Printful May Be Fruitful

In the continuing saga of my print-on-demand adventures, my eyes have turned to Printful. These guys are different in that they only provide the print-on-demand back-end, you have to set up the e-commerce front-end yourself. The disadvantage, obviously, is that you have to set up the e-commerce front-end yourself. The advantage is that you are able to set up the e-commerce front-end yourself -- which means that you know who your customers are. Which I have realised is truly an advantage, because interacting with humans is part of why I want to create. I know at this point, that it isn't going to be a viable business for me. But I'm (unofficially) retired, therefore I don't have to run my own business. Yet I have been caught up in the delusion that I'm supposed to, and it has caused me a huge amount of distress.

No more! This is NOT a business! I am NOT going to market myself! I am NOT going to chase the elusive and invisible Market! (I am not going to post my products on Pinterest.) I am NOT going to do what I "ought" to do! Just what I want to do.

And what I want to do is to give my friends (and followers) the opportunity to buy (prints of) my art. If they want to. And also enable myself to get stuff with my art on it. That's all.

So, yes, there's going to be a WooCommerce site set up by me in the future. Not yet, that's a problem for Future!Me to deal with.

I have deleted my Threadless shop. The RedBubble shop is still there for the moment. I am still undecided on whether I will delete it once the alternative is set up, because there are a few things which you can get on Redbubble which you can't get on Printful.

But in the meantime, I've signed up with Printful and am testing their interface.

( First hurdle )

( All of the Art, some of the Products )

( A Perfect Fit For Prints )

( What Was That Measurement Again? )

( Options For Less Awkward )

( What Things Do I Intend to Offer? )

( The Shipping Conundrum )

So what are your thoughts? Are there things I haven't thought of? Are there things you would want that I haven't mentioned? Are you confused? Did you get annoyed that this is such a long entry? (No, I don't really want to know that.)