Hi everyone! 🙌 This is an exciting space and it's fantastic to see so many new faces jumping into the print-on-demand poster space! _However_, because it sits right at the intersection of e-commerce, digital design, and web technology, it can have a surprisingly steep learning curve- take extra care if you're green to this or don't consider yourself to be particularly techie. Lately, a few of us who have been navigating the technical side for a while have noticed a lot of newcomers hitting some of the exact same roadblocks. To help save everyone time and back-forth—and to make sure you’re setting yourself up to get on (roughly - it's never 100% smooth) the path you want to be on—I wanted to share a quick overview of the baseline technical aspects that really need to be understood first. 1. Skool Forum Basics Threading & Direct Replies: On these forums, always use the direct Reply button on a specific comment that you're posting a response to, rather than posting a new standalone thread/message. This keeps conversations linked and ensures the person you are talking to gets notified. 👍 2. Image & File Fundamentals Resolution & DPI: Knowing the difference between screen resolution (72 DPI) and print resolution (300 DPI at full physical dimensions). Your 7020 x 9930 pixel file for printing 300 DPI on A1 (or still a respectable ~200 DPI on A0) will make your printed chipolata look like a jumbo plantain when zoomed to 100% on even a retina display (a retina display is a posh one on a MacBook where things look MEGA sharp). File Formats: Knowing that you're dealing with PNG and JPG formats predominantly, and what those entail. (Tip, PNGs tend to have huge file sizes because there's no loss in quality at all, whereas JPGs are more manageable because you might lose a tiny amount of detail zoomed in, the kind you won't notice on a poster). 3. Data & Asset Management Uploading & Aspect Ratios: Matching design aspect ratios (e.g., 2:3, 3:4) to specific poster sizes so designs aren't cropped or stretched incorrectly. Yes folks, it's 100% up to you, to provide the busy folks at PrintShrimp with the correct sizes to begin with!

Hi guys, Just after some advice... I have made a set of 2prints and uploaded them separately to my Print Shimp files but what do I do about the SKUs as I have two slightly different ones for each print and I need just one to link them to my Etsy store. Or would I just have to send them over manually if someone buys it? Thank you :)

Have I missed something? I started selling from £9.99 however I see a lot more people starting from £13.99 am I missing something, or have the standards prices changed... On a similar thought... I have been thinking of changing my prices to higher prices, especially when all my art I am creating is real art.

I heard a noise on my phone about an hour ago, took a look and it said a payment of £34 had just been made to PrintShrimp. I thought yes my first sale and the payment was my purchase of the print, frame etc. Of course when I checked, there was no sale and it was merely my costs to PrintShrimp for the month :(

Good morning and hello to you all 😊. This is a bit of a long post just to warn you! I have been lurking in the background reading posts, watching videos and preparing posters since June, and finally pressed the publish button on my Etsy shop on 1st August. Well it’s an old shop, but new to the posters. I needed to do something to try and earn a bit of cash as I haven’t been able to do much work over the last year due to an injury. I came across a video of Tom explaining how you could make money from creating and selling posters and decided to give it a go! My posters are travel posters recreated from my own photos I have taken on various holidays and trips. I do love to take a photo or two! So far I have created over 250 posters, but have only managed to put 48 on Etsy so far with the room mock ups etc. I will eventually use the bulk loading tool but I’m enjoying just taking my time with them at the moment. I recently ordered a few samples directly from Printshrimp to see how the matt and satin finishes looked and what the quality of the paper was like, and I have to say that the quality of the printing and depth of colours was amazing. The matt finish was so velvety. I wasn’t sure what to expect so it was reassuring to know I have no worries about what the customer is receiving. I have now ordered 5 posters for my own home 🤦🏽‍♀️ which isn’t going to make me any money 🤣. I was going to post this yesterday and say that I needed to get more posters listed to hopefully generate a first sale, and then last night I got my first one! Unfortunately my phone was on silent so I didn’t experience the kerching 😂. But that has given me the boost to get on and list more and see what happens! So this post is to say hello and say a big thanks to Printshrimp for the great job they are doing. I haven’t come across another POD company that is so free with their information and has a community like this. It’s fun reading all the posts and you soon get to know who has been on here a while and is a font of knowledge! It’s great that everyone is so helpful because I have definitely found some aspects of the process confusing and the answers have usually been on here somewhere.