Selling your Artwork or Photography as Stationery, Gift Items or Clothing

Print on demand companies and websites take all of the hard work out of selling your work online. They make the item using your artwork or photo - this could be a poster, magnet, t-shirt even skateboard then when someone buys it they ship it and take care of all the money side of things giving you a percentage of the sale in return.

All you have to do is setup an account, (all are free although some sites have premium accounts where you have to pay for to get the "bonus benefits"), upload your work, write a description, add a few keywords and away you go. You don't need to know html, everything is done with a few clicks of the mouse.

Once your signed up with an account you are given a storefront where you can display all your items for sale and direct people to it. Your items also come up in searches providing you have entered relevant keywords which is how most buyers will find your items and think "yes... gotta have this"!

There is usually also a community section on each POD site where you can hang out and get support from all the other artists - For the most part everyone is very friendly and will encourage newbie, handing out advice and telling you how great your items are!

It's unlikely that you will get rich from print-on-demand but it is possible to earn some pocket money - the more seriously you promote your items and dedicate time to creating and uploading new items the more money you can earn. The sky really is the limit!

Perhaps you already belong to one POD site? Well don't stop there... join a few and see which sites work the best for you - You know that saying about not keeping all of your eggs in one basket!

Print on Demand Clothing & Gifts

Zazzle - Posters, mugs, postage stamps, t-shirts, mousepads, shoes and more!
Cafepress - Clocks, cushions, tiles, bags, t-shirts and more!
Redbubble - Tshirts, cards, calendars and posters / prints.
Greeting Card Universe - Greeting cards only as the name suggests!
Printfection - Coasters, t-shirts, cutting boards and more.
Artamatik - Jigsaw Puzzles, Cushions, Watches and much more!
Imagekind - Cards and Poster Prints

Print on Demand Books

Whether you are a budding author or want to make your own photobook these are the sites where you can get published all on your own!

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Lulu

Most items are just bought one at a time, with $0.20 here and $1.90 there but it all adds up! Sometimes people buy in bulk though, and this is where the big dollars start to fly into your account!

My recent "bulk orders" are as follows:

Red Rose Postage - Quantity: 21 Sheets - My Royalty: $55.86
Purple Star Magnets - Quantity: 50 - My royalty: $23.12
Red Leaves Postage - Quantity: 12 sheets - My Royalty: $28.56
Go Green Stickers - Quantity: 50 sheets - My royalty: $48.50

Not bad for doing nothing eh?!

I wrote a lense about How to Succeed on Zazzle which you might want to read, it has hints and tips on your gallery and where to promote. Although it's written primarily for people who are on Zazzle (cos that's the best place to make $ in my opinion!) the tips can be used on all of your print-on-demand galleries.

Also take a read through this lense from a fellow squidoo memeber:

How to Run a Successful Cafepress Shop and Make Lots of Money!