A POD supplier is a print on demand company that help you fulfill the orders that you get thru your online store. They print the design on the product you sell and ship it to your customer with your own branding on the package.
For all these POD supplier you’ll need a place where to list your products for sale. That can be either on a marketplace or on your own website using an e-commerce platform to build your website with.
Most of them integrate with a marketplace or an e-commerce platform. This would help automate the order process. When you have the POD supplier connected to your shop and someone places an order, the POD supplier will take care of payment, placing the order and even message the customer when the item has been shipped.
Even though there will be a POD supplier that doesn’t have an integration with the marketplace / e-commerce platform that you’re using, you can still place the orders manually as you receive them.
You can and is highly recommended that you use multiple suppliers as you might prefer the quality, price and the fulfillment time better for some products or there are some products you can only find at some POD suppliers.
Great Advantages
✔ They handle for you: Printing, Fulfillment, Payment, Inventory, and Shipping
✔ White-label. Customize your products and packaging with your own branding
✔ You set the profit margins as you wish.
✔ You can choose to list it for sale anywhere you wish.
Some Inconveniences
-You take care of Customer Support & Marketing
-You pay the order with your own funds until you get the customer’s money processed and ready for withdrawal into your account. You will also be responsible for possible returns/refunds.
-Added costs like hosting, domain, Shopify, payment gateway, plugins etc if you sell via an E-Commerce platform or Marketplaces fees (listing, sales fees depending on the marketplace)
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