Print on Demand (POD) has been known as a lucrative business niche, compared to many other dropshipping niches. The main problem with traditional Print on Demand solutions is that you need to design the products yourself.
Truly individual and unique one-off map posters
Posterly lets your customers design their own custom posters, so you don't have to create the POD products. This way, your customers can design their own map posters of their favorite city, choose the color scheme, and write their own text on the poster.
Customers love to have a personal poster at home "designed" by them.
Fast production and shipping time
When a customer places an order, you can "request fulfillment" through Shopify and we will start production. Typically, we start production within one business-day from receiving the order.
We can ship to most destinations in US and EU within a day or two (express), or we can ship using standard or economy shipping methods. All our shipping rates have a track and trace number which is automatically shared with you and your customer once the poster has been shipped.
We ship all posters in brandless packaging, and the customers won't know that we printed the poster for you.
Poster pricing and profit examples
Print on Demand posters is a high margin and profitable business when done right.
Below are some examples of the profit margins that can be made using Posterly.
Pricing of posters (inches):
12 x 16 inches - Cost: 16$ & RRP*: 50$ = 212% markup & 34$ profit
16 x 20 inches - Cost: 18$ & RRP*: 56$ = 211% markup & 38$ profit
18 x 24 inches - Cost: 19$ & RRP*: 59$ = 210% markup & 40$ profit
Pricing of posters (centimetres):
21 x 30 cm - Cost: 13$ & RRP*: 39$ = 200% markup & 26$ profit
50 x 70 cm - Cost: 19$ & RRP*: 59$ = 210% markup & 40$ profit
70 x 100 cm - Cost: 26$ & RRP*: 75$ = 188% markup & 49$ profit
*) Recommended Retail Price
Only few returns and refunds
Because the posters are fully customized, customers are typically more aware that the product is a custom one-off product that can't be returned for a refund, as no other customer would be interested in buying their personalized poster.
As a store owner you don't have to accept a return if the customer request a refund, as long as your terms of service reflects this. The only exception would be that the product was defect, in which case you simply create a return case with us and we would either send a replacement or give you a refund.