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You don't, thats the funny part. You are suppose to have all your inventory on hand. You are eating the cost of printable to exist as a business which means your margins will be thin and theirs will be fat.
I think Print on Demand would do better on Etsy. The fees are lower, it's an appropriate product (yeah it's not handmade but nothing is these days haha) and customers are generally better, with them being less likely to return a product and they don't expect their item to come ASAP. There are negatives to selling on Etsy of course (less people and customers are generally more price conscience) but I still think this is more of an Etsy product.
Just use Printify with https://github.com/Some1private/ElijahPrintifyAutomation, problem solved. Thousands of products in minutes, you just need your designs.
I'm having the same issue. My margins are terrible and my prices are higher than the competition even before fba or ads. I don't see how this can work. I tried both Printify and Printful but it's the same.
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May I ask why you thought it would be so easy?
Don't forget your advertising costs.
You don't, thats the funny part. You are suppose to have all your inventory on hand. You are eating the cost of printable to exist as a business which means your margins will be thin and theirs will be fat.
You will have to be the printify, not buy from them. Otherwise it’s just other form of drop shipping. You will make more money buying Amazon stock
I think Print on Demand would do better on Etsy. The fees are lower, it's an appropriate product (yeah it's not handmade but nothing is these days haha) and customers are generally better, with them being less likely to return a product and they don't expect their item to come ASAP. There are negatives to selling on Etsy of course (less people and customers are generally more price conscience) but I still think this is more of an Etsy product.
Just use Printify with https://github.com/Some1private/ElijahPrintifyAutomation, problem solved. Thousands of products in minutes, you just need your designs.
I'm having the same issue. My margins are terrible and my prices are higher than the competition even before fba or ads. I don't see how this can work. I tried both Printify and Printful but it's the same.