Start Selling Print On Demand Products with Ebay and Printful Step By Step

[@speakeasytheselfcarebox2952]

Great information.. I make custom made throw pillows POD... Now selling on eBay.. Thanks to you

[@vishalkasina5583]

how many sales did u get?

[@speakeasytheselfcarebox2952]

@@vishalkasina5583 now i have 54 sales

[@vishalkasina5583]

@@speakeasytheselfcarebox2952 can i ask how much in profit? Just getting in to it so wanna know how much money can be made.

[@speakeasytheselfcarebox2952]

@@vishalkasina5583 I don't mind love, I didn't put any money I created a few designs and posted them to my Facebook and people cash app me the money, then I take, go to printify and place the order and send it to the customer I priced my pillows at $30, I make a $10 profit from each pillow

[@gritlup2089]

When a customer buys your POD product on eBay how do you process the order? The customer clicks on buy now and then what? Does it direct the customer to your prinful store? Thanks and nice video.

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey there! Sorry for the delayed response here. So assuming the integration through Printful and eBay is setup properly, when an order comes in Printful should automatically sync that order and begin the production process. Then automatically print, pack and ship the order. So the customer never sees Printful or anything like that. As far as the customer is concerned they are just buying a product off of eBay which is accurate. I will mention that I have seen some issues with the Printful x eBay integration. I think eBay is a little tricky to work with in this regard. So I still recommend checking in your store and integration frequently. Otherwise this process is fairly automated. Thanks for the questions and comment and please let me know if you have any other questions!

[@innergoof19]

@@BenSmithSideHustles how about feedback for buyers and sellers? Is that automated too?

[@CMaria360]

Hi. your video is excellent! But, how does eBay pay you? will you get the payment as soon as the customer pays on the first order? and how to upload tacking does Printful do it automatically?

[@Cherryloves111]

Is this a good niche to sell on ebay? I mean some people say that ebay is not a place to sell pod products

[@JustT1ny]

so if people buy it do we need to do anything like send the address to printful or anything like that ?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Nope! That's the great part is that it is almost all automated. So when a buyer places and order on ebay, printful will receive the order and automatically capture the buyers information. Then when the order ships they will automatically update the order and add tracking information! Hope that helps.

[@awakeenlighten2298]

Hey Ben! Great video...my question about the listing of a pod t-shirt on eBay is once you sell the t-shirt the listing is now over (sold) and you have to now relist it again to make another sale...is that right? I was thinking it would be easier to list the t-shirt and since it's POD you can leave it up there for 30 days at a fixed price and let the t-shirts keep selling without having to relist it after every sale. Maybe I'm missing something here?

[@Usamayosafzai]

Actually there is limit in ebay specially if you are new , so we try to add minimum stock so that we have more space for adding products, but if your product is having good sales then you definitely you should add large quantity. Hope it clear your mind. Thanks

[@DmLuca-ns5yj]

Hi, I'm selling on ebay with printful, but can't get any views on listing even if I'm selling like 19.99 free shipping t-shirt...What can i do? Maybe do i have to sell on a specific nice?

[@IanFernando]

thanks I just started and I been reading that eBay does not like Printful and many accounts have been suspended is this true?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Ian, sorry for the delay in getting back to you! Great question. So from my end I have never run into any issues but I have heard about accounts getting closed or having problems. While I'm not fully certain, I think in a lot of cases this happens with newer accounts. The more established your account gets you should run into less issues. The important thing is just staying in good standing with eBay. So I know that is a little bit of a mediocre response but just my experience. Hope you are doing well and thanks for the question!

[@thevlshow4236]

Hello ben How to edit the shipping to free shipping ??

[@whereisthekarma]

You answered so many questions I had, thank you!

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thanks Lisa! Glad to hear it was helpful☺️

[@hsrchannel7152]

Great content ! please i have one question after the first sale and since i just put 01 in quantity how can i updated it afer the sale ?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey there! Great question. You just need to go to your dashboard and then head to the listings section > active listings > edit. Then you can edit quantity available etc. Let me know if you have any other questions

[@relaxandclean3043]

Hello please how we can fullfil an order from ebay to printful thank you ☺️

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

If the listings are synced to Printful you shouldn't have to do anything. If the listings are not synced, when a sale comes through, you'll need to create a manual order within Printful. Go to your Printful dashboard and click the "New Order" button that shows in the top right. Then just follow the steps to submit the order manually. Hope that helps let me know if you have any questions!

[@DiannaBoullier]

Can you link Printful to a private sellers account on eBay or do you need an eBay store?

[@joadekadencka578]

Good question...

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hi Dianna! Thanks for the great question and sorry for the delayed response. The answer is YES! You do not need a storefront on eBay. I hope that helps and please let me know if you have any other questions!

[@johnurbanski2057]

I have an ebay store using printful. My shipping is showing combined shipping for multiple products with each additional product costing 0.40 cents. But when added to cart, the shipping doubles for 2 products instead of just adding the 0.40. Do you haver a link for setting up shipping charges. Printful has not been of any help.

[@xplo5]

I started my Printful store on E-bay, now I am interested in subscribing to a store on E-bay, basic plan, how do I integrate the printful/Ebay store to my subscribed store? Are there tutorials on this, thanks.

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Good question! I don't use an eBay store so I'm actually not sure of the answer on that one. Here is the link to the Printful + eBay Integration guide. If you can't find an answer just give their customer service team a shout they are super responsive. www.printful.com/integrations/ebay

[@Manassecraft]

Question: How does the return process go? Through My address or the printful Warehouse?

[@rodondo7946]

Thanks Ben, great insight, I've subscribed. You say to leave number of items at one. If it sells, is relisting automated?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thanks for watching and for the comment! So full transparency, I'm no longer spending much time selling on eBay however when I was more focused on the platform, I was just setting inventory to 1 unit to avoid taking up too much of my available monthly limits! I don't believe they have an auto renewal option. I was manually relisting the products! Hope that helps

[@morin3312]

Hello thanks for the information ♥ but Can you please show us the Fulfillment process so we can ship properly to the customer ? thanks in advance

[@IanFernando]

Printful does the shipping

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Omar! Hope you are doing well and sorry for the delayed response. Assuming your Printful and Ebay accounts and listings are synced properly, when an order comes in on Ebay it should automatically get received in Printful at which point they will process and ship the order. But thanks for the suggestion. I just made a note to myself to work on a video going over the fulfillment process so I'll get that going! Thanks for the question and let me know if you have any other questions!

[@morin3312]

@@BenSmithSideHustles thank yoi

[@mehdilouafi1805]

Hey, but do people actually buy shirts from ebay? Have you done some great numbers with that? Thanks!

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Mehdi, good question. Ebay is still a huge marketplace and while I don't put a ton of focus there I still do 5-10 shirt sales per month with 10-20 per month in November/December. Nothing to write home about but adding an additional platform and 5-10 shirts does help :) Thanks for your question!

[@archer4922]

I see a lot being sold but I think it’s gonna depend on niche.

[@markcedrickisidro5949]

Do I need to setup a store on ebay to sell print on demands? I mean the paid ones, do I need to pay and subscribe to have my store open?Or I can sell and list items on a regular ebay account?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Great question. You do NOT need a store just a regular old eBay account works just fine! Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions.

[@biggun98056]

how do you fill the order does printful do it or do you half to manually do it

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Great question. With Printful you can directly integrate so it is pretty automated. I've had a few issues with products falling out of sync before so there are times when I place manual orders. Either way pretty streamlined and easy! Hope that helps let me know if you have any other questions :)

[@energyuniverse9320]

Ben you are so wonderful, love you for the video, will follow you from now on ;)

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thanks so much for the support! It means a lot and I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Let me know if there is anything else you want to see on my channel :)

[@hind5579]

Do I need money to start like etsy ?! Pls answer?! I will watch your vid now and start this business Greetings from Egypt ❤

[@Usamayosafzai]

No you don't, just need designs and good SEO skills then you are good to go

[@Manassecraft]

Simple to follow through. Thank You!

[@archer4922]

Great vid. I finally got my shirts on eBay. Sales incoming 👍

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Nice!! love it. Keep me posted on how it goes

[@archer4922]

Ben Smith will do. Right now I just have a goal of 1 or more designs a day till I fill up my eBay listings. Them look into Merch by amazon and other pod services.

[@aleksandarkojic7653]

@@archer4922 how is it going? 🙂

[@archer4922]

@@aleksandarkojic7653 going good. Sales weren’t the best but made a little. Need to get back at it soon.

[@kdpsimplified1560]

@@archer4922 and how is it going now mate?

[@flappie2233]

Why am i getting suspended when making an Ebay acount, as soon is i make an acount it get's suspended but i didn't violate anything.

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey there! Always frustrating when this kind of stuff happens. I don't know why that would happen but would recommend reaching out to their support team. In my experience they are normally much more sensitive with new accounts until you become an established seller

[@michaelclapperton4514]

Question: I sell on eBay already in the used clothing market. I sell 200+ items a month. I have Free shipping on my account but my handling time is 24 hours for my main items. Do you have a separate account on eBay only for POD? How do you mix the two. I have a ton of visitors to my eBay store monthly so I think I can really make a go at this but obviously I don't want to mess up my existing Top Rated seller status on eBay.

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Great question Michael and congrats on the existing success on ebay! I used to sell a lot of other products on ebay in addition to print on demand products but just used one account. The main concern would be making sure your shipping setting/handling time are setup properly. The big difference between you and I is that I didn't really take advantage of an actual ebay storefront. I would guess that having POD products on there would be great and not have any negative impact but I'm a bit less familiar with the actual storefronts. Let me know what you end up doing!

[@Corovus]

Great Video, you got a new subscriber. One question tho. What is your best performing platform to sell Printful designs on in terms of revenue? Shopify/Woocommerce, Amazon, Ebay?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Love it thanks so much for the support I really appreciate it. Etsy is my best platform to use with Printful so far. But I do want to spend more time on Amazon and Shopify as I think both of these have potential to be bigger platforms! Let me know if anything else comes up :)

[@ag6287]

So do you have to have money on a PayPal account to pay the shirt ? Or does it discounts it from when someone buys something

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Good question. A buyer purchases your product on eBay and you get the money in your PayPal account. Then with printful you setup your payment method. I personally use a credit card but I believe you could link a paypal account. So in theory that would allow u to get cash in PayPal then use the same PayPal account to pay for the shirt. Hope that helps!

[@ag6287]

Ben Smith ohh that cleared my question ! Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@Onntastic]

Hey Ben - are you using any other ebay listing services such as 3D Sellers? If so, do you know if using 3rd parting listing editors or designers messes up the POD integration with ebay? I need a list mgr and I'm nervous that editing listings could sever the order integration. And LOVE your content man!

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thanks for the question and support! As to your question I do not use a third part listing editor. I use to use the built in one in shopify but as of now all I'm using is the printful integration! Let me know what you end up doing!

[@Onntastic]

@@BenSmithSideHustles I am finally testing 3D sellers on a couple of listings. I wanted to make sure their template didn't mess with the ebay-prfl app integration. i'm doing a test order. I get a lil' paranoid with all these systems talkin' to ea other.

[@datcookiedo_9838]

So once someone buys the item will printful take care of everything?

[@treviaross1733]

yes

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Yup! It's 100% automated. After they are live I don't do anything. Only time you will need to get involved is when stock of a certain item runs out. Printful will email you to notify you when this happens

[@avileskevin]

Great and helpful video! My concern is that most people go to eBay to find ship merchandise (I might be wrong but that's my perception) with those prices do you get sales? I will love to know your thoughts on that. Thank you!

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Kevin! Good concern. Ebay is not a main staple of my POD mix but i do average 5-10 sales per month and 10-20 in november/december. Pricing is high but just remember if someone is shopping for a passion niche and loves your design they are willing to pay. Price becomes less of a factor when you offer high quality designs :) Just my thoughts/experience.

[@iamdiae]

Thank you so much for this video, it's helping me a lot, and i have a question please. In the process set up Printful with Ebay, in the store name box, must be the same store name on Ebay, or i can put a different store name on the box of printful? ( The Brand Name. )

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thanks for the feedback. I BELIEVE they do not necessarily have to match although I haven't added a new store in a couple months to my Printful account but I'm pretty sure they don't need to match exactly!

[@BeatGrounds]

Thanks, I will try this out 😄

[@joshj258]

How do return work?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Great question. You can have the customer return the item directly to your address or directly back to Printful. Printful then gives you the option to ship it back to you or to donate the item to charity. I personally find that I rarely get returns but I have had some and have chosen to have them donated. Hope that helps!

[@MohamedAmine-il9ld]

so helpful thank you so much

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful and hope you are crushing it!

[@XsaiddX]

thanks for giving us this basic walkthrough but how come you included the shippin in the initial cost and still have the printfull shippin cost , i've been thinking about it but if i take this route i've to add manually items to ebay or am i missing something cus i would like to make shippin free

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Yeah I did make slight mistake in this video. I normally offer all my products with FREE shipping. For some reason the shipping settings didn't load properly here. Sorry about that :)

[@julianthelovingone]

Thank you very much !! Great video!!! So sorry to bother you with this question. How can I put different pictures for my Ebay listings I already I’ve already listed them on my eBay account from Printful but the came out only with one picture.

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Julian, great question. I would create the listing again through prinful and add additional mockups. If necessary you can use create the listing as a draft and then screenshot the different mockups that they generate for you and manually add them to your ebay listing. Hope that helps

[@thepunisher4332]

Can you down load designs on smart phone or do you need computer? I was guessing smartphone the pics clarity might be bad

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Great question! To be honest I do most of my work on my laptop so I'm not as familiar but think there are a bunch of apps out there that should allow you to do this. Could perhaps try Canva! Let me know if you find a solid one that works and maybe I'll have to take a look.

[@nativesparkling4549]

Does eBay is a platform similar to shopify?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Great question! They are similar in some ways but also have some significant differences. IMO the biggest being that eBay already has a customer base so when you sell on eBay you are able to tap into the millions of people that already shop on eBay. When you create a Shopify store you are responsible for getting shoppers to your store but have more control and ownership of your customers and the shopping experience. There are many other differences but I'd say that is one of the most important. Let me know if you have any other questions!

[@arlene9342]

Thank you for a great video. One question: If you have to do a return, do you wait until the product has been returned to Printful before refunding the money to the buyer?

[@fahimboukahel7910]

I think There's No Returns with printful

[@michaelclapperton4514]

You take the return at your home then repost it on eBay manually as a new listing and sell it as used. Recoup most of your money. OR on this listing you can say No Returns, but that seldom works since the buyer will try to game the system by saying it is "Not as described"

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Arlene, with Printful they give you the option of to either donate the return to charity or you can have it shipped directly back to you and then as Michael put it just relist it for sale on ebay! Hope that helps

[@nitzanlevi5236]

Hey, great video. One question, if I am a new seller and my Ebay listing is limited to 10 , if I add 8 sizes it'll count as 8/10? and when and how do you ask Ebay to increase your slots? :) Thanks in advance!

[@speakeasytheselfcarebox2952]

email ebay and asked for a higher limit

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Nitzan that is the classic problem with eBay! It took me a long time to build up my account. The trick is to get sales and ask for a limit increase as frequently as you can. I think they normally make you wait at least 1-2 months between limit increases and you have to show a track record of getting sales and be able to essentially convince them to increase your limits. It can be a bit frustrating at first but just keep at it! Hope that helps!

[@PedroDosSantos]

Who deals with the refund process and how does it work?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Good question! If a customer decides to return then you would refund them through Paypal/Ebay and then have them send the shirts back to Printful. Printful will then email you and can ship them back to you or you can have them donate to charity. Hope that helps.

[@michaelclapperton4514]

@@BenSmithSideHustles Actually I'm a big ebay seller. They actually ship back to you and you either donate it or I would just relist it as a used shirt and recoup most of your money.

[@sidarsurer6804]

How do you proces the order ? Is printful bussiness in us ? Can you only sell to us ?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Sidar, great question. Printful has fulfillment centers in North America and Europe and can ship internationally. As long as the integration between Printful and eBay is setup properly, the orders should be synced to Printful and automatically process. Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions.

[@justbrittiany6018]

Do you pay the $12.95 once it sold, or do Printful takes the fee once the item sold?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hi Brittiany good question! Printful charges you when they ship the product out I believe. So you have already been paid by the customer on ebay then when the product is shipped Printful will charge you for the cost of the goods and shipping

[@YassineTebbaa]

thank for info, really helpful

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Thank you! Appreciate the comment and feedback!

[@DawnFreeSdiki]

thank you for your time

[@alanharneck3378]

I just found printfull so how do you make profit? Shirt cost 12 shipping is 4 thats 16$ most shirts on ebay are 15-20$

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Alan, Great question. Check out using the Gildan t-shirt that costs $7.95. With shipping that puts you at $11.95 before ebay fees. Then focus on high quality design. People will pay extra for a product when that product/design resonates with them. List your product for $19.95 - $12 for shirt and shipping + ebay fees leaves you with somewhere around $5 in profit. As an alternative you can check out Custom Cat as they also have a $7 shirt with more color options. Hope that helps.

[@Fairplay2015]

helpful thank you

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Glad it was helpful! Let me know if you have any questions.

[@scottsutton7537]

Here is my concern. Who pays this much for a T-shirt? I just can't see someone paying more than $20 for a T-shirt - total. Please tell me i am wrong as the 10% eBay fee + 2.9% + .30 PayPal fee and cost of product with any promotions make profits very slim. Are people paying upwards of $28+ for a T-shirt?

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Hey Scott! Great question. My recommendation would definitely be trying to utilize the $8.95 t shirt option that Printful has so that you can either lower your price to the end customer and/or make more margin on each sale. That being said I will say that I sold a shirt at this price point just today. I did make a slight error in this video. I would normally list the products with free shipping as that is the trend for most platforms these days. Ebay is not a big platform for me but I do normally do 5-10 shirts per month on there in the off months and 10-20 in Q4. If you can work it out properly you can pocket an extra $50-100/mo on ebay.

[@mohamedb5060]

great vid how to change the setting to free usa shipping

[@graphicstitchusus530]

Almost all the shirts are temporarily available in Printful.

[@SpiritTracker7]

and then compete with 10,000 other stores who have $7.99 t-shirts lol

[@avocadobeets7855]

Have you had any success selling t shirts using printful + ebay? I’m banking on the possibility that my design will be unique enough that customers won’t mind paying a higher price. If the shirts don’t sell I might consider printing them from a local print shop. Let’s see how this goes

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

There is definitely a lot of competition! but if you have products in passion niches where people have more motivation to purchase, you stand a good chance of reaching buyers :) cheers

[@SpiritTracker7]

@@avocadobeets7855 No I won't ever do printful, they are the highest in all POD.

[@LifeAccordingToJohn]

I feel like ebay is dead

[@BenSmithSideHustles]

Definitely not a huge money maker for me but it does have its place in ecommerce. 160+ million buyers on ebay as of 2017.

[@michaelclapperton4514]

eBay is not dead. I make about $6K a month on eBay and growing.