PoD
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PoD 1.4
So as this is a multi-stream approach of small and cost effective, in fact preferably free streams it’s time to report on the others. Cafepress and Zazzle the only 2 POD sites I’m currently on are ticking along. I shut the others down due to zero sales and it wasn’t worth the effort to maintain them. Cafepress and Zazzle I run now as entirely passive, Zazzle does do much in fact I think I have £10 or something like in there this year but being entirely passive it’s not worth shutting down as a tenner free is better than nothing! Cafepress I run as almost entirely passive, I do occasionally…
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PoD 1.3
After returning from holiday to a blank Merch sales report that was a little disappointing. Also I’d had a product removed due to alleged copyright infringement, now I say alleged because I’d done my homework and checked there was no copyright. The image I used was a meme on the Parental Advisory logo which being merely black and white bars with text was deemed as not sufficiently unique to be copyright. Here is a lesson that applies to all POD sites, if there is a complaint, rightly or wrongly they will take your product down, this is because it’s not worth their while, for your little product, to argue and…
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PoD 1.2
So now I’m setting up Amazon Merch, I’ve created a few new designs in the correct size and saved them out as PNGs with transparent backgrounds. One thing I have noticed is that the interface to Merch is very simple and offers no editing facilities at all unlike Cafepress etc. The 4500px x 5400px is large and so is the area on the T-shirt so you often need to make small designs on a large template, this is where the transparency of PNG comes in handy. You can leave a lot of the area not needed as transparent and place the main design where you like in that area, so…
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PoD 1.1
So time for launch is nearly upon us, some research done, more to do, and some products and designs to create. For Cafepress, Zazzle and Amazon Merch I’m thinking of a few themes. Firstly 80s retro, Lucky Number 7, a sort of brand I’m trying to create (the theme is the number 7 but with 2 horizontal bars through the centre, making almost a currency symbol and therefore ‘lucky’), something to do with race cars, especially retro styles and colours. This appeals as the sky blue and pale orange racing colours of the seventies, plus British Racing Green with yellow stripes all evoke a nostalgic feel that I connect with.…
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Project Plan 1.9
So time for a project summary, we now have a total of 5 projects currently;
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PoD 1.0
PoD is something I’d like to progress, the idea of passive income, something often bandied about on YouTube and similar as easy money that just rolls in without effort. We all know that’s not true of course and most people will tell you that once you actually get into the video further but it is possible to generate income passively if you initially put some work in. The idea being create once, and sell many! I’ve done some PoD work as previously mentioned and had some limited success. I plan to have another crack at it, this will be a 2 pronged attack. Firstly out and out PoD, create good…
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Project Plan 1.6
Looking at online POD first I need to look into alternatives to Cafepress and boost my images or redraw my images, in fact for a fresh start I will do that. So now to brainstorm any ideas. Cafepress seems to lean heavily to the US market and many of the items feature college football, army or military themes ‘support our boys’ etc. This doesn’t interest me and they say stick to what you know and your strengths so computer/geek themes spring to mind. Here I need to say a little about copyright and Intellectual Property or IP. It is very hard to think of an image, phrase or logo that…