Thank you so much for your amazing channel and content. Started selling on EBAY a couple of weeks ago and have done very well with sales. I owe it all to you Scot. Very inspiring thank you
I connected my ebay store to Printify about a week ago. I used to sell all the time on ebay but that was many years ago. I plan to work on it over the weekend and get some more designs put together. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Wow, Scot, this is perfect! I've already got my ebay acct, and for sev years I've had some t-shirt designs in mind. It's exciting to know I can combine the two services!
I don't have a separate one. But it's something I may look at for the future if it's needed. The most important thing to note is that they really are separate. EBay functions exactly the same. The biggest difference is that you have to put money into Printify to pay for the cost of production. Printify doesn't have any access at all to your eBay money. The eBay money goes to you. You pay Printify for the product
I taught elementary school. I was also an elementary principal. I finished my career spending 12 years as a superintendent. I was truly fortunate to get to do what I did. RU-vid gives me a little bit of the feeling of teaching again. I missed it more than I thought. Thank you so much for the kind words.
Thanks. I didn't feel comfortable with the new Etsy and Shopify requirements. I've been selling on eBay for years. I will open a store style account for dropshipping.
In theory I agree with you. I started flipping used motorcycle parts on Ebay back in 1999 or so. Then I added T-shirts that I made by hand with a vinyl cutter and heat press, and eventually discovered POD. about 2015 or so. Started with Printful, then discovered I like Printify better. Been doing that, in addition to Merch by Amazon. I prefer Ebay/Printify because I can make a larger margin than Amazon. BUT I have a huge re-occuring problem that no one warns you about: Ebay limits the number of listings/sales I can make each month. My limits currently are 36,000 items or $250,000 whichever comes first. Now that sounds like a lot, BUT when you upload a t-shirt, it's not one listing. Each and every possible variation of that listing becomes a separate listing in itself for the pupose of limits. I now have about 100 designs listed on t shirts, most are available in 5-6 colors (5-6 variations), each color is available in 6 sizes (5-6 X 6). Then you list how many of each you want to have available (ie, if you sell a large black shirt, and you only have 1 available, you now no longer have a large black in that design available for sale until you manually find that listing and renew the availability. Also, a customer cannot buy 2or 3 copies of teh same shirt if you only have 1 available) So now you have, for a single design, 6 colors X 6 sizes X 2 or 3, or 10 of each available. It is not uncommon to have a single design turn into 30 - 50 listings as it regards limits. (don't worry, they still only charge you for 1 listing, but you have taken a HUGE bite out o f your available listing limits. I have requested higher limits (which would probably be granted for "normal" merchandise) but because one design equals 1 sale of approx $20, and takes up to 20, 30, or 50 slots on the site, they have to look at the return on their "investment" of web space, and all request to increase have been denied to date. it's still definitely worth drop shipping POD on Ebay, but be aware that there are limits. My Merch by Amazon store currently has a imit of 1000 designs, but I'm limited to about 100 on Ebay. If anyone knows of a remedy for this, please let me and the other readers of this comment, know what it is. thanks for reading!
Oh wow, what you are describing makes perfect sense. And, it isn't something that I had even considered. I wonder why they've limited you for so long. I just checked my merch account (the one for my Printify ChaChingKing stuff) and even that one no longer has any limits. It's had only a handful of sales because I really only use it to teach from. I wonder why eBay is limiting you and not a smaller account like my merch account?
@@TheChaChingKing the only thing I can guess is the small (comparatively) sales numbers. I have a long standing (more than 12 months) 100% positive rating, with 1054 feedback, and an Above Standard rating. I used to have Top Rated status before I started doing POD (I was only flipping used motorcycle parts and had complete control of my ship times. The "more than 1 day" shipping in POD doesn't qualify). If you have any suggesdtions I'm open to hearing them. I would like to expand my Ebay POD. I prefer it to Amazon even.
Thanks so much! I came up with the basic idea and turned it over to a friend of mine who is a graphic artist. He changed everything I recommended and did something better. LOL
Beginner dropshippers make a lot of common mistakes when starting dropshipping... Some of them are- -They don’t have basic skills creating websites, uploading products, knowing how shipping works, etc. -They think that it’s get rich quick -They try to drop ship from china/alibaba -They jump on monthly trends -They think ads will bring sales -They try to sell saturated products -They try to sell products with no profit margin Avoid these traps and you will be ahead of the curve! Good luck.
Scot... Thank you for getting back to me so fast. I love your RU-vid videos! ..... I have written to Printify several day ago and they never got back to me, maybe you can answer another question for me? I created artwork for some mugs, I used Corel Paint Shop Pro and Microsoft Publisher. When I designed my artwork It have some words on my designs. I mirrored my designs, can I put it in Printify template that way or should I put my designs into the template NOT MIRRORED? Thank you so much for all your help.... Rich
I think you have to put your designs in exactly the way that you want them to appear. Printify works from a what-you-see-is-what-you-get production point unless otherwise stated. I hope that helps!
I’m so glad your videos are brief and straight to the point. As a new reseller on eBay I don’t have an hour to two hours to watch the “experts” every day. Thanks for all you do!
I wanted to ask if having a successful ebay store and connecting printify, are there any steps to take for smooth processing? Or, do you suggest creating new ebay store?
I attached mine to an account that was fairly new. It isn't connected to my primary store because I use one for our business and the other as a teaching tool for eBay. I think it's best to follow Printify's directions to the letter. Make sure that all of your designs are truly yours. You don't want to lose your account over copyright stuff. :-)
Hi there! I'm having trouble finding an answer...Do you have to send the Printify tracking number to the Ebay customer and/or add the tracking number to Ebay... or does Printify update Ebay automatically? Do you manually contact the customer to tell them when their product has gone into production? Thanks for the great videos and for your help!
I have a question I have great feedback on my ebay account . Should I open another ebay account to connect Printify? I just don't want to ruin my main ebay feedback account.
I don't have Printify on my main account. I haven't ever had an issue because my Printify stuff is 100% my design. But, I keep my merch separated anyway. If you use a separate account, it's a good idea to open it and get a little feedback on it before you set up Printify
This is great, but there's a problem. When I click publish, after a bit it says Published, but looking at my eBay store, the items are not there. Also, no matter what the shipping cost is from Printify, it always says that their shipping violates eBay shipping terms.
Printify customer support is really helpful. I didn't fight what you're describing, so I'm not sure how to help. Reach out to them to help get it sorted.
When I Publish a Product with Printify it always creates a new Shipping Policy and changes my Handling time to 10 Business Days how can I fix that? Its really so annoying
@@TheChaChingKing I mean Handling Time on Ebay that says how long It needs to be shipped and it sets it to 10 days what is way to long as it only takes up to 2 days for Printify in most cases
Thank you for making these videos, they're very helpful. I was wondering, would I be able to create my own design on Printify (using their tools and options) then connect to eBay, or do I have to create my design somewhere else, download it to Printify then connect to eBay? I just want to make sure that I don't break any eBay rules. Thanks again.
As long as you are creating your own designs, I don't think it would matter where you created them. For example, I paid a friend of mine who is a graphic artist to make mine and used that. So, it's 100% mine. I think that's what can get you in a bind is using designs that don't entirely belong to you.
i get you there and thanks for the info but i don't know if you have seen Printifys shipping cost, you can hardly add a Markup which can make it hard to make profits, how you get around that
I have mine separate.. But, mine was separate because I needed an account that didn't have a store subscription to use when making RU-vid tutorials. But, it's not a bad idea.
Hello. Very kind of you for your tutorial. Today, I made my first sale with Ebay+Printify, but now I don't understand what they are asking me to continue with the sale.
I can't see your screen, but you probably need to upload enough to Printify to pay for what sold. They don't have access to the money you earn on ebay. So, go to your Printify and see if it's needing enough money to pay for what you've sold.
Regarding Ebay Store plans. The Starter Plan is not showing up for me (Ebay Canada). Only Basic, Premium and Anchor. I guess it must only be for the Ebay U.S. (and Basic is $20 per month CDN on a yearly plan)
I have a question. What do you do about returns on eBay? Etsy you can put on your own policy that due to the nature of the product all sales are final but please message if any issues. Can you do the same on eBay or do they have a return policy of their own?
Thanks for the great video Scot. Just one question. I Just Started Printify and was wondering If the expected profit from your item is lowered once eBay collects their selling fees from that integrated item. Thanks for your time!
Yes, the Printify money doesn't take into account any eBay fees. You will need to allow for that. The margins are definitely smaller when you dropship an item, even when it's your own design. But, in return, you are free from storage and shipping.
So when you publish listing to Ebay from Printify, are the sizes and colors automaticlly also published at the same time? How about size charts? I take it I write my own title and description?
Are the shirts you pay for a write off. Because after taxes it doesn't seems like much profit. That goes for all items on eBay. Can you do a tax video. How do you make profit of off garage sale items after taxes.
Yes, the cost of the tshirts comes off as part of your cost of goods. I don't feel qualified to do a tax video. Notyourdadscpa is a CPA and a reseller. I recommend (and watch) him for tax info. I make profit on most of the items I pick up. I just make sure the sale price is high enough to cover my cost of goods, shipping, fees and profit. I don't make much of anything off my merch shirts. That really wasn't the goal for those. The goal was to have them available without losing any money.
@@TheChaChingKing can you do a video not on taxes but what is taxed so we can get a better idea on profits. For example am item being sold for $7. With the $7 plus shipping and tax what are we being taxed on.
Hi Scot... When Printify is connected with my Ebay account and I make a sale, does eBay notify Printify of the sale so they can make my product and ship it. Thanks, Rich
All of the eBay payments will go directly to you (after eBay fees). Printify has no direct contact with the flow of money through eBay. You pay them directly for the products being made and shipped.
If you haven't made a deposit to pay for the Printify order, you need to do that because they don't actually have any access to your eBay funds. Once it's paid for, it's automatic.
If the buyer claims it wasn't as described, they will be refunded. eBay will also refund their fees to you. But, I highly doubt that the third party supplier will refund anything unless there was a problem with the product.
@@javier3242 Not that I'm aware of. Remember, Printify doesn't have any financial transactions with eBay. So, eBay will come to you for a refund. Printify does allow returns for damaged items, but not for size. As everything they do is a custom print, returns are limited to defects. Still, you would want to to work with the customer and not try to send them to the Printify printer who made the item.
Your payouts from eBay are completely separate from any money on Printify. And, if you think about it, you wouldn't want Printify getting payments directly from you eBay account. So, you have to have enough money in Printify to pay for what sells. The eBay payments for transactions will still go directly into your account.
When an item sells, you'll get a message right away from Printify stating that you need to pay for the item. I preloaded my Printify account with a little bit so that there is no delay. Ebay sends no money to Printify. So, after fees, the rest of the money paid by the buyer to eBay will come to you. I hope that helps!
Thanks! A friend of mine from high school is an extremely talented graphic artist. The design is probably 10% my idea and 90% his idea. The artwork is 100% his. I'd like to have another version of the same thing, so I'm saving up to try and get back on his packed schedule.
Cha Ching ~ What about the "Store" cost per month on e bay. Some of us only have a seller's account and not the "Store" monthly fee. Do we have to have a store? Please explain how you cover the orders and wait for payments. THANK YOU.
The eBay account I have my Printify merch on does NOT have a store subscription. I uploaded enough to cover my orders directly to Printify. It only gets used as orders come in. You get paid from eBay just the same as you would whether or not you use Printify.
I think I missed something. Let’s assume I did. Sometimes this early in the morning, my eyes just glaze over and I miss things. So where do people find these products? It is hooked up to your eBay store, do you have to make the listing on your eBay store, or does printify do that?
@@TheChaChingKing that seems like a pretty cool thing, then. So if I were to have one of my kids that are computer programmers and generally hilarious kids design a funny t-shirt and it was a completely original design, it would be the same as merch? I will have to look further into Printify! My son’s girlfriend just moved out of his house, he needs a hobby!
Started the setup for drop-shipping and it created issues/errors for shipping options when I create new listings (on eBay, not Printify). Any troubleshooting for this?
I know you have to list through Printify first. You can't make changes to the shipping options because it messes with their settings. Without seeing it first hand, it's hard for me to diagnose. That said, Printify is really easy to work with. You might try reaching out to them.
@@christinerowe8951 Actually, I didn't. I didn't see the question. If you're asking how to make a variation listing, try this video I made a while back. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wpol4ogyNxk.html
No. The people who are printing the items and shipping them are independent contractors. They are all going to want to be paid before creating a custom order.
Hello! I was trying to find the video you stated about ebay and could not find it. I created an ebay once and instantly got banned when i tried connecting it to printify. they were saying it was supicious and did not want to hear me out : ( i was going to attempt to try once more but i was wondering when signing up. do you sign up as a business or for personal ebay? really need some help : ( thank you for your time. also great video ! i subscribed ♥
I am using Printify on an eBay account that is personal and without a store subscription. Printify actually has something you can follow to help if you are banned for using it. It sounds simple, but I didn't go through it at all. I'll link it if you want to see it. printify.com/guide/how-to-sell-on-ebay/account-suspension-on-ebay/
@@TheChaChingKing Oh wow thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly ! i apprecaite it ! and thank you for the link ill be looking into it now ! had no idea they had this i gone through printify and never came across this page ! going to look more into it ahh so happy lol i apprecaite you so much ♥
Don't do this. I was permanently suspended and restricted from opening another eBay store for integrating eBay to my Printify store after listing only two items. Ebay would not even let me present my side of the story.
I wonder what happened. I've had Printify set up and running without any issue for all over a year now. I don't doubt you. I just wonder why it's no issue at all for most and a real issue for a few.
I'm glad it's working well for you. But I just want to let people know that the possibility of that happening to them does exist, though.@@TheChaChingKing
That's why I'm hesitant about doing it also - I have a large, successful ebay store and don't want to jeopardize losing it! I have over 700 print on demand items from Printify on Etsy and would love to throw them all on ebay but I'm afraid to lol!
Wow. You have a lot of items on Etsy, and you are successful, which is awesome. I see why you don't want to risk it. I have about 85 or so items on Etsy, mostly mugs, also from printify, and have had 20 sales. WOO HOO! I don't really know what I'm doing, just kicking the tires, so to speak.@@pennyluck9696
I don't pay for an ebay store on that account. I didn't upload any money to Printify until I sold something. Now, you will have to pay Printify for the item before they'll print it. So, you will have to pay upfront for that.
It literally depends on what you're selling and how much you can ask for it. I set the price to my merch just above the break even point. I probably don't make but 10% or so. But, that was intentional. I don't want my viewers to feel obligated to buy anything from me. If you develop a desirable design, you could set the price point to where you could make as much as 25% or 30%. The idea being that you would set the price as high as the market will bear. Your Printify costs are static. the eBay fees vary based on the realized price. But you have a lot of control over what you ask for your products.
