Sales on Demand Show

Is it spring yet?  How about now?

Ok, since many of us are trapped in a blindingly white world of frozen crap, it's a good time of year to stay indoors and build a business selling Print on Demand!

In this episode, I'm sharing with you one of the best kept secrets of the top Etsy sellers, personalized products.  Many people jump into Etsy, and create 50-100 listings using generic phrases.  While those items can and do sell, the REAL money is found with personalization, which is creating a product that is customized with the customer's text on it in some way.  

While many of the top sellers on Etsy know about personalization, Amazon has been neglected, as I found out last year when my only personlized product got 37 sales over Christmas.  

Join me as I discuss some of the pros and cons of personlization, and when you've finished listening, get out there and create some personalized listings for your own store!

As ever, you can expand your knowledge by taking the same course I did, the Low Hanging System by Rachel Rofe.  Click the link to see the program that has helped thousands of people like me build a business selling print on demand!

Unless you've been living in a deep cave on the surface of the moon with your hands over your ears, you might have heard that there is an election coming up in the United States, and apparently every single person is going to throw their hat in the ring for President. 

Well, as much as I am entertained by this circus, I also sometimes feel a sense of forboding about the future of private businesses like mine.  What if some ultra-zealous politician decides to enact a 20% tax on everything sold online?  The Europeans did it, and it's about as popular as leprosy, not to mention that it makes selling ecommerce products in Europe a massive pain.

In this episode, I talk about how the only constant in business is change, and those who cannot adapt to change are the ones who will not succeed.  

I also would like to say "welcome" to the many, many Tom Wood's show listeners who are joining thanks to the mention that I received on Tom's podcast, which you can find here.  I got the hosting for the site through Tom's link, and one of the perks is that he gives you a "shout-out".  The number of downloads went from 30 per day, to over 150, so that's pretty sweet!

Also also, I'm looking for some guests to interview!  If you have even a modest level of success selling Print on Demand products, I would LOVE to have you on the show, or even just to read your story if you aren't keen on being "live".  Send me an email, or comment on any episode, and I will set something up.  I have begun to arrange some more "high level" guests as well, but since the theme of the show so far has been getting started, I think people would appreciate hearing the story of someone who is just getting started and seeing some results.

Next week:  Print on Demand's best kept Secret - Personalized products

Amazon is truly a "household" name for absolutely EVERYTHING.  In this episode, I introduce you to the basics of selling print on demand through the Amazon website.  Many people are terrified of Amazon, because the platform is a challenge to use, and it can take a while to see any results, but I'm here to help you navigate the insanity!

If you would like to get even more training about selling Print on Demand, consider signing up for the training program that I myself use: The Low Hanging System.  Click here to learn more!

Did you do your homework?  If you listened to Episode 7, you should have created 50 designs and listed them on Etsy.  If not, well, get cracking!  In the meantime, here are some of the things that will get you ahead of other new sellers on the best platform for POD that I've ever seen!

Get started with Print on Demand!  In this episode I guide you through the process of setting up your Etsy store, researching phrases to use on your items, creating a design, and listing on Etsy.  

Of course, it's impossible to cover ALL of the steps in a half hour podcast episode, but if you are serious, and you want to make Print on Demand your business, check out the Low Hanging System.  This course is how I got started doing Print on Demand with coffee mugs, and it's how I made $25,000 in one month last year selling black text on white mug designs.  Click here to see what this course is all about, but definitely come back next week for another episode!

Today's episode is the first part of my latest series, A Guide to Start Selling with Print on Demand.  

If you've ever wanted to start making money from home, using nothing but your laptop, you've come to the right place!  

Print on Demand is an excellent money making strategy, and lots of people (including me) are making thousands upon thousands of dollars with products that we offer for sale online, and OTHER people make them and ship them for us!  We collect the profit, and someone else does the actual work of "Printing" the product!

Before you begin, you need a "roadmap" to get started, and I've got just the thing!  Today, I cover the Business mindset, and how to strike down the common objections, misconceptions, and mental "Blocks" that keep sellers from beginning their business and making their first sale.

It's the New Year, and without fail, there will be half a dozen of your close friends who will be contacting you very soon to see if you would like to buy a product that they are promoting.  You know, the coffee, the wraps, the scented candles, the essential oils...you can almost set your watch to it!

Print on Demand is a great way to get started selling online, and you don't have to pester your friends, or "recruit" more sellers to try and build your "empire"!  You can just be a normal person, except that you spend a couple of hours each week building a business that has the potential to earn you a LOT of money!

In this episode, I'm talking about how I got started with Print on Demand, and the course that taught me a lot of what I currently know.

To learn more about this course, which is called "Low Hanging System", visit this link.

Valentine's Day is probably the most overlooked Print on Demand Holiday, mostly because it follows the busiest selling time, and we're all very tired from the insanity of Christmas.  That means that by taking action NOW, you have a very good chance of beating everyone else to get your items listed and selling on all of the best platforms!  I've got 6 tips for you in this episode to get the most out of your time, and help you find the BEST selling ideas.

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"Managing Expectations" sounds like a corporate buzzword, while a guy in a suit points a stick at a chart and screams "SYNERGY" at a room filled with barely conscious executives.

What it actually means is this:  When you make a sale, your customer has no idea what is going to happen next, unless you TELL them!  As far as they know, you live next door, and you're on your way to deliver that item as soon as the payment clears.

The reality is that Print on Demand products have "lead time", which is the time it takes to actually print the item.  During the Holiday rush, which is about the 1st of November till Mid-December, that lead time stretches out to 2 weeks or more, which can be problematic when you are dealing with customers who can now get their stuff in two day for free with Amazon Prime.  Learn how to make these problems into a strength for your business by communicating certain things to your potential customers.