HI everyone, I have a really popular website for sports, and I have made website t-shirts, that lots of the fans of the website want to buy. But, how would I set that up? Here is how I thought - They buy them via paypal and provide shipping information. Then I simply go down to the post office, and ship them off to them. Is there an easier way? Or what do you all think. Thanks, really appreciate it!
I think you need to make a deal with global worldwide courier agent who can deliver your merchandise in most of parts of the world. I know its hard but its only legal & effective way to do so
Use cafepress if you don't want to deal with shipping all that stuff. Want make quite as much profit but it is a lot less hassle.
Which country are you in? For example, Canada Post has a Small Business account which lets you print stamps, labels, et al from home. No need to go to the post office.
You can do this a range of ways if your using a proper shopping cart like Magento to run the site. You can have ups come and pick things up at the house or drop it off, etc. Same with fedex, etc. Essentially carts like that are plugged into the shipping api's for the respective companies. This way clients can estimate shipping etc during the checkout routine and see how much it will cost to ship. How they pay for it is somewhat academic in this case. Feel free to ask questions. E-Commerce is largely what I deal with. hope that helps, Nigel
I would use a script to build up a shop where you're fans/users can buy the shirts. I heard that UPS will pick up the packages at yours but never tried it I guess you should call and ask
I have been doing some preliminary information on doing the same thing. I like the idea of using a company that will print, take payment, and ship your product for you. redbubble.com, zazzle.com, aktenterprises.com, cafePress.com, pikicentral.com - are the sites I have been investigating. I still found the end product to be a bit pricey when you factor in shipping to Canada. PM me what way you went with, I would like to know for myself.
It all depends on how involved you want to be/how much profit you want to make. On the "easy peezy" side, CafeePress.com is an excellent solution. They take care of everything. If you want all of the profit, then you'll need to produce the product, take the orders, package and ship the orders, track them, etc. PayPal's not a bad place to start, but PayPal's Website Payment Pro would be more . . . well "pro", but you'd need some programming to interface that. A shopping cart, such as Magento mentioned here, is TOTAL OVERKILL for something this simple. I've a bunch of solutions; it all just depends on what you want to do. PM me with your phone number if you'd like to me to ring you.
Just setup some agent at all the state and distribute the shirt to the agent. The agent will deliver the shirt to customer
I would suggest first using something like cafepress to get into it, the upside is they will handle printing and posting for you the downside is there will be a low profit margin. Once that's running you don't really have a deadline to get it up, so could look into doing it yourself without the pressure in your mind wanting it up asap. Tempera