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This video provides a beginner-friendly guide to print on demand (POD), explaining the business model, how it works, and step-by-step instructions for creating and selling products using platforms like Printify and Kite. The creator shares personal insights and practical tips for market research, design, and pricing.
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POD is a business model where products are created and printed only when a customer places an order. You partner with a POD service (e.g., Printify, Printful) to handle production and shipping.
Customer orders from your store → you pay the product cost to the POD provider → provider ships to customer. Your profit = retail price - product cost - fees.
Ecommerce platforms like Etsy, Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, and social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok) can be used to sell POD items.
Market research is crucial for success. The creator suggests researching t-shirt designs and customer preferences to find winning products.
The creator recommends Kite (similar to Canva but more beginner-friendly) for designing. It offers templates and mockups. Use code 'screen' for 25% off first time.
After designing in Kite, export the design, remove background, and upload to Printify's editor. Choose product (e.g., Gildan t-shirt), adjust position, and set variants (colors, sizes).
Set retail price and profit margin. Example: product cost $17.50, retail $30, profit $12.50 (40% margin). You can adjust per size or color. Prefer profit margin over fixed profit.
Connect your Printify store to Etsy. After publishing, edit title, photos, description, pricing, and category on Etsy before finalizing.
Print on demand is a low-risk business model for beginners. Success requires good market research, quality designs, and strategic pricing. The creator promises a part 2 with more lessons.
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What does POD stand for?
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What does POD stand for?
Print on Demand
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How is profit calculated in POD?
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How is profit calculated in POD?
Profit = Retail price - Product cost - Processing fees
04:02
Name three ecommerce platforms where you can sell POD products.
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Name three ecommerce platforms where you can sell POD products.
Etsy, Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon (any three)
04:28
What design tool does the creator recommend for beginners?
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What design tool does the creator recommend for beginners?
Kite (similar to Canva but more beginner-friendly)
06:01
What is the discount code for Kite mentioned in the video?
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What is the discount code for Kite mentioned in the video?
screen (for 25% off first time)
07:59
Which print provider does the creator personally use on Printify?
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Which print provider does the creator personally use on Printify?
Gildan
09:37
What is the recommended profit margin according to the creator?
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What is the recommended profit margin according to the creator?
40% to 50% profit margin
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What should you do after publishing a product on Printify?
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What should you do after publishing a product on Printify?
Connect your store (e.g., Etsy) and edit product details like title, photos, description, and pricing.
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💡 Key Takeaways
POD Definition
Clearly defines the core business model for beginners.
01:39Kite Design Tool
Recommends a specific tool with a discount code, adding practical value.
06:01Pricing Strategy
Explains how to set retail price and profit margin with an example.
12:44Publishing Workflow
Shows the exact steps to connect Printify to Etsy and finalize listing.
15:05Full Transcript
[00:00] hey Jaa Here video about print on demand for beginners then this video is for you past videos I have been talking about digital products and let's have a review about digital
[00:17] products templates like invitation templates inv templates social media platforms templates you can also sell courses like Udi corsera and
[00:36] even courses and me myself I'm selling courses for virtual assistants and for digital product sellers also a digital art digital art using AI we can also
[00:50] sell learning materials for kids like busy books coloring books M writing books we can also sell spreadsheets Google Sheets or
[01:03] Excel formula and we can already sell those templates we can also sell notion templates
[01:15] products digital product sellers or sellers Tik Tok Facebook langila discuss about print on demand
[01:39] people open for discussion print on demand so an print on demand print on demand is a business model where products are created and printed only
[01:51] when a customer places an order so D pod we have to partner with pod services or pod company
[02:03] so purpose is we're going to design the product and then service or company andu
[02:19] every Services services sign up printify printful sazzle and red bubble
[02:31] Gala print print on demand products I printify if you try to watch M YouTube videos Etsy gurus they suggest you printify and most of
[02:47] them ands products and now I'm sharing with you the things that I learned from selling pod so now I will discuss with you how pod Works let's say a customer
[03:02] $30 store so next is of course information customer and even the payment the next thing you're going to do is you have to pay for the product
[03:17] cost provider buer of n so you have to pay sa printify for the
[03:33] product cost and then after GN printify is customer so as this T owner is we're going to do
[03:48] the design of the products and then bahala na pod service partnera product for us so Pao profit so profit is il product
[04:02] cost customer so that's 30 minus 1750 so
[04:16] say processing fee and so where can we sell our pod
[04:28] products actually Ecommerce platforms welln Etsy Shopify woocommerce Shopify and woocommerce Gaga
[04:42] website Mo for your online store s Amazon and even social Med platforms Facebook Instagram and even Tik Tok Ecommerce platforms pod
[04:57] ET pod [Music] so products of course you have to choose a product to
[05:13] sell t-shirts sweatshirts and
[05:28] posters and then like toad bags t-shirts stickers phone cases and a lot more t-shirts sweatshirts mugs and
[05:45] sucessful it's very important to do a market research so market research t-shirt
[06:01] customers t-shirts
[06:13] t-shirts and for me I personally use Kel para shyang canva if you're familiar with canva para din siyang ganun na NASA between um Adobe Illustrator and canva
[06:27] eong Kel Nat so Adobe Illustrator user friendly beginner friendly website what I like about this
[06:52] isable like example t-shirts t-shirts different types of
[07:04] designs difference from the original design let's say for instance text so very simple and then
[07:18] Tex so clicky Lang Yun and then use this design so template n andag is
[07:40] T-shirts if you want to use K website I have this link on my bio and you can use cod screen to get 25% off first timeit Kel um and if upgrade expert or
[07:59] Cod 25% discount and then once we're here s design n what we're going to do is to just change the
[08:22] text and there you go na edit design so nextag is we're going to download it by the way sa Kel you can create your Mac UPS Store May available macup website
[08:38] category let's say t-shirt so mags available adjust Des t-shirt you can
[08:54] also change you color n t-shirt so let's say I want to make it black so p palitan sa Kel and then you just have to download the Mach up but for nowag is export
[09:10] to printify website so we're going to download this and then make or let's remove the background and then upload website printify so since PR is we're
[09:25] going to go to the catalog and then since t-shirt category t-shirt and then from here print providers printify but for me I
[09:37] personally use Gildan and in terms of the delivery so Faris so we're going to click on that
[09:49] and then we're going to start designing and then editor editor is we're going to upload
[10:02] desina so ay upload na Des sa editor um PRI so we're going to adjust position design so resolution but you can do something about this to make it
[10:18] higher and then option desod sleeve left and right and even neck label but for me I only want to add
[10:30] front side uh design on the front side so dito Lang ilagay so Bak
[10:49] nagay safe PR design and then after that can also add variants so available palang color
[11:04] nak check is white and when you click on the um drop down menu sizes for me I will just personally use up uh Li sizes and
[11:18] then other colors okay Lang but for me I always choose uh limited number Lang n colors so uh black white or even natural R so P Naman Yun and then ganun papan
[11:34] Lang y sizes available so since p is black and white small h 2 XL sizes p and then you can also click on the preview para Makita available sa PRI so may
[11:52] available ups and then you can also download this Mac Ops store then P palitan colors from black to white P variations colors and then
[12:10] background now for the maup color mode realistic and then y bright or colorful Yung CMYK at RGB sa RGB Kasi makik
[12:26] buyers realistic magal real so y differencea Makita per difference Ma RGB and then light cmk so once we're done
[12:44] we're just going to save product so produ paish store so pal product title the description and
[13:04] even pricing and everything almost everything predit pricing so you can just select
[13:20] all or pect per size so size small example two colors which is you which are black and white Gina and theny retail price I 1568 so expected profit is
[13:42] 6.27 profit margin is 40% then prodction cost payment sa printify to produce our
[13:55] products and then you buyer shipping cost and then you uh shipping option soit are the retail price so
[14:07] example retail price or Price product buyer is $20 sojust profit and even profit margin specific profit like profit1 so adjust then retail price and
[14:26] profit margin so profit margin 50% adjust then retail price and profit so it's all up to you
[14:40] Al so you better choose profit but for me I prefer
[14:52] Marg so once you're done you can publish it but for this example store AK another account for PR so we're going to connect um my other store just
[15:05] to show you how it works so an P connect stores like if you have Etsy Shopify store even sa Tik to Amazon Etc
[15:18] Lang store or store pod products so connected na store pry G makikita so pync product details like the product
[15:34] title description mockup STS Etsy store meaning uplo Etsy store okay
[15:49] Lang Etsy so now let's publish this and let's go to Etsy and let's edit the other details so Ayan NASA Etsy store ka makikita na product ginawa D sa printify
[16:07] soag is we're just going to edit the content so you can edit the title here even photos and M videos the description the pricing you can actually
[16:21] edit the pricing here Kayo sa price and then edit in variation so ped n iedit y pricing and then you can also um change the
[16:36] category up digital products listing Etc gun so after you can already publish the
[16:53] changes so important things when you want to start your pod business so if you want to ask more about pod you can comment your questions
[17:06] below and then I will try to answer them s next video part two n pod lessons so you Lang