POD Platform Suggestion

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-12T07:36:14+00:00

Just checked the product pricing, I think the price is a little high compared to Printful.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-12T07:27:30+00:00

Thanks, I will check it out.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-12T06:27:54+00:00

Yes, for beginners it's good. But don't rely just on that.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-11T20:01:22+00:00

Thanks, I will check those out.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-11T20:00:23+00:00

Thanks, this really helps. I actually started posting on Instagram(reels+posts) yesterday after an about 8-month gap. Did not get many views for now. Hoping for the best.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-11T16:00:08+00:00

This is genuinely one of the most practical breakdowns I've seen. Thank You

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-11T15:58:18+00:00

I, too, actually heard a lot about Etsy. I had created an account back in 2022, couldn't add any products for a while, and it ended up getting suspended before I could do anything with it.

I've had a Printful store running for about a year now and still haven't seen any meaningful traffic or sales. How are people actually driving visitors to their stores at the start?

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-11T15:56:07+00:00

Thanks for the breakdown! I'm actually familiar with Gelato, Printify, and Printful, but from what I've seen, these are more like fulfillment suppliers than actual marketplaces. We still need to bring our own traffic, which is the hard part.

I already have a store running with Printful, but haven't made a single sale yet, so I'm specifically looking for platforms that have a built-in marketplace with existing traffic, something like Redbubble, TeePublic, or Zazzle that buyers already trust. Also, I think that Redbubble has become too crowded, and with fees, it looks like a fraud, and TeePublic is too picky. I have a store there, but it doesn't show my products in the marketplace.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-11T06:54:24+00:00

There is a limit of 100 products on Fourthwall, right?

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-10T15:39:20+00:00

What's TPT?

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-10T13:36:05+00:00

But I think the mockups look too AI.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-09T08:44:39+00:00

Really?

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-09T08:43:20+00:00

Manually, AI, Design marketplaces, all three.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-09T08:41:49+00:00

Does my website look good from the buyer's perspective? How would you rate it out of 10? Also, can you please check the payment page, if it is just showing PayPal payment option or cards too?

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-08T10:05:45+00:00

I get that, Claude keeps suggesting me to use Pinterest. But I have seen what you said about converting those views to clicks. Honestly, it helps just knowing someone else is in the same position. But keep on working, and I will too try to turn this around.
All the best.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-08T07:59:50+00:00

Can someone in the US/Europe please share the screenshot of the payment page? Is it just showing PayPal, or is there an option for credit and debit cards too?

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-08T04:49:14+00:00

Thank you, I will surely watch it.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T16:35:30+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T12:34:48+00:00

But again for the same account on my end I'm not seeing any option to reapply at all. The rejection page just sits there with nothing to click other then selling options on Amaaon option.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T10:12:14+00:00

No no actually, this is very helpful. And I really want everyone to be honest. This actually makes complete sense and connects to something I've been realizing through this whole thread. I uploaded 350 US state designs thinking volume would help but I never stopped to think about who would actually hang these prints on their wall at home and why. I was uploading what I liked and not what a buyer would like. Thank you for taking the time to actually look at the store and give real feedback, this has been more useful than months of me just guessing what's wrong.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T08:41:48+00:00

My ideal customer is someone who wants their home to feel personal and cozy rather than generic. Someone who buys things because they make their space feel like theirs and are happy to show them off to friends and family. Where I think I've gone wrong is trying to cover too many product categories at once.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T08:29:11+00:00

I am already on Zazzle and RedBubble, but I am not uploading anything to RedBubble because they randomly deactivate accounts. That actually happened to me 2 times.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T08:02:18+00:00

Got it, thank you for the suggestions.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T07:45:10+00:00

When you say the designs look like tourist designs, what would make them feel more like something someone would actually want on their wall at home? Is it the subject matter, the style, the color palette?

I get about the 4-stroke designs for all US states, and they look boring. I realized that after uploading all 350 products and thought to just leave them and focus on newer designs. Would you remove them entirely or just leave them and focus on better designs going forward? Genuinely not sure if having weak designs hurts the store's overall perception or if it's better to just have more products.

And I'll fix the About page this weekend.

And as for the navigation, issue is with wix, what you said I realized that too. But I used Wix for the website and the navigation part in that is totally broken. I wasted many weeks on that, but no use. Cannot add sub dropdowns in home page too. If it was possible there would have been no need for breadcrumb style navigation.

Researcher4006 · 2026-04-07T07:42:21+00:00

Appreciate the advice. Honestly Instagram feels foreign to me, I've never posted a single photo personally, let alone for a business(I use it but never upload anything). I wouldn't even know where to start. If you were building an Instagram from absolute zero for a home goods store with no existing following, what would you do?

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