3.1 - What is Print on Demand?
Print on Demand (POD) is a 100% automated sales mechanism. It's a cousin of the famous drop-shipping, without the bad aspects.
The principle is simple: Print on Demand lets you sell products with YOUR designs printed on them. The range of customizable products is vast: from clothing (t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, etc.) to accessories (tote-bags, water bottles, etc.) and even decorative objects.
What makes this system mega-innovative is that you don't have to do anything other than create your visuals and choose the "naked" products you want to sell. The orders are taken care of, printed and shipped under your brand name by the Print on Demand platform of your choice. And yes, here's one difference between Print on Demand and dropshipping: with POD, there's no need to buy products before selling them! Everything is done automatically, on demand.
To sum up, here are the steps involved in setting up a Print on Demand business
- Create your own online store;
- You create visuals and choose the products you want to sell on our app;
- The customer is on your site and orders one or more items;
- We print and ship your order.
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