Top 5 Websites to Make Money With Print On Demand

Print on Demand is a business model where you design a product virtually and list it for sale on your store, and when the product is purchased, the platform where you designed the product will create the product and ship to the buyer’s address. This is almost similar to dropshipping. However, the basic difference is on dropshipping you sell ready-to-be-shipped products, whereas, on print on demand business, the product will be created only after it is ordered. The difference between your cost price (the money you pay to design and create a product) and the selling price (the price you sell your product for) is your net profit.

If you want to do Print-on-demand business, you will be overwhelmed seeing the number of platforms available. For a newbie, all looks great. However, I am trying to make it easier for you by shortlisting 5 platforms that you can use to make money with Print On Demand.

RedBubble

Teespring

Etsy

Shopify

Amazon

These 5 Print-on-demand marketplaces are trustworthy, they cover a huge market in Print-on-demand business structure. All of these platforms are great, but each one of them is entirely different from another. Each one of these platforms has pros and cons when it comes to doing Print on Demand business.

How to Start a Print-on-Demand Business With RedBubble

There are numerous Print-on-Demand marketplaces like Cafe Press, Spreadshirt, etc. but the best marketplace according to my opinion is RedBubble.

RedBubble is a Print-On-Demand marketplace based in Australia. It is the biggest marketplace for Print-on-Demand business with its own Print-On-demand factory, and annual revenue of 215 million USD. If you are thinking about starting your own Print On Demand Business you should definitely go with RedBubble because every month millions of customers visit RedBubble to make a purchase. It has monthly traffic of 26.19 million, with an average visit duration of 6.19 minutes

RedBubble is the ideal marketplace for newbies because it is really easy to get started. All you need to do is upload the design. They will take care of the rest of the things from printing your product to shipping to the buyer’s address. You don’t even have to advertise your product on RedBubble because millions of people are already visiting RedBubble regularly.

It does not cost money to sign up or upload product designs. When your product is sold, RedBubble cuts product printing and shipping fees and gives the remaining money to you.

Whether you want to make money as a side hustle or want to earn a full-time income by doing online business, RedBubble is for you.

Etsy Vs. Teespring: Which Platform is Good For Print-On-Demand Business

Etsy is one of the best marketplaces for handmade crafted goods, including Print on demand products. Etsy has its own Print-on-Demand Store called Smash Transit. However, they do not have their own Print-on-Demand factory, therefore, they outsource their work with stores that can be integrated with their platform. One such platform is Printful, another one is called Printify.

Etsy is one of the top 100 websites in the world making billions of dollars in annual profit. If you are serious about starting an online business and yet do not have a lot of money for investment, you should definitely try Etsy. You have to pay 20 cents per item listed and also run ads on Etsy to drive sales.

Teespring is yet another popular Print on Demand marketplace with its own print-on-demand factory. There are no upfront costs to sell on Teespring (they don’t charge for the listing products, they will cut the commission on the product sold). One of the major disadvantages of using Teespring is they don’t show products when someone searches on a certain category. They only display products from sellers who have Trust Score. You get Trust Score only after a few successful sales. If you are new, you will have to use social media to drive sales. If you have a huge following, you might be able to sell your products on Teespring.

Shopify Vs. Amazon: Which Platform is Best to Make Money Online

Shopify is an eCommerce content management system. It is used to create online stores. Amazon, on the other hand, is the world’s largest online store. Interestingly, Amazon also offers programs where indie sellers can sell their products through Amazon’s selling programs like FBA, Merch By Amazon, etc. Now, you might one to know which platform is better to make money by selling products online?

Shopify

Shopify can be used to build any kind of store such as selling with inventory, dropshipping, or print on demand. Recently, when budding entrepreneurs were asked “What is your favorite platform to build a Print-On-Demand Business, 45 percent voted for Shopify, followed by RedBubble with 24 percent, Etsy 13 percent, Cafe Press 3 percent, and other 15 percent. By using Shopify, you will have your online store on your own domain. Shopify also allows you to connect your store with other services like Printful, Printify making it easier to build Print-On-demand Store.

Amazon

Amazon gets 2.37 billion monthly traffic. You can imagine the size of its market. People visiting Amazon spend 7 minutes on average and visit 9 pages on average. You can assume the conversion rate on Amazon. The Print-On-Demand service on Amazon is called Merch By Amazon. Amazon has its own Print-On-Demand factory. It is free but, they will have to approve your account manually before you can start.

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