So, as I just said at the end of the last lecture in this lecture, we're going to install an app called
Printify.
So let's click on apps.
And then in the search bar type in Printify where you might see it come up in the list here.
Or perhaps you'll need to go and search for it directly on the App Store, but either way, just click
on one of the results, which will take you to the home page for the Printify Print on Demand app,
where you can see straight away that this is a very well respected app with almost 7000 reviews at the
time of recording.
And if I scroll down right to the bottom here, you can see that this app has been around for a very
long time.
Okay.
So let's go ahead and actually install this.
So of course scrolling back up to the top and clicking on the install button.
And then on the install button.
Once again the first thing I'll need to do is to sign up.
So I'll put in my email which of course is info at BestBuy bargains.com.
I'll then go ahead and select a password and then click on Sign up.
It then presents me with a small questionnaire.
Now don't worry if the questionnaire doesn't exactly look like this.
It's going to change from time to time.
And also it's really not that important because at the end of the day, it's simply for their internal
marketing purposes.
But nevertheless let's go through this process.
So as you can see it says welcome.
What brings you to Printify.
So let me just select the first one, click on next.
Then for what best describes you.
Well of course we're building a business so I will select that click on next once again.
Then in terms of what we already have experience with I'll just select I'm just starting out.
You might want to click others.
And then for where I would like to sell.
Well ultimately of course we want to sell globally.
So I'll check this box click on next.
And then to the final question where it says how did you hear about us?
Well, I suggest you simply click on Shopify and then on the complete button bringing you to the Printify
app itself.
Now, in this lecture, and in order for you to learn everything that you need to know in order to get
started with Printify, I'm going to focus primarily on the catalog and my products because as you'll
see in a minute, we're actually going to create our very first product and add it to the store.
And then later on in the course, I'll show you what happens when somebody buys that product from your
store and therefore how you go about actually making the order.
And so let's get started with the catalog.
So going up to the catalog I'll click on this little arrow where you can immediately see that there's
a fantastic range of products to choose from, allowing you to create your completely unique design.
And so that's what I'm going to do, because I'm going to create a t shirt.
And on that t shirt, I'm going to put the logo for Best Bark Barque bargains.
A completely unique design that also helps me build my brand.
Now, the process that I'm going to show you is more or less the same for any product that you might
want to create with Printify, meaning that once you understand how to create one product, it's really
simple to create any other products that you may wish.
Okay, so let's get started.
So under men's clothing I'm going to click on t shirts where there's a massive range of t shirt types
to choose from.
But just to keep things simple, I'm going to take this first one here, the unisex heavy cotton T.
So I will click on this where it first gives me more details about the product itself.
But crucially, I want to draw your attention to this part down here where it says choose a provider
to start designing.
And as you can see, there are absolutely loads of providers.
So how do we go about choosing the best provider for our business?
Well, good news because first of all, Printify makes this easy by sorting by their printify ranking,
and so based on longevity and overall customer feedback and satisfaction, you're always going to see
the best providers first.
But then as you go down through the list where the overall ranking is going to drop due to the fact
that it's sorted by popularity, just ensure that whatever provider you choose has a minimum ranking
of eight.
So now that you know how to easily select a reliable provider, the next thing you're going to want
to pay attention to are the shipping times.
And here, to ensure the best shipping times, you're going to want to choose a provider where the majority
of your customers are going to be based.
And so just to illustrate that if I take this first one, opt on demand, which is based in Europe,
and then click on Provider Info and go to shipping, you can see first of all, that shipping to the
United States is going to take around 5 to 15 days.
But for customers in Germany and the Czech Republic, which is in fact where this provider is based.
The delivery time could be as little as 1 or 2 days.
And then as I scroll down further, all other European countries 5 to 8.
Ireland 5 to 15.
And then the same for the United Kingdom, Northern Europe and Canada.
But for Australia it could be up to 30 days, or indeed for any other country in the rest of the world.
So I hope you can clearly see why shipping times play a very important role in selecting your provider.
Now, you already know that anything under 15 days generally is acceptable.
Meaning in this example, if the majority of my customers were going to be in the United States and
Europe, then this would be a great provider.
But let's just imagine that instead, all of my customers are going to be in the United States, in
which case it would be much better to choose a provider that's also based in the United States, because
as you're going to see, the delivery times are going to be way shorter than the 5 to 15 business days
offered here.
So let me show you that.
Let's come out of here and then scroll down a bit further where you can see this category.
Other providers outside of Europe.
And this first one here, monster Digital is based in the US.
And so now when I click on Provider Info and go to shipping, suddenly my delivery times, my shipping
times are massively reduced.
And so just for demonstration purposes, I'm going to go ahead and actually choose Monster Digital for
my provider.
So coming out of here, I can now click on the start Designing button.
And that takes us to the fun part, because using this editor I can actually design my product.
And so in this example I can actually add my logo to the T-shirt.
But just because this lecture is in danger of getting really quite long, I'm actually going to divide
it into two parts.
So I'll see you in a moment in part two.