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1. Class Introduction: Starting to cellular
the signs on Spoonflower can be
confusing and scary. But this is a great opportunity
to make passive income, be more creative, and get
to know your community. Hi, my name is Dan and I'm a graphic,
I'm pattern designer. In this class, I will teach you everything you need to
know both Spoonflower, so you can start
selling your designs. You'll learn how to be a seller, how to get paid, how the website works, and how to be more successful.
2. What is Spoonflower: Spoonflower is an on-demand
digital printing company that prints custom fabric
wallpaper and home decor. Sid signer on Spoonflower, you will earn 10 percent of every sale you make
is not that much, but your designs can be
sold on limited time. So at the end, if you're the signs are popular, you can earn a lot of money. It's a great place
to find inspiration, psi new friends, and be part
of the design community. Spoonflower also has a
few Facebook groups, so I recommend you
to check them out. You can meet new people
and learn some tips and tricks that will make
you a better designer. So let's begin this
class so you can learn everything you
need to know about becoming a successful seller.
3. Become a seller: First of all, you need to go to Spoonflower.com and here
you will create an account. So if you already
have one, just go on. And if you don't
just click Join and here they will ask you
your basic information. So your FirstName, LastName, you will create a
password and all. You have to give like
an email address. I already have an account, so I'll just go on. Here on Spoonflower,
you will find menu. The menu is the
most important one. You will use it to do
everything on your account. And you can see are or others, your account settings
here, Favorites, your collections,
the CI library. You might shop how to
upload your designs, notifications, messages,
and your design talent. Verify your account. First you need to click
on Account Settings. Once you are in
account settings, you will find menu. And here is the most technical
part of Spoonflower. After these, you will need
to go to verify account. Here you need to follow these four steps to
become a seller. To verify your e-mail, to accept the
seller's agreement to verify your address and
to feel the tax form. The first step is the email
address verification. Spoonflower will send
you an email and you just have to click
on Verify account. This EGL step is accepting
a seller's agreement. Here you will just have to
click on the link below accepting seller's
agreement and you will find all the information
you need to know. It's really good if you
take it out and you take your time to read and
at the end of the page, you will find how
to agree that it's just a button that you click and you will sign the agreement. The third step is the
address verification. For this step, you will
have to buy something from Spoonflower so they can
verify your account. The first step is it
tax form on file? This step is probably the
most complicated one. So let's get started. You need to alter
the tags in four, right next is PAN dollars
on toggle them in. Here. They will ask you some questions on depending on your answer, they will send to your email a document that you
need to fill out. The document is a bit confusing, so take your time to read it. Try to feel it as
much as possible, but if you don't have
some information, you can leave it blank. After this, you will have to
sign and send the document. I signed this document, and I love that question 5, 6, 7, and 10 blank. I will leave a link for that tax form on the
resource section.
4. Personalize your shop: Giving personality to your
account is very important. So let's go to our shots
and edit our profile. Your profile, you will be
able to add a picture, a banner and other description and some contact information. Okay, so first, you need
to add a picture that you just have to click here and select the picture
that you want. It has to be 250 pixels
in a square format. After you just have
to click Upload. So it's a make sure
to use a picture that is easily recognizable
that you have in maybe on your Instagram account or on your website so people
can associated with you. Maybe just put a
logo of your friend. If you don't feel comfortable
showing your face. You can be very creative
when descending your butter. Most people have their name,
their Instagram account, or their emails so they
can be easily contacted. The vomer is the main
thing that you will see when arriving
to someone's sharp. So make sure it's eye-catching
and represent your brand. Let's go and check out some accounts to find
some inspiration. To create one, you can
go and use Photoshop, Illustrator or come back. Make sure the size of your
banner is 868 by 117 pixel. This information is given
on Spoonflower right here. So don't worry, it's time
to write a description. That is groups on
your shop helps customers get to know
you a bit better. So don't forget to
fill this part out. I like to start welcoming people to my shop
and telling them that they can contact
me in case they wanted to modify Amy scale. I'm doing this, not
to miss any sales. Some people may
want a pattern on a big scale or others
on every small one, letting them know that you are willing to change the scale. Maker shop more flexible. Don't forget to add your website and
Instagram accounts so people can find you ECP.
5. Upload your designs: Uploading your design
is very simple. First you have to click on
upload your design and you go find these next to this flower
logo or in your main menu. Here, you will
select your design. So Spoonflower recommends
uploading on 150 DPI, but I personally
do it on 300 DPI. So I have more options later on. And to make sure that
the quality is perfect, I will just choose
a random picture to show you how it works. After selecting the picture, you have to verify
their copyright bucks, you're the sign has
to be 100% yours. Then you just click
Upload and weight. The cool thing about
Spoonflower is that you can upload up to 80 signs at once. After uploading, you will
be redirected to this page. Here you will do all the
editing related breathing. Are they saying? So name
tags, size, and more. On the right side
of your design, you will find the repeat
under the same size. Here you can put smaller or bigger depending on the
scale that you want to have. After you have this
scale that you want, make sure to click
the save this layout. If not, it won't be saved. After these, you can find the fabric that you would
like for your design, but this is more for buyers and it's not necessary
to change anything. And also you can choose a size and amount
for your fabric. But also this is when you're
going to buy your the same. At the end of this page
we will sign the name, the description, and the
tags for the design. These tags are very important, so make sure you
use all 13 texts. These will help your buyers find your design and help
you make more sales. Bowl of flour added
some questions below to help you find the right
tags for your pattern. You can color the
theme, the style, and how it was created,
the season, etc. For example, in DC sign, I described the
color, the theme, and the medium that I use
to create these patterns. Also, I added the places where I think this
design would look good, like a nursery or
in a wallpaper. Naming your pottering
is also very important because it
works like a big tag. Doesn't give you the science
random or complicated names. Give it a name that
describes the piece. For example, soft
watercolor, flora. I don't find that this
group shown very necessary, but you can add some information about creating your pattern, your inspiration, or some
information about yourself. And deleting or the
signs is very simple. First you will have to go
to your design library, click on the design that
you would like to delete. And then President crust.
6. Proofing your designs: Spoonflower ask sellers
to prove their designs. These means printing
their pottering before being able to sell it in order to make sure
the colors and the quality are good
enough where their claims, the way to Louis is
feeling our yard. These will save you
money and time. First, we need to
create a collection. So click on collection on your menu and click
on the plus sign. Let's name it new patterns. Right now it's empty. So let's go to our
design library to, to some patterns to add. Click on the design you
want to add under its name. You will be able to add it to the collection
we've just created. You cannot afford it
to the size to a yard. So select all of them. To feel like Yard. Go to your collection and click
on start designing. Select one yard. Here. You can also choose
the fabric you want. I always choose Petal
Signature Cotton because she has a two-plus
and needs good quality. Click on the Sign your project. Now, click on one of
your patterns and then click on them to
square to fill your yard. Do these until you have all
of your 40 to these signs. You will have to wait
until it's full flowers since the fabric to be
able to the next step. Go to your These say, library and to study signs
that you prove. At the another page, you will be able to mark your
design as ready to sell.
7. Make more sells: The best way to
make more sales on Spoonflower is to
participate on telling this. Challenges are great way
to keep your painting, anything going, try new things. I mean, part of your community. Challenges on
Spoonflower are very popular so that you get a lot of use and potential client. This is how people will
take notice of you and we'll click on your profile
to see more of your designs. There are rechallenge
is different, but normally they display their winning designs
on their main page. This is an amazing
way to get noticed. Also, the top 50 designs
get automatically proved. So you don't have to
print it in order to send it to participating
and challenge. You just have to go to the
homepage of Spoonflower. When scrolling
down, you will find the challenge section and
you can see the winners. When clicking on the challenge, you can see the overview, the price, and the timeline. If you participate, make sure
you follow the structure. 23 are the same. You just have to click here. Or when uploading or
the sign click here. You have to be consistent with your shop upload regularly and make sure that the signs have a good quality and our
commercial enough. If you have these same
that is very popular, you can also upload this same. You sign with a different
color palette or scale. These will give more
options to your clients. We assigned for the
residues color palette do better in Spoonflower if inferior for the
customers to use these science with
reduced color palettes. So try to think about this
when creating your patterns. Also tried to take notice
and the commercial aspect of your patterns tried to create some patterns that you
seem you would sell well. You can go to other
Artesia gowns and see which buttons are the most
sold and most popular. Maybe is a color, the subject or the medium that they're using that is
making them trendy. But what I have found is that simple patterns sell very well. Having many likes on your design will also make
them more visible. So don't be afraid to
go on Instagram and ask your design friends to like
your patterns and follow you. To get yourself prolene, you have to have at least
50 signs on your shop. But this is not our rule. Maybe you will
need more or less.
8. How to get paid: Go to your account settings
and click on spoon dollars. Here, you will find all the information about your sales and
pneumonia you had me. You can keep all your earnings
on the platform to buy more products from
Spoonflower or two x2 more yards
to prove your work. But if you want to
take your money out, you will have to go to
redemption details. You will be able to link your PayPal account so you can get your spoon the
large transferred. But they can only transfer you the money if you
have $10 or more.
9. Thank you!: I hope this class was
helpful and you learn everything you need to know
about starting your own shop. Under Project section,
you can leave a screenshot and a
link of your new shop. So everybody in this community can follow you and
give you a like, I cannot wait to see are the signs I'm gonna
challenge part dissipations. Thanks so much for
watching this class. If you want to be the first
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Andrea Escalante, Artist + Entrepreneur + Educator
