Damn, thanks for this tip! This just helped me out tremendously. Rulers in the elements. That works!

yes I found that out the hard way - I added the vertical ruler lines but not horizontal and when I uploaded my design to the Etsy template, the design was too high! Easy enough to move the design if for a one-off but for bulk designs, it'll be cumbersome so I added the horizontal lines to the Canva template now all my designs are perfectly centered!

It's because you didn't make the product.

Because other youtubers I've watched always said to choose You made it because you actually designed it, so that's what I always did. Until I watched this video.. @@SpeedbirdHeavy

​@AniMoted that's only true if it's a digital product.

Yes, that's what I thought too, my logic told me to pick Other company made it for POD products but since other utubers said to pick "I made it" that's what I did, it's good to learn it now before I'm in too deep :).@@SpeedbirdHeavy

Unless you have employees helping you, you are the customer service! I've noticed only about 10% of customers write in with questions about delivery times and whatnot. I don't think it's necessary to respond to each customer when they've written the name/date unless you think it's spelled incorrectly or they have a question that doesn't fall under what the product looks like.

Yes, exactly that.

Same question

same thoughts here too. duplicating listing on Printify make sense but inside Etsy? and other thing is ETSy will charge you 0.20 cents per listing. by duplicating 12 listing you will be charged $2.40. Cant we just add 11 SKUs inside that 1 primary listing to avoid additional charges?

I'm with you on this. I don't understand why, other than each listing showing the accurate birth flower mug, but even still, not sure this is good @@Listifyofficial

Yup ... I don't get that either, sounds to me you end up with 144 variations

Im stuck with this question, too. Im trying to add 1 listing with 12 design variations.

Yes, they user can enter the personalization on any format and HelloCustom will be able to detect the name and date. 👍

I am also wondering about this. it was not very clear in the video.

I have the same question. Why do we need to create the one listing on Etsy and put 12 variant on it? Why dont we just create 12 individual listings? Also, at the end, when the customer places the order, he clicks on the Jan listing. Then, again, on the option, he selects the Jan option again?

​@theanysim Probably so that if someone orders any of the variants the reviews show up on that listing. If they're split then all of the built up trust and power of one listing is split by 12. If one variant takes off, then the rest can benefit and contribute to a snowball effect.

Did anyone got an answer to this, I am just wondering about this as well lol.

If you click on ‘Font’ in the bottom left navigation, this will take you to your font library. You will see all your available fonts here.

For the other 11 months of the year and the correlating flower.

@@MJ-yt4nr but they are already listed in the first listing. 🤷‍♀️ Is it because of hellocustom?

I'm with you here, I'm confused why you'd add all variations to one listing, then create duplicates for that listing. The only thought i have is that each listing can show accurate mug examples, as there are limited images you can upload. But still... this seems like extra work?

This is so that you can choose from the January listing all other months designs too. From the Feburary listing you can choose all the other months designs too. From the March listing you can choose all the other months designs too. And so on. Means that each month has its own listing, which means more representation on Etsy's pages. 12 to be exact. But if you just click on ONE listing, you can choose all the other months as well. The SKU input just tells the website that there arent 12 x 12 (144) listings, just 12. That in and of itself is brilliant. A lot of work. But brilliant.

@@skarqen Hey there, thanks for your input. How exactly would one get that done the easiest and step-by-step method?

So in essence you just created 12 listings with each 12 options, thus 144 listings? @@skarqen

The customer puts the delivery address when they order.

I think mugs would be added separately in the same listing for Hello Custom to work. Just make it clear to your customer to add both mugs to the cart. Mix match mugs are a good idea for same sex couples!

Don't understand @@T.elegram_HelloCustom1

@@elizcody9144 I'm with you on this one....I downloaded the template I wanted to use...and it was an AI or PSD file....so I did my template with the correct size....then uploaded it to Canva and it just like shoved it into a projects folder (correct size) but none of the margins are there to use =/

If I remember correctly, those Printify templates are pdfs, which won't upload into Canva -- you have to convert them to another format first, then they'll upload. I use CloudConvert to change them to PDFs. You can also take a screenshot of the template and paste it into your Canva image (I label it "Mug Template") - just be sure to crop it it properly

You pay your fulfilment provider up front. They don't receive the buyer's money. Etsy does.

Yes. I understand that Etsy receives the money. So, if the seller is responsible for providing payment upfront, then this isn't a business that you can start with no money as stated. Sure, you can set up a store, etc. But in reality, you would need your own funds to pay the upfront cost. Which, I now find the explained videos to be misleading. And if I'm wrong, please correct me.

@@jeaniek8372 okay so you know that Etsy receives the money, did you think that Etsy then paid the fulfilment provider? Alas, no. But the good thing about that is that Etsy handling the customer's payment means that they also handle all the sales tax side of the transaction - which, believe me, is a HUGE benefit. Now back to how to pay the fulfilment provider, since you likely won't get the Etsy payout before you have to pay Printify or whoever. What most of us do is have a credit card with benefits, such as cashback or air miles. You then use that card as your payment method with Printify and make sure you pay your credit card bill in full every month. That way you'll not pay interest and you'll accumulate air miles. Once you achieve success and get tons of orders you might have to adjust your credit limit or add more cards, but you'll be flying business class for free 😀

​@jeaniek8372 You would pay up front if you have it set to automatically place the orders. You can actually start with no money upfront. What you would have to do is wait for the buyers payment to hit your account, then manually go place the order. This is how aloy of people start out until you get alittle bit of profit in your account, then change it over to place orders automatically.

@mikedeering929 Thank you for sharing the information. I'll definitely re consider the possibilities.

I was confused about this part as well. Last he mentioned or showed the Printify side of things, the listings were all saved as drafts...?

I only see a monthly ($29.99) and annual ($299) subscription. Given I’m just starting out I do not see how I can afford to keep this with no sales yet for these specific products.

And each of those options also have 0.30 per sale on top.

@patriciabecker8105 i guess, ill wait to get consistent sales to be able to use this program, i only got 2 sales, and i was planning to to use this program to boost my sales bc personalization is something that customers love, plus this program could save me alot of time but i guess ill stick with not custom untill it boost in sales in the future.

Very pricey monthly subscription

@@hungkiet7535 yeah thats true , if he wants more customers he could price it at 15$ just like netflix, amazon, disney plus, he could dominate this market by having more competitive prices.

My question as well.

A PNG is graphic only and will not have the fonts as editible items. The pdf contains both graphics and editible fonts.

see above

Sure you can in fact Etsy loves .png format because resizing to smaller or larger image, png format does not lose quality.

I open the zip file on my computer, then I move the individul elements inside the zip file into a new temporary folder. I can bulk upload them to Canva from there.

I do not think that customers go go HC...they personalize it on Etsy...Many sellers had trouble to customaize stuff, & they have to send it to customer for approval, wait for customer tom get back to them with approval, & then You have to do the order & provide the adress of the customer...the way it is shown in this vid is much easier...hopefully I didn't missunderstand it all...🤔

I meant the sellers. I'm new and just trying to understand it. @@helengren9349

@@julia4life940 basically the customer is adding personalized in Etsy. You get the order and it pops up in HC. You double check the names/dates are right as it changes the names for you and then you click approve and then it gets sent to printify to be printed/sent to customer. So you are doing a lot of the legwork "up" front so to speak...but if you didn't use HC you'd have to go back to Printify, find and copy a new template from whatever the customer ordered, you'd create a copy of that...go back to your "design" software...let's say Canva, you'd change the name yourself, redownloaded that, reupload that to printify to fill that order. Basically HC makes it so you don't have to go back to Canva or other software because HC already has your design/font because you already did the work upfront and requires you to just click approve if it looks right so its saving you the time of NOT having to go back/edit details for the info, redownload/upload again to send to customer. So yeah you can totally do all that work yourself or you can input the initial time up front to NOT have to do anything but check orders to make sure they are accurate and click approve. Make sense? :)

did you figure this out? i am so confused on how to add them

What do you suspect? Is it possibly you forgot to publish it? Maybe the customer is not seeing you mug or printify not connected to you Etsy account.

I sell with printify and I make a profit. You need to just figure out your prices strategy such as not doing free shipping and charging for it.

What machine would your buy?

Clearly untrue given the title of this video!

What machines? Heat press machines?

Creative fabrica? How does this site give away their products and not make money? Who would design flowers for you for free? To design flowers it takes time, watercolour paste, brushes, palettes, paper, etc. Am I missing something?

@@T.elegram_HelloCustom1 y0

Niche down! Instead of birth month flowers why not birth month dinosaurs? Birth month insects? Cat/dog breeds? Ocean life forms? If you want to stick with flowers find ones distinctively different from what is offered. Unless you’ve already done that then thanks for your input!

@@ImogenShade I create a new product / design almost daily and am testing different niches and different products. Birth month flowers is just one of the items I'm selling.

​@@aamirbadershah887most people have their own mugs. People buy mugs to give away as presents, anniversaries, etc. I suspect he is actually promoting hellocustom app. And his listings are being prioritized ahead of others because this video is like a bait to sign up subscribers.