6 Clever places to sell your Printables 2020

clever places to sell your printables in 2020

6 Clever places to sell your Printables 2020

If you’re looking for ideas for the best places to sell your printables you have come to the right place.

If you are thinking of selling printables you need to read this post first.

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Sales tax and Printables

A Tedious but often overlooked aspect is sales tax and your shop wherever you choose to host

Don’t forget when you are considering places to sell your printables you need to take into account taxes.

Does the platform work out tax to be added to purchases for you or do you have to add either a plugin or added extra to allow this facility for the platform you want to use.

Etsy for instance collects sales tax due for you. But you should check you are covered depending on where you live.

If you live in the UK as far as I can gather you don’t need to collect sales tax until your income is over £85,000 then you need to register and collect VAT. Until then you pay your regular taxes.

If you have to pay VAT then

Selling in the uk you need to charge VAT
Selling it in the EU with someone who has a EU tax number then you don’t need to charge VAT
Equally if they don’t not have an EU tax number then you have to charge VAT
Outside of the EU then you don’t need to charge VAT.

Simple isn’t it!?!

If in doubt, seek help from an accountant because really I am no expert!

I think if I was making over £85k a year I would be retiring!

Lets get on shall we you want to know where you can sell your printables.

There are plenty of places you could sell you printables here are some of the best places to sell your printables:

Etsy

Who hasn’t heard of Etsy? It is massive! And maybe that is a good thing or a bad thing.

Just remember it is good that is large but that will mean lots more competition.

Pros

Access to large number of customers

No monthly fees

Ulimited listings

Integrated selling app and shop manager

Cons

Pay per listing

Payment processing fees can be high

Plus an additional transaction fee on every item sold

Summary Etsy is great if you are selling Printables everything is included setting up a shop is super easy but transaction fee’s will reduce your profits.

Shopify

Is incredibly popular but more expensive per month than most other ecommerce platforms. They do have lots of themes and apps which means you can really customise your shop compared to Etsy.

Another great feature is you can list unlimited products and also free SSL certificate plus you can setup a Facebook store now as well.

Pro

Free trial
Large range off apps and themes
Integrated payments accepting credit card made easy
Unlimited products on all plans

Cons

Fees can add up – monthly, app and theme see note below on payment processing
More customer service required
Generate traffic to your store
Difficult to migrate to a different platform further down the road

Summary

For an easy set up ecommerce solution give the free trial a shot. One thing to note is if you don’t accept payment via shopify payments then you will pay credit card processing fee and transaction fees. But if you accept payment via shopify payments you are only charged credit card processing fees.

If you want an all in one solution with a free trial then give shopify a go.

EKM

Like shopify EKM has lots of themes to choose from to customise your shop. All features come standard with each plan so no need to buy added apps.

Pros

All features are included on all plans prices include everything no hidden costs
Unlimited products
Payments included
No transaction fees
Add your own blog to your site
Free trial

Cons

Transactions fees for payment processing aren’t the cheapest
All plan prices are more expensive than other ecommerce sites
Because they are a UK company VAT is charged on all their plans
The more you sell the more expensive it will get

Try their free plan as it is a good alternative to shopify especially if you are UK based.

Bigcommerce

Similar to shopify and with similar prices.

Pro

No transaction fees even with third party payment gateways
Good reporting tools
Drag and drop page builder to set up the online shop
GDPR compliant
Unlimited shop items

Con

Limited on online sales at each level – exceeding them means having to upgrade to next plan
Themes are very similar

Bigcartel

Good if you want a low cost option and are a small store owner. They are geared towards creatives so they are a bit like Etsy.

Pro

Easy for beginners to use
Has the usual tools like sales analysis
Intuitive to use
Free plan for beginners – limited to 5 products

Cons

No search capabilities for in your store
Limited payment options
Few customisations for your shop
Useful if you want to try out your ideas in the free shop to see they sell

Etsy is similar to Big cartel in that they both cater towards creatives. Like shopify Big cartel allows you to set up your own shop and customize it within limits.

Own Website and Email

This is a “FREE” option if you use your website purely for blogging and affiliate marketing. You can add woocommerce to your WordPress website to get a basic shop up and running.

Pro

You control the design of your website
You control the traffic to your website
You aren’t competing with the rest of the customers to shopping platforms like Etsy
You can target your customers directly by sending emails to your subscribers

Cons

You have to generate traffic to your website
Takes time to increase your page views
You need to be able to use WordPress and set up your website – not too difficult
You have to pay for hosting and any social media schedulers

Summary

Whilst having your own website allows you creative freedom it does mean you have to do a lot to bring customers to your website.