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Hello Heather i have serious question lol , why ecery one use printify ! I am using printful sice 2 years dunno what is different also if I want to transfer to printify how to tranfer my 100 listing to printify also where is the best quality of printing its on printful or printify ? thanks alot .
Hi. I requested access to your free pod course. However, as I haven't registered on your website before I can access the course through the PC. On the login box, there is not any option to create an account and without creating an account I don't have a password to grant me access. And the Kajabi platform is not free. You actually need to pay around 200 dollars per month. So, in the end, your course is not free? Or there is another way to access the free course, please? Thank you.
FYI: PNG is good for general images that you need a transparent background for like color images, stickers, etc. JPG is great for thumbnails and full color images you don't want to print on a product. SVG is great for line-art style like the doodle mom example, svg is infinitely scalable so you don't have to make the image 5000x5000, you can make it 256x256 and it can scale properly at all sizes.
Your self proclaimed "awkwardness" is what makes you so endearing and genuine. Other RU-vidrs edit the crap out of their videos to try to sound more professional and it just makes them robotic.
Wow, thanks so much, for making this so easy to understand. I'm 61 and not totally savvy on the internet. you did great explaining it. Your so down to earth and friendly in your tutorial,well done
The bloopers at the end though💀I really appreciate that authenticity and honesty! It's scary and overwhelming to start all of this, and I've been on and off for 5 years! Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks!
I am halfway through your Print on Demand Crash Course 2.0 and it has been so invaluable!! I can't tell you how many RU-vid videos I have watched and still could not make enough sense out of them to actually start my business. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing this free information! I have never seen, anywhere else, half of the information that I am learning from you.
Hi Heather, first I want to tell you that you're amazing. Thank you so much for this FULL tutorial, without asking for much. I have been on this journey for over a year now. I tried opening a Shopify store but it didn't work out because I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I have spent so much money on b.s. workshops that didn't help me at all. You inspired me to give it a go again, I am going to follow this tutorial again step by step. Again, thank you. I get good vibes from you.
I feel exactly the same way. I'm just starting out and have an Etsy shop, tried shopify as well and it's extremely difficult, I agree. I also think that Heather is a sweet person who is able to laugh at herself and share that she too, doubts herself sometimes. Humility is great!
Yes, this tutorial has renewed my drive, Heather. Thank you! And I'll just say as a woman who has shed a few tears daily as I hit wall and wall on my Shopify store--you gave me some hope this morning. Thank you for not only being INCREDIBLY informative but keeping it real with the bloopers at the end. Hoping to get to know you better through your videos. --Megan
Till now the best video I have found on RU-vid for POD. Thank you ma'am for such a great explanation , and making us understand the topic in an easy manner 🙂
I think I just started a POD shop! Your youtube was SO easy to follow and navigate. Now time to deep dive into your crash course to learn more of what I just did. LOL. I can't wait to create more and learn more. I will watch your Beginner listing SEO video next. So much information!!!
Wooohoooo!! 👏👏👏 So happy to hear you began and best of luck in your shops success! Keep learning and know that what you put into the business can give you exponential returns with time + consistency. It’s a lot of patience and practice but you got this!!💪❤️
Thank you so much! So many people say they'll help you and then... come to find out they want to charge you for something they say is free! I opened my store today and I'm so grateful to you for you help! I'll say and extra pray for you this evening 😊
Thank You, Thank You, I do not think it was this video that I watched. I've watched two of your videos and I have to thank you for your time and effort to help us who are struggling to get our ETSY business off the ground. You mentioned you had speech challenges and people made negative comments. I am a proud Texan who travelled a lot and would get a lot of negative comments about my accent. You just keep what you are doing and those mean people do not deserve your kindness, your knowledge and your wise counselling. Keep at it and I love how you build my confidence.
I remember her video you are referring to! The same happened to me working in NY. I’m from Alabama and had people make fun of my accent. But… there were those who sincerely said they loved it! I’ll never understand why some people can be so mean! BTW! Heather is amazing!! 👏 😊
Wow - this is great! I’ve been using Bonfire and I’ve been wanting to expand over to Etsy.. now learning that we can have POD integrations with Etsy like Printify, I will definitely open up an Etsy shop since it somewhat mirrors Bonfire! Thank you!!!!🎉
Reading through the comments, I might be the only tech-challenged retirement-age POD rookie? Heather, you provide a wealth of valuable knowledge yet I struggle to follow the speed at which you navigate the design segment. Stop, pausing, and rewinding ( dated myself didn't I?), is exhausting. I need a nap. Any chance you can make an AARP version of this Tutorial?
Amazing, amazing, amazing! Freaking love your content and this video helped me get from point A to point B- open a shop that functions 😆 now to boost it up with SEO!
Omg I am dying laughing...It's a doodle of a Doodle Dog...lol I was totally thinking the same thing 😂😂😂😂😂 but your delivery and the look on your face PRICELESS! I am so enjoying this video and feel a lot more comfortable. Thank you for the canva 2 graphic tip also...you are a wonderful teacher
I sent you a thanks...Heather thank you so much for this video. One thing that I dont understand with every etsy video is... Why do we have to make a throw away listing? Why can't it be a real listing. This part is what has me stumped...😮
Hi Heather I heard you say you're in Chicago I am too I work in River North and Streeterville area, I'm taking your free course now studying now I hope to be up and running before Black Friday
I really appreciate you sharing your journey. It’s been inspiring and helped me see possibilities. I just got started with my journey December 1, 2022. As I have been following you and others to get set up and take the right path. I just have two questions. Is there a video that goes over an exact of take home vs revenue & taxes etc. And I was looking for a “day in the life”. Kind of something that helps map out a real day. ❤😊
Hi Leah, I will try to do a day in the life next here! I have written it into my ideas. I will say: most of my day is actually RU-vid and ocaching now~ Etsy is only 30 minutes at most for customer service(when I began in posting, learning and listing it was 30 hours a week though so don't let this new daily routine fool you!). I am working on an exact takehome and taxes video soon as well. :)
I am sure you have created a great flow for yourself to earn that 30 minute management! So I will keep that in my pocket that it is possible after such a time 😊. I actually work a corporate job during the day. But do work from home so that will help. I am hoping I can manage both. I really truly hope to push through the growing pains into success. My story for this journey is too long for a reply here. But I hope you know your journey gives me hope and you do inspire. Thank you for your reply’s ❤
Copycats are the worst also had ideas stolen I think things like that are repaid in some form or another as long as don’t do as they did thank you for the course I learned a lot even if it generates nothing at first or through the free trial
Can you make a video on how to sell digital products on Esty??? Also, thank you so much for this video I have watched tons of videos and have not been able to understand them but you explained everything so well!
hey Heather, before I begin, I like to wish you and your family a happy and healthy. very Merry Christmas as well as a very prosperous New Year. Heather, I am putting a comment here on your video to see if it would be possible that an older person can start a POD business whether it be shirts on the man cups, canvases, etc to be able to scale it enough to make a living from it. if it is possible, I am more than interested in beginning 2023 as a POD entrepreneur so that I can build it over time. The reason why I ask is that I am an older gentleman that was phased out of his career and right now is unemployed and needs to generate some income. I know that the income of what I used to make in my prior career to what a startup is are far and in between the possibilities. but I do like the fact that it is something that I can do whether at home at the library at a park from my phone and build it over time. as I head into retirement age at least it gives me something to look forward to. I would like to start the correct way and am reaching out to you because you seem to know what you are speaking about. are you willing to assist an older gentleman? I would hope that your answer would be yes because I would like to hit the ground running beginning in January 2023.
OK, so what happens next? Could you PLEASE do a video about HOW Printify handles the sales, shipping, returns, how sales are handled once you are connected to Etsy? This video is GREAT, but now I have no idea what happens next, once I make a sale or if there are any issues. I have had my Etsy shop since 2014 with all 5 star reviews and I have made Star Seller every month since it began, so of course, I do not want to damage my reputation. I was SO nervous to try Printify but after watching your video, I felt more confident to try it, as I REALLY wanted to offer more products, that I just do not have the time to make. So, like I said, I followed you, step by step in this video and now I have listed a few items but I don't know exactly how things are handled next. I am digging around and reading what I can find but it would be WONDERFUL, if you could do another video and just tell us, in your own words, having actually been there done that, what exactly happens once you've made a sale. And THANK YOU, your content is so helpful. Couldn't have done it without your help. Robin
Hi Robin, I have a Print on Demand Crash Course that I made about 50+ slide deck over how payment works and I walk through the process: studio.heatherxstudio.com/etsypodcrashcourse It's a completely free course just to give more details as the processes of payment and other important things I've made in prior RU-vid videos, but for the quickest and most direct A to Z walkthrough, I rather recommend doing the free course. Hopefully this helps! :)
Thank you for this Heather. Can you help me with something? I wanna know how do I make one listing with various design. How do I make it on Etsy and how I connect on printify? How can I make my customers choose their design?
will you make a tutorial when you have you first sale? im still confused about how it works. if it is automated or you still have to manually order in the printing partners site.
I opened an Etsy shop a Printify account and sold my first order. Thankfully, it was to a friend because the shirts were awful. They were a medium weight and not the cheapest. The pink heart was a peach color. The red heart had a smeared red center. The 3 valentine gnomes had a brownish red color! As I had 40+ shirts I deactivated them all until I find a better printer.
ETSY IS NOT WORTH IT! CLOSED MY SHOP FOR A WEEK AND A HALF - AND I MISSED MY VALENTINES PROMOTIONAL FOR T-SHIRTS, AND I SAW OTHER STORES STEALING MY DESIGNS. ETSY IS A HASBEEN PLATFORM. THE SQUEEZE ISN'T WORTH THE JUICE. THEN THEY STOPPED MY BUYERS FROM RECEIVING ANY MERCHANDISE, DELAYED AND WEEK THEN 2 WEEKS, THEN 3 WEEKS, NOW GOING ON 4 WEEKS. CONTACTED ETSY SUPPORT AND THEY SAID, THAT INBOX IS NOT MONITORED. FUNNY, NO SUPPORT FOR THE ETSY EMAIL SUPPORT INBOX, CLASSIC ETSY, NO SERIOUS BUSINESS WOULD INVEST TIME AND MONEY IN A LOWBROW BUSINESS SUCH AS ETSY.
Hi Heather, nice to meet you. I am glad OUR path crossed because I just opened my Esty store after I watched this other lady's video on the same tutorial (ETSY/POD) and I was very much interested in venturing into this online business, but I got stacked along the way and didn't know what to do because this particular lady in question gave out her contact info but never returned any of my messages!!! so, when I came across your video/videos on the same topic, I just immediately subscribed to your channel because you seem to know what you doing and truly ready to mentor others as well. I am definitely going to watch the crash course and Etsy SEO....... Secondly how do I join the masterclass? Thank you.
Hi Heather, thanks so much for all your amazing tutorials! In the portion in this video about setting up Printify, you didn't mention the "Taxes" link. Do we need a resale tax license in order to be able to sell on Printify/Etsy? I don't have a resale tax exempt license, and it wouldn't let me proceed with that section unless I uploaded a certificate. Could you help with this part? Or perhaps create another little video about the "Tax" section on Printify. (I'm not referring to income taxes.) Thanks!
That's a good question. I've used etsy for years, and as far as I can see, etsy does the math for me. There's VAT charges, for example, whatever those are. Heather? Do you know?
Thanks so much for the information Heather. Quick question though, do you think it's advisable to use the same etsy store for different niches or to create one store per niche?
ETSY IS NOT WORTH IT! CLOSED MY SHOP FOR A WEEK AND A HALF - AND I MISSED MY VALENTINES PROMOTIONAL FOR T-SHIRTS, AND I SAW OTHER STORES STEALING MY DESIGNS. ETSY IS A HASBEEN PLATFORM. THE SQUEEZE ISN'T WORTH THE JUICE. THEN THEY STOPPED MY BUYERS FROM RECEIVING ANY MERCHANDISE, DELAYED AND WEEK THEN 2 WEEKS, THEN 3 WEEKS, NOW GOING ON 4 WEEKS. CONTACTED ETSY SUPPORT AND THEY SAID, THAT INBOX IS NOT MONITORED. FUNNY, NO SUPPORT FOR THE ETSY EMAIL SUPPORT INBOX, CLASSIC ETSY, NO SERIOUS BUSINESS WOULD INVEST TIME AND MONEY IN A LOWBROW BUSINESS SUCH AS ETSY.
Great tutor. As I got closer to the end of your tutor, I started to think about the "Throw Away Listing" you created at the beginning. I think you said we were going to delete it at the end of the tutor. I don't recall deleting this Throw Away Listing anywhere in the video tutor, unless you did delete it and somehow I missed it. So can you give me the run-down on this Throw Away Listing we created at the start of the video and later I was supposed to delete. Where in the video tutor should I actually delete the throw away listing? Can you tell me what the timeline in the video is to delete the throw away? Thanks...really appreciate your work and effort for the tutor. It must have been a lot of work!
Hi Heather I'm not sure if you've come across this, but there's a growing number of posts about Etsy POD sellers being shut down due to violations of Etsy's handmade policy, suspectedly from using popular mockups available on Etsy. It would be immensely helpful if you could discuss this on your platform and offer some guidance for us Etsy POD sellers.
