The HONEST TRUTH About RedBubble! Reviewing & Unboxing RedBubble Products

[@WholesaleTed]

Why not turn this video into a fun game: count how many times the camera goes out of focus 🙃 (I am sorry!)

[@MrPeaceandLiberty]

I thought it was just me...I've always had trouble focusing.

[@Нестор-у9и]

I have strong feelings to you. I guess this is love(((( but im girl too😢😢

[@DearApolloZ]

Hey Sarah, I have a lot of ideas for shirts. Some sarcastic , some niche and some more political satire. Should I run them all in one store or should I make desperate stores for each ?

[@sylvaincoq3470]

No worry about camera, this video is so valuable. Thanks a lot ! I was just starting a redbubble business, but I bought one of my design and I'm very disappointed, cause it was quite simple design to print... I've been recommanded Spreadshirt and Tostadora. Do you know them, would you recommand ? I'm in Europe (France) I wish as much as I can to buys and sell in Europe and France. Do you know any very good POD website selling in EU ? Thanks again for your work ! Greetings from France

[@WholesaleTed]

@@DearApolloZ something I discuss in my ebook is that for RedBubble it is best to open a general store, not a niche store 🌞

[@jiul4907]

When I started watching you I was just a broke high-schooler. Well I'm not rich now in college, but your RB videos really inspired me to open a shop and earn some pocket money. Thanks, you're amazing!

[@countdownstickers4877]

2:33 Tshirt unboxing 👕 6:45 Mug unboxing ☕ 8:35 Sticker unboxing ⭐ 11:18 Notebook unboxing 📔 13:00 Bathmat unboxing 🛁 Thanks for the product reviews Sarah! I've been curious on the quality. A shower curtain review would be interesting. I see a lot of people use a shower curtain as a more affordable DIY art print for a home. They just frame it! Maybe you can repurpose the bathmat as a dog water bowl mat :)

[@bhargavigodgeri8697]

opened up my Redbubble shop in january and now I'm at almost 80 sales! your videos really helped me understand and identify my niche, thanks a ton! ✨🦋✨

[@johannmuster9726]

WOW, i wanted to start but i thought it wont work anymore. You don`t have to tell me your niche or something specific, but what have you done? finding 1 niche and then created some shirts?

[@bhargavigodgeri8697]

@@johannmuster9726 well at first i had to experiment with different niches, then i noticed one of my designs was doing really well so i decided to continue creating stuff similar to that!

[@biga7577]

Iam sure you are lying

[@AnnVanhuysse]

@@bhargavigodgeri8697 What kind of marketing do you use to get your products in front of customers?

[@bhargavigodgeri8697]

@@AnnVanhuysse Instagram marketing

[@sadepennbrook]

The print quality is definitely the POD’s fault. There were a couple of designers you mentioned that I know because I am in their circle. They are highly professional and know what they are doing. They have degrees in the design field. Print technology is 101 as soon as you step foot in any design school so I can guarantee you that low quality files were definitely not the issue here. However, it’s worth noting that they’ve built their niches around a style. Like Steven Rhodes’ pulp retro art, that relies heavily on line work and full color solids with halftone shading that makes printing a little more complex relative to a single color design. Most PODs demand RGB files that will never, never, ever in everything that is hell going to translate exactly into CMYK. You’re also not accounting for monitor color calibration that looks extremely different for every individual. Matching colors exactly will never happen with DTG technology because it’s one of the lowest quality technologies in the industry, therefore cheaper. The only way to properly color match is spot coloring and that is only unique to offset printing and very expensive. By its nature, printing will always be dark. CMYK is a subtractive process because you are removing light, opposite to RGB that emits light, therefore it’s additive. And as you know, most e-sellers make their money through multiple channels and accounting a unique print file for every single print provider (that sometimes changes as in Printful!) to compensate for their color process is extremely difficult for any designer. Printful is very big and therefore can afford the better equipment for handling volume + quality. Until there isn’t a fixed standard set by all POD providers and demanded by customer standards, there isn’t going to be any reliability relief in the future.

[@actuallybusiness1622]

*There's only one secret to succeed: NEVER GIVE UP!*

[@cjones4244]

When does one fail at a task? When they give up! (I think I'll put that on a t-shirt.)

[@Diwasho]

I think the print quality will vary depending on your country. RB uses third party printer services available in the location closest to the buyer so they don't really have a consistent set of standards. They might be even using more than one printing company in the bigger countries like the US.

[@buda3d2007]

As a designer doing print on demand with random printers, I could stress that using 'dithered' designs to replicate tones etc, somtimes the colour printers don't pop and you have more control using fewer shades by using dithering to simulate tones.

[@GlimzytheBee]

Oh thats a really interesting tip! I wouldn't have thought of that.

[@S-ivanov]

Thank you. Nice review video. What I learnt from this video, is design mostly for stickers for Redbubble and that your puppy is supper adorable. I noticed the mug was only one sided, it is a shame most artists don’t take the time to upload special mug files that make it double-sided. I do. I love the fact the Redbubble gives you options to do that too. Have a lovely day.

[@peacebewu]

I'm also curious about how well the print holds after washing 10x

[@DetourShirts]

Great video... Do you think the color wasn't bright on the tshirt because it was created in RGB and they used bright colors outside of CMYK and when it printed the bright RGB color turned muted because it prints in CMYK?

[@WholesaleTed]

No. Every single product including the basic white text t-shirt that should have printed fine, all printed with off colors. As I say in the video, while there is a possibility that some files aren't optimised for printing colors, the consistency with this issue shows that there is definitely some form of low quality printing going on. I would also expect that if a top seller made that mistake initially, they likely would have fixed up their files at this point.

[@just_call_me_desi]

most print on demand suppliers want the files in RGB! I am not clear though if RB does too...

[@reycaribe]

Cool I made it into a video. Finally some recognition😁

[@WholesaleTed]

Surely I've highlighted you in another video. If I haven't that's my bad! But yes, even three years later, I still remember seeing that comment & laughing 😂

[@reycaribe]

@@WholesaleTed no worries😁

[@WonderfulWorldOfStuff]

The best way to review the print quality on any or all products is to use your own high-quality design & use the same design & quality on all other items, this way you have a standard to go by. By buying different designs from others you do not have this control. ( I have purchased my own designs many times on both mugs, t-shirts, hoodies, notebook & lots of stickers, each time the print is awesome, no blurred edges, super crisp, plus the colour difference is often people design in RGB colour which looks brighter & bolder on a screen, The actual print is created with CMYK profiles which have a colour limitation. My advice is always to design using a CMYK colour profile this way what you see is what you get. | Much Love, Peace & Respect | Stay Safe Ya'll

[@larrythelobster5633]

*Thank you Sarah for all the valuable information you give us* 👍

[@crimsyn6306]

I've made some money on Redbubble. No outrageous amount, but it's definitely welcome! I will say I personally avoid Redbubble t-shirts. The last one I got faded so quickly that it was ridiculous. Now it's just a plain grey t-shirt, as the original print is long gone lol

[@saiaquarius]

I cannot tell you how picky I am and how badly I want my art to be high quality. I was lasered in on this video the whole time bc I genuinely want to know. So I found this video especially helpful. I will be looking at their reviews for canvas prints next.

[@Linda-HopeandFutureTodayMin.]

First thumbs up! Thanks, Sarah! Your videos are always helpful, informative and inspiring!

[@willco5431]

Most people buying a cheap shirt don't look that hard at it. They usual just except it for what it is. As they would not sell otherwise.

[@SharonDeCaro]

I love dogs, too! I didn't know about Swedish Vallhunds. They're so cute!

[@icdigitalassets8643]

Hi Sarah, So many PODprinters to choose from. I have not ordered anything yet. I want sublimation printing, not direct to garment printing . which POD printer would do this?

[@Yeewen88]

Would you say unboxing videos help you get sales I’m thinking to make one?

[@JustAn0therSoul]

apparently quality varies depending on where you live, as redbubble seems to not print themselves they "hire" printing companies all over the globe, some are good some bad some inbetween

[@jasecastle9173]

Hi Sarah, could you please review couple of the A-line dresses and maybe a ladies tank top. THANKS

[@cfuj]

Hi! I am a graphic designer working in a printing company. Color issues like the ones you highlight are usually caused by the designer not optimizing the design for print. In fact, Redbubble asks their designers to design their products in RGB so that they will look good on their website, but when printing this is going to be a lottery. In the case of Printful they use a better algorithm than redbubble therefore the result of their impressions are better

[@Stephie_L]

Hi, so we should be uploading designs as cmky?

[@cfuj]

@@Stephie_L The only way to find out is to try and buy the product in its RGB and CMYK version. But honestly I would not recommend it, I would leave it as is. Redbubble is interested in making their product look good on the web, so they recommend uploading it in RGB.

[@Stephie_L]

@@cfuj Ah ok fair enough thanks for the tip :)

[@Tiramaesu_]

Yess!! Starbuck is so adorable🥺 also yay MHA and Japanese art fan club! 🤩👌🏼

[@lemonbowlyea7402]

i have japanese art style in redbubble my shop is CarmelThabita

[@willco5431]

I wonder if you lightened you design before upload. Will it compensate for the dark print.

[@MilenaKoncar]

So u are saying that PRINTFUL is the very BEST quality of printing for ARTISTS that make designs full of colors? Specially for TSHIRTS?

[@ISRAELGUERRERO-y1e]

HOLA BONITA,I'M NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN SELLING THOSE THINGS,I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR STORIES AND LOVE THE WAY YOU SPEAK AND GESTURES YOU MAKE!!😊😊😊😊😊💐💐💐💐

[@lukeunknown2626]

Is printful prints smaller on the mugs or was that a choice

[@sonpollo8995]

Has red bubble improved their printing since this video?

[@danielmwangi3362]

Although the PNG format provides high-resolution transparency for design uploads, it doesn't support the CMYK colour space. As a result, printing in CMYK will have a minuscule amount of colour tint. No Biggie

[@WholesaleTed]

That doesn't explain the massive differences in colors and that is proven by the big discrepancy in the printing of the white. This is a printing issue, it is not a file issue.

[@soikatmaji4685]

What is best Printful or Printify ?

[@Zyrothy]

so, between redbubble x printify x printful, wich one is the best?

[@thelittlestseahorse731]

What is your take on Amazon KDP vs the notebooks on red bubble?

[@josephinejacobs2159]

Interested in this too!!

[@RoundTableRoleplays]

Hey , thinking of starting a PoD service using my designs, however when I create products on the PoD market place there is a large number of tshirts to select from. Should I offer all of them or just a select view? I worried that if I offer all of them, people won't be able to choose which one as most of them look the same when going off appearance alone and this may result in the customer not getting any. Analysis paralysis as you say.

[@cindyfinlayson4197]

Less is more.

[@melsparkles]

I received one of my designs today on a standard t-shirt. I love it. I had ordered the same design from Vista print and it was shocking quality. Vista's prices are so expensive too. Thanks for the video I am learning heaps from your vids.

[@galimir]

shocking good or shocking bad?

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

Thank you for reviewing the products! I've already started with redbubble about 2 weeks ago still creating designs it's nice to know that it's a popular place for stickers going to focus on those more.

[@cedricclifton408]

So? Any success yet?

[@mohamadamjadh5584]

Hey Sarah, I'm a new member of the Wholesale Ted family. Your videos are awesome. I have a question for you. What are the processes after a customer cancel the order or want to return the product that ordered on Redbubble/Teespring/Printful(Shopify)? What are the actions they(Redbubble/Teespring/Printful) will take? Can you please explain when a customer can cancel the order? where they want to reship the product? Do returns affect the seller or customer? *should only the seller takes the loss caused by the return? Please explain the whole return policies of these companies. Please Stay home stay strong Thank you for your effort.

[@miriamstrauss]

For anyone reading this comment - in case anyone hasn’t told you yet today - you have the potential to be great, successful, and happy! Keep on going! I believe in you 🙌🏻

[@StarlightAkari]

I really needed to hear this today in particular, thank you ❤️

[@josefinholgersson596]

Thank you, I needed that today.

[@fjones]

Miriam...👍👍👏👏 Bless you n thanks 🤗

[@momonatu4998]

I am flipping it. This is the second time that I read the same copy paste sentence written for the purpose of likes with no honest intention behind. What 's even more surprising is that there are seriously people falling for this, absurdly thanking to a stranger for something he said to basically nobody... Honestly, what level of stupidity have we reached to take social media so seriously? Are you all ok, people? You might need a doctor, cause this is just extreme and ridiculous. Take the courage and have the balls to live a proper life instead of this shit!

[@miriamstrauss]

@@momonatu4998 I mean every word I said. It is 100% genuine. I share similar notes in a couple of threads b/c there are so many trolls on social media that I like to try to restore the balance with some positivity. What’s the big deal to you? You know how many harmful words people share on social media that hurt people ? What’s so horrible about someone sharing some kind words!

[@kathyl6677]

I'm wondering if the color difference has to do with the CRT resolution compared to in-person. Also true that consumers will not likely examine products as closely as you do, but I'm grateful for that. Often one is so excited to get their purchase, only later to become disappointed, discovering the flaws.

[@WholesaleTed]

I can tell you that I have made many orders from RedBubble where I have ordered the same product twice and each time its printed the colors look very different on each. This is not the fault of the artist uploading the wrong file type. This is absolutely RedBubble outsourcing to inconsistent print shops 🙏

[@openyoureyes4799]

You are the greatest! I am working my way thru your P.O.D. lessons. I should have had my store up and running already but I'm lazy! I bought the program and the $67 a month is well worth it! I am ashamed to say that I'm only at 7%, but I'm getting off my lazy butt and I'm going to get it finished in the next 6 weeks. I will start with other people's artwork for t-shirts and mugs, etc. But after that I'll be painting my own artwork of the specialty niche. I am a commercial artist and I know that I can create some beautiful niche paintings. I want to make at least 2K a month so I can go yo Florida in the winter! I don't think that's too big of a dream! Thanks again Sarah. Kathy W.

[@1andyholten]

Do you use both Printify and Printful to fulfill your orders?

[@jimkelley8658]

The print quality on a order I recently places was not good. Color was muted and it was blurry. In addition the size of the sticker I ordered was not anywhere near the stated size. I won't be going back to this site.

[@cykeagustin]

Which printer company would you recommend? (printify, printful, ETC)

[@artguy66]

Woah! Where did all of those board games come from?!? LOVE them as the backdrop! I think a great metagame would be to identify all the board games on your shelves by merely looking at your blurred out background! Looks like Clank! and Cosmic Encounter to get everyone started. :D (Back on topic, great video as always!)

[@djstumpy7399]

So after reviewing the products, do u still recommend people using it to start there way into pod, or do u now think Shopify is the way forward ?

[@merchseller]

A reason for fuzzy edges is, most people just do a screen grab and upload a low-resolution image. You have to upload a 300dpi image you created then the printing should not at all have fuzzy edges unless they have a different way of printing.

[@WholesaleTed]

These images come from talented, experienced artists that uploaded the correct files in the correct formats, I specifically chose artists that are experienced for this video so that this would not be an issue 🙏

[@ljwhitmire200]

So don't most POD services use the same DTG technology? Do you have a list of the best POD services in terms of print quality? Thanks for the review! Is there a way to know which tech the POD providers use before we choose one? I hear so many reviews that there are just as any many positive reviews as negative reviews of just about every service!

[@valarmorghulis8]

Thanks for this review! BTW, the colors in a print will never look exactly like what we see on a screen or digital device, in general 😅

[@SuperiorBettingTips]

Has anyone experienced any problems with Redbubble again? I have noticed that my settings within my designs have been disrupted. For example the design placement, they are all in the middle of the shirt, and I put them mostly in the top half of the shirt. Also background color, and default view. I put the background color black if the design is white, under the default product I choose a T-shirt in black color, and that design in my gallery is for some reason on a white background, and as the design is white no one can see it unless they directly enter into design within my portfolio. It seems to me that RB has a lot of technical problems lately ...

[@pokeronin]

I'm wondering if this has more to do with the calibration of the colors on your computer monitor because not everybody's screens are the same

[@WholesaleTed]

No. I design for POD products regularly, and have monitors suitable for that process. I know what colors I expect to see in my finished products that use the same colors that these products did, versus what we actually got. Secondly, even the whites were not white. When the white is not white, as I stated in this video they weren't, then you know it is definitely a printing issue 🙏 let alone the bleeding, fuzzy lines, etc.

[@DominoKimmi]

I ordered some stickers from my Redbubble shop and the print was not that good. Very muted and then the cutting of the stickers were bad. Even the perfect circle was not cut smoothly.

[@liunaticfringe]

The problem is that not all RGB colors reproduce correctly when they're printed on merch. I find this incredibly frustrating and I wish RedBubble, Printful would create a list of acceptable CMYK numbers to use. Printful did have a swatch shirt you could order -- but they recently got rid of it. WHY?? Anyway, a simple list would do fine.

[@DerekMakerFitness]

Redbubble says they print in CMYK but a lot of artists design in RBG (which is a better range of bright colors). They don't really make it well known and I believe some products are actually printed with a wider range of colors. But this is one reason you see a big difference between the website and products. This was great thanks!

[@WholesaleTed]

Thank you! I did take that into account when filming this video. I noted throughout that since every single product had color issues, that it is far more likely that Reddit’s printers are lower quality as a result of their low prices, to cause every product to be printed washed out, versus every single designer making this mistake and uploading a poorly optimized file 🙏

[@CrazyTechy]

I just found you, Sara, and love your content. I am considering selling AI art, and it seems they are 72 dpi when I load them into photoshop. Should I convert them to 300 dpi? Thanks.

[@markzajac9993]

I purchased several mugs from Redbubble as Christmas gifts. Not only did they come late (not sure if that would be on Redbubble or FedEx but they did say it would be arriving on the 21st) but I wasn't really pleased with the print. Similar to your review, I thought the print was a bit blurry.

[@WholesaleTed]

It's not RedBubble's fault it arrived late. Once a package is shipped, it's entirely out of their hands. It's now in the hands of the postal service. A merchant can only give you an estimate provided to them by the postal service. It's not fair to blame them for the postal service delivering your package late. With the extreme weather conditions currently and winter illnesses, there will be transport delays & a lack of staff. However, the print is definitely something you can take issue with. It's them that prints it - not the postal service ;)

[@markzajac9993]

@@WholesaleTed Well yes, I agree the responsibility is more on the delivering company and not so much on the printing company but I have been reading a LOT of reviews on Redbubble and it seems that delivery is a top complaint. With that said, if a company says this will be delivered days before Christmas and the item doesn't show, whether it's fair or not, I'm afraid it still becomes a reflection on the Redbubble Brand. So again, with that said, I have a simple solution for RB- just be super honest with your customers so they have realistic expectations when it comes to deliveries, especially around a holiday. That might mean lower sales around the days closer to Christmas ,but it would also mean less disappointed customers as well.

[@Knochenbrigade]

Ordered a shirt with bronze-coloured print, got a red-brown print. Also the shirt was of ultra thin quality (bella & canvas).

[@WholesaleTed]

The shirts are purposefully on the thinner material side. Some people don't like it, but most people love it! But if you don't I absolutely understand.

[@Sedgley9024]

What do you recommend to upload a high quality file for print?

[@mercedesamoree1234]

You know, the weird thing is I figured the stickers would be the best quality since they are the most popular. I ordered a bunch of them for my sister, and the images on all of them were printed very dotty and not smooth opaque colors. of course from afar it looked okay, but when you got up close you could really see spots that were missing color and pixelated or dotty colors. I still like redbubble, but its weird to me how the sticker pictures dont look like the photos

[@hads404]

The designer may have made the designs in lower quality 🤷‍♀️

[@kdkane5406]

You should do a week or month long series of you starting a brand new store and scaling it to 100-1k/mo

[@josephinejacobs2159]

Where would you recommend opening a store to create or dropshipping stickers, notepads, planners etc? Seems RedBubble for these and then use Printiful for tees. Thoughts?

[@digitaldiorama]

With regard to colours not being as vibrant as expected, artists need to remember which colour space they are working in. RGB is great for on-screen viewing but when converting for print, they need to check how it looks in CMYK.

[@WholesaleTed]

As I said in the video, I don't think this is a file issue, I think it is a RedBubble printing issue, given that it has happened to every singe product I have purchased from RedBubble, it is clearly a print issue, not every artist will be making this mistake, yet every single product has it - so it is RedBubble 🙏

[@digitaldiorama]

@@WholesaleTed Sorry Sarah, I wasn't suggesting there wasn't a RedBubble printing issue, just that it's an important thing to remember. Big fan BTW ;)

[@VioletIgnitus]

Thank you so much for this. It's my first time to your channel and I'm already subscribing. You're giving great detailed reviews of the Redbubble products and that's exactly what I'm looking for. I'm working on figuring out which site I want to choose for my streaming merch store and this information has let me know that I don't want to sell on RedBubble, especially since my designs use very bright and bold colors which I would want on shirts. However, unless another site has better stickers, I might simply use them for stickers. I'll be looking through your other videos for information on the other dropshipping sites I'm thinking about!

[@AnnVanhuysse]

Hi, I would like to know which marketing system you use to get your products in front of customers, as I can imagine, just putting your product on RedBubble and wait around is not going to get me the sales you are getting.

[@skinnamalinky7884]

How do you unblock your Redbubble account? I even had to take a picture of myself with my address and send it to them, it's been about a year now and I haven't heard a thing and never get any reply to the standard inquiry

[@scotttovey]

I wonder if the difference in color is due to the difference in website visual and real world print. If you've ever come across a ghastly website and wondered why they used the colors they did; chances are it looks excellent in print. A design that looks awesome in print however, does not always look as good when it it is applied to website design.

[@WholesaleTed]

That's why I say in the video there is a possibility the files may not be optimised for print (as they may be using colors that can't be printed, rgb vs cmyk) but considering these are their top selling products that surely have modified their files to be optimised by now, and literally every product, including the white text t-shirt printed with off colors, this is almost certainly a printing issue. The white for example doesn't show on camera, but it wasn't a true white, it was an off white. That should have printed fine. But honestly, the products are so cheap - you can't expect Printful levels of products at RedBubble, it just isn't realistic.

[@junegothberg9036]

As a seller on redbubble, is there a way to only offer the Bella tshirt and not the gildean?

[@AbbyBane.]

Is it possible that your computer has a setting or filter that makes the pics seem brighter than intended? When I was recently shopping for a laptop, there were SO many screens where the blacks were grey and the whites were dull/yellowed, reds were pink....just a suggestion/observation

[@WholesaleTed]

No: even the white was an off-white when the text was originally printed in the classic white color hex. The colors are definitely off.

[@AbbyBane.]

@@WholesaleTed ok, that’s a bummer. Thanks for the reply :)

[@LeoX91]

Hi please help! Do I need to pay sales tax on RB ? RB user agreement says they don't collect sales tax and its artists responsibility, it's scary and confusing.

[@John_Conner222]

I was doing some comparisons of the top sellers on redbubble. I noticed that because of the bad print quality there seems to be an abundance of "vintage" and "Vintage Distressed" t-shirt designs. Funny thing is that is all the rage for some reason in games like GTA 5 online. It's a clever way around the bad print. Just upload your normal artwork and sell it as Vintage and distressed lol >.< Customers won't be disappointed when they get the product, they will actually be enthused. Here's hoping the trend lasts long enough for me to make enough cash to transition to printify with a shopify store.

[@shopepicgifts9468]

Thanks! What platform do you suggest someone start selling on in 2021? Shopify?

[@WholesaleTed]

I don't recommend any. There are lots of good options with their own pros and cons, learn about them all and decide which one fits your needs best: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHXNlKSvmZyprJI

[@aminemino7443]

Hi thank you so much for sharing this with us i have a question do you know a valable strategy to get a trend topics

[@rollvideo]

Does Redbubble do their own printing? Is it possible that they subcontract it via a global network of printers to minimize distribution costs?

[@ModernJewelryMakers]

Thank you so much for doing this Sarah - I haven’t started POD yet & wasn’t planning on using Red Bubble but it’s nice to still have this info - quality is more important to me than anything - I cater to an older Boomer generation who will pay more but the quality has to be there. I appreciate all the research you do & info you share here - I’m such a fan girl for you!!(I hope I’m saying that right) I adore you!!

[@Qwerty2000-v9l]

Ever find a good option?

[@An0therR0gue]

hi sarah. i have a gaming pc and it has different settings to make it look better for games, movies, and websites (has preset contrasts etc). any chance that the reason the colours are not as bright is because of your computer setting? just a thought. ps - love the videos.

[@sweetzzz2924]

I just started a redbubble to sell art prints and buttons :-)

[@Interprenure]

how is it going?

[@bogechoginson3728]

Hey Sarah, do our product pages need to have 400+ words if we don't plan on running SEO traffic to them? Or will this negatively affect our SEO optimized category/homepages if we don't?

[@WholesaleTed]

From my experience unoptimized pages in a store does not usually impact the SEO performance of optimised pages 🌞 but putting effort into creating awesome pages, whether they are optimised for keywords or not, with engaging content, will be noted by the Google algorithm as great overall content and will lift up your website as a whole, so my recommendation is that new stores should genuinely put a lot of effort into making every page on their website awesome for the user.

[@bogechoginson3728]

@@WholesaleTed Good to know. Thanks Sarah! I love making my descriptions fun to read, so no issues there. I just wasn't sure if I needed to exceed 400 words. :)

[@lianaenbey]

In this video you said you use Printful and in another you said you use Prinitify. Do you use both? Or was that just a mistake in this video? Thank you!

[@WholesaleTed]

I use both. Printful is my main supplier, but I also use Printify as well for some products, particularly as a backup 🌞

[@lianaenbey]

@@WholesaleTed Thanks ♥I was wondering if you had any thoughts or videos already made about how to protect your profit margin and maintain sales when it comes to shipping cost? I am selling on Etsy and they recommend turning on the "free shipping for orders over $35" feature. I increased the cost of my products to help balance it out but I still had to eat $13 for shipping from Printify for 2 items. I can't increase the item cost too much or else no one will buy them... I also can't keep adding on shipping charges... I don't know what to do :( Help @Wholesale Ted!

[@hoangthithuong8979]

Hi , i am a newbie to POD field, can you tell me how and where to find price of base products , such as mugs, Tee, ...from Chinese vendor? And can you recommend any forums and websites that i can discuss more about POD ? Hope you can help me, thank you so much.

[@user-xx6fv4tu2q]

Does anyone know what merch shops big KZbinrs like PewDiePie, Mr beast, Jake and Logan Paul and Danny Duncan use?

[@sharonhenderson4317]

Sarah I tried to download my art on redbubble it won't let me on my phone

[@BlackLionRecordsTV]

I feel like Redbubble is like dollar general stores you get what you pay for most of the time

[@andmotta9686]

Dont you think that the picture is darker because your screen tone its different?

[@GinasOnlineFinds]

Spent a week uploading on what feels like 1000 designs and just got my first sample shirt from Redbubble and the quality is HORRRIBLE. The shirt itself is whitish/grey and there is a huge faint yellow stain around the logo that extends to the sleeves to several inches below the logo, the black ink on the text is 4 different shades of black and fades in some areas and there are shadows on some of the text. Is this typical!?! Im so aggravated. Have you had this issue or was this a fluke?? If this isnt a good place what other POD has high quality? I spent so much time on my site so im so dissapointed right now

[@DanielFreakinAwesome2]

3:20 This isn't the printers fault, it is the designer's (or lack of) fault. They created the design in RGB when it needs to be designed in CYMK. Could have been a low res file too.

[@WholesaleTed]

No, I addressed this in the video and explained why I believe this is not the designer's fault and why I believe it is RedBubble's fault. As I said in the video: 1) This is an experienced designer who has been selling their art online for a long time. They would have switched out their design file a long time ago if their file was not optimized. 2) Did you watch and see that every item I received had off colors, even the plain white text design? The logical conclusion is that instead of every single designer on RedBubble providing them with unoptimized files, that it is an issue with their printers 🙏🙏🙏

[@WholesaleTed]

I think you would find this video helpful here, where I order the exact same optimized design onto a t-shirt from multiple Print On Demand providers, including RedBubble. You will see how the print turned out, compared to others. It is a well-known issue that RedBubble has factories that provide off-color quality prints: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSze6ehhb2Fnpo

[@BoardGamePix]

I can see Pret A Porter in the background, the perfect game for this video!

[@lukeunknown2626]

Hi Sarah, does the mug packaging have any warning signs on them to show delivery drivers to handle carefully? Would of been interesting if you did a drop test. What happens if the mug breaks.... does redbubble replace it or take the money back from you? What about returns too? FEES & PROFITS 🤔

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

I got a bathbat off printify and I do love it but the cost was insane. They didn't show me the cost to New Zealand before I clicked buy and the process fo buying was....I was expecting it to be like Amazon where it would show shipping cost and I would probably have not bought it when I saw that and translated to it being over nearly $60 NZ dollars for.....a bathmat. :-( It didn't give you time to think you just pressed buy and it was bought without telling you the shipping cost from my memory. But all that being said it is a very very beautiful bathmat.

[@WarlockCore]

As an artist and being familiar with other artists work I have to say I am really surprised on all the copyright infringement and flat out plagiarism on the Redbubble platform, I would never upload any of my original art, just saying

[@mohamedbenzaudios2692]

Redbubble has closed me three stores so far, even designed all my designs myself. 🤨👕

[@GenuinePhysio]

Hi Sarah, thanks so much for putting these videos together they really are helpful. I am in the process of trying to set up my own online shop and have been purchasing a few samples. I was hoping to use Redbubble as a platform, whoever, like you was really disappointed with the print quality. Even with plain white writing, like you sad, grainy, not consistent, looks like it could wash off after a few spins. So quick question, do you think the pros outweigh the cons re packaging, having access to the marketplace and all of their other merchandise options so it is worth opening up a shop with them, or would you give them a wide birth and stick to higher quality POD companies and use a different platform? Many thanks in advance

[@WholesaleTed]

It really just depends on what your goals are with your new business! RedBubble is a favourite spot for teenagers and 20-somethings that like cool artwork but don't have a lot of money. They would rather purchase lower quality prints at lower prices, while having fun doing so at the same time. If that sounds fine to you, and all other parts of the RedBubble business model also sound good to you, then why not? If however you are an artist that wants to charge a premium for your designs and you want your art printed to a very high standard, RedBubble is not the right choice. There are pros and cons to all POD business models, the key is weighing up which one is right for YOU 🌞

[@GenuinePhysio]

@@WholesaleTed really comprehensive, thank so much for the response. May give them a swerve in that case 😀

[@slickimz223]

Is it possible the bright designs you see on-site are actually uploaded in RGB format instead of CMYK? Hence it looks brighter than the end product. Because of what I understand that could be one of the major problem in the industry.

[@yeye99950]

I was thinking the same. It seems CMYK would be OK but RB color palette is RGB for uploading. So I'm using RGB

[@Peacelovejoy1111]

I put some stuff on red bubble a year ago and just made a sale on a face mask two weeks ago lol 😂

[@rivermay109]

How many products do you have? And do you post about the products on social media? I'm curious because I was thinking of starting

[@ellemac8890]

I don't use Shopify as my platform, would l be wasting my time joining your program? thanks

[@AbdulRehman-cp8jl]

PayPal ain't available in my country. How can I connect an alternative payment method being a seller on Redbubble?

[@WholesaleTed]

The only methods available for payout are PayPal and bank accounts for eligible countries, if you have neither of these then I recommend looking into starting a different business 🙏

[@AbdulRehman-cp8jl]

@@WholesaleTed this is quite heartbreaking to hear since I have so many cool design ideas. Anyways thanks Sarah for being my motivation and being kind. I won't give up my dream at all ❤️

[@Sarah-gb6ix]

Get Payoneer or TransferWise. They're both bank accounts that can let you receive money

[@AbdulRehman-cp8jl]

@@Sarah-gb6ix they want a bank account in a specific country and my country ain't in that list

[@Sarah-gb6ix]

@@AbdulRehman-cp8jl what country are you from? As far as I know Payoneer doesn't restrict any country from signing up. Sign up for Payoneer, give a government issued ID, you'll get a US bank account that can receive money from Redbubble.

[@somemed9444]

so you always recommend or should i say you love printful?

[@rdm8524]

Just got dozens of designs stolen and being sold on RB . Beware if you starting an account

[@elvis723]

Some of my designs were also stolen, but I reported it to redbubble and they took them down. It's just a pain to have to keep searching for thieves all the time.

[@peacebewu]

Has anyone here bought a poster from redbubble? How's the print quality?

[@vowelev4884]

Hi Sarah, I've watched almost all you vid. Can i register to printify using prepaid debit card? TIA

[@taoufikammar5810]

Hey! I am just wondering do they write your phone number on the sticker they put on the parcels. Because I ordered something that's gonna travel worldwide and when it'll land in my local post office the only way they can contact me is via my phone number. I do remember entering it in the order details and shipping and I also bought it with my PayPal which has all my info. I just would be comforting to know they do that and that I did not waste 50 bucks down the drains. Thanks!