Using your art for marchandise

[Former_Member]

Hi, I'm a new seller on Etsy and I'm trying to start strong from my first day, following all the tips that I could find :)

I'm an illustrator, so much of my work is done on paper or canvas and than I use Photoshop to work on top of my traditional drawing/painting. I've sold a few pieces of my work outside Etsy and it feels that these works are just gone now :C so I thought that I should be able to reproduce prints to sell and to have something for myself.

I was wondering if anyone is selling Merchandise, like prints, postcards, pocket mirrors, bags, etc.. ? Do you print them at home, or do you use websites online? if websites, which ones? (I live in UK)

Thanks for any tips, much appreciated :)

[Former_Member]

Hello! I'm still pretty new but I use Theprintful.com for my prints and shirts, and Redbubble for my postcards. I personally love the postcards they do because they add your name on the back so people know who the artist is.

What's nice about Theprintful is they are cool with you using their demo images with your work on it, in your shop. Their demo images are pretty dang accurate so it's worth it.

The last shop I've been considering going through would be creating my mattes, but I'm still working with them so we shall see... Hope this helps!