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One of the first roadblocks for most people just getting started in the world of electronic commerce and building an online store, is tying up the different components that will reliably;
a) first, allow you to display your products…
b) allow you to securely receive online payments, and,
c) getting your products delivered safely to your customers.
Of course starting a website may be the most instinctive first step towards having an online presence.
However, choosing which of the many routes for building a website that are available, may be where most independent creators and beginners, not necessarily make the wrong decision, but rather decide blindly, neglecting methods better equipped for adaptability and long-term plans as well as costs. So, to make things a little easier, I’ll narrow things down to the most innovative and accessible solutions we could find to date
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First Steps: Build A Made-to-Order Website.
Gettting Started with Print-on-Demand as a Creator
How to short-cut the technical matters you’d rather not have to deal with when build a website store.
If you want to start selling your own printed products online, besides devising the capability of receiving online payments, your first port of call will likely be to consider building a website for showcasing your products and artwork. Along with this will be subsequent requirements, all depending on your circumstance and the route you take.
Now, starting a website equipped for receiving online payments will definitely need to be secure. But also, adaptable and robust for the long-term. In your list of “first steps,” you will also need to include consideration for practices such as SEO, and user experience, across the different devices your audience will be viewing your content.
Q: Should I produce, my products, or website first?
Now, here’s the thing; Although it is often a good idea, you do not necessarily need to always start by building your own website first. Especially If your first priority is to build an inventory of products for first testing, and then to populate your website with only your best or most popular work. It depends on the strategy you choose and what is most practical for your circumstances. (Select the red pill below for a simple solutions for applying your designs to products first, or continue reading if you wish to build a website first).
Fortunately, and either way you decide, you can immediately start creating your own printed products using print-on-demand services provided by both Gelato and Printful.
Between the two providers you will have help that makes things very convenient for the US, UK and European market.
From a financial and cashflow perspective, what you will really like about using either of these services, is that besides perhaps paying a discounted cost for a few printed product samples of your designs, you can start building your product collection and product variants steadily at a cost that will not burden you.
Q: How do I get started with building my website, with the intent to add and sell my own printed designs on different products?
If you already have images of your products, or would like to synchronize products you have already prepared for made-to-order shopping. From here, you can synchronize and manage the display of your products on your website. In this case, let’s say, using your Shopify and WordPress websites.
This is a short-cut and fairly robust route for starting a serious long-term eCommerce store or website, especially as you can add different functionality as you develop.
If you have more than one website, there are various integration and embedding techniques you can employ using Shopify to help reach different segments of your audience.
Q: Will I need to physically photograph my designs on the products I choose?
Fortunately, both Gelato and Printful provide users with an easy to use mockup generator.
PRINTFUL’S MOCK UP GENERATOR
Use Printful’s Mockup Generator for producing your product images. Also determine your pricing and adding your product descriptions…
Printful provides a complete customer fulfilment service, so yes they’ll also take care of delivering to your customers.
Use Printful to synchronise products with your primary eCommerce store, plus have the capability of embedding products on your WordPress blog.
PRINTFUL IN SUMMARY
Overall, Shopify makes for an ideal companion website building and eCommerce platform for both Printful’s print-on-demand and fulfilment service and Gelatos.
However, the Shopify and Printful route combined, offers far more features and flexibility for an advanced online store’s end user experience.
If you have serious plans for creating content that generates income online. Shopify is equipped with all the essential capabilities to launch a full-fledged store, monitor your performance, and create social media campaigns.