I'm so excited to announce I'm in the process of expanding my shirt store worldwide! Using Amazon, And Etsy. I can't wait to get THOUSANDS of products listed.
I remember back when I was 16 And I discovered Redbubble. A Print on Demand Store. I started making shirt designs and started making an easy 40.00 a month to cover my phone bill each month. It's bizarre to think that at that time, I had no idea that shirt designing would be a big part of my career at age 25.
Now I have the option to integrate Printful and Amazon. Which if you are in the shirt business, You can do it too :)
Along With Etsy, And some of the other platforms out there, This is an incredible way to diversify your shirt income.
After losing my E-commerce Store last year, I realized how important it is to keep a somewhat diversified income. You never know what will happen.
Right now I have 2 Designers, and I sometimes Pay another company to make designs for me. I gotta admit, I sometimes miss making designs. But I know that I only have so much time in the day.
I have found ways to drop the cost of designs as a whole.
By using tools to filter the colors and "invert" the design giving people more color choices.
This lowers my cost overall. It also allows me to pay my designers a nice wage.
Plus with all these new platforms I'm on, The chances of me getting a sale on a specific design are heightened.
So my ratio of sales to no sales will improve.
The shirts will more than pay for themselves over time!
Sometimes it's hard to pick and choose what opportunities you want to pursue in life.
I'm struggling with this now, And being able to grow my shirt business and make more, Will allow me to become more "hands off." Which at this point, is what I want. Because I want to spend more time on Steemit!
Expanding globally, Gets me one extra step in that direction.
