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Creating Your Listings In MBA One of the hardest and most frustrating things in Merch By Amazon is how the heck can I get my Tshirt or what have you design in front the buying customers eyes. At low tiers, this is really painful. One of the best ways is through platform-specific PPC, the other is organic search. Half of the job will be done just by your researching or looking for a niche, as well both can be crossed, (I found a niche looking for keywords and vice versa). We will focus on organic in this article, briefly touching on PPC, because I am  Particularly Pathetically Cheap. Really I'm not but I think organic is a better way to achieve long term, not just poof paid campaign, poof done. Choose The Niche Ok and yes there are niches for everything today, niche s the new, slightly older new selling tactic. Online retailers have in the past 10 or so years maybe less noticed why niche specific stores a...

The Etsy Printful Connection This is probably one of the more successful POD integrations going. Easy to configure and fulfill. (Sort Of) The only thing here you worry about is customer service.  Etsy itself is not a POD, but an online marketplace. Customers are educated, discerning, interested in a higher quality of goods.  Coupled with Etsy if done properly you stand to build a pretty amazing business. There are other POD`s that you could use, but I find Printful to be easy and more than satisfactory. Here we will discuss Etsy as its one heck of an e-com platform, that hasn't come of age even yet. Etsy The Platform What the heck Etsy is not a POD ? That's right but after you have learned ..or maybe you are a jump in type... Etsy is the Place to go.  There are so many reasons for that it may be hard to list them all. This is an e-commerce platform make no mistake, coined as an...

  A Few Programs For Creating Graphic Designs This is an article for beginners, that may be getting into POD (print on demand) with little to no prior experience. Choosing the right software for your computer and smartphone will be a factor in your success. If you can't or don't have time to master or at least learn basics you won't get far.  Even outsourcing designs you would still need to edit and scale those designs to a larger number than one. To begin your business or steps into this industry to see if it's for you or not,, though its all win because of the zero cost factor, some will just not get it. First, if you have no experience or very limited let's look at the two types of design:  Graphics                                                                ...

Printful A True Drop Shipping POD Printful can`t be overlooked in the POD business, simply because this gives you wider choices on where you want to take your business. This printer can fit into any model you have and actually helps to automate the drop shipping model on a few platforms. With integration with Shopify to name one makes this a top choice in this model. There are quite a few other PODS offering this type of business model, but some are subscription based.  I wouldn't try those, but there are people that made that work for themselves....somehow. This is one in a series of articles aimed at helping or new aspiring POD creators, entrepreneurs Moving On... How This Works                                 Ok now hopefully you have a grasp on the basics of the POD business.  Whether hobby or not you can not look at this and say "...

  Gearing Up With Red Bubble Ok so now you are ready to venture into your POD business hobby a bit deeper. If you applied for MBA( Merch By Amazon ) you already know you will be waiting for an answer as to whether you are accepted. Jump into RedBubble now! Get your POD on the road and experience under your belt. This is why it can be called Drop shipping and NOT drop shipping; You have zero inventory,  the item is sold, printed and shipped by the POD (RedBubble in this case)   Making this ZERO risk endeavor! Here we will drill a bit deeper for you because it's a super POD to get going on. Benefits  Here you will see why RB is a great POD. Platform-specific traffic They advertise a ton (not you) Upload to multiple products Sales are fairly consistent Payouts can be made through PayPal European and North American sales Zero inventory  You can design and sell locally (RB is pretty fle...

Stepping Up Great Hopefully you are on the first steps of your POD journey as a business or a hobby. Either way, you will definitely find it addictive after you make a few sales.  If you decided to apply to MBA (Merch By Amazon)  first that's all good. It takes time. I applied in March 2017 and wasn't accepted until late September 2017 yes, it takes time and yes, it's an application process. We will discuss a few Merch Specific things here. Either way, taking action is a good thing. Learn  ie: join unpaid groups, look for blogs like this, look on youtube and subscribe, There are some good people in that genre that actually give as much as they sell, if you get into the culture (mostly MBA) you will figure out who is who quickly enough. The Application Yes, it says to apply for an invitation but its an application.  I don't remember what it asked me,  I do know I had a few blogs tha...