Before we start let's talk a little bit about Spreadshirt.

Who is Spreadshirt?

Spreadshirt is a print on demand platform specialized for clothing and accessories, founded in 2002 in Germany. Also has many manufacturing sites in different countries: United States, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Spreadshirt has multiple items including t-shirts, sweaters, and more.

In Spreadshirt, there are two places to sell in them:

-Spreadshirt's Marketplace
-Spreadshirt's Shop


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Spreadshirt'S Marketplace:

To create an account and register as a Partner, Move your mouse over the link and click on "Sell on the Marketplace", they will show you this screen below. 


                                                           
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So you need to fill out this form simply by adding your email address, password, and confirmation you are not a robot. Then click on "Get Register now", they will display you this screen below. 


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This Partner Area allows you to upload designs, create products, set up your Showroom.

To add your first design you simply click on "Browse" and choose your file (.jpeg, .png, .gif, .svg, .ai, .cdr) from your desktop, like this example below:

  
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Then you can choose, edit, and decide which products you want to sell. 
The better on Spreadshirt you can save templates that can help you to create your products faster, like a template for black products, template for women, template for men, template for kids, and so on.

After you click on "Next", you need to describe your design in English including: 
- Name used as a title for your product (50 letter max) 
- Description detailed for your product that can help customers find what they search, and develop your SEO (search engine optimization) for people search from google as an example. (200 letter max) 
-Tags or keywords that match what customers looking for. you have to tag ( 25 max), and for each one of them you can choose at least 3 words like this example: "Funny Gift Dad".


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After these steps click on "Create" and done, you have the first design on your own marketplace.

Set up your Showroom


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The designs that you have published on the Marketplace, you will find in the showroom. 
To complete your showroom you need to upload your own profile picture, cover image, and add social media links. 

After you created your first product and set up your showroom, the next step is to move to your dashboard then click on "Choose user name", which will take you to the page that includes information about your account.

✅ Personal information

To fill out your personal information, simply your first name, last name, email, telephone, and your home country including street address, building name, zip code, city.


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✅ Account settings

To complete your account settings, you need a profile image (minimum width: 130 px, maximum size: 2MB) for your avatar, username, also you can change your current password by another new.


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✅ Newsletter subscriptions

The newsletter subscriptions specialized for:

Customers
That can help them to know news every week about products, promos discounts, and everything about Spreadshirt.
Partners
You are a seller on Spreadshirt, so this option for you, which has a lot of benefits including tips and tricks about your shop.
Surveys
And this if you need advice about your store or anything on Spreadshirt.


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✅Payment data

There are two options for payout to choose from: 
Bank account
They will demand you your account holder, account number, routing number, name of your bank, and bank location.
PayPal
You just need your email that you are already logged in with Paypal.


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✅ Tax status

Your tax information is based on your personal information, which means it depends on your location. There are 3 situations, one of which applies to you:
✔ Taxable in the US (no corporation)
✔ Not taxable in the US
✔ Corporation taxable in the US
All partners on Spreadshirt need to supply their Social Security Number (SSN) or Tax Identification Number (TIN). 
Also, you have to fill out one of the following forms:
US resident Partners: W-9 form
Non-US resident partners: W-8 BEN form

These forms you can find them in your Partner Area, Tax section. Download one of them, fill it out, and send it to Spreadshirt!

✅ Connect device

Connect device This section optional that can help to connect your Partner Account with your smartphone simply by downloading their app.


Spreadshirt's Shop:

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Opening shop on Spreadshirt has a lot of benefits for sellers including:
✔ Highest Commission in the Industry
✔ Control Your Shop's Look & Feel
✔ Choose Which Products You Sell
Also, you have the advantage to grow your opportunity to sell your products on Spreadshirt's marketplace and Spreadshirt's shop.

Set up your shop


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To open a shop simply on your dashboard click on "Set up a Spreadshop" then "Open Shop", they will demand you to choose a name for your shop. You also need to tweak "Spreadshop Setup" which is your style shop, which includes the option to choose to show your shop name or logo in the title and adjust colors. Then click on save to move to the next step, You can jump these edits later by click on "Skip for now"!



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Shop Settings:

✅General
Info & SEO: that includes shop name and description which improves your search engine ranking.
Your legal info: it will be visible to your Shop's visitors
Activate Shop: you can anytime make your shop online or offline.

✅ Page Settings
The home page is really important for your shop because it is your image that customers see, which gives them an impact impression of your store. So if you'd like to impress your customers with a professional look, you can do these steps:
✔ Choose a better product list with details
✔ Make strong topics to help clients simply find your designs
✔ Write a little bit about you, your projects, and what triggers you started your shop.

✅ Appearance
To make your shop has a great look, you need to add some aesthetics including your logo(or use your brand name in the header), colors & fonts, themes(you can select one, and get your store better).

✅Prices & Promos
For pricing, specify the retail price for each product to determine your margin. And for promo campaigns, you have to decide if you want to try a promo in your Spreadshop. 

✅ Marketing
You can use Social Media for sharing your products or promo campaigns, to give a lot of traffic to your shop, then you get sales.

Web Analytics is a great tool for analyzing customer behavior, Which means, you will learn if your customers like your products that you post on your store.

✅ Advanced
Here is this section if you want to tweak your store, you'll need some basics about HTML & CSS.
Also, you can link your shop with social media platforms.