What Are the Top Print On Demand Marketplaces for Newbies?

Before we talk about the best platforms for the Print on Demand business, some people maybe you wonder what is Print on Demand?
We already answered this question so you can read a little bit about it in this article:

How to Start Print on Demand Business (POD).

The Top Print On Demand Marketplaces for beginners:

1. Bonfire

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Bonfire didn’t consider like the rest of the print-on-demand platforms. Initially, it was dedicated to helping people raise money for different kinds of campaigns. Now, also Bonfire is a marketplace where you can create custom apparel and sell your designs. 

Bonfire doesn't require any Initial Investment, is free, and easy to work in, whether fundraising or simply selling custom designs. These two options allow you to set up a verified campaign that will give customers the courage to buy and donate to your cause.

Ultimately, you'll also be given a CSV file that includes information your donors have left so you can continue to contact them about your efforts. Being able to fundraise for a cause is one of its most unique features.

This marketplace is based in Richmond, Virginia, but gives worldwide shipping.

After you’ve created your apparel on Bonfire, you can launch your campaign, which can run anywhere from 7 to 21 days. Then, you will have to promote and sell your products. You can create your own store to fit your campaign or brand. After your campaign has finished you recreate it automatically.

For your profit, you can change your margin but typically is better to keep the default prices of your products.

There are three determinants that affect the base price of a product:

Product Style: there is a difference in manufacturing among products such as a t-shirt is costs less than a hoodie.

Ink Colors: The greater the number of colors, the higher the price of the product.

Printing on Both Sides: The cost of print a design-on one side-is low than on both sides of a shirt.

After you get sales, Bonfire will send your earnings via PayPal. If you already choose the fundraising option, your payout will have an 8% fee. All this information existed in your account dashboard.

2. Redbubble

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Redbubble is an Australian print on demand company founded in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. The goal of this marketplace to give independent artists a meaningful new way to sell their artwork. If you love art and creating unique things, Redbubble has a lot of products artistic created by artists around the world so, you can be one of them too! 

Almost all styles of art you find in Redbubble also there is a community for everything.

In Redbubble, you simply upload your artwork (on over 60 products), and the rest of the process on it. You can sell your designs on a lot of products including t-shirts, hoodies, scarves, postcards, notebooks, stickers, phone cases, mugs, greeting cards, and much more.

This marketplace is available in many languages, like French, Spanish, and German.

To start on Redbubble you need simply to open a shop in minutes for free. This shop is the image of your brand so make sure to set up your store professionally. And Redbubble has a lot of traffic that can help to get more sales, also a share option-on social media-to promote your products.

After you get sales Redbubble takes care of printing and shipping within 24-48 hours.

If you interested to start on Redbubble you can check this guide that can help to start from scratch:

How to Get Started on Redbubble.

Also in Redbubble, you can change liberty your margin (default set a 20%), so you have greater control over how much you make on each product sold.

Base Price + Artist Margin = Retail Price

The cost of each of the manufacturing and shipping fees is the base price.

To get paid on Redbubble, you have two options. First, you simply add your verified Paypal account, but some restrictions may apply to some countries. Second, add directly your bank account. But, this option is available for US, Australian, and UK bank accounts.

3. Teespring

                                                             

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Teespring is a print on demand platform founded in 2011, in Providence, Rhode Island, that allows people to create and sell custom apparel. This marketplace is for people creators and artists.

Teespring will provide everything for you; printing and shipping your products.

In Teespring, you can choose a campaign length for your items as an example 4 days, this means when products are ordered they’ll be printed every 4 days.

Also in this marketplace, there are a lot of products (over 50 products available) to sell including Apparel, Home Decor, Socks, Phone Cases, Accessories, Mugs. For all these products, you can add the item you want.

After you get sales Teespring will take care of manufacturing, shipping(180 countries), and customer support.

-US-bound orders take 2-5 business days for rush shipping.

-US-bound orders take 10-13 business days for standard shipping

-International shipping takes 10-16 business days if you are in Canada, the US, or anywhere in Europe.

To grow your sales, Teespring offer you a great option that allows you to integrate with some of the most important e-commerce marketplaces.

In Teespring, you can set the price of your products, when an item is sold, you get the margin.

The price of a product change based on sides design (single or double-sided) and how many items you sold the preceding month. So, the base cost will be cheaper, if you sell more products from a campaign.

There is two options to get paid on Teespring: Paypal and Payoneer. You should get your payment in 24 – 48 hours whether on Paypal or Payoneer.

Society6 is a unique print-on-demand platform. It has a lot of engagements also awesome features like you can become a curator on artists and get a profit for helping them to sell more products.

4. Society6

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Society6 has a lot of products including apparel, stationery, and home goods. You can simply upload your design and select the item you want to add.

Society6 takes care of customer service, and you have just focus on your artwork. There are communities where you can find support, feedback from other artists.

The pricing of items in Society6 is different than other print-on-demand marketplaces. Society6 doesn’t permit you to markup rates on all of its products, you will get 10% of the retail price. There are exceptions like canvas and framed prints, you can change the default margin.

You will get paid in Society6 simply by Paypal and make sure your Paypal account is verified.

These four platforms are really awesome and easy for beginners. You can do it too!

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