#sell the others if i ordered some from stickermule

[infodumped]

hmmm...... considering making mtl stickers that would include that nathan i drew ... i have some other ideas and if ppl wanted then i'd maybe order some stickers if there was interest....

[kokobugfromspace]

Eventually I would love to sell posters and stickers, I printed out my order through StickerMule!! ☺️ my holiday lights kind of spiced up the lighting ^o^

These are some of the others I printed through them + the first Tenacious Bowser from my local Walgreens!

[skunkes]

sorry if you’ve answered this before but can i ask what ur process is for making stickers? i would love to make my own but i never understood how ppl make them independently outside of using sites like redbubble where they print/ship the stickers for you ^^; do you order batches through stickermule or a similar site? or is there a way to produce them at home?

Yes! There is a way to produce em at home but I feel i dont make enough stickers that wld sell really really well to justify the cost, + i do not have insider knowledge on that part as i do not make them myself, sorry ^_^

Up to now i have used 3 separate places for stickers, ill probably add limks when im on web.

Read more is bc i am going into depth on the sites ive used and my experience + how you navigate em, bc i know i always like a lot of info on ths sort of stuff, feel free to ask more questions if you'd like to know anything else ^_^

V/ograce:

✨ Vo/grace is the cheapest of all options I'll be listing, and the trade off is it'll take about a month or longer for them to produce the sticker + for it to arrive to you.

✨ They have lots of options other sites dont (sparkle star and heart holo patterns i love so munch!) but they dont have a matte option iirc. Still good and varied! Ive enjoyed the quality + recently they've improved the...color printing?

✨ You upload files on the item page (its best to label em by Amount You Want + Size to make it easier for them (like CowboySticker_50pc_2inches)) + they later email you with a digital proof of how the outlines are and you can ask them to change it then, otherwiae minimal contact (if the proof is good you just say "yes its good to go!")

✨ Only thing here is sometimes proofs can be confusing (i ordered a sticker meant to be holo on 2 areas. They ended up not being holo at all, and i could not tell from the proofs lol like there was no indicator that theyd end up not holo :( ), and then it's hard to get things fixed if youre on a deadline (like ppl who make stickers for cons) bc itd take another month for the fixed ones to get to you

I use vo/grace when i rlly want a sparkle star or heart holo design, or lots of designs that fit within the materials they have ^_^ they also only have like a 10 sticker minimum order quantity (MOQ) i believe?? So you have to order 50 stickers at minimum but you can make them be 5 different designs of 10 iirc

Stic/kerapp:

🌷 Stick/erapp has the best/my favorite sticker UI out of the sites Ive used, you upload your file and theres an editor where you can decide how big you want the border of your sticker, what color, you can adjust how big you want em to be, + other things, so you don't have to wait for a digital proof

🌷 I've had good experiences w them and the cost is good but I havent used em in a while, and last i heard they are getting a lot of attention rn due to increased popularity, which has led to them getting some orders wrong, which is ok, but I've also seen people say customer support for this has not been great recently, so I am...not completely advocating against em but I'm avoiding em for the moment until things mybe calm down? But thats bc im not a risk taker urnshfksjf

🌷 I rlly do hope things are resolved soon bc they also have some special sticker materials that other sites dont have that id love to experiment with, but its not like. A NEED ^_^

Cant remember the MOQ here but i think its also 50. I think the base MOQ for sticker sites is 50

Stick/erninja:

🌈 Sti/ckerninja is a small local business in portland iirc. I used them for my most recent sticker (be my cowboy) bc I wanted it to be matte and Vog/race doesnt have matte sticker yet! I like their UI and the way they have options and materials set up. You upload your file (all these sites specify which they accept btw ^_^) and it gives you a little mini thumbnail on what it'll look like. This is good bc I actually had some file issues and I was able to see the file i uploaded messed up the colors! So i was able to fix it before purchasing.

🌈 They give you an estimated shipping time + some time later you'll get an email with digital proof and dimensions, if there are issues you can contact them and if not you just approve on a little menu in your account ^_^ iirc they also give discounts for specific designs and are vocal about supporting things like blm which is epic to me ^_^ my experience with them was quite nice + I think prices are similar to stick/erapp.

✨ Again I'm not a big risk taker and my stuff always flops so I usually stick to vogr/ace for the cost bc I have the time/dont do cons or anything w a deadline ^_^ mybe you cld start there if you wanna start out without investing a lot of money!

🌈 I rlly rlly liked matte sticker feeling so until vo/grace adds that I'm doing that much on stick/erninja! But i use both of these interchangeably atm!

🌷 I wld check each of em out for materials to see which you like too bc they all have their own special ones i think. I think stick/erapp has a lot of options ppl enjoy, but no sparkle holo like vo/grace. Sticke/rninja has blacklight florescent sticker options! Etc

I havent tried other sites as theyre usually more expensive hdhskfjskd ^_^ but yeag!

[laytontreasures]

Hello Artists!!

Have you ever wanted to make and sell your own merch but don't know how? Well, here are a few websites that I hope you will find useful.

1. Redbubble

Probably the most famous site on the list, and for good reason. All you need to do is upload your artwork, choose what items you want and bingo! You don't need to worry about making anything or selling anything because it's all done for you. You can sell your art as t-shirts, mugs, posters, cards, books, stickers, clocks, etc. The stuff is all good quality and your customers will be happy with the results.

2. Zap! Creatives

Redbubble's cool, but if you're interested in making charms and buttons then this is the site for you. Zap! Creatives can take your art and transform it into buttons, pins, phone straps, standees, charms, keychains, stickers, etc. There are many material and colour options to choose from to make it really stand out.

3. Stickermule

Like the others, this site can be used to make stickers and magnets, etc. But what really stands out to me is that you can design custom packaging and labels. This can be used to add a personal touch to your parcels and make them look special for the customer.

4. Vistaprint

So you've made your merch. Now you need a business card. (Well you don't need one but it's cool to have) You can hand it out at cons, put it with people's orders, whatever you want to do. That way people will remember you and you want that. Vistaprint is a good site to use. There are many templates you can use to help you make it perfect. Or you can just wing it. You can upload your art, make it glossy or matt, give it rounded edges, the lot. Simple to use but with great results.

5. Etsy

So you've got everything ready. Now you need a place to sell it. If you make fan merch, you can get a stall at a con and sell stuff there. If not, Etsy is probably the most well known site to sell handmade/custom items. I check out what's new pretty much all the time. Of course, there are plenty of other sites, like Shopify, BigCartel, Storenvy, etc. It's really up to personal preference where you go.

I hope this has been helpful in some way to any future creator's. I'd love to see what you make!

There are probably more websites to help, so if you know any feel free to add on.

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[mytheetarecold]

Part 2: Prepping the wares

Seeing as FallingMist was fresh out of Quebec’s Francisation program, we decided to put aside her job search for now so that she could pump out a lot of fanart of popular characters that she liked, in record time. Her productivity was impressive! By the time the convention rolled around, she had 5 large prints, 5 medium prints and 4 small prints, each with unique artwork. Only a few of these were old artwork which she had adjusted and detailed for printing.

Pictured above: FallingMist’s art of Tsuyu from Boku no Hero Academia

Pictured above: FallingMist’s art of Carole and Tuesday from the anime of the same name.

As for me, to keep the winds of inspiration blowing at my back and not against me, I could only make artwork that I myself wished to own. Otherwise, my comparatively lower art speed coupled with my lower availability would have made my art productivity abysmal! This resulted in mostly Monster Hunter (a video game) related wares. Despite my efforts, I was not able to finish everything I had meant to do.

Pictured above: Mythee’s unused sketch of Oricorio, a bird pokemon. It would have been part of a series of pokemon for sale.

Without the luxury of time, we could not order anything from Alibaba or Aliexpress; we had to go for the more expensive and faster options, such as local printing (we used Costco for prints) and StickerMule for stickers and magnets.

Pictured above: Cost reduction 101, put as many stickers as you can on a single giant kiss cut sticker sheet! Wind spent hours cutting them into a more easily transported size. The sticker art was done by Mythee.

Pictured above: Cost reduction 101: If more than one print can fit on one sheet, then… you get the idea! These are Mythee’s prints of Odogaron and Legiana in the style of japanese sleeve tattoos.

Pictured above: To the left are 5x5 prints of Mythee’s rendition of the Expanding Brain Meme using Rimuru, the slime from Reincarnated as a Slime. To the right are four postcard-sized artworks by FallingMist.

Pictured above: A collaborative piece between Mythee, who drew Tako the cat from Devilman crybaby, and FallingMist, who did most of the background.

When I saw FallingMist throw away this most excellent background that she was dissatisfied with, I rescued it into a collab.

Pictured above: Cardboard sheets in clear plastic bags.

There are pros and cons to using Costco Print Centre. One of the big pros is the packaging which is provided for each print, which we could then provide for our customers to transport the prints they bought from us. The cost is lower than other local print stores, as well, and you are guaranteed to get your prints the next day. The cons are that the print quality seemed to suffer -immensely- on the largest size prints (36x24), and that the colors might not be the exact same between each print run (there was a noticeable difference between batches). Especially avoid their ‘Auto-adjust’ option, which darkens everything considerably!

Two other important aspects of this are order quantity and pricing.

Following the advice of artists we knew online, we only ordered between 4-10 copies of each product.

As for pricing, we initially tried to price things so that if we sold only a third of what we had ordered, we could make back the cost of printing them. However, we ended up lowering the prices more to match what we were seeing in Artist’s Alley.

For instance, initially, we were pricing our large posters at 25$ like everyone around us, but after I had time to walk around Artist’s Alley, I noticed that only the booths around us had the 25$ price; other booths had posters of the same size for 15$. Such a marked difference would definitely bias customers against our wares, and we regrettably only lowered our prices to 15$/large print on the third and final day, which is when they suddenly began selling. No wonder!

Pictured above: Some Lilies comic anthology volumes!

The easiest part of product acquisition was Lilies Anthology, the LBTAQ+ positive women’s romance anthology we’ve been guest editors and artists for. As part of the art collective who created them, we had the rights to get them printed for at production price and sell them at retail price. We consulted other artists who had sold volumes at conventions in the past. They stated that on average it seems like 2 of them sell per volume, so this is what we ordered- 2 per volume! With the exception of Lily Bulb, the volume we guest edited, for which we ordered 2 color copies to sell in addition to the rest, which were all in Black and White.

Pictured above: FallingMist putting holographic foil on Mythee’s Slime stickers, surrounded by colorful folders that Wind had packed with all of the other stickers.

FallingMist had the most glorious idea to turn the expanding slime meme holographic. The two of us only added the holographic adhesive to large-sized stickers, and it turned out to be something with a learning curve. For future note, holographic film adhesive does tend to make it more difficult to see the artwork, so it is better suited to high-contrast art with thick lines than art with subtle gradations and thin lines. It is also easy to end up with bubbles in the sticker if not pressed carefully, and difficult enough to cut a perfect circle that using it for circular stickers is a bad idea. But if nothing else, the stickers were sparkling-desu, and we enjoyed setting our eyes on them.

Finally, we were also going to take commissions, but hadn’t had time to prepare samples- so these would be created later, while we were sitting at our booth. Part 1: The Otakuthon Art Journey begins Part 2: Prepping the wares Part 3: Build-a-booth

[thebladevsnature]

Own T shirt Brand , How?

We work with a lot of great people across the country, print custom clothing for their companies and non-profit organizations, but we also have the great privilege of helping other people go beyond just clothing for an event or team, to help launch their own clothing line. In fact, we are asked to print for so many starting clothing brands that we wanted to create a quick peat leaf from our Top 4 tips for starting our own clothing brand based on countless conversations over the years. We hope you find it useful ... and that your own line of t-shirts / clothing will inflate if you follow these tips! 1- Keep your costs low! Serious. It is absolutely not necessary to spend a lot of money when you launch your own line of t-shirts or clothing ... and you do not have to buy items from 500 to 1000 as \\\\\\\\ legitimate. We recommend starting small and focusing on quality for quantity. When we say 'quality', we mean the quality of the shirt and the quality of the ink. Your brand must be consistent, so we recommend using a nicer T-shirt and minimal ink colors (to keep costs low compared to adding more ink colors). You can advertise the fabric mix and how soft it is - and people will notice it too! If you want to see some of the options of our favorite t-shirts and ink processes, you can buy one of our trial kits with soft T-shirts to make the decision process easier. And before you decide to buy hundreds or thousands of clothes, you can start getting smaller to see what people really think (I know, it's crazy to hear us NOT spend a lot of money, but we want to see you WIN do not break!). Simply creating a Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest page for your new clothing line and placing preliminary images can go a long way, because you can measure interest and keep your inventory before you order.

2 - customized, adapted, adapted (logos, labels and bags) Logo - Choose the right logo and design for your new brand. You can go somewhere like 99Designs.com to design logos or t-shirt designs, you can use a freelance designer or you can do it yourself, but think of a good design. Your first customers can buy the shirts because they are your friends, but outside of your friends you'd better have a cool design or mission behind the brand. Selling stories, so creating a brand with a story behind it (and a mission to focus on) can go a long way with people. Again, your family and friends are likely to purchase a shirt from your obligation, but you must go further. Make something worthwhile to give and share about ... and make something that people think is cool. First consider placing a picture of the shirt on Facebook, Instagram or other social media (and asking if people would actually buy it), and then adjust the question and go from there. Labels and labels - Do not settle for Canvas, Next Level, American Apparel or other brands on your shirts. You can easily mark your shirts $ 5- $ 10 or more if you have your own tags on the shirts. A few places where you can search for custom tags are: The Dutch Label Shop, Wunderlabel or ClothingLabels4u. In each of these places you can buy the shirts from us, buy the labels from them and then quickly sew the labels as soon as you receive the shirts. You may have to buy a few hundred labels at the front, but that's good ... just keep them handy when the orders arrive and quickly sew them in when the orders arrive. Another good option is to make a heat pressag. Here are a few places where you can search for vinyl with a heat press or logos with screen printing that can be cut out, and applied to the inner neck of your shirts: Heat Press Nation or FM Expressions. Bags - Consider the presentation of your brand. We have our Monster Pack poly bags from StickerMule and LOVE them. They are cheap, but you put your best foot forward when you have to send a shirt. 3- Make it a party One of the best ways to show that your brand is relevant and cool is that people actually touch, feel and see it. So you have to think of a way to get people around your clothing line ... and in the age of social media this will also create opportunities for your first fans to share their experiences through photos and video. If you create a start event for your clothing line, you can not only create a nice buzz, but you will also get valuable pictures of your clothes that are shown while people wear them. Here are a few of our best ideas for a successful launch party: - Create an online event and invite friends. - Costs to participate, so that you can pay part of the costs of food / drinks. But do not stop eating, if you launch a clothing line, would not it be great if people really wear your stuff or keep it at the launch? Including the option to buy a t-shirt or sweater as an add-on in the ticket price, this can stimulate initial sales and create more photo opportunities with people carrying your new merch! - Create opportunities for the best photos and let people feel like celebrities one night. Give a step and repeat so that everyone can make his photo with your brand behind it. - Talk about why you decided to start your own clothing line ... but do not play your own horn. Let someone else draw attention, imagine and encourage people to buy merch ... then you just talk about the fun stuff. From there you can be creative and have fun. If people have fun, they will probably buy earlier ... and if you can make a great first party, you can also make a good second party or a future! 4- Sell them online As we mentioned in the first point, before you go insane, try to create a custom e-commerce site and get a mortgage on your property for the inventory, starting with a small question and question. Place some photos of the mockups of the t-shirt on social media and receive feedback. See what people really think. Then invest in the right amount of t-shirts / garments that you feel financially comfortable. To make selling easier, however, you must get an e-commerce site. Our only and only suggestion for this is Shopify. You can start your site for free for 14 days to try it out and then sign up for the service at super fast speed every month. Serious !!! Just do this and do not waste time searching. We do not transfer money to Shopify - we just love them and have actually built this site on Shopify (with some custom devs). Make your life easy and focus on selling the shirts ... not hosting a website, buying an SSL or anything else that most web companies need. https://atlantatshirtkings.blogspot.com/ https://www.reddit.com/user/atlantatshirtkings https://atlantatshirtkings.tumblr.com/post/172341149246/atlanta-t-shirt-kings-is-georgias-most-advance

[societykillmyvibes]

Start your own T-shirt Brand

We work with many amazing people across the country, printing custom clothing for their businesses and non-profit organizations, but we also have the privilege of helping others go beyond clothing for an event. or a team. their own clothing line. In fact, we are invited to print for as many brands of boot clothing, as we wanted to put together a quick cheat sheet of our top 4 tips to start your own brand of clothing based on countless conversations over the years. We hope you find this useful ... and that your own line of t-shirts / clothes will explode if you follow these tips! 1- Keep your cost low! Seriously. There is absolutely no need to spend a ton of money when you start your own line of t-shirts or clothes ... and you do not need to buy 500-1000 clothes to be legit. We suggest starting small and focusing on quality before quantity. When we say quality, we are talking about the quality of the shirt and the quality of the ink. Your brand must be built on consistency, so we suggest you go with a nicer t-shirt and a minimum of ink colors (to reduce costs compared to adding more ink colors) . You will be able to announce the mix of fabrics and how soft it is, and people will notice it too! If you'd like to see some of our favorite t-shirts and ink treatment options, get one of our Soft T-Shirt sample packs to make the decision. And before you decide to buy hundreds or thousands of clothes, maybe start smaller to see what people really think (I know, it's crazy to hear us urge you not to spend a lot of money, but we want to see you!). Simply creating a Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest page for your new clothing line, then displaying preliminary images can go a long way because you can actually measure the interest and prescribe the inventory before ordering anything.

2- Custom, personalized, personalized (Logos, labels and bags) Logo- Get the right logo and design for your new brand. You can go somewhere like 99Designs.com to help design logos or t-shirt designs, you can use an independent designer or you can do it yourself, but come with a good design. Your first customers might buy the shirts because they are your friends, but beyond your friends, it's best to have a cool design or a mission behind the brand. Stories are selling, so creating a brand with a story behind it (and a mission towards which to tend) can go a long way with people. Again, your family and friends will probably buy you a mandatory shirt, but you must aim beyond them. Doing something that is worth worrying about and sharing ... and doing something that people think is cool. Remember to post a photo of the shirt on Facebook, Instagram or other social media first (and ask if people would actually buy it), then dictate the request and leave from there. Labels and Labels - Do not just canvas, Next Level, American Apparel or other brands on your shirts. You can easily mark your shirts $ 5 - $ 10 or more if you have your own labels on the shirts. Some places you can search for custom labels include: The Dutch Label Shop, Wunderlabel or ClothingLabels4u. With each of these places, you can buy the shirts from us, buy the labels from them, and then quickly sew the labels once you receive the shirts. They could buy you a few hundred labels in advance, but it does not matter ... keep them on hand when orders arrive and you sew them quickly as you go. as orders arrive. Another great option is to preheatss label. Here are some places where you can look for hot press or silkscreen logos that can be cut, and applied inside the collar of your shirts: Heat Press Nation or FM Expressions. Bags-Consider the presentation of your brand. In fact, we bought our poly bags at StickerMule and we love them. They are inexpensive, but put your best foot when you need to ship a shirt. 3- Have a party One of the best ways to show that your brand is relevant and cool is to make it feel, feel and see. So, you need to find a way to get people around your clothing line ... and in the social media age, it will also create opportunities for your first fans to share their experiences through photos and videos . Creating a launch event for your clothing line can not only create a buzz, but allow you to showcase valuable photos of your clothes, along with the people who wear it. Here are some of our best ideas for a successful launch party: - Create an online event and invite friends. - Charge to attend that you can cover a portion of the food / drink fee. But do not stop at the food, if you start a line of clothes, would not it be great to have people carrying your stuff, or holding them at launch? Including the possibility of buying a t-shirt or sweatshirt in the ticket price as an additional element can lead to initial sales and create more photo opportunities with people who actually wear your new merch! - Create opportunities for the best photos and make people feel like celebrities for one night. Take a step back and repeat so everyone can take their picture with your brand. - Talk about why you decided to create your own clothing line ... but do not wear your own horn. Ask someone else to get the crowd's attention, to introduce you and to encourage people to buy merch ... so you're just talking about fun things. From there, be creative and most of all have fun with it. If people are having fun, they are more likely to buy ... and if you can create a good first game, you will be able to create a good second part or eventually! Some T-shirt Collection https://s.nimbusweb.me/share/1201086/z5ev4qiiuw8hr3e8gpx8/906803-pimJ71eIuGUArBp9 https://s.nimbusweb.me/share/1201086/z5ev4qiiuw8hr3e8gpx8/906803-u1dd6DnZMe9Lm3xF https://s.nimbusweb.me/share/1201086/z5ev4qiiuw8hr3e8gpx8/906803-aSXvxeRQzTeDQDVS 4- Sell them online As we said in the first point, before you go crazy trying to make a custom eCommerce site and mortgage your house on inventory, start small and measure the demand. Try posting some photos of t-shirt mockups on social networks and get feedback. See what people really think. Then invest in the right amount of t-shirts / clothes with which you feel financially comfortable. To facilitate the sale, you must obtain an e-commerce site. Our one and only suggestion is Shopify. You can launch your site for free for 14 days to try it, then sign up for service at a super low rate each month. Seriously!!! Do it and do not waste time looking further. We do not make money by referring to Shopify - we love them and build this site on Shopify (with some custom developers). Make life easier and focus on selling shirts ... do not host a website, buy SSL or anything else that most Web businesses require.