New to it all.

Can procreate be used for creating art posters?

Just a little encouragement for anyone still building their store and wondering if all the work is worth it… Last night I was packing for a long-haul flight when an order came through for one of my regular prints. The artwork was already with Print Shrimp, so I imported the order, paid through my wallet and carried on packing. Order 1. A couple of hours’ sleep later, driving to the airport when another order came in. This time it was a brand-new design that I hadn’t uploaded the artwork to PS yet. Order 2. I checked in my bags, found a quiet corner at the airport, resized the artwork on my phone, uploaded it to Print Shrimp and got the order sorted before boarding my flight. When I landed after the first leg, I discovered I’d sold a digital download while I was in the air. Even better, nothing to do! Order 3. Then another customer bought three prints. Two were already uploaded, but the 3rd was a new design so found a quiet corner in the lounge -and resized the missing artwork on my phone, uploaded it and got the order into production before catching my next flight.Order 4,5 and 6 ! And that’s when it really struck me. 6 Orders and my little business travelled with me. No stockroom, no packing boxes and no trips to the post office. Just my phone, my artwork and Print Shrimp taking care of the printing, packing and shipping. There is a HUGE amount of work involved in building your store and getting everything set up, and there have definitely been moments when I’ve wondered what on earth I’m doing! But this is the payoff. While I was packing, driving, sleeping and flying across the world, my shop just kept going. So for anyone still knee-deep in creating, resizing, uploading and wondering whether all those hours are worth it - just keep going. You’re not just building a shop. You’re building yourself a little bit of freedom. ❤️

Nearly all of us here are selling AI products. As it stands Etsy doesn’t really highlight or put any tags on AI posters so people know they are AI. Do you ever worry that this will change & massively effect sales. I ask because I’ve just come from an Etsy Reddit forum and Etsy are asking people why they don’t shop more often on their site and most people are checking the box “ I don’t know what’s AI and what’s not”. Do you think we could be seeing some backlash in the near future.

Yep, cant believe it...... Had my etsy store for a number of years now trying various things and following different strategies and people and getting I think, 2 sales. HOWEVER after following Toms FREE info and giving this a go, my first sale has come through on the eve of 30/08/26 after me joining Print shrimp early July. So just over a month and 100 posters uploaded, I get my first sale. Awesome and such a positive direction. Keep building and keep going.