Shopify For Print On Demand?? NO WAY! It's Too Hard For The Beginners!!

Published on: November 29 2022 by Joe Robert

Shopify For Print On Demand?? NO WAY! It's Too Hard For The Beginners!!

Shopify For Print On Demand?? NO WAY! It's Too Hard For The Beginners!!

Shopify For Print On Demand?? NO WAY! It's Too Hard For The Beginners!!

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00:00:00	00:00:05	hey what's up guys joe robert here well
00:00:03	00:00:06	maybe i shouldn't say guys females make
00:00:05	00:00:09	up 23
00:00:06	00:00:10	of the audience here so what's up people
00:00:09	00:00:13	that's better also
00:00:10	00:00:15	over 70 of you guys that are watching my
00:00:13	00:00:17	videos are not subscribed so hit
00:00:15	00:00:18	that red button that says subscribe hit
00:00:17	00:00:20	that bell
00:00:18	00:00:22	all that stuff and you can see all of
00:00:20	00:00:23	the print on demand videos that i upload
00:00:22	00:00:25	every single week
00:00:23	00:00:26	and today we're going to be doing
00:00:25	00:00:28	something a little bit different i'm
00:00:26	00:00:30	going to tell you
00:00:28	00:00:31	the reasons why you should not use
00:00:30	00:00:33	shopify for
00:00:31	00:00:34	your print-on-demand business and i know
00:00:33	00:00:36	what some of you guys
00:00:34	00:00:38	are thinking you're gonna say joe like
00:00:36	00:00:41	you made a video last week where
00:00:38	00:00:42	all you toked about was why shopify was
00:00:41	00:00:44	the best place to start a
00:00:42	00:00:45	print-on-demand business
00:00:44	00:00:47	if you haven't checked that video out
00:00:45	00:00:49	the link i will put it down
00:00:47	00:00:50	in the description where i made my case
00:00:49	00:00:53	for why i think
00:00:50	00:00:54	shopify is the best place for anybody to
00:00:53	00:00:55	start
00:00:54	00:00:57	a print-on-demand business it's an
00:00:55	00:00:59	opinion that i still have
00:00:57	00:01:01	but i think the conversation is
00:00:59	00:01:02	interesting so in this video today we're
00:01:01	00:01:04	going to
00:01:02	00:01:05	look at some of the reasons why shopify
00:01:04	00:01:08	might not be
00:01:05	00:01:09	a good fit for you and my hope is that
00:01:08	00:01:11	by breaking down
00:01:09	00:01:12	some of these reasons about why you
00:01:11	00:01:14	shouldn't use shopify
00:01:12	00:01:15	is that some of you will come to the
00:01:14	00:01:18	realization
00:01:15	00:01:19	that maybe shopify is the best place and
00:01:18	00:01:21	maybe some of these reasons why you
00:01:19	00:01:23	shouldn't use shopify
00:01:21	00:01:24	actually aren't that big of a deal and
00:01:23	00:01:25	like i said i do think some of these
00:01:24	00:01:27	reasons
00:01:25	00:01:30	have a lot of merit i think some of
00:01:27	00:01:32	these reasons are genuine reasons why
00:01:30	00:01:34	shopify might not be a good fit for you
00:01:32	00:01:35	at the end of this video today i'll sort
00:01:34	00:01:38	of compare
00:01:35	00:01:40	the overall strategies between using a
00:01:38	00:01:43	site like red redbubble or amazon merch
00:01:40	00:01:44	compared to opening up a shopify store
00:01:43	00:01:46	to sell
00:01:44	00:01:47	print-on-demand products anyway if you
00:01:46	00:01:49	guys are new
00:01:47	00:01:51	to my channel uh what's up joe robert
00:01:49	00:01:51	here i make a bunch of print on demand
00:01:51	00:01:53	content
00:01:51	00:01:55	like this i also have a free
00:01:53	00:01:56	print-on-demand course down in the
00:01:55	00:01:57	description
00:01:56	00:02:00	so if you guys want some step-by-step
00:01:57	00:02:00	training to open your store on shopify
00:02:00	00:02:03	you can check that out
00:02:00	00:02:04	i also have a print on demand facebook
00:02:03	00:02:07	group with about 20 000 members
00:02:04	00:02:08	and i'd love to get to know you a little
00:02:07	00:02:09	bit more
00:02:08	00:02:11	uh so check out the group the link is
00:02:09	00:02:12	down in the description today we're
00:02:11	00:02:14	going to be looking at some of the
00:02:12	00:02:16	comments that were made
00:02:14	00:02:18	on the video that i uploaded last week
00:02:16	00:02:20	what about customer support does red
00:02:18	00:02:24	bubble and teespring handle that for you
00:02:20	00:02:26	yes if you open a store on redbubble
00:02:24	00:02:28	or if you're selling on teespring or
00:02:26	00:02:29	even amazon they will handle all of your
00:02:28	00:02:31	customer support
00:02:29	00:02:32	this means that you don't have to spend
00:02:31	00:02:34	any time dealing with those pesky
00:02:32	00:02:36	customers or answering
00:02:34	00:02:38	silly questions about your products or
00:02:36	00:02:40	anything like that what i like about
00:02:38	00:02:42	redbubble and merch by amazon is that
00:02:40	00:02:44	they handle printing and shipping this
00:02:42	00:02:45	also means that if somebody buys from
00:02:44	00:02:47	you and they want to make a return
00:02:45	00:02:49	that you don't have to deal with them at
00:02:47	00:02:51	all they will just reach out to
00:02:49	00:02:52	the customer support at the platform
00:02:51	00:02:53	that you are selling on and they will
00:02:52	00:02:55	handle the return
00:02:53	00:02:57	for you so as a beginner you don't have
00:02:55	00:03:00	to do any customer service at all
00:02:57	00:03:00	so i want to ask is this a good thing
00:03:00	00:03:03	and
00:03:00	00:03:05	is this something that should actually
00:03:03	00:03:05	dissuade you from starting a store on
00:03:05	00:03:07	shopify
00:03:05	00:03:10	if you're someone who just wants to
00:03:07	00:03:11	upload a bunch of random designs and
00:03:10	00:03:13	have someone else handle your customer
00:03:11	00:03:15	service then i guess
00:03:13	00:03:17	that option would probably be the best
00:03:15	00:03:19	fit for you but if you're interested
00:03:17	00:03:21	in building a brand right you're
00:03:19	00:03:22	probably going to have to tok to your
00:03:21	00:03:23	customers
00:03:22	00:03:25	at some point right you're probably
00:03:23	00:03:27	interested in eventually setting up
00:03:25	00:03:29	email marketing
00:03:27	00:03:31	or growing a community on instagram
00:03:29	00:03:32	where you are an active part
00:03:31	00:03:34	of your brand and if you're doing
00:03:32	00:03:36	something like redbubble or merch by
00:03:34	00:03:38	amazon or teespring
00:03:36	00:03:40	you're just losing that ability to
00:03:38	00:03:41	actually connect with your customers
00:03:40	00:03:42	you're actually not
00:03:41	00:03:44	building your brand you're actually
00:03:42	00:03:46	building teesprings brand all you're
00:03:44	00:03:49	doing is uploading your own products
00:03:46	00:03:50	to those platforms and then letting them
00:03:49	00:03:51	handle everything
00:03:50	00:03:53	and then in return you make just a
00:03:51	00:03:54	little bit of profit i have tried
00:03:53	00:03:56	facebook ads
00:03:54	00:03:58	and never got any sales you have to know
00:03:56	00:04:00	how to do facebook ads and targeting
00:03:58	00:04:02	and plus you need to have a sizeable
00:04:00	00:04:04	budget this person
00:04:02	00:04:06	left this comment in reference to what
00:04:04	00:04:07	i'm assuming to be the potential organic
00:04:06	00:04:09	traffic
00:04:07	00:04:12	that you're going to get if you sell on
00:04:09	00:04:14	amazon or if you sell on redbubble or
00:04:12	00:04:14	teespring when you are selling on these
00:04:14	00:04:17	platforms you
00:04:14	00:04:18	do get organic traffic you do but the
00:04:17	00:04:22	question is
00:04:18	00:04:22	how much right in order to actually make
00:04:22	00:04:24	a
00:04:22	00:04:27	massive amount of money you're gonna
00:04:24	00:04:27	need either a ton of products or you're
00:04:27	00:04:30	gonna need
00:04:27	00:04:31	hundreds of visitors daily on your
00:04:30	00:04:33	product let's say that you have a
00:04:31	00:04:34	product and it converts at five percent
00:04:33	00:04:36	that means that
00:04:34	00:04:37	five percent of the people that view it
00:04:36	00:04:39	actually buy it that means that if you
00:04:37	00:04:41	want to make five sales per day
00:04:39	00:04:42	you're gonna have to have 100 visitors
00:04:41	00:04:45	and maybe he's right maybe
00:04:42	00:04:47	you can get hundreds of visitors per day
00:04:45	00:04:49	on your product so i decided to google
00:04:47	00:04:52	something i simply went on google
00:04:49	00:04:53	and i typed in teespring organic traffic
00:04:52	00:04:56	and the results that i got
00:04:53	00:04:58	was someone saying that teespring is not
00:04:56	00:04:59	a actual great source for organic
00:04:58	00:05:01	traffic and honestly
00:04:59	00:05:02	i think when it comes down to it in
00:05:01	00:05:03	order to be successful and this is what
00:05:02	00:05:05	i'm going to break down
00:05:03	00:05:08	at the end of the video if you are
00:05:05	00:05:10	relying solely on organic traffic
00:05:08	00:05:11	through some of these platforms
00:05:10	00:05:13	the only way that you're truly going to
00:05:11	00:05:16	be able to take advantage of that
00:05:13	00:05:17	is if you have literally hundreds of
00:05:16	00:05:19	products uploaded
00:05:17	00:05:21	to those platforms if that is your goal
00:05:19	00:05:22	if you are a designer and you can crank
00:05:21	00:05:23	out designs like that then by all means
00:05:22	00:05:25	start one of these
00:05:23	00:05:27	stores on one of these platforms upload
00:05:25	00:05:29	a whole bunch of designs and then just
00:05:27	00:05:30	rely on the organic traffic to make your
00:05:29	00:05:31	sales
00:05:30	00:05:33	i think the bigger point in his comment
00:05:31	00:05:34	here is the fact that he said i tried
00:05:33	00:05:36	facebook ads
00:05:34	00:05:38	and didn't make any sales and i think a
00:05:36	00:05:40	lot of people say stuff like this that
00:05:38	00:05:42	they tried something and it didn't work
00:05:40	00:05:44	and therefore the whole strategy
00:05:42	00:05:46	should never be used you could say the
00:05:44	00:05:46	same thing for weight loss i tried to
00:05:46	00:05:49	lose weight
00:05:46	00:05:51	and it didn't work or i tried to invest
00:05:49	00:05:53	in stoks and it didn't work
00:05:51	00:05:54	or i tried to grow vegetables and it
00:05:53	00:05:56	didn't work if you are
00:05:54	00:05:58	simply just throwing seeds in the ground
00:05:56	00:05:59	in a random spot
00:05:58	00:06:01	and in that soil there's a whole bunch
00:05:59	00:06:03	of rocks and bugs and maybe
00:06:01	00:06:05	every time something grows a little
00:06:03	00:06:06	animal comes by and eats it you're not
00:06:05	00:06:07	going to get
00:06:06	00:06:09	the results that you want the same is
00:06:07	00:06:11	true with facebook ads you should not
00:06:09	00:06:13	view your facebook ad account like a
00:06:11	00:06:15	slot machine where you put some money in
00:06:13	00:06:17	pull the lever and hope for the best you
00:06:15	00:06:19	have to remember that this is
00:06:17	00:06:20	actual advertising these are real people
00:06:19	00:06:23	and if what you're showing them
00:06:20	00:06:24	is no good no matter what you do with
00:06:23	00:06:25	your strategy it's not going to work you
00:06:24	00:06:27	have to also make sure that your
00:06:25	00:06:28	targeting is good you have to also make
00:06:27	00:06:30	sure
00:06:28	00:06:32	that the way that you set up your ad is
00:06:30	00:06:33	effective to get people to click it and
00:06:32	00:06:36	it's something that is
00:06:33	00:06:38	in reality not very difficult to do in
00:06:36	00:06:38	fact getting traffic to your store from
00:06:38	00:06:40	a facebook ad
00:06:38	00:06:42	is probably one of the easiest things
00:06:40	00:06:43	that you can do when you're on shopify
00:06:42	00:06:44	the hard part
00:06:43	00:06:47	is actually creating a product that
00:06:44	00:06:47	somebody wants to buy but that's a topic
00:06:47	00:06:49	for
00:06:47	00:06:50	another video this post here is
00:06:49	00:06:52	basically toking about the passive
00:06:50	00:06:54	income that one can make
00:06:52	00:06:56	on redbubble that they cannot make on
00:06:54	00:06:58	shopify and anytime
00:06:56	00:07:00	i see someone say the words passive
00:06:58	00:07:02	income i cringe
00:07:00	00:07:03	just a little bit mainly because i think
00:07:02	00:07:05	when beginners
00:07:03	00:07:06	see that word they envision themselves
00:07:05	00:07:09	sitting on a beach somewhere
00:07:06	00:07:10	on their laptop drinking a fancy drink
00:07:09	00:07:11	or something like that while their bank
00:07:10	00:07:12	account
00:07:11	00:07:14	is just growing and they're not doing
00:07:12	00:07:15	anything to make it happen the truth is
00:07:14	00:07:17	in my opinion
00:07:15	00:07:19	is that true passive income does not
00:07:17	00:07:21	exist anybody that gets to the point
00:07:19	00:07:23	with teespring or amazon
00:07:21	00:07:25	where they are generating a lot of sales
00:07:23	00:07:27	has put in a
00:07:25	00:07:28	ton of work they have uploaded hundreds
00:07:27	00:07:30	of designs they have spent hours
00:07:28	00:07:32	researching things
00:07:30	00:07:33	they have even paid somebody to make the
00:07:32	00:07:35	designs for them they are just at a
00:07:33	00:07:35	point now where the designs are out
00:07:35	00:07:37	there
00:07:35	00:07:39	and they are selling my biggest case
00:07:37	00:07:40	here is that the same effort that would
00:07:39	00:07:42	be required
00:07:40	00:07:44	in order to make that happen on one of
00:07:42	00:07:45	these platforms if you put that into
00:07:44	00:07:48	learning facebook ads and learning
00:07:45	00:07:50	shopify and mastering organic traffic
00:07:48	00:07:51	from instagram if you put that same
00:07:50	00:07:53	effort into that
00:07:51	00:07:55	you'd probably end up in a better spot
00:07:53	00:07:55	than if you had put the same time and
00:07:55	00:07:58	effort
00:07:55	00:07:59	into teespring in amazon or redbubble my
00:07:58	00:08:01	point being
00:07:59	00:08:03	is that both options whether you're
00:08:01	00:08:05	going on teespring
00:08:03	00:08:06	and redbubble and merch by amazon
00:08:05	00:08:09	compared to shopify
00:08:06	00:08:10	both strategies can work it's just about
00:08:09	00:08:13	the long-term potential
00:08:10	00:08:15	success in my opinion so here's my main
00:08:13	00:08:16	point with these two videos right i made
00:08:15	00:08:17	this video that you're watching right
00:08:16	00:08:18	now
00:08:17	00:08:20	and i made the other one where i was
00:08:18	00:08:22	recommending shopify last week basically
00:08:20	00:08:24	there are two strategies right you can
00:08:22	00:08:25	upload a ton of designs to one of these
00:08:24	00:08:27	platforms
00:08:25	00:08:29	and then hope for some organic traffic
00:08:27	00:08:31	to come to your store or your page or
00:08:29	00:08:33	whatever they're called listings i think
00:08:31	00:08:35	and get people to buy from you that way
00:08:33	00:08:36	or you could start your own shopify
00:08:35	00:08:38	store
00:08:36	00:08:39	build your brand focus on growing a
00:08:38	00:08:42	community on instagram
00:08:39	00:08:43	and then scale with facebook ads if
00:08:42	00:08:45	you're using teespring amazon or
00:08:43	00:08:47	redbubble there's essentially no startup
00:08:45	00:08:50	cost because those places do not have a
00:08:47	00:08:52	monthly fee where shopify does have a 29
00:08:50	00:08:54	a month minimum to actually use the
00:08:52	00:08:55	platform if you're going to use
00:08:54	00:08:56	redbubble or one of those platforms what
00:08:55	00:08:58	you would do
00:08:56	00:09:00	is immediately start trying to make as
00:08:58	00:09:02	many designs as possible you would then
00:09:00	00:09:04	upload them to all of those platforms
00:09:02	00:09:06	and just hope that you're going to get
00:09:04	00:09:08	organic traffic coming to your listings
00:09:06	00:09:10	with shopify the strategy
00:09:08	00:09:12	would be to pick a passionate niche make
00:09:10	00:09:13	five or so products that you think are
00:09:12	00:09:15	awesome and begin
00:09:13	00:09:16	trying to sell them with facebook ads
00:09:15	00:09:18	simultaneously
00:09:16	00:09:20	you could create an instagram account
00:09:18	00:09:22	and begin posting photos and videos that
00:09:20	00:09:24	people in your niche would like
00:09:22	00:09:25	and then over time sprinkle in photos of
00:09:24	00:09:26	some of the products you sell and if you
00:09:25	00:09:28	put the link
00:09:26	00:09:30	in your bio people are going to click it
00:09:28	00:09:31	and come to your store
00:09:30	00:09:33	and fingers crossed they're going to buy
00:09:31	00:09:35	from you of course this is a
00:09:33	00:09:37	super simplified breakdown and really
00:09:35	00:09:39	this just comes from me
00:09:37	00:09:41	assessing the print-on-demand community
00:09:39	00:09:42	at large and just the amount of
00:09:41	00:09:44	successful sellers
00:09:42	00:09:46	that i see on redbubble merch by amazon
00:09:44	00:09:48	teespring compared to those
00:09:46	00:09:50	that i have seen that have been able to
00:09:48	00:09:52	create profitable brands on shopify
00:09:50	00:09:54	is vastly different honestly the only
00:09:52	00:09:54	people that i see making any sort of
00:09:54	00:09:56	money
00:09:54	00:09:58	on redbubble or merch by amazon are
00:09:56	00:10:00	those that are actually
00:09:58	00:10:02	making youtube videos or teaching people
00:10:00	00:10:04	how to do it i don't see
00:10:02	00:10:05	many beginners actually starting
00:10:04	00:10:07	redbubble or merch by amazon
00:10:05	00:10:09	or teespring that are making great money
00:10:07	00:10:11	in contrast i see
00:10:09	00:10:12	a lot of people that are starting a
00:10:11	00:10:14	shopify print on demand store
00:10:12	00:10:16	and they're turning it into something
00:10:14	00:10:18	that can actually provide them
00:10:16	00:10:20	with quote-unquote passive income when
00:10:18	00:10:22	it comes down to it if you get to the
00:10:20	00:10:24	point where you have hundreds of designs
00:10:22	00:10:25	on redbubble or teespring or amazon and
00:10:24	00:10:27	they are selling
00:10:25	00:10:29	i think a better scenario for you would
00:10:27	00:10:31	be if you invested the time
00:10:29	00:10:32	into learning how to do facebook ads
00:10:31	00:10:33	building your shopify print on demand
00:10:32	00:10:35	store
00:10:33	00:10:37	and having your brand on instagram i
00:10:35	00:10:37	think that would be a better long-term
00:10:37	00:10:39	goal
00:10:37	00:10:41	it really just comes down to how much
00:10:39	00:10:43	effort you want to put into this and
00:10:41	00:10:45	what skills you are willing to master
00:10:43	00:10:47	so let me know down in the comments what
00:10:45	00:10:50	you guys think if you agree
00:10:47	00:10:50	or if you hate me okay bye