@@WholesaleTed My favourite print-on-demand service is Merch by Amazon. I appreciate their user-friendly platform, which makes it easy to upload designs and manage listings. The extensive reach of Amazon's marketplace helps my products get seen by a large audience. Additionally, their handling of production and shipping allows me to focus on creating new designs. How about you? Which service do you prefer?
Thank you for this! I started following at the beginning of Covid! Ive learned so much off of you... There are only a few GENUINE people on YT that actually give valuable, useable and easy to follow information! I appreciate you and ALL you do for us!! Im going to try Printed Mint for POD candles! Keep dropping us GEMS!!! xoxo
Subscribed to your channel last week as you seem like one of the most genuine person on youtube. Today I signed up to your newsletter and got the advanced course. Time for a change so here I go!!
You 1000% deserve to promote yourself. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Content creation and education is NOT an easy gig! Thank you for each peice of content you give to the world 👊🏽💪🏽
Am glad to be part of your community since January this year and now thanks to meeting you here I launch my store last month.. From Nairobi, Kenya ,Africa.Thank you.
Good luck, Nairobi!! I technically opened my shop a few months ago but just started putting my products up this week. She’s awesome, this channel has been a lifesaver! ❤️, NYC😊
One of my favorite print-on-demand companies is Printful. I like it because of its high print quality, wide range of products, and seamless integration with e-commerce platforms
Haha. I mean, it is a super strange thing to say, to be honest. POD cannot be saturated. That is an impossible thing to happen. So anyone saying "POD is saturated" should not be listened to, because they are saying something that they clearly don't understand. POD is a form of fulfillment & production. It is merely a way to make/pick/pack/ship products. It isn't POD that can be saturated. So yes I totally agree with you, that phrase needs to be shelved, lol! It is certain, specific products and certain, specific niches that can become "saturated" - and even then, the phrase "saturation" merely means that there is increased competition. People who release a great product into a "saturated" market will still win, but the bar is higher due to more choices. I've released plenty of products into "saturated" niche markets and they have gone on to become strong sellers for me, because the product I made was good enough to compete with the current selection. Sorry to hijack onto your comment. This reply wasn't to criticize you. It was to criticize people that make UA-cam comments saying nonsense like that. LOL
@@WholesaleTed Like you said, "the bar is higher due to more choices." And it will get higher and higher. So I think the argument of POD being oversaturated these days is fair. As it becomes easy to clone these POD products, it makes it much harder for even the big players to grow, or even sustain consistent profit.
@@katlis As I said, I do think it is fair to say that a product, or a niche is "saturated" (although I did temper that by saying I think people still misinterpret what saturation means - it just means a lot of choices, hence more competition) but that you cannot say POD is saturated. POD is a fulfillment method and production method. Those cannot be saturated. Products/niches get saturated. Not fulfillment methods. Which is why if people want to discuss saturation, they need to get specific about which products and niches they think have a lot of competition, rather than making a blank statement that POD is saturated, when it literally can't be, LOL! 🙏
@@WholesaleTed "POD is a fulfillment method and production method. Those cannot be saturated." -- If you're talking about the actual POD companies/manufacturers, they are loving this explosion of etsy, redbubble, etc shops that are easily launched (for free) in an hour now thanks to AI art. The actual POD companies embrace the oversaturation of any products they have to offer, which are generally the same across the board for every one of them (especially popular items like tshirts, mugs, etc).
Yep, there seem to be absolutely no limit to the cheap landfill-fodder that Americans and Europeans, to a lesser degree, will buy, so we may as well take their money.
Thank you very much for your helpful and detailed responses. I appreciate the time and effort you put into providing this information. Your answers were clear and insightful, and they have greatly helped me understand the topic better
Thank you very much for your response and your suggestions! I will make sure to watch the videos you recommended to get answers to my questions. I really appreciate your time and effort in helping me
As a 64yr old computer dinosaur dating back to the ZX Spectrum/Commodore C64/Apple 2e era, I'm thinking of settling down with an online business that's compatible with my lifestyle as it is..Of all the options available, print on demand sounds like the most viable option, although I might discover something else as things progress. All that said, this channel is my final choice thanks to the smooth yet fast pace, yet I can detect a vibe here telling me this is the real deal in this minefield of channels all telling you likewise.. Thank you so much Sarah, I can feel it in my bones I'm on the right track here. Now let's dig into all the relevant info in your quite comprehensive description here, and You'll see me in the comment section of the videos I consume.. 👌🙂
I use them on my etsy shop. The candles and Mugs are great, but their shirts aren't as good. The shirts not only faded the first wash, you could actually see the shirt through the images. But I can say that contacting them about any issues, the will work with you. I love the packaging.
Sarah another awesome video but according to the printed mint website there is shipping issues that affect the shipping of products to the UK so I will be using a UK based POD supplier for UK customers but would use printed mint for shipping to USA customers. Love 🥰 the video and love 💓 Sarah.
Yes that sounds like an excellent idea - I wouldn't use Printed Mint for international orders if I didn't have to, I think it is best if your audience is primarily USA based since they are USA based. If you instead primarily have a UK audience, I'd definitely stick to a UK based company! 🙏
Thank you for the information. I'm only starting in pod and am overwhelmed by the mass amount of information and options that are out there. I'm currently building my shopify store, logos, theme, custom domain, connected e‐mails are all complete. I have been doing a 21-hour corse, and it was recommended that I have 100 designs. However, it's mostly t-shirts. I don't want to just do shirts and limit my probability of just doing one product. So, I'm researching other avenues to compliment my chosen niche. Candles, canvas prints, and custom products look to have better margins . One of these days, I'll get to learn about marketing and advertising my business but currently have decided to do the slow and steady approach. I did wach your shopify tutorial that got me started so thanks again.
Hi Sarah… the smells like no your problem candle retails $12.20 on Etsy with gorgeous packaging (sale price) and $12.50 on Printed Mint. How can noobs make money from that kind of competition….?
i love your videos its so helpful to a lot of people who focuses on the internet for jobs or ai learning tips i even some of your videos to media wallet so i could revisit it again
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i’ve been wanting to do print on demand for a while and have always had my mind set on using printify. but this video has really sold me on printed mint.
Printed Mint is just an option! It isn't the best, it is just different. Mix and match companies based on which one fits your needs the best 😁 most of us don't just use one, we use multiple.
TED, thank you. Does mint charge the payment from us or from the recipient? Do I need to have money on my card? What about printfy? I can't start because I don't have money. Is mint valid all over the world?
They work just like Printify & Printful in-that you need to pay upfront before they will make & ship products. If you want to start your own POD store without doing that, feasibly the only option would be to use a commission-based platform (like RedBubble) or Fourth Wall which I discuss in this video, you might find it helpful: ua-cam.com/video/1nwxxRkVbgQ/v-deo.html
@@WholesaleTed so just out of interest if I run a store and by chance I get 5k worth of orders I need to have 5k on my card or the orders will fail? I thought the whole point of print on demand is that the money is taken out of the customers purchase and the difference minus cost was sent to you? otherwise whats the actual benefit here? would you mind explaining please?
That is not the point of Print On Demand at all, and it isn't what the true advantage of Print On Demand is - there are many major advantages, but that is not one of them- although it makes sense as to why people new to the industry think that, so I completely understand. If you get 5k worth of orders (in terms of it's product cost - so in reality, that would be $7-10k worth of orders, but 5k in terms of products bought from the provider) then yes, you need to pay for that $5k, upfront, before production can begin. It is impossible for providers to take the money out of what the customer paid. Why? Because the customer never paid them anything. If you were running your payments through Printed Mint, then sure - the customer pays Printed Mint $30, then they could remove the cost of production, and then pay you the difference as profit. But that isn't what is happening here. The payment processor isn't being run by Printed Mint. It is being run by Etsy, or Shopify. It is Etsy and Shopify that have the payment processors, and it is them processing payments. They don't have a contract with Printed Mint. They have a contract with YOU, the owner. So they can only pay YOU the money the customer paid you. So, it generally takes 1 week or less for me to get the money the customer paid because payment processes like Etsy & Shopify need to process payments, but I still need to cover that $5k cost upfront. For me, I use a credit card. This gets me enormous amounts of travel miles for free. I use a credit card, I pay for the orders on that, then I pay them off once the money lands 1 week later. I never pay interest on my credit card: ua-cam.com/video/M9ZOiqxuMsg/v-deo.html So therefore, I consider it an advantage, not a disadvantage, that I handle upfront payments. If I didn't, I wouldn't get free credit card rewards. But there are many, many other advantages to Print On Demand. Namely, you don't have to actually print any of the items yourself. Do you want to have to store mugs at your house, then print the design onto them, and then package them up, and then go to the post office and ship them out? Probably not, lol 😉 not only is that expensive to set up, it is time consuming and expensive to run your own print shop. By using Print On Demand companies, you can just pay them to utilize their printing facilities, and let them handle all of that for you. That is the advantage of Print On Demand. Being able to sell your own items that you design yourself, without having to actually make or ship them yourself 🌞🙏
@@WholesaleTed thank you for explaining 😀I am just wondering whether my credit card will allow hundreds of transactions? I am guessing you can credit your account at printed mint with one lump payment to cover off multiple purchases so it doesn’t seem like fraud with the credit card provider ?
What is the best way to get traffic to your POD and where is a free way to host it? Etsy? What is the killer / cheap combo? Are digital products more lucrative and easier?
Hi Wholesale Ted, thank you for clear information always, just one querry, how you got around the fact that Printed Mint only allows connection to shopify if the business address is in the USA? Im in NZ and of course had my 'business' address as home and in NZD , what do you recommend here? Ah or actually is it because I am on Pause and Build currently and my payment gateways arn't open?
what are the risks with candles tho? who they gonna sue if/when house burns down? you, printify, or printedmint or even etsy? trying to see what kind of insurance or llc protection or whatever else I may need before I get in the candle business.
Oh yes. I would not recommend using Printed Mint for t-shirts. Not only are they priced highly, their selection is much smaller than other POD apps. The big apps: Printify, Printful, are amazing for selling popular products (such as t-shirts). I think Printed Mint is great for their specialty products.
I have some ideas for very unique tshirts and coffee mugs, my friends love. Better than many online, but I will bet you, the sales will not exceed 10 % of the numbers you mention. I am not a computer guy and will meet with a friend tomorrow who is and get the ball rolling. After we start I will show you my product and sales.
Hi Sarah, I've come across several articles suggesting that POD (Print on Demand) is no longer viable for newbies in 2024. Is there truth to this? I'm sure I'm not the only beginner wondering about this.
It is a good question. Whenever anybody says something like that, it's my pet peeve haha because that honestly doesn't even make any sense and anyone saying that shouldn't be listened to IMHO because I just don't think they understand what POD is. Print On Demand is just another form of production and fulfillment. That is like saying that wholesale production is no longer a viable way to earn money. That makes no sense! It is all about what products you choose to produce that determines how beginner friendly the products you create and sell are. Print on demand is no different. If you choose to use it to manufacture the same t-shirt designs that 50 other people are selling then absolutely that will be difficult to sell. But if you choose to fill a gap in the market, then that's a different story. That's how I was able to make my new print on demand store a success in six months: ua-cam.com/video/M9ZOiqxuMsg/v-deo.html Anyone saying this sort of thing, anyone correlating a production and fulfillment method with the products themselves doesn't know what they are talking about. As harsh as that sounds, I don't mean to be harsh, but it is a crazy thing to say because it literally makes no sense, haha 🙏 these are the same people that ridiculously say "print on demand is saturated" when it literally cannot be saturated. Only products can be saturated in a localized market. Not production and fulfillment methods 🙏
@@WholesaleTed Okay, I'll begin now and avoid reading or watching content from people who say POD is dead. I'll stay positive and focused on my goals. Thanks 😊
Thanks a bunch Sarah. Always loved your vibe and am a fan of it. I've got a question for you do Printed Mint charge for shipping like printify or printful?
Hey Sarah, do you have to have money upfront with Printed Mint like you have to with Printful? Does Printed Mint charge the customer, or do you like Printful does?
Yes you do, Printed Mint is just a standard POD supplier. All POD suppliers require you pay upfront, unless you're hosting your website directly on their website and you are running your store payments through their own internal payment processor.
Hi Sarah! Brand new subscriber here. I stumbled upon your videos yesterday and am ready to sign up for all your advice!! :) 😄 I have a question... I'm in Australia, so how do sales go if my customers order printed goods from the American site? Are the shipping fees reasonable? ...or should I only target an American audience?
Welcome! 🌞 I would honestly only recommend Printed Mint if your audience/customer base is primarily in the USA. And if I started again, I would do what I did, and pick the USA over Australia as my target market any day. The USA has 300+ million customers. Australia has 26 million customers. It's a no brainer for me personally. By working with USA print shops, my items get printed locally within the USA, so it makes no difference to me that I live in New Zealand.
@@WholesaleTed exactly what I was calculating in my head! Thank you for answering so quickly! Another question then...how do I make the US my target market? Is it a matter of setting up an American ETSY store instead of Australian?
Explain to me what e-commerce is and what are the best stores to register with. Should I create an online store on the WordPress platform, or should I register on sites like Amazon FBA, eBay, or Etsy?
No one speaks about this but what happens if a customer’s house burns down due to a faulty candle. Who’s to blame? The seller or the company, such as Printify?
Honestly that is a good question. Here in New Zealand I don't think anyone would, get sued, but we have different laws to the USA. However it's so unlikely to occur I don't think I would let that stop me from selling candles, tbh.
haha same. im in Vietnam, and im baffled about Printify's uncompetitive price. Can anyone suggest a supplier in Vietnam for me? I want to test the order as soon as possible and then decide to push the order.
Do you have a video on driving traffic to your website? More specifically one like Shopify vs Etsy and do you suggest setting up a blog? Everyone says to use Wordpress for blogging, but I’m not a fan. I’d like to have a blog w my site thinking of using Squarespace, Shopify, Big Cartel or Wix even if it’s used for announcements and updates. Not sure who to choose!
I don't have many traffic videos because the way UA-cam's algorithm works, it is not a topic that would get many views and it would hurt my channel to make it, unfortunately. I do have a video on Etsy traffic however: ua-cam.com/video/v3jE2qNt3I8/v-deo.html I also go more in-depth in my course too if you do ever join, since there I don't have a YT algorithm impacting the videos I can make, lol! In terms of Shopify vs. Etsy that is a topic I also discuss in my course. But basically, Etsy is great if you want a marketplace with pre-existing traffic to piggyback off of. Very beginner friendly. Shopify is great if you're willing to drive traffic to your own website. Better returns & profit margins. Neither is better. They are just different. A good mix is often to combine Etsy with your own ecommerce. I do not recommend Wiz or Squarespace as they have clunky, badly made ecommerce features. Shopify out of those is the only one I would recommend.
how can you sell print products when you are in NZ and most of those print on demand companies are based in US, i'm in Australia and the postage is alot.
Well, if You chose ugly stuff, You'll definitely have a winner...😜 I've noticed the same! F ex, when it comes to certain famous designs that are sold at hilarious costs, I would never buy it since there is nothing esthetic about it...🤷 in the first place, I would never think of them as being that expensive...😲 🤷
I thought the same thing. I would never have believed so many people would actually choose to drink out of what looks like a rinsed out pickles jar lol!
@@doyouknowthings Ha! I'm a massive repurposer so could prob drink out of a rinsed pickle jar (plus love vinegar). I meant the muddled chaotic design, but hope it wasn't Ted's design. (I don't think so, hers seem cleaner.) If that's for self care, that design would send many people into a ADHD / psychotic spin.
How long it took for you to receive your product ? I wonder how the shipping works if they are in US and we leave in NZ or Australia. :( would appreciate if you can share thank you x
That is one of the reasons why I first started using POD suppliers, haha! My suppliers are based in the USA, it is irrelevant where I live. Where I live doesn't matter. My POD suppliers are in the USA, they produce my products therefore in the USA, and they therefore ship my products domestically within the USA to my USA customers. If I did that locally, I would have to ship from NZ to the USA which would mean my business would not be viable. When you use POD suppliers, your location doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is where your POD supplier is based.
Wait so if someone buys something, printed mint charges your credit card before they start making the item? So what happens if you sell an item that blows up and people are ordering it to the capacity that it exceeds your credit card limit? lol
Good question! Asia has never been a major market for me, so I honestly don't know, sorry. I do know that Printful have fulfillment centers set up in Asia so that is something to look into. It also depends where in Asia your customers are primarily based. Asia is a big, spread out place with many countries not connected through a land border.
Yes they do, they come in multiple scents. I ordered different scents and personally thought they all smelled very nice, but that is just a personal preference :)
also does printed mint charge tax for etsy sellers? really not trying to deal with that double tax. printify does not charge me tax on items where etsy already collects tax from my customers. this is the reason I had to drop printful.
I recommend giving the video a quick re-watch - never recommended them for clothing or t-shirts, I recommended them for their unique items, and specifically show and talk about looking at the items not available on Printify, again I recommend rewatching 🙏
so how does it work? like you design something and put it in the store, then they charge you for the product when someone buys it? I though the customer paid for it?
This was a great video and I will definitely look into them. Does anyone know about any other POD companies that offer items not as popular, such as luggage and dishware (that work with Etsy)?
Is printed mint still going strong? Noticed that your tinyurl wasn't working (might be my adblocker) and their product info link 404's under their help pages.
Oh, no, I just set up my redirect poorly, nothing to do with Printed Mint, I meant to set up a proper permanent redirect link via Wholesale Ted & forgot. Thank you for the reminder I'll fix that now!
Sara i have a question i have a Shopify store that is integrated with autods, can i integrate with printful to with ( print mint) integrated to it as i am a bit confuse although I have some good ideas about product designs for both mugs and candles. I hope you understand my concern as I am a complete newbie to this business
Sarah, do you use more than one POD supplier to fulfill on a single store? do multiple suppliers cause problems outside of the minor separate deliveries to customers whose cart include products from different suppliers? Super curious on opinions. have not tried before.
Personally I don't like printed mint. I used them for a phone case and the quality was extremely poor and pixelated which has never happened with Printify or Printful using the exact same design. The customer service was also very rude when pointing out shipping delays on their end or issues with printing on their end (this was back in 2021 so they may have changed). I stopped using them since and have never looked back.
I'll be frank with you: anytime I make a video discussing traffic & marketing, the video views bomb, lol. So I stopped making those videos. However, I do discuss it in my free ebook. And I also have traffic/marketing videos discussing my methods (organic search/recommendation traffic & paid Etsy ads) in my course. Plus I do have my Etsy organic traffic video here: ua-cam.com/video/v3jE2qNt3I8/v-deo.html But, as the views for that video show - it bombed, lol, it has had very few views so I probably won't be making any videos like that in the future. But that video is still just as relevant today, as it was when I made it!
its not clear about shipping prices, and its not included as an n printify automaticly in listing as i see? do i need to create myself shipping profiles on Etsy ? and maybe you tried ceramic ornament from them, because on printify only bad reviews from other company ceramic ornament , just wondering g if it might be the same situation! thank you!
Not in the slightest. I'll have a video addressing that question coming out soonish (probably 1-2 months, sorry, my videos have a long production timeline)
✋ Which is your favorite Print On Demand company? 🤔
@WholesaleTed My favorite is Qikink.. It's cheap and best 👌. Atleast for India 🇮🇳
@@WholesaleTed My favourite print-on-demand service is Merch by Amazon. I appreciate their user-friendly platform, which makes it easy to upload designs and manage listings. The extensive reach of Amazon's marketplace helps my products get seen by a large audience. Additionally, their handling of production and shipping allows me to focus on creating new designs. How about you? Which service do you prefer?
@iamyaminhasan Printful & Printify are still my favorites. But Printed Mint will always have a special place in my heart.
@@WholesaleTed Thank you once again for sharing this information! 😊
Hi Sarah do you have a tutorial for starting pod t shirts without having to pay the pod factory upfront for the order?
Thank you for this! I started following at the beginning of Covid! Ive learned so much off of you... There are only a few GENUINE people on YT that actually give valuable, useable and easy to follow information! I appreciate you and ALL you do for us!! Im going to try Printed Mint for POD candles! Keep dropping us GEMS!!! xoxo
Subscribed to your channel last week as you seem like one of the most genuine person on youtube. Today I signed up to your newsletter and got the advanced course. Time for a change so here I go!!
Good luck, Adam. I think I might be heading the same way.
Been trying these things for years. Dont get too excited. Its gonna take time if you get anywhere at all.
Ditto! Found and Subbed
You 1000% deserve to promote yourself. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Content creation and education is NOT an easy gig!
Thank you for each peice of content you give to the world 👊🏽💪🏽
Am glad to be part of your community since January this year and now thanks to meeting you here I launch my store last month.. From Nairobi, Kenya ,Africa.Thank you.
Good luck, Nairobi!! I technically opened my shop a few months ago but just started putting my products up this week. She’s awesome, this channel has been a lifesaver!
❤️, NYC😊
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One of my favorite print-on-demand companies is Printful. I like it because of its high print quality, wide range of products, and seamless integration with e-commerce platforms
sorry I have people that bought with Printful and products sucks and fades away
I will say todays sponsor seems legit! lol seriously though Sarah thank you for all the work you do to keep us all up to date!!!
The myth about POD being oversaturated really needed to be busted. There's still so much opportunity if you're willing to put in the work!
Haha. I mean, it is a super strange thing to say, to be honest. POD cannot be saturated. That is an impossible thing to happen. So anyone saying "POD is saturated" should not be listened to, because they are saying something that they clearly don't understand. POD is a form of fulfillment & production. It is merely a way to make/pick/pack/ship products. It isn't POD that can be saturated. So yes I totally agree with you, that phrase needs to be shelved, lol! It is certain, specific products and certain, specific niches that can become "saturated" - and even then, the phrase "saturation" merely means that there is increased competition. People who release a great product into a "saturated" market will still win, but the bar is higher due to more choices.
I've released plenty of products into "saturated" niche markets and they have gone on to become strong sellers for me, because the product I made was good enough to compete with the current selection.
Sorry to hijack onto your comment. This reply wasn't to criticize you. It was to criticize people that make UA-cam comments saying nonsense like that. LOL
@@WholesaleTed Like you said, "the bar is higher due to more choices." And it will get higher and higher. So I think the argument of POD being oversaturated these days is fair. As it becomes easy to clone these POD products, it makes it much harder for even the big players to grow, or even sustain consistent profit.
@@katlis As I said, I do think it is fair to say that a product, or a niche is "saturated" (although I did temper that by saying I think people still misinterpret what saturation means - it just means a lot of choices, hence more competition) but that you cannot say POD is saturated. POD is a fulfillment method and production method. Those cannot be saturated. Products/niches get saturated. Not fulfillment methods. Which is why if people want to discuss saturation, they need to get specific about which products and niches they think have a lot of competition, rather than making a blank statement that POD is saturated, when it literally can't be, LOL! 🙏
@@WholesaleTed "POD is a fulfillment method and production method. Those cannot be saturated." -- If you're talking about the actual POD companies/manufacturers, they are loving this explosion of etsy, redbubble, etc shops that are easily launched (for free) in an hour now thanks to AI art. The actual POD companies embrace the oversaturation of any products they have to offer, which are generally the same across the board for every one of them (especially popular items like tshirts, mugs, etc).
Yep, there seem to be absolutely no limit to the cheap landfill-fodder that Americans and Europeans, to a lesser degree, will buy, so we may as well take their money.
Thanks Sara..you actually look even prettier.. thanks for this video..ama try this out from Africa
Thank you very much for your helpful and detailed responses. I appreciate the time and effort you put into providing this information. Your answers were clear and insightful, and they have greatly helped me understand the topic better
Thank you very much for your response and your suggestions! I will make sure to watch the videos you recommended to get answers to my questions. I really appreciate your time and effort in helping me
As a 64yr old computer dinosaur dating back to the ZX Spectrum/Commodore C64/Apple 2e era, I'm thinking of settling down with an online business that's compatible with my lifestyle as it is..Of all the options available, print on demand sounds like the most viable option, although I might discover something else as things progress. All that said, this channel is my final choice thanks to the smooth yet fast pace, yet I can detect a vibe here telling me this is the real deal in this minefield of channels all telling you likewise.. Thank you so much Sarah, I can feel it in my bones I'm on the right track here. Now let's dig into all the relevant info in your quite comprehensive description here, and You'll see me in the comment section of the videos I consume.. 👌🙂
I AM WITH YOU..59 Aussie!
Just found this channel and i hope i can find some way to make some money... keep going let us all grow
Thanks, started working with them today.. it's nice to have competition
Thanks Sarah! This POD is a game changer for my niche! I can tell the quality is better. Thank you for sharing so freely.
you do an amazing job at explaining everything...thank you
Thank you for all the information you give us!!
Oh wow! Love this new option! Thank you so very much!!
I use them on my etsy shop. The candles and Mugs are great, but their shirts aren't as good. The shirts not only faded the first wash, you could actually see the shirt through the images. But I can say that contacting them about any issues, the will work with you. I love the packaging.
Thanks for the info
Thanks for all the videos!
Can you make a video how to customize the products with Printify, Printful and Printed Mint, before sent to production?
Thank you so much for this information! Love your channel!
Love your channel we needed to earn money.. really helpful
Thank you for all the content that you post❤
Sarah another awesome video but according to the printed mint website there is shipping issues that affect the shipping of products to the UK so I will be using a UK based POD supplier for UK customers but would use printed mint for shipping to USA customers. Love 🥰 the video and love 💓 Sarah.
Yes that sounds like an excellent idea - I wouldn't use Printed Mint for international orders if I didn't have to, I think it is best if your audience is primarily USA based since they are USA based. If you instead primarily have a UK audience, I'd definitely stick to a UK based company! 🙏
Awesome video. Thank you!
this is gold thank you
Thank you for the information. I'm only starting in pod and am overwhelmed by the mass amount of information and options that are out there. I'm currently building my shopify store, logos, theme, custom domain, connected e‐mails are all complete. I have been doing a 21-hour corse, and it was recommended that I have 100 designs. However, it's mostly t-shirts. I don't want to just do shirts and limit my probability of just doing one product. So, I'm researching other avenues to compliment my chosen niche. Candles, canvas prints, and custom products look to have better margins . One of these days, I'll get to learn about marketing and advertising my business but currently have decided to do the slow and steady approach. I did wach your shopify tutorial that got me started so thanks again.
Awesome!! BUT what about shipping? I can't see shipping prices on Printed Mint. Do you have to organise your own shipping?
Thanks for the info. I'll let you know when my first million comes in. :D
Hi Sarah… the smells like no your problem candle retails $12.20 on Etsy with gorgeous packaging (sale price) and $12.50 on Printed Mint. How can noobs make money from that kind of competition….?
They can't. You've figured out her grift.
i love your videos its so helpful to a lot of people who focuses on the internet for jobs or ai learning tips i even some of your videos to media wallet so i could revisit it again
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I love the content that you produce! Thanks!
Printed mint is my secret weapon!
Hi
I wonder do I must connect to Etsy or Shopify, and is it worth it to sell from Europe?
Thanks in advance
Thanks! Another Awesome video!
I’ve been denied Etsy, denied Amazon Merch, all for no reason. If this one doesn’t work then I give up.
Why you getting denied
Why are they denying? 😢
Hi Sara do you have a tutorial on how to make the design for the mugs or could provide the template sizing that you used in Canva.
I don't have a specific video about mugs, but that is a great idea for a future video!
i’ve been wanting to do print on demand for a while and have always had my mind set on using printify. but this video has really sold me on printed mint.
Printed Mint is just an option! It isn't the best, it is just different. Mix and match companies based on which one fits your needs the best 😁 most of us don't just use one, we use multiple.
Aaah!! The only person I know who sponsors themselves! 😁😁😅🌟🍀
TED, thank you. Does mint charge the payment from us or from the recipient? Do I need to have money on my card? What about printfy? I can't start because I don't have money. Is mint valid all over the world?
They work just like Printify & Printful in-that you need to pay upfront before they will make & ship products. If you want to start your own POD store without doing that, feasibly the only option would be to use a commission-based platform (like RedBubble) or Fourth Wall which I discuss in this video, you might find it helpful: ua-cam.com/video/1nwxxRkVbgQ/v-deo.html
@@WholesaleTed Thank you, this was my question as well. It's still not quite a poor mans game.
@@WholesaleTed so just out of interest if I run a store and by chance I get 5k worth of orders I need to have 5k on my card or the orders will fail? I thought the whole point of print on demand is that the money is taken out of the customers purchase and the difference minus cost was sent to you? otherwise whats the actual benefit here? would you mind explaining please?
That is not the point of Print On Demand at all, and it isn't what the true advantage of Print On Demand is - there are many major advantages, but that is not one of them- although it makes sense as to why people new to the industry think that, so I completely understand.
If you get 5k worth of orders (in terms of it's product cost - so in reality, that would be $7-10k worth of orders, but 5k in terms of products bought from the provider) then yes, you need to pay for that $5k, upfront, before production can begin.
It is impossible for providers to take the money out of what the customer paid. Why? Because the customer never paid them anything. If you were running your payments through Printed Mint, then sure - the customer pays Printed Mint $30, then they could remove the cost of production, and then pay you the difference as profit.
But that isn't what is happening here. The payment processor isn't being run by Printed Mint. It is being run by Etsy, or Shopify. It is Etsy and Shopify that have the payment processors, and it is them processing payments. They don't have a contract with Printed Mint. They have a contract with YOU, the owner. So they can only pay YOU the money the customer paid you.
So, it generally takes 1 week or less for me to get the money the customer paid because payment processes like Etsy & Shopify need to process payments, but I still need to cover that $5k cost upfront.
For me, I use a credit card. This gets me enormous amounts of travel miles for free. I use a credit card, I pay for the orders on that, then I pay them off once the money lands 1 week later. I never pay interest on my credit card: ua-cam.com/video/M9ZOiqxuMsg/v-deo.html
So therefore, I consider it an advantage, not a disadvantage, that I handle upfront payments. If I didn't, I wouldn't get free credit card rewards.
But there are many, many other advantages to Print On Demand. Namely, you don't have to actually print any of the items yourself. Do you want to have to store mugs at your house, then print the design onto them, and then package them up, and then go to the post office and ship them out? Probably not, lol 😉 not only is that expensive to set up, it is time consuming and expensive to run your own print shop.
By using Print On Demand companies, you can just pay them to utilize their printing facilities, and let them handle all of that for you.
That is the advantage of Print On Demand. Being able to sell your own items that you design yourself, without having to actually make or ship them yourself 🌞🙏
@@WholesaleTed thank you for explaining 😀I am just wondering whether my credit card will allow hundreds of transactions? I am guessing you can credit your account at printed mint with one lump payment to cover off multiple purchases so it doesn’t seem like fraud with the credit card provider ?
What is the best way to get traffic to your POD and where is a free way to host it? Etsy?
What is the killer / cheap combo?
Are digital products more lucrative and easier?
You are the best influencer❤
Hi Wholesale Ted, thank you for clear information always, just one querry, how you got around the fact that Printed Mint only allows connection to shopify if the business address is in the USA? Im in NZ and of course had my 'business' address as home and in NZD , what do you recommend here? Ah or actually is it because I am on Pause and Build currently and my payment gateways arn't open?
Thanks for the clear explanations.
what are the risks with candles tho? who they gonna sue if/when house burns down? you, printify, or printedmint or even etsy? trying to see what kind of insurance or llc protection or whatever else I may need before I get in the candle business.
Love Printed Mint. Just wish their t-shirt prices weren't so high.
Oh yes. I would not recommend using Printed Mint for t-shirts. Not only are they priced highly, their selection is much smaller than other POD apps. The big apps: Printify, Printful, are amazing for selling popular products (such as t-shirts). I think Printed Mint is great for their specialty products.
@@WholesaleTed Yes! And I've had years of success with them and great customer service!
I have some ideas for very unique tshirts and coffee mugs, my friends love. Better than many online, but I will bet you, the sales will not exceed 10 % of the numbers you mention. I am not a computer guy and will meet with a friend tomorrow who is and get the ball rolling.
After we start I will show you my product and sales.
Hi Sarah, I've come across several articles suggesting that POD (Print on Demand) is no longer viable for newbies in 2024. Is there truth to this? I'm sure I'm not the only beginner wondering about this.
It is a good question. Whenever anybody says something like that, it's my pet peeve haha because that honestly doesn't even make any sense and anyone saying that shouldn't be listened to IMHO because I just don't think they understand what POD is. Print On Demand is just another form of production and fulfillment. That is like saying that wholesale production is no longer a viable way to earn money. That makes no sense! It is all about what products you choose to produce that determines how beginner friendly the products you create and sell are. Print on demand is no different. If you choose to use it to manufacture the same t-shirt designs that 50 other people are selling then absolutely that will be difficult to sell. But if you choose to fill a gap in the market, then that's a different story. That's how I was able to make my new print on demand store a success in six months: ua-cam.com/video/M9ZOiqxuMsg/v-deo.html
Anyone saying this sort of thing, anyone correlating a production and fulfillment method with the products themselves doesn't know what they are talking about. As harsh as that sounds, I don't mean to be harsh, but it is a crazy thing to say because it literally makes no sense, haha 🙏 these are the same people that ridiculously say "print on demand is saturated" when it literally cannot be saturated. Only products can be saturated in a localized market. Not production and fulfillment methods 🙏
@@WholesaleTed Okay, I'll begin now and avoid reading or watching content from people who say POD is dead. I'll stay positive and focused on my goals.
Thanks 😊
Thanks a bunch Sarah. Always loved your vibe and am a fan of it. I've got a question for you do Printed Mint charge for shipping like printify or printful?
Of course they do
@@ifeifesi Oh, thank you.
Hey Sarah, do you have to have money upfront with Printed Mint like you have to with Printful? Does Printed Mint charge the customer, or do you like Printful does?
Yes you do, Printed Mint is just a standard POD supplier. All POD suppliers require you pay upfront, unless you're hosting your website directly on their website and you are running your store payments through their own internal payment processor.
@@WholesaleTed thanks Sarah
what tool do u use for doing research and checking keyword and analytics of competitors?
Sarah thank u for another informative video
thanks for your Content :)
❤🎉❤ Thank you for sharing this great resource! ❤🎉❤
Hi Sarah! Brand new subscriber here. I stumbled upon your videos yesterday and am ready to sign up for all your advice!! :) 😄 I have a question... I'm in Australia, so how do sales go if my customers order printed goods from the American site? Are the shipping fees reasonable? ...or should I only target an American audience?
Welcome! 🌞 I would honestly only recommend Printed Mint if your audience/customer base is primarily in the USA. And if I started again, I would do what I did, and pick the USA over Australia as my target market any day. The USA has 300+ million customers. Australia has 26 million customers. It's a no brainer for me personally. By working with USA print shops, my items get printed locally within the USA, so it makes no difference to me that I live in New Zealand.
@@WholesaleTed exactly what I was calculating in my head! Thank you for answering so quickly! Another question then...how do I make the US my target market? Is it a matter of setting up an American ETSY store instead of Australian?
Thanks for sharing the information. It’s very helpful. I’m from Bangladesh. 🇧🇩
Explain to me what e-commerce is and what are the best stores to register with. Should I create an online store on the WordPress platform, or should I register on sites like Amazon FBA, eBay, or Etsy?
No one speaks about this but what happens if a customer’s house burns down due to a faulty candle. Who’s to blame? The seller or the company, such as Printify?
Honestly that is a good question. Here in New Zealand I don't think anyone would, get sued, but we have different laws to the USA. However it's so unlikely to occur I don't think I would let that stop me from selling candles, tbh.
If I already have listings in my store using Printify, is there a way to switch them over to Printed Mint but keeping it within my original listings?
I think the reason nobody is talking about it is because they appear to be US based and that’s it.
haha same. im in Vietnam, and im baffled about Printify's uncompetitive price. Can anyone suggest a supplier in Vietnam for me? I want to test the order as soon as possible and then decide to push the order.
Do you have a video on driving traffic to your website? More specifically one like Shopify vs Etsy and do you suggest setting up a blog? Everyone says to use Wordpress for blogging, but I’m not a fan. I’d like to have a blog w my site thinking of using Squarespace, Shopify, Big Cartel or Wix even if it’s used for announcements and updates. Not sure who to choose!
I'm interested to know this as well as my shopify store has no sales yet
I don't have many traffic videos because the way UA-cam's algorithm works, it is not a topic that would get many views and it would hurt my channel to make it, unfortunately. I do have a video on Etsy traffic however: ua-cam.com/video/v3jE2qNt3I8/v-deo.html
I also go more in-depth in my course too if you do ever join, since there I don't have a YT algorithm impacting the videos I can make, lol!
In terms of Shopify vs. Etsy that is a topic I also discuss in my course. But basically, Etsy is great if you want a marketplace with pre-existing traffic to piggyback off of. Very beginner friendly. Shopify is great if you're willing to drive traffic to your own website. Better returns & profit margins. Neither is better. They are just different.
A good mix is often to combine Etsy with your own ecommerce. I do not recommend Wiz or Squarespace as they have clunky, badly made ecommerce features. Shopify out of those is the only one I would recommend.
What are you printing?? I’m confused your buying products that have an already printing them.
Does the paynow option on printed mint means that I'm paying for this product or the customer?
Oh damn!! You gave away the best POD secret around 😢
I hoped it had a shop in it like Spring, I hoped it was not like Printful... :(
i really like you video thanks for your sharing good videos like this
how can you sell print products when you are in NZ and most of those print on demand companies are based in US, i'm in Australia and the postage is alot.
Wow that ugly glass mug made all those sales. I'm clearly never going to pick winners.
Well, if You chose ugly stuff, You'll definitely have a winner...😜 I've noticed the same! F ex, when it comes to certain famous designs that are sold at hilarious costs, I would never buy it since there is nothing esthetic about it...🤷 in the first place, I would never think of them as being that expensive...😲 🤷
I thought the same thing. I would never have believed so many people would actually choose to drink out of what looks like a rinsed out pickles jar lol!
@@doyouknowthings Ha! I'm a massive repurposer so could prob drink out of a rinsed pickle jar (plus love vinegar). I meant the muddled chaotic design, but hope it wasn't Ted's design. (I don't think so, hers seem cleaner.) If that's for self care, that design would send many people into a ADHD / psychotic spin.
How long it took for you to receive your product ? I wonder how the shipping works if they are in US and we leave in NZ or Australia. :( would appreciate if you can share thank you x
That is one of the reasons why I first started using POD suppliers, haha! My suppliers are based in the USA, it is irrelevant where I live. Where I live doesn't matter. My POD suppliers are in the USA, they produce my products therefore in the USA, and they therefore ship my products domestically within the USA to my USA customers. If I did that locally, I would have to ship from NZ to the USA which would mean my business would not be viable. When you use POD suppliers, your location doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is where your POD supplier is based.
Wait so if someone buys something, printed mint charges your credit card before they start making the item? So what happens if you sell an item that blows up and people are ordering it to the capacity that it exceeds your credit card limit? lol
The customer is paying you when ordering, so you are getting money on the one hand as well
Plz make another vedio on fourthwall,and how to use 2 to 3 themes?
Do they only operate in the U.S?
They only have production facilities in the USA, but they shipped for me worldwide.
Hi Sarah, may I know which POD would you suggest for Asian countries? Thanks!!
Good question! Asia has never been a major market for me, so I honestly don't know, sorry. I do know that Printful have fulfillment centers set up in Asia so that is something to look into. It also depends where in Asia your customers are primarily based. Asia is a big, spread out place with many countries not connected through a land border.
@@WholesaleTed Thank you for your reply! I’ll look into that. Many thanks.
Do they make the candles in various scents?
Yes they do, they come in multiple scents. I ordered different scents and personally thought they all smelled very nice, but that is just a personal preference :)
Thanks you for your lovely share ideas
also does printed mint charge tax for etsy sellers? really not trying to deal with that double tax. printify does not charge me tax on items where etsy already collects tax from my customers. this is the reason I had to drop printful.
I'm seeking a POD company for embroidered t-shirts and hats. Any suggestions?
This Printed Mint company you're recommending is more expensive for a basic t-shirt than Printify. Is there an upside to them?
I recommend giving the video a quick re-watch - never recommended them for clothing or t-shirts, I recommended them for their unique items, and specifically show and talk about looking at the items not available on Printify, again I recommend rewatching 🙏
Curious, do you live in USA and use Printed Mint? Or do you live in NZ or Australia?
New Zealand. It makes no difference to me that I live here though, because my customers are primarily USA based.
@@WholesaleTed thanks for sharing ❤️
so how does it work? like you design something and put it in the store, then they charge you for the product when someone buys it? I though the customer paid for it?
This was a great video and I will definitely look into them. Does anyone know about any other POD companies that offer items not as popular, such as luggage and dishware (that work with Etsy)?
Is printed mint still going strong? Noticed that your tinyurl wasn't working (might be my adblocker) and their product info link 404's under their help pages.
Oh, no, I just set up my redirect poorly, nothing to do with Printed Mint, I meant to set up a proper permanent redirect link via Wholesale Ted & forgot. Thank you for the reminder I'll fix that now!
Will this work in Canada?
Sara i have a question i have a Shopify store that is integrated with autods, can i integrate with printful to with ( print mint) integrated to it as i am a bit confuse although I have some good ideas about product designs for both mugs and candles. I hope you understand my concern as I am a complete newbie to this business
Do you have to pay manually first before they fulfill the order, or will they take payment from what the customer pays?
The supplier charges you first, then when the order gets fulfilled, you'll get your money after the fact.
@@tribzman3977 Thank you
Sarah, do you use more than one POD supplier to fulfill on a single store? do multiple suppliers cause problems outside of the minor separate deliveries to customers whose cart include products from different suppliers? Super curious on opinions. have not tried before.
I currently don't, but I have! It doesn't really cause any problems, other than increased shipping costs in my experience.
@@WholesaleTed Got it. Thanks as always Sarah!!!!
I'm dying to see you doing a review about awkward styles. I need your opinion!
I'll see what I can do!
Etsy has suspended my account. Any other platforms?
Personally I don't like printed mint. I used them for a phone case and the quality was extremely poor and pixelated which has never happened with Printify or Printful using the exact same design. The customer service was also very rude when pointing out shipping delays on their end or issues with printing on their end (this was back in 2021 so they may have changed). I stopped using them since and have never looked back.
i have issues getting sales to my site and its a print on demand site.Any tips on how to get sales either paid or organic ads?
I'll be frank with you: anytime I make a video discussing traffic & marketing, the video views bomb, lol. So I stopped making those videos. However, I do discuss it in my free ebook. And I also have traffic/marketing videos discussing my methods (organic search/recommendation traffic & paid Etsy ads) in my course. Plus I do have my Etsy organic traffic video here: ua-cam.com/video/v3jE2qNt3I8/v-deo.html
But, as the views for that video show - it bombed, lol, it has had very few views so I probably won't be making any videos like that in the future. But that video is still just as relevant today, as it was when I made it!
@@WholesaleTed ok ill have a look at it because i am struggling to get any sales and its almost a year since i opened my online store
Can I use this in the UK? Any alternatives for cheaper shipping?
I would also love to know!
What NAICS code can we use for our print on demand (Shopify store) business?
I heard that the insurance is required to sell candles.
What’s the shipping price????
its not clear about shipping prices, and its not included as an n printify automaticly in listing as i see? do i need to create myself shipping profiles on Etsy ? and maybe you tried ceramic ornament from them, because on printify only bad reviews from other company ceramic ornament , just wondering g if it might be the same situation! thank you!
is it too late to start on POD?
Not in the slightest. I'll have a video addressing that question coming out soonish (probably 1-2 months, sorry, my videos have a long production timeline)
Can you sell them via Etsy, or do you need your own website?
You can integrate them with just Etsy, or just Shopify, or both - it is up to you!
So you can only sell thru Etsy or Shopify? Still looks like a game changer.