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Title: Which site would you recoment for Prints?
Post by: nazlisart on May 22, 2017, 09:08

Hi to all!

Recently I'm interested on selling print-on art on t-shirt and other products. I've looked around and found 4 sites that seems serious and made an account there. Those sites are: DESIGN By HUMAN, Society 6, TeePublic and Threadless.

I believe that, contrary to Microstock, Print-on product deem self-marketing and advertising (facebook, google etc.) but to be efficient I think I'll need to promote only one of 4 sites...

My questions are:
1. Does anyone have any experience with this way of selling their work? Is it worth my time?
2. Which of these sites/agencies have more traffic, better and more reliable services?
3. Do you have any other site to suggest?

Thank you!!!
G.

Title: Re: Which site would you recoment for Prints?
Post by: niktol on May 24, 2017, 19:45

My personal experience is that they don't sell jack. Of course your mileage may vary.

Title: Re: Which site would you recoment for Prints?
Post by: S. on May 25, 2017, 07:51

I sell prints and other gadgets on Zazzle, Society6, Redbubble, FAA and Inprnt.
I have a small portfolio, about 50 images for now, and so far (in 3 months) I've earned $6 on Zazzle and $40 on Society6.

I definitely don't do any promotion to get sales.

Title: Re: Which site would you recoment for Prints?
Post by: Noedelhap on May 25, 2017, 07:59

I sell some of my vector work on Zazzle and Redbubble, but not very actively. The sales aren't huge.

I did some designs for Threadless, but it's hard to get picked for a t-shirt print. Even the best designers there sell only 10% of what they create. That makes your RPI less than minimum wage. I wouldn't call that good business strategy. Plus there's something ethically questionable about Threadless making money off of designers who work their asses off for a small chance of getting picked.

Edit: I see they now have option of opening your own shop. Well, that might be worth looking into.

Title: Re: Which site would you recoment for Prints?
Post by: S. on May 25, 2017, 08:04

Quote from: Noedelhap on May 25, 2017, 07:59

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Edit: I see they now have option of opening your own shop. Well, that might be worth looking into.

Yes, but they don't do any promotion for your shop or the products in your shop, it's like just having a personal website separated from their main store.

Title: Re: Which site would you recoment for Prints?
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on May 25, 2017, 08:16

There's a huge market for printed products which means there's huge opportunity for the right sellers.

Is it worth your time? No idea. Depends on if there's buyer demand for what you offer.

For what sites to use there's no standard answer. I see some people saying they do well on POD sites I've never sold a thing on so your experience will vary.

The answer really is that there are plenty of buyers for print products and the only way you'll find out if it's worth your time is to get your stuff loaded up on a bunch of sites and figure out what works for you.