My Thoughts On Print On Demand Services (+ 'How To Make Art That Sells')

[@ashmitanandy]

I really wish you made podcasts so that I could listen to you talk for a long time while I work..it's just soo soothing!!

[@ZoeMorganRobertson]

oh i so agree!!!

[@misshrm14]

Yaaaas

[@jadylove]

She does for pateron I believe

[@leasophie4907]

i know right!!

[@TonderayiKanoz]

it's that voice ins't it.

[@Carol-Bell]

One thing to consider is yes you could cut out the middle man, but do you the artist want to be spending time making stickers or other things, when you could be using time to make more art? It’s a personal choice....

[@rachaelcaskeyart]

Gerrie Louden Bell I agree.

[@thedeslynnjaquias]

I agree.

[@mrs.quills7061]

Same! I also don’t have the space for packaging and a bunch of merch. I know society 6 and redbubble take a lot of profits too. It’s so hard. I was looking at art of where as I liked their selection of stuff and they seemed to be focused on high quality art products. In terms of stickers though, you could probably just buy those wholesale on like sticker app or something and sell them yourself. Stickers don’t take up a lot of space.

[@alfstewart3088]

When I feel anxiety creeping in - I come and listen to you, because your voice is SO consistent and calming and your talent is incredible x

[@Fatima-gf6ft]

I honestly get so so happy every time you post! I find myself searching your channel so often just to calm me or make me feel happy! Your voice is so therapeutic, your art is incredible and your mindset is so refreshing! Been part of the semiskimmed family since day 1!

[@vasi8712]

Please just make a podcast..your voice is incredible and you are such a smart person!! xo

[@GillyNewell]

I have a Red Bubble shop and the quality is very good. I love my own collage paintings on cushions they are a great talking point. I also bought loads of presents for the family at Christmas. Not earned anything yet but nearly ready to spread the word through social media. I also have a Folksy shop which is a British version of Etsy and really good but all of these you have to do the publicity yourself.

[@ugnebikulciute2666]

i love your videos so much they make me so inspired. The chill vibe is amazing

[@Chellswag]

I've been debating this for the last month or so and lo and behold you upload a video on it! It was very helpful to hear your perspective on the topic, thank you!

[@Em13331]

This is exactly what I've been looking for recently it's like you read my mind

[@LaurawrIsABigMac]

Finally bought one of your prints! So excited to put it up in my room, hoping it inspires me as much as you and all of your youtube content does. Thank you for sharing so much with us, you're amazing!

[@waifulilooml]

Your channel, many advices, artwork,all inspire me so much! And I needed it so bad. Almost 1 years without any inspiration.. I could not draw at all. And slowly lhe spark comme back Thank you so much for sharing so much positivity, you're an amazing artist!

[@frizzydizzie8292]

The new background is so pretty! It works really well in your videos, super pleasing to look at💗 Another great video, been looking for something like this on youtube for a while!

[@Mimi-yo4ur]

thank you Minnie, I am not an artist but I like to draw and play with art supplies :) . I will try skillshare, thanks for the link! I have already learnt a lot through KZbin and I couldn't make up my mind on whether I would go for skillshare or not. You've been a source of inspiration as well. Thanks and good luck. I've been following you for a week now. Greetz, Mimi

[@sloyilegu5381]

Thank you a bunch for this video. You made a point when you said you have to put yourself out there and bring in the customers to your store. This "art business" is quite tricky and there is a lot to learn if I want to cut out the "middle man." I remember when I was in high school and a lot of my friends would say, "why should we learn this complicated math, or why read this enormous book? It's not going to help us out in life later..." Ummmmm friends, it is important especially if you want to be your own boss someday. 🤔

[@fencerven]

they hardly teach you marketing at school, most of the things you need to be an entrepreneur won't be learned in school.

[@martinveloche1228]

So true!!😢😥

[@joydrane6647]

Thank You Minnie. I just signed up on Skillshare. I SO need this. You are such a wonderful inspiration young lady.

[@bettyszwagierczak4062]

Great, informative video. I've been on S6 for few years now and have to agree, that it's a good option for making some passive income, as it doesn't take much time to upload new pieces. On the other note, super happy to see you uploading more vids!

[@KatelynMcCaigue]

I have been going back and forth on if I wanted to open a RedBubble. I currently purchase and make my own stock and it is kind of hit and miss. I also like making my sales personal but it would be nice to just test some items on RedBubble. Maybe I will try both! haha Thanks for the insight!

[@MathinusG]

As per usual you are the queen of good information for artists.

[@guminelly5536]

Thanks so much! Didn't take advantage of the deal from your first video of the year, so I'm signing up now!

[@duck8279]

Hi! If you don't mind me asking, how did you make your own website? And how do you make prints of your art? I love your art and your voice is so soothing! Thank you for making videos!!!

Her website is made in Wordpress and Woocomerce.

[@mrs.quills7061]

I was going to ask the same thing, but happy to see the response. I too use Wordpress and was looking into woocommerce!

[@SengaDoodles]

Do you have a video on what you use to scan and print your art work? Printer, program and paper? Or just tips? I’m using GIMP and your video has helped on just like basic clean up and stuff (THANK YOUUUU!) lol

[@iamQRE3D]

This is something I’m gonna have to look into...especially for future goals and what not! THANKS FOR THE INFO LOVE!

[@hello_levesque]

Your new backdrop looks really cool! Loving the green and blue hues! :)

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Minnie Small! Thanks for this video. 😊 I know I don’t want to spend time to send art pieces or things related to my art (for now, anyway) but I admit I never thought about these kind of website that does the work for you. I am going to check Society6, Thanks! 😌

[@Soulkreed]

This appears fabulous! Cannot wait around to appreciate more like this. Great job.

[@AmandaPenecale]

Thanks so much, I'll be checking out that video!

[@LinesAndCursives]

Thanks for your personal opinion. Super informative. Do you think it's more cost effective for you using red bubble and society 6?

[@maowriakim]

I love your videos! you give informative feedback and provide awesome art resources :-) thanks Minnie

[@EileenR11]

Very interesting. I wondered about print quality. Commercial printers don't always make a faithful copy of your work. Do you find that a problem? I will check out the class you mention.

[@azzuparis]

Hi Minnie, thank you so much for this video. Lately, I was actually considering and getting info about opening a shop on Redbubble, or similar, so this video is so useful! Thanks :)

[@NamimoriGamer]

Thank you for this video, i'm an artist based in venezuela so i'm trying to find ways to earn (actual) money even if it's minimmal, i think i was able to learn something new about this plataforms thanks to you, also i really love your vidros and i've been a fan for a long time

[@emeraldm0on-yt]

Thank you for uploading more!

[@KateKollfield]

Hi, Minnie! Recently I've bought one of your haunted houses (the one which is still on the Earth). I want to buy the another one, but I've faced a proplem. The thing is that I bought the first one through Society 6 platform, and the second one (which is the house haunted by the space) is now available for buying only through Red Bubble platform. The size of the poster I have is 13"x19". And Red Bubble supplies only 16.4"x23.2" size. But I want to have them like paired ones, and they won't look perfect together in different sizes (of course separetly they look absolutelly perfect ;)). So, I just want to ask whether this problem is solvable? Are you still on Society 6 (cause your page there is still available), and is it possible to put your second painting there? Or is it possible to order the size which I need through Red Bubble? Thank you for your art!

[@amandad8648]

Thanks for the video 😊 I really appreciate your input on this topic, especially since I’m currently in the process of opening up shop on these sites 😁

[@BurdHQ]

Hi! I'm thinking of overhauling my art from Society6 to somewhere else like InPrint or Redbubble. What was it like when you moved? Especially pricing changes, do you keep both shops if you already had a base?

[@traceyjohns3490]

hi Minnie, I must thank you for this video. I found red bubble on Friday (never new it existed ) and then later saw your own link to it. I have joined. I am just really not good at the technical stuff and so it might be a while before I figure out how to upload my artwork onto it. currently watching videos that explains this process. So I will definitely have a look at the skill share video. Thank you so much 😊

[@bentinho]

I was thinking about doing POD and saving the profits from prints to get a nice home printer and paper to do occassional limited run, signed/numbered prints... 🤔

[@rodschermerhorn6996]

I like s6,never had a problem. buying more next week.

[@LessThanThree4321]

I love love love your new video background - Definitely thinking about implementing the idea in my own apartment someday :)

[@SharayaReetz]

Loving your new background! Great video!

[@solidust573]

Good discussion. I have yet to try consignment but like Red bubble. I'm also curious about Etsy.

[@VitaPlastica]

I joined Skillshare thanks to you. It's wonderful so far. I'm doing an art doll toy sculpting class. I'm so I joined.

[@MalamikArt]

I use Society6, but it's tough to get my stuff seen there. I do agree we as working artists on the side, need eggs in many baskets. Great video! Take20 is a coupon you can use to get 20% off for a years payment

[@robibrightnightlight175]

Thank you Minnie for this video. It was interesting to hear your review of RedBubble. I do use them for certain items. I would recommend anyone to order a sample of their own art on fabrics before presenting them to their customers. Personally I was not impressed at all with the quality of the fabrics they were using for the cushions, tote bags and zip bags and I found the value for money not really worth for my customers as the size of the tote bags for example and cushions were smaller than a standard size on the market. The quality of my BrightNightLight design colour therapy art were also disappointing...maybe because my arts have a lot of fine details which didn't seem to come through really well under the fabric they used. I am still using RedBubble but only for other items such as blocks, journals, phone cases, etc...

[@doniajoins138]

/ lol. For easy ways to make money online you guys can go to *LIVE NET JOBS. C OM* this is the same thing I've been doing. Hope this helps. I’m more terrified of failure than rejection-so I’ll know my way to YES!

[@saxorex7972]

Interestign that this popped up on my feed the moment I stared worrying about printing and shipping, thanks!

[@SonnyBurnett2008]

Dont you do any cmyk profile conversions? Whats your photoshop collor settings/workspaces color profiles? Dont u do any soft proof on pshop? Whats your settings? Thx

[@epic12344d]

Hello! If you mind, could you make a tutorial on how to make a sketchbook just like the one you made for inktober? Because I have been looking for ways to make simplistic sketchbooks just like that.

[@epic12344d]

You can also link me to a video if you prefer

[@00agg00]

If you don't use paypal what is the way you get paid on redbubble? Thanks in advice and thanks for the video

[@minniesmall]

They offer direct bank transfer

[@AlRightThenThanks]

Minnie Small , what are your thoughts on ' Fine Art America' ?

[@EveFleurCeramics]

I love your videos! Such an inspiration

[@olimueller]

what would you prefer, Artist shop from threadless or printful+shopify

[@ReemAlhalyan]

Hi Minnie. I am wondering what printer you use to print your art prints and stickers?

[@chelsealucas8636]

I'm going to have to look into that class on Skillshare. Thanks for sharing!

[@CONCEPT0123]

Your video falls at the right time because I hesitated to join S6. How much do you think you can earn on this website ? If you're famous or not

[@kahurangingata4955]

You do amazing art, I'm also loving these sort of videos where you talk about the business side of stuff. I wanted to ask what do you use to scan your art ?

[@SebastianTinajero]

Thank you for this!! I’ve literally been planning on making a shop in society 6 since last year and I used to consider red bubble since I also bought a lot of work from there but I feel like society 6 gets more traffic but I could be wrong

[@QuackJuice]

Would love some eyeball stickers! I love the various ones you did in your sketchbook, I think it was.

[@prettyinink6712]

I checked out Redbubble and it looked great until you get to payment information. Unfortunately here in Canada you can only accept payment through paypal with Redbubble. Do you have any suggestions for other online shops?

[@juliaholland9900]

do you recommend using just a regular copier to scan your work?

[@robynboyleart8889]

This is so helpful! Thank you xx

[@victoriavizcaino7008]

Minnie, here's a Q: there is any video/class in Skillshare you HIGHLY recommend? I'm willing to learn painting landscapes, plants, flowers... anything related to nature. I've just suscribed in Skillshare and I think you could help me in this one!! Thanks!!! p.s: your art is amazing. I watch your videos every day. I can memorize even what you say in some of them because of the times i've seen them haha

[@strawberryskulls87]

Hey Minnie, How is your Patreon going? Would you recommend it for smaller artists who don't have much of a following? x

[@silentthriller]

If I may chime in. Make the Patreon. Start using marketing yourself with social media, especially Facebook and KZbin.

[@janaemorris1370]

This was very informative, thanks.

[@57dreamsl.f.c.20]

Thank you for this I am just getting started 😉

[@mggilleshope6828]

Stickers would be your art work on them. I would buy them. Look Good on Christmas birthday presents.

[@joeybullard5042]

You are very beautiful!! Your personality and confidence is breathtaking 😘

[@luisa7299]

Hi Minnie! First of all thank you for making this video. :) I'd like your personal opinion on something. I live in a country that really doesn't support artists very much (brazil). Selling prints and stuff around here is not easy and profitable unless you already have a big audience (and even well known artists struggle a lot with it). I made the decision to start a new art profile on instagram, and maybe a KZbin channel in the future. I don't know if I should start building my audience nationally or internationally. I don't live in the US or UK, so it's hard for me to open a shop because exportation is so expensive and bureaucratic that a simple 5x7 print that sells for $20 would turn into $70 including postage. It's ridiculous. That leaves me with print on demand services, which are a bit limiting in my opinion: I'd like to pack everything carefully, send gifts, include a nice card etc like everybody does on Etsy. I also consider a shop on CreativeMarket for passive income. As for the local audience, it would be easier to interact with them and build an audience but it's harder to sell products and get commissioned work. At the same time, if I work really hard and build a local audience, maybe in two years or so I can start selling stuff locally. *Maybe*. I see the same amount of pros and cons for each decision and I don't know which direction I should take. Should I do both? If so, how? I'm so frustrated!

[@roseaster5000]

Bianca Mattos Hi, I don't know if you know about digital downloads on Etsy, where people can buy a digital copy of your work and print it themselves. It might not be exactly what you want, you still don't get to pack the prints and include a card, but it is a good way of selling your art, when you are not able to mail out the prints yourself.

[@annavannoni]

Minnie do you have a recommendation for sticker making websites?

[@ArabellaGrace]

Canva

[@kristymcmillan7481]

Fantastic! I’ve just signed up to Skillshare - thank you for the discount code (and thank you to Skillshare too!).

[@katerinafrancesca]

This was really helpful advice, thank you!

[@r.g.36]

Hi, may I ask, but doesn't redbubble use only paypal?

[@kvdash4696]

Great topic 👍 thanks for talking about it .

[@TommysZombie96]

Nice lipstick minnie

[@msr2086]

Why are you not using Paypal? Isnt that the best thing to use and safest?

[@hecksplorer]

She made a video called why I no longer use PayPal ~ 3 years ago that explains it all :)

[@veryfinepeopleonbothsidesb62]

Hi Minni, I don't know if you are still doing this bussiness. I don't want to look stupid but I have a Question. Been thinking about the t-shirt bussiness for a longtime. I have the logos and want to target kids t-shirts. Do I explain what the logo is to print on demand service and they make it for me or I create the logo sice I know what the logo is but not an artistic. What's my next step?

[@molinatwinsart]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Really helpful. My sister and I are interested in making a redbubble account but like you we are trying to find a better form of payment instead of using Paypal. But what we noticed is that in rebbubble you can get direct deposit thru either paypal or bank account. Do you recieve payments via direct deposit thru you bank account? Or is their another way? We would really appreciate your help, if you can :) :)

[@jannahart]

Thanks for this video, Minnie! I’m not planning on selling art any time soon but I just love when you upload chatty videos 😅

[@luna132]

Can I publish the same art on both redbubble and teepublic or other sites ?

[@Feeds.six.236]

I made an order and I didn’t get a confirmation or shipping.. and they took my money.. customer service contact isn’t even the correct email.

[@amandaarmstrong198]

Great information, thank you!

[@elisamilan]

Thank you! This is very helpful!

[@bnp2bnp]

Hello! This is random, but what's that interesting spinning trinket on your shelf?

[@jahbarijones218]

Thank you for the advice

[@antonjohansson8033]

Why not shopify and sell products on a own homepage, collect customers data and perhaps promote on mail..and so on.

[@KANGABOYofficial]

Thankyou, another great review video but still 'no artist is mentioning the PRINT QUALITY or Customer Service' our customers receive!

[@puppyinbleu]

Minnie Small i have a question. i am in the same boat as you. i dont use paypal either. so im worried about giving redbubble my bank info. how do you get comfortable with that? i would love to upload but i am too paranoid. thank you

[@amir_______543]

Great video I've been looking for a video like this but the main thing I wanted to know is how much profit you get from these sort of websites and is it a substantial amount enough to keep using these websites as a source of income .this might be a bit personal to ask but how much roughly a person of your following earns from prints etc it's ok if don't want to answer. Thanks for the advice

[@caitlinbrown7597]

Amir Rasooli you will make a very small amount of the profit. If you go onto these websites and look up info for sellers you can find a spreadsheet that shows profit margins for each individual item that you can sell

[@andreaproano1887]

Can you use the same design in those two different pages?

[@shakenbliss]

im already signed up at Skillshare but, I cant find you...Do you have classes over there?

[@KANGABOYofficial]

Is there a print to order online company that delivers the high quality printed product to our customers that they promise? So far I cant find reviews for any of these companies to support that, along with service too of course. It's frustrating.

[@privateprivate8366]

I think I’d read the legalese of these POD services concerning IP rights to the work. Who owns it and who owns it, if they go out of business and reinvent themselves or are acquired by another business that says all bets are off? I worry about this as, my family has been involved in an IP case. Businesses rather enjoy skipping off with artist’s and writer’s works.

[@2484moon]

Any thoughts about threadless( POD )?

[@RB-vi3bz]

Do you wear make up as in foundation?

[@rosindapalma5077]

Hello, you don't want to sell on Etsy? It is a big artsy platform and easy to have orders.

[@evokeink1025]

Thank you so much! Im all signed p!:)

[@Sketchartbymarc1]

Dabbling out there a bit myself. Good insight. 👌

[@leasophie4907]

i really like those videos about selling your art!

[@Familytoyreport]

Great advice! Enjoyed!

[@anonnone8196]

2:00 Aww she looked so uncomfortable promoting her stuff. I can totally relate, I have always found it difficult to confidently market myself.

[@Nothingamigone]

I would most def buy stickers if you made them🖤🖤🖤

[@melwhitworth3077]

Nice information to know