tip from an Etsy seller who created matching wedding stationery digital products.
One more question, is there any reason why you couldn’t publish the separate listings as well as link to them in a combo listing? For example if you were doing matching family shirts you could list the kids shirts in the kids category, etc and use more keywords.
@@miccy6702 Thanks for sharing that tip about adding a number in the title to make a linkable search term! And you definitely can still publish the items separately if you want the same products to take up more "real estate" on Etsy. I know some sellers will even duplicate their listings just to have another one with a different primary thumbnail image. I personally don't do that automatically every time because each one costs you another listing fee, but if something starts to sell a little bit sometimes I do publish the items separately to get more exposure for them. Thank you!
@@PODinsights You’re very welcome 😊
Hello! Is there any way to make a bundle listing (through Etsy)? For example, a set of 3 prints (each a different design) without editing and adding all the products to the order in printify manually? Thanks!
Hi! Great question, unfortunately there is not a way to do this that I know of where you don't have to manually edit the order on Printify, at least on Etsy. You definitely can create a listing on Etsy where a bundle/pack is a separate product variant so the customer can buy multiple items packaged together, but there's no way to "tell" Printify that one product variant is actually several separate products. I'm hoping at some point in the future our print on demand platforms will have a feature like this where you can pre-build a bundle as a single variant to automate it. That's something I usually suggest whenever I get the chance to give feedback or take a survey. I do believe you can do this if you sell through a Shopify store because there are other 3rd party apps you can add to create bundle listings that automate on the back end, but sadly it's not available for Etsy currently.
The product combinations are excellent for group listings thank you so much for doing this video, super super helpful, bt I'd also like to know how to add customization/personalization to the different product as well. Eg: a mom's t-shirt with "mama" as the design coupled with a daughter's tshirt with "mama's lil princess" for that design...??
Hi Jeff, Thanks For Another Great Video.
Had one question for you- what if customer buys two different t-shirts from two different listing from your store which is fulfilled by Printful. will Printful charge us shipping for both individually or we get shipping discount for additional t-shirt.?
Hi! As long as the products come through in the same order, Printful does some unique shipping calculations that can be a little hard to predict (though it's in our favor so I shouldn't complain) and I've seen a couple different scenarios on orders. If the products are the same, say both Gildan 5000 t-shirts, then you will get the "additional item" shipping rate for the second item. If the products are different but they're still in the same shipping category, you still get the "additional item" shipping rate - for example that would be like a Gildan 5000 t-shirt and a Bella+Canvas t-shirt in the same order. If your order has different product types in it, you would think that you'd pay the "first item" price for each, but that's not always the case. Printful seems to do some type of calculation based on whether they can package the products together (I'm just guessing). For example, I created a test order for a t-shirt (shipping price $3.99) and a hoodie (shipping price $7.99). That should cost $11.98 for shipping because they're in different product categories. But the shipping charge on the order was only $9.99. Printify absolutely will charge you the full price in that scenario - but it seems Printful is giving you a better rate when they can. As long as you built the "first item" price into your product prices or charged that rate, then you get a little extra profit on occasion.
@@PODinsights Hi Jeff, Thank you so much for your reply and for all the above examples. It’s very helpful to understand the process of the print providers in our pricing strategy to reach the golden ratio.
Does anyone know if you can do it from two different pod shops?
Thank you very much for the great video! Instead of pushing the individual products to Etsy as drafts, can you publish the individual products in Etsy and then use the same SKU's in a group listing as well?
Hi! Yes, you certainly can do that! That would be another way to increase exposure for each product type for sure. I've also seen some sellers who create the combo listing and then duplicate it, and change the primary thumbnail and a few keywords in the title and tags to be more specific to each product so every listing has all the products in it but each one "features" a different product in the primary mockup, title, and tags.
@@PODinsights Thank you so very much for taking the time to help us!
Technically could I create a main listing as normal then just add the SKU's to the other products I want to add? Or do i have to do a custom listing draft like you did? Hope my question made sense.
Yes, you can do that! In fact, I made a more recent video showing how to do just that with mugs. I actually do it that way when there are fewer product variants involved. The only thing to be aware of if you're doing it that way with an apparel listing with lots of variants is that when you edit your variants, Etsy will wipe out the variant details that were there - meaning the SKUs, price and quantity might disappear on you, so you'll have to copy/paste all of them anyway. But there's nothing wrong with doing it that way if it works better for you!
Thanks so much for this! I've watched it several times as I work on figuring it out. But how do you set the prices? Is there an automatic way?
Hi! To se the prices in the listing template (or adjust them later), you can use the checkbox above the list of all product variants or check the box for multiple (but not all) variants, and then click the "update price" button to edit the prices for multiple listings instead of entering them all separately. I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights Thank you! I guess the autopricing of printify by profit margin won't sync to Etsy. It shall really be done manually.
What if you have a set of 3 art canvas prints (each a different design) but only want to sell them as 1 set with 3 prints? I don't want customers to have an option to buy just 1 or 2 of the prints in a listing, but only all 3 together. Is there a way to do that?
Do you just leave the printify listings hidden in Etsy store after creating the final listing on Etsy for the multiple products?
Hi! You can leave them as hidden drafts in your Etsy shop or delete them if you prefer, as long as you don't delete them from Printify.
Nice! Question... do I need to create matching products on Printify for each Etsy listing if I have say 10 images that I want printed in 4 different styles (i.e. sweatshirt, short sleeve, etc.). And if so, do I need to duplicate that first Etsy template but only change title, description, and mockups? Thank you
Hi! Yes, for each different product or different design that you want offer within the Etsy listing, you need to create a draft in your Printify account so that each item has a SKU for you to copy into the listing. You can combine different products or designs into one listing, but each time you want to create a new separate listing you need to start by copying the template. I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights Thank you! That's what I suspected but wasn't 100% sure. Have set up 2 products so far using your method and it's perfectly synced. Thanks again
@@PODinsights Hi, again. I had one other silly question if you don't mind. My Etsy "Draft" folder is filling up pretty quick, and I've copied all the SKU's that I need for each listing that are now active. Is it ok to delete the drafts now? Thank you.
Hello, quick question: When you need to update prices on a multiple-item listing, do you have a special way to do that? Or do you go into each listing and update the prices listing by listing? Thanks!
Hi! Usually (unfortunately) when you need to adjust pricing for different products in the same listing, the adjustment to each product is not the same. If it happens to be the same, like you need to increase all products in the listing by $2.00, you can use Etsy's bulk editing options on the listings page to do it. But if you need to increase the t-shirts $2.00 and the sweatshirts $2.50, for example, you will have to go into each listing to make those adjustments. I wish Etsy had an easier way!
say if I'm doing a listing that has three different designs the customer can choose from how I would get all the other SKU do i have to make a separate list on Prinitfy then copy the SKU from that one to the one on my shop?
Correct, you would create each product draft in Printify first with the different designs, and then copy the SKUs for each of them into the Etsy listing so they are all available in the same listing. To create the variants for them, you can add the design name into one of the existing variants like the color. For example, instead of one "Black" color, you would create 3 of them, one for each design option: Black - Design 1, Black - Design 2, Black - Design 3. If you do that for each color, you'll have an option for each color/design and size.
If you add two variations 1 size and 1 color do you have to put the sku into both variation options? How is it linked?
Hi! When you add two variant categories (size & color) and check the box "SKU varies" for both of them, then the Etsy listing will have a SKU number field for every separate variation of size & color, which is what you need for orders to sync to your Printify account. The SKU number is linked to one variant in your Printify account so it will match when an order is placed.
Thank you so much for this video. It has been so helpful! One question.. When I've duplicated everything and I have my Etsy listing complete and ready to go live, do I need to keep the shirts that I published as drafts from Printify in my Etsy shop or can those be deleted? I don't want to delete the printify drafts if it will keep my Etsy lisitng from syncing with Printify. Hope I'm making sense. Thanks!
I'm glad it was helpful! Yes, you can delete the drafts from your Etsy account, you only need to keep the drafts in your Printify account for the orders to sync properly. I actually recently discovered that you can see the full SKU number from your Printify drafts if you resize the browser window (make it more narrow) so if you want to skip the step of publishing the drafts to Etsy, you can copy them right from Printify! I made a short to quickly show that : ruclips.net/video/ckwgE4m9vx0/видео.html
@@PODinsights Amazing, thank you so much!!
Sine you're using multiple companies for prints, what would you put down for your shipping details? Would you just randomly choose one of them? How would that work?
For instance where you have to add the origin ZIP Code, what would you add there? Would you just select one of the providers zip codes? If so, which one?
Hi! Yes, for the shipping profile you will have to use just one origin zip code. I actually use Monster Digital for most of my t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies now so in a combo listing with those products it will be the same provider. But if I do use different providers, I just use the zip code for the provider that is most centrally located in the US. Etsy uses the origin zip along with the shipping method and the customer's location to estimate the delivery date. If the origin zip is located roughly in the central US, then if the real origin zip is more East or West it won't add a significant number of days to the delivery time, and in my experience it doesn't seem to have much impact on customer service. I've changed print providers for products at various times and haven't bothered to update the origin zip code on some of my shipping profiles, and customers have not noticed or asked questions about where the shipment came from. I hope that helps!
what if difference shirts have different printify vendors, shipping, etc?
Hi! There is no problem with using different print providers for the products - the result will be the same as if you had the products in different listings. If the customer buys one of each, they will be shipped separately. But as I mentioned at the beginning of the video, you need to make sure that the shipping costs are close enough that you can use the same shipping profile for them, or do free shipping and build the shipping cost into the price of each product.
@@PODinsights If you are always going to use the same shirt-color combinations, can you include the SKUS in the Etsy template?
I tried this before watching this video with mugs. The price didn’t update.
I had an 11 oz mug, a 15 oz mug, and an 11 oz color-changing mug. The price either showed as higher no matter what option I selected, or there was no corresponding picture once you changed options to a different cup (like Amazon does). I didn’t upload any mockups, but it didn’t change to my other pictures.
Hello! Thank you for a great video! I'm learning how to do group listings. I've watched 5 videos on how to do this process. Seems like every Etsy seller RUclipsr has a different way of doing this. My question is; once you create your product listing on Printify, you select the HIDE button so it doesn't show up inside Etsy but will generate the SKU#? The listing will be hidden in the draft section, right? And what do you do with the draft? Does it stay in that section or can it be deleted after we've copied the SKU#? Thank you in advance for your help. Namaste
Hi! Since making this video, I have since stopped publishing the drafts from Printify to Etsy. I found that if you resize the Printify browser window, you can get a nice clean view of the SKU numbers to copy into the Etsy listing, and that is all you really need. You need to keep the drafts in your Printify account so your incoming orders can be matched to the products in your account, but you don't need to publish them to Etsy at all. I made a quick video to show how to do that: ruclips.net/user/shortsckwgE4m9vx0
I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights You're a genius! I just followed this tutorial and listed my first family-matching t-shirts in my store! Thank you! I love that I do not have to publish. I also created a template on Etsy for my family matching shirt listing. I'm only doing one color, keep it simple for now. One other question. I am using Printify, do you have a video on how to add multiple designs in one listing?
Thanks for the video! I was wondering how you sort out the shipping fee in that combo listing for those customers that might order 4 different items for instance? I asked Printify and they will treat each item independently as they are separate items and the provider will be shipped separately even though the same customer buys multiple items. Does it make sense? I saw many videos on how to make combo listings but I didn't find what happens when someone actually purchases items from those listings.
Hi! It does depend on whether the items purchased are the same type of product or different products from the Printify catalog. For example, if the customer buys two different size/color t-shirts from the listing, it works the same as a regular listing and you will get the shipping price on Printify of the first/second item where you pay a reduced amount for the second item. But if the customer were to buy a t-shirt and hoodie, even from the same print provider, you will pay the full shipping cost for both items. Because of this, this strategy of combination listings for apparel works best if you offer free shipping and build the cost of shipping into the item prices. This way you're guaranteed to be collecting enough to cover the shipping cost for any combination of items that the customer purchases. Because you can only assign one shipping profile to each listing, charging a shipping fee on a combination listing means you will have to set your shipping rates carefully and probably will have to set your additional item charge differently than a regular listing. Having a combination listing also may increase the chance that your customers spend $35 or more in one purchase if they decide to get multiple items from the listing, so if you're opted into the Etsy Free Shipping Guarantee then they will get free shipping anyway, which is another reason doing free shipping to start with is less complicated. I hope that helps!
Hi! Great video, thank you. A question about SKU. My SKU field doesn't say "Enter SKU in variations" and there is nowhere to click "Edit SKU options". Can I just leave the SKU blank (and enter the SKUs for items in variations) and everything will be ok?
Hi! As long as you have a field next to each product variation in the Etsy listing to enter a SKU number, that is what you need to make sure the items will sync to your Printify account. I hope that helps!
@@PODinsights Thank you!!!
Can you adjust an existing listing the same way? So if you wanted to add a youth size to a tshirt you already have active in your store, can you go through the same process - editing in the Listing Variations and then you would only have to add one set of skus? Or would that mess up the existing listing?
Hi! Yes, you can do the same on an existing listing by adding additional variants in the listing editor and then pasting in the SKUs for those variants. When you use the template, you don't have to take as much time adjusting/adding variants but you have to copy/paste more SKUs, so whichever way works best for you is totally fine and it won't hurt anything to add variants to an existing listing. Great question!
@@PODinsights That's so helpful! Thank you!! :D
@@PODinsights So I actually went back and tried this with one of my existing products and while I could do it - it actually ended up wiping out the SKUs that were already there AND the pictures so there wasn't really any benefit to doing it that way LOL! I thought maybe it'd be nice to not have to transfer in the pictures and such, but nope! ;P Now I know though - I'll stick with your template method!! :P Thank you!!
@@jgardizzle Oh yes, if you add a new variant that applies to all products (like a variation for style or color) it will "reset" all the variant details. You should be able to add new options into the existing variants without losing your existing SKUs though - so if you did want to just add sweatshirts to a t-shit listing, for example, you could use the existing "size" variant and add all the sweatshirts as sweatshirt - S, sweatshirt - M, etc. Then if not all your colors are the same for both you just turn off the ones that you don't want. If you do need to add a different variant to the listing, it will wipe everything as you noted.
Love your videos! I’ve learned so much. Is going back and adding variants to a published listing possible? Or would you not recommend that? I apologize if you answered this in a more recent video. I’ve just been binging them and can’t remember. 😊
Hi! You can definitely edit the variants of an existing listing if you need to. The only thing I wouldn't recommend is completely changing the base variations - when you change the variation (for example if you remove the existing color variation completely) it will wipe out all the variant details that you have in there - the prices, the SKUs, etc. But if you just want to add some more options that won't be a problem!
@@PODinsights Thank you!!
Do you have to publish in Printify? I've already created a listing in Etsy for the product. How will it know to connect the two?
@@potoulastavropoulos2471i have the same question! I didn’t know if I should leave the one in Printify unpublished or what to do with it 😳
This was a really helpful video! One thing I'm still unclear on is how to create the shipping profile. Is that first done on Printify and then automated onto Etsy? Or is it created on Etsy last once you have the listing filled out otherwise? Thank you for any help!
I just posted the same question. That part threw me for a loop too. lol
Hi! You can use a shipping profile created by Printify and then adjust it to your needs for use on combo listings. You will need to make sure the prices work out for all included products (unless you do free shipping) and for the origin zip code on these I just use the one that is the most centrally located in the US out of the providers that I use, unless it's the same print provider for all products in the listing. You can also just create a new shipping profile from scratch on Etsy if you find that easier - the only difference is that the one from Printify will have the fields already populated, but if you're going to have to adjust most of them anyway it may not save that much time. Once you have it created, you can reuse the same profile on all combo listings that have the same products. I hope that helps!
When making the printify draft, you checked to show all variants available- does this change to just showing only in-stock options when it's published on etsy? Or is that another step that needs to be done?
Hi! I publish all variants because if an order comes through for an out of stock variant, I just have a different print provider fulfill the order. Even if you do the option to only publish the in-stock variants, unfortunately you still have to manually update your Etsy listing when they are back in stock. Printify does not have a continuous 2-way sync with your Etsy account like Printful does, so once you publish the listing you either have to re-publish to update stock status or just go into the Etsy listing and manually enable those variants. Personally I find it easier to just display all of them from the start and then have another provider fulfill an order if I get one for an out of stock item. I hope that helps!
Hi, thanks for this Video. I am a Beginner on printify and etsy and I am a lil confused cause I got the SKUs from printify when i published a hidden product. So i use one not hidden listing , add the other variations and I add the SKUs from the hidden matching product on printify. Does this make sense? Or is this totally wrong ? I don't understand when you get the SKUs from etsy. I am sorry for my english and i hope you unverstanden what I mean.
You are correct! To get the SKU numbers for all products, you only need to create them as a draft, and then copy the SKUs into the one Etsy listing that you are going to publish.
This was an outstanding video! Thank you so much. I'm new to your channel. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on not matching sku's or even creating that particular product in Printify until we get a sale. OR just doing the adult t-shirt in Printify and putting in those sku's and then when something else sells backtracking it? I ask because obviously many designs and /or products in the listing may not sell. Thoughts?
Great question! There is a "back end" sync that you can do in Printify, where you go to the "other orders" tab after an order is placed, match the product to a variant in your Printify account, and then import the order. When you do that, there is an option to "always import" orders with that SKU and variant, thus establishing the automation. Instead of putting in all the work up-front, you're putting in the work when orders come in for each new variant. You could certainly do a kind of compromise where you publish the listing with the adult unisex variants with SKUs and leave the other variants blank and wait for orders to come in to set up the automation. The only catch is that you have to remember to look for the orders on your "other orders" tab and import them. I don't trust myself to remember LOL but if it works for you, go for it!
@@PODinsights Thanks so much for your detailed answer! That’s more helpful than you know.
Where do you find the SKU numbers? I must be missing something. If we saved the sample hidden in store, how can I see it on the second window in etsy?
Hi! After publishing to Etsy with the "hide in store" option, you can find it in your Etsy account under the Draft listings. If you go into your listing view, look on the right side of that screen and you should see radio buttons for "listing status". Select "Draft" and you should find the un-published listing so you can find the SKU numbers. I hope that helps!
Can u delete your drafts on Etsy after your grab the SKU from those ?
Hi! Yes you can, as long as you keep the drafts in your Printify account. In fact, I recently discovered there is a better view in Printify to copy the SKUs directly rather than publishing them as drafts to Etsy - you just need to resize your browser window with your Printify product listing and it will give you a nice clean view of the SKUs. I made a short video to show that: ruclips.net/user/shortsckwgE4m9vx0?feature=share
@@PODinsights I noticed that today. The only problem I see is that it will show ln printify as unpublished and might risk deleting because if I see something has been published or hidden I don’t delete at all.
@@dianarey3888 I get that, definitely do what works best for you!
What do you do about shipping since a tshirt may have a shipping cost of around $5 and a Sweater of around $8?
Hi! You essentially have 3 options for shipping with combination listings:
1. Free shipping - easiest for you in terms of setting up the shipping profile. You build the cost of shipping into the prices of each item, so no matter what product the customer purchases you are collecting the correct amount. This can, however, push up your prices to the point of looking less competitive. But one upside is that Etsy always shows the lowest priced item in search results so customers will already be in your listing before they see prices for the more expensive products like hoodies.
2. Charge the highest amount and adjust prices - Set your shipping charge to $8 to cover shipping for the sweatshirts/hoodies. Then reduce the price of your t-shirts by $3 because it only costs $5 to ship the t-shirts.
3. Balance the shipping & product prices - this is like #2 but instead of charging $8, you charge a more "reasonable" average price for shipping, say $6. Then you subtract $1 from your t-shirt prices, and add $2 to your sweatshirt prices to balance out their costs with the shipping price. Same result as #2 but the product & shipping prices might appear a little more reasonable.
I hope that helps!
I had to rewatch the video because I’m a little confused on how you list the shipping. If two items have two different shipping costs, what do you make your shipping profile for that listing?
The best items to combine into the same listing are ones that you either already were planning on doing free shipping for, or that have at least somewhat close shipping costs because you can only have one shipping profile assigned. If you have multiple products combined into one listing that have significant differences in the shipping cost, the safest thing to do is use the shipping profile for the highest cost products. For example if you charge $4 for shipping t-shirts and $7 for shipping hoodies/sweatshirts, use the hoodie/sweatshirt shipping profile. If that makes the shipping charge for the lower-cost items in the listing seem too high, you can always raise the list price of the products a little bit and then back down the shipping charge to prevent abandoned carts (ex: reduce shipping charge by $2 and raise item prices by $2). But ultimately, products that have vastly different shipping costs won't fit well together in the same listing (extreme example: t-shirts and framed posters). Personally, I do free shipping on all apparel items so the cost of shipping for each product is already baked into the price - that sometimes makes the price look less competitive but it sure saves a headache in these situations. I hope that helps!