I just LOVE how you always take us through the entire process in real time. As a photographer you could definitely do well selling mock up photography too!! Not that you need any more on your plate haha. I also learned recently about how you can have your digital download files for things like this open up with clickable links (in canva) on a thank you card type of design so that customers can more easily follow you and support in other ways when they download their purchased files. Have you done this?
Also I relate so much to the idea of just throwing myself into a particular niche …but I have like 5 full fledged passive income/print on demand shop ideas and keep bouncing back and forth between them all on top of my main shop and website and can’t focus enough to get them ready to launch lol
Haven't done that, though I do have a buy me a coffee option, as well as have some stuff for commercial use on Etsy and adding more of my commercial use graphics and fonts to Payhip :)
5 Ideas? wow, that's a hard choice! May I recommend.... Uploading that dilemma in our Facebook group ? I would love to read more about that and possibly advise if I have experience in one of these niches, and also to see what others would advise you :)
I'm 64, a writer, and artist of sorts, but a new kid on the block as it comes to social media. I have folders full of several decades of my work, and know very little about navigating a computer. I have to ask kids how to even do things on my cell phone. Luckily, I do know a computer programmer who has been excellent help, but I've been trying to do more on my own to get my works seen on various mediums. Thanks for this informative video. I'll get with my programmer and have him help me with what I have seen here that has been very useful. I began with typewriters, lead pencils, legal tablets with lined yellow paper, and cameras with 35mm film, all seemingly ancient tools in contrast with the present day. I'm an old dog learning new tricks. Thanks Mey. I'll be learning more here.
I have a question about downloadable postcards. If the buyer prints it, and it is all printed on one page on one side, how will it land in the exact same spot since post cards are supposed to be back to back? The lines will also show on one side if they do not find their mark on the other side. Wouldn't it be better to tell the customers to buy 6" x 4" blank stationeries and just flip them when printing on the other side?
Loved this video, Mey 🙂Another idea to add to the dozen or so I already have!! I might add a postcards section to my general printables shop, I know some people who receive postcards and then put them into scrapbooksand make the pages all fancy!! I'm playing catch up with your videos again, I've been away for two weeks.
Gosh Mey, stumbled on your channel a couple months ago. Find you to be tremendously talented and an extremely inspirational person! Wanted to try Canva but was intimidated by it every time I opened it. It certainly seems to make the designing process quite effortless. I do have an inquiry though. Are the elements that Canva provides 300dpi? Also, I don't see where you can select that option in creating your work. Sellers are always listing at high resolution at 300dpi. If I open an element I make in Canva in my personal paint program, it opens at 96dpi. If I then save it at 300dpi, its physical size is reduced. I want to keep my elements at the same resolution/size as when they were created. Thank You in advance for your comments.
Canva doesn't make it easy to see DPI, which is why I remember making a video explaining a "hack" for it using the pixels to make 300 DPI myself. BUT- with clipart from Canva that is not SVG or fonts- you really can't know the quality of the original uploaded piece ... (it's why I was always baffled how people use Canva for making large wall art..) Canva is a design software made for web-design, to be featured online, not for high quality print. I usually use clipart from Creative Fabrica, that I know in advance the sizes and DPI of that art, and I don't make anything large using Canva. There is no way to expand DPI on a fixed size. If you have your own painting program- make your elements there on a size that would be larger than what you need them to be on the final postcard.
Hey Mey: I'm a new follower of your channel, Congratulations on your content. Also, thank you so much for this tutorial; it was very informative, and you explained everything great. My question is, I would like to know if you can make a tutorial for printing postcards, but for printing on demand; in companies such as Printful. Thank you.
Hi Mey :) I was wondering- if both the back and front of the postcard are on one side of the paper- how does it then become the back and front of the postcard? I know regular greeting cards are folded - maybe you will be showing or telling later in the video, but thought I would ask now in case I can’t see the whole video and come back later - thanks 😀
Lucenator 69 - I thought about that also - but then you would have a front and back on each side - hey maybe that would give you 2 postcards instead of just 1 😀 it might work… lol maybe I’m catching on here 😆
Hie Mey Absolutely brilliant as always really needed this lesson. Just a quick question about creative fabrics licences. Can I use illustrations etc if I have a subscription for commercial licence for digital downloads like greeting cards etc. Thanks 😊
You can use them if you significantly change the art. By either editing the illustration, or adding enough to it so it won't be just the clipart you got :)
That... OR- print on both sides of the same paper using the JPG files, or at a print shop! I know people who do do that, cut and glue both, but using a strong cardboard in the middle!
I think there are many printers that would be good for printing.. But the printer doesn't matter on your end as a seller- as the buyer is the one printing these out. (guess I'm confused about the question... did you mean for test printing?)
@@MeyTribe oh sorry I misunderstood I see now ty I didn’t get to see the full video as I was at work but I’m gonna watch it in full I would love to learn the computer part
Good luck :) If you're in our group feel free to share it there! Also, there was a greeting card tutorial that you might find handy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TqGbFuF8xHI.html And a video for birthday designs that could get you inspired: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zM9iKKOen_E.html it was for print on demand, not printables, but packed with awesome ideas to get inspo from :)
