Hey guys, thanks so much for watching! Here is my tutorial on how to upload your art to Spoonflower step by step: th-cam.com/video/tVE6Ak3vvY4/w-d-xo.html
Thank You for this info! I was a bit discouraged when I read about the need to pay for the swatches for me to be able to sell. This gives me hope to be part of the spoonflower community.
Excellent I'm in Australia and was thinking wow the shipping cost for each swatch but doing the fill a yard/quilt perfect work around. It can also take a month for shipping lol so good to know I can sign off ion them before I have received them. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Liked and subcribed.
I'm glad to hear my video was helpful for you! I know, those shipping costs can be killer. I'll often try to wait for a sale if I can, and look for promo codes.
Thanks Julie this what i am looking for since long. Very detailed and easy to understand. Please also make a video about the pattern scale for spoonflower before uploading there. thanks
I'm glad you liked it! For the pattern scale it seems like you can upload any size as long as it's minimum DPI of 150. It will just determine the size of your pattern.
I know, right??? Can't we in the 21st century make things fricking easy peasy.. You have NO idea how many emails cussing they got from me. I still do not understand how to link Etsy to Spoonflower.. it is unreal.... how hard this shit is.
Great info. I have no experience doing patterns..would you say I need to learn about that first are there special rules? Also little curious about the tax info
For spoonflower you mostly need to have seamless patterns. So I would suggest learning how to create those before uploading. I can't give tax advice but you may have to fill out a form for tax purposes.
@@asireart5170 I do recommend Spoonflower if you like to create seamless pattern designs and have at least 42 finished designs so you can get the cheater quilt to make it the most cost effective
I wouldn't say I like one more than the other, they are pretty different. I enjoy creating unique items on Zazzle using their design tool. Whereas Spoonflower is quicker and easier to upload. So having both is great!
Thanks for this informative video Julie ! I have a doubt, what fabric type did you chose? do they have separate pricing for different fabric?? if so which is the most cheapest one?
Technically, as soon as you produce a creative work you own the copyright to that work. Theft does happen, but Spoonflower and other Print on Demand companies do what they can to prevent people from being able to download the original work. If someone did steal your work you have legal recourse to issue a DMCA. You don't need to pay to register or copyright your work unless you really want to, as extra protection. But most people don't need to do this.
I'm wondering, if I add more new designs should I buy each new design a sample. Or should I buy every 42 samples in a package every once a while? I wish I don't need buy any more samples after the first time order the sample.
is it worth it as a new seller, how quickly do you get that money back? I am asking cause their visitor count is low, so i feel like sales would be slow as well.
It really depends on the quality and appeal of your patterns and it will be different for everyone. I can say that I've made my money back and then some.
Hello Ms. Julie, Can you make step by step tutorial for Zazzle? I'm having difficulty with the Zazzle interface I'm new to Zazzle, I haven't uploaded my designs. hope you read this comment :)
After you put 42 designs in a collection can you later go back and separate them out into different collections or move them from collection to collection? Thank you
Short answer is you can't. Long answer, they can't get the high resolution image in most cases, a lot of print on demand companies disallow right click save as and put watermarks over top. That's about all you can do. I recommend spending time creating new designs instead of worrying about people stealing. It's an unfortunate reality for us artists but it's not the end of the world.
I cannot call them on the phone to get my order corrected that they got wrong! I order 3 yards of the same print of fabric, and they were going to cut it into 3 separate pieces! Try to contact them was not possible! They could never get the story right! One person said I ordered 4 yards of fabric!
@@JulieErinDesigns I have their phone number and can not even get them to answer that! I love their products! I just have a hard time getting them to get my order correct!
I purchase some samples but I still don't understand how to put them for sale I did go to your website but I still don't understand do you have a video
Also you have to wait until the samples have shipped out before the option becomes available. Let me know if you still don't find it, I can make a video.
@@JulieErinDesigns Wow! Thank you SO much. I created an account YEARS ago but never used it because of the money it would cost to buy all the samples before being able to sell them. You reinvigorated me! You are wonderful.
How to go back my samples is shipped today but still there is not for sale please if possible send me video how to go back enable each design please dear help me thanks
Hi there, sorry for the late reply. You do not give away your rights when you put your art for sale on Spoonflower. You can do whatever you want with your art including uploading it to other sites, deleting it from the site etc.
@@AngelaElstun HI... I know it is a pain... believe you me... but... this is about how to get your art SELLABLE. YOU HAVE TO GET SAMPLES FIRST... I hear you.. they need to make their site easier.
Be clearer on filling squares... it is very [ain in the xx... you have to click on your design, then click on square.. it is NOT drag and drop.... please be very clear in videos.. we count on 1000000 percent intel.. not half intel. Army Strong.
@@JulieErinDesigns HI.. THANK YOU... CAN YOU DO a VIDEO on how to sell our fabric on ETSY???? I am extremely intelligent.. and.. let me tell you.. have NO idea. I do have somewhat set up on Etsy, but can you take us from step ! 2 3 (and.. do like that... ) on HOW TO DO THIS. I think alot of us need help., Cause If I cannot figure it out....
Work around: 1. Go to collection 2. Add 42 designs to the collection 3.Go to the collection where you see START DESIGNING BUTTON TO RIGHT 4. START DESIGNING.. CLICK IT. 5. choose 1 yard up to 42 designs 6. YOU ONLY HAVE TWO CHOICES OF FABRIC (WHICH SUCKS IS MY MIND) 7. CLICK DESIGN YOUR PROJECT 8. START FILLING IN SQUARES. 9. Then ADD TO CART 18.00. (she says, not sure. I do SAMPLER.. but going to try this now!
@@JulieErinDesigns No... it looks like Drag and Drop.. which it is NOT! And... it helps if 1 2 3 instructions are written out. Otherwise.. we are watching a video and desperately trying to do it at same time. Brain does not work that way! Thanks
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Hey guys, thanks so much for watching! Here is my tutorial on how to upload your art to Spoonflower step by step: th-cam.com/video/tVE6Ak3vvY4/w-d-xo.html
Thank You for this info! I was a bit discouraged when I read about the need to pay for the swatches for me to be able to sell. This gives me hope to be part of the spoonflower community.
Awesome collection, Julie!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for your spoonflower tutorials! Great and truly informative/helpful information.
I'm glad to hear that!
Thank you for this video! It is helpful, and I appreciate the work put in it. Love your designs too!
Thank you so much for explaining this🥰
You're welcome!
Thanks for this information. I am so inspired right now.
Glad to hear it!
This was really helpful. It answered the specific questions I had. Thank you!
I'm glad to hear that!
thank you for this video very helpful
You're very welcome!
Excellent I'm in Australia and was thinking wow the shipping cost for each swatch but doing the fill a yard/quilt perfect work around. It can also take a month for shipping lol so good to know I can sign off ion them before I have received them. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Liked and subcribed.
I'm glad to hear my video was helpful for you! I know, those shipping costs can be killer. I'll often try to wait for a sale if I can, and look for promo codes.
Thank you for your advice.
You're welcome!
Amazing hack! I wish I knew this before. Really helpful. Thank you
You're welcome!
I'm starting to sell my art now. Hopefully when the swatches come I will sell some more
Thanks Julie this what i am looking for since long. Very detailed and easy to understand. Please also make a video about the pattern scale for spoonflower before uploading there. thanks
I'm glad you liked it! For the pattern scale it seems like you can upload any size as long as it's minimum DPI of 150. It will just determine the size of your pattern.
Great hack! Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Awesome Julie, will try this. I had joined Spoonflower twice and it wrecked my head so I gave up
sorry to hear that! I hope this helps
I know, right??? Can't we in the 21st century make things fricking easy peasy.. You have NO idea how many emails cussing they got from me. I still do not understand how to link Etsy to Spoonflower.. it is unreal.... how hard this shit is.
I've never heard of Spoon Flower...until now ! ;) I'll check it out.
Awesome!
I'm going to be making a memory quilt for my daughter
That sounds lovely!
Great info. I have no experience doing patterns..would you say I need to learn about that first are there special rules? Also little curious about the tax info
For spoonflower you mostly need to have seamless patterns. So I would suggest learning how to create those before uploading. I can't give tax advice but you may have to fill out a form for tax purposes.
What do you think of Spoonflower? Would you sell your art on there?
Would you advise spoonflower? is it still a good platform and what sells the most there? Thanks in advance1
@@asireart5170 I do recommend Spoonflower if you like to create seamless pattern designs and have at least 42 finished designs so you can get the cheater quilt to make it the most cost effective
@@JulieErinDesigns Thank you, Julie!
Check out my article on How to Sell Your Art on Spoonflower for more info! www.julieerindesigns.com/2022/04/21/how-to-sell-your-art-on-spoonflower/
How long I unable to work today it's day 4 it's right there it's not for sale
And thank you so much you help us 😊 you are so nice girl ❤️🌹👌👍
@@saeedanishat3589 You're welcome and you have to let the samples ship and then you can go into each individual design page and enable it for sale
Thank you so much you done garet job 👍👌
Thank you Julie great explanation :)
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Hey Julie. That's great you're on other POD sites! Do you like Spoonflower better than Zazzle? I've been considering designing for other sites too.
I wouldn't say I like one more than the other, they are pretty different. I enjoy creating unique items on Zazzle using their design tool. Whereas Spoonflower is quicker and easier to upload. So having both is great!
Thankyou so much and bless you!
You are so welcome
thank you this was very helpful x
So glad!
thank you for this information.
No problem!
you're a legend - just saved me a grip of money - thank you!
Awesome, glad I could help!
the brocade looking fabric is nice . can I ask do you use gold gradients
Thank you and yes I used a gradient to make it look like gold color
wow someone told me not to use gradients a fruit pattern I had made, thank you
I love spoonflower, I understand how to order but I am completely lost when it comes to shop displays
I'm not sure what you mean like your storefront on Spoonflower? Once the designs are enabled for sale they will show up on your spoonflower storefront
Thanks for this informative video Julie ! I have a doubt, what fabric type did you chose? do they have separate pricing for different fabric?? if so which is the most cheapest one?
The one I showed in the video is the cheapest fabric you can get. Yes, there are many other types to choose from.
Hi is there any way to scale the swatches while adding them in the cheater quilt kindly reply
You have to set the scale before you add it to the cheater quilt so you should go back and revise the scale first
Do designers get automatic protection for their designs on Spoonflower, or do designers need to procure copyright on their own?
Technically, as soon as you produce a creative work you own the copyright to that work. Theft does happen, but Spoonflower and other Print on Demand companies do what they can to prevent people from being able to download the original work. If someone did steal your work you have legal recourse to issue a DMCA. You don't need to pay to register or copyright your work unless you really want to, as extra protection. But most people don't need to do this.
Question: what size image (inches / pixels) before uploading
I recommend at least 3500 pixels but you can go higher, I usually use 6 or 8000
Do you need photoshop or can I use procreate?
Yes you can use Procreate or any other app you use to create patterns as long as you can export them in high enough resolution
I'm wondering, if I add more new designs should I buy each new design a sample. Or should I buy every 42 samples in a package every once a while? I wish I don't need buy any more samples after the first time order the sample.
That is up to you, I personally wait until I have another 42 designs and then buy them all at once.
Hi, Julie, how do you add your design in the collection? The spoonflower won't let me do that
On the design editing page there is a drop-down where you can select a collection to add it to. You might have to create the collection first
is it worth it as a new seller, how quickly do you get that money back? I am asking cause their visitor count is low, so i feel like sales would be slow as well.
It really depends on the quality and appeal of your patterns and it will be different for everyone. I can say that I've made my money back and then some.
Hi im a new subscriber 😍😍👍
Hello! Nice to have you here :)
Hello Ms. Julie, Can you make step by step tutorial for Zazzle? I'm having difficulty with the Zazzle interface I'm new to Zazzle, I haven't uploaded my designs. hope you read this comment :)
Hi there! I have several videos on Zazzle on this playlist, I hope it helps. th-cam.com/video/aH4q-ejjsDA/w-d-xo.html
@@JulieErinDesigns Thank you.
@@JulieErinDesigns thank you maam.
After you put 42 designs in a collection can you later go back and separate them out into different collections or move them from collection to collection? Thank you
Yes you can
How do you stop ppl from stealing your designs?
Short answer is you can't. Long answer, they can't get the high resolution image in most cases, a lot of print on demand companies disallow right click save as and put watermarks over top. That's about all you can do. I recommend spending time creating new designs instead of worrying about people stealing. It's an unfortunate reality for us artists but it's not the end of the world.
I cannot call them on the phone to get my order corrected that they got wrong! I order 3 yards of the same print of fabric, and they were going to cut it into 3 separate pieces! Try to contact them was not possible! They could never get the story right! One person said I ordered 4 yards of fabric!
Sorry to hear that!
@@JulieErinDesigns I have their phone number and can not even get them to answer that! I love their products! I just have a hard time getting them to get my order correct!
Great advice! Thank you very much
you're welcome!
I purchase some samples but I still don't understand how to put them for sale I did go to your website but I still don't understand do you have a video
You have to go back into each individual design and click on where it says to make it available for sale
Also you have to wait until the samples have shipped out before the option becomes available. Let me know if you still don't find it, I can make a video.
So, if I order this piece w/ 42 different uploads, then all those 42 listings will be allowed to sell on Spoonflower? They allow this?
Yes!
@@JulieErinDesigns Wow! Thank you SO much. I created an account YEARS ago but never used it because of the money it would cost to buy all the samples before being able to sell them. You reinvigorated me! You are wonderful.
@@woodfamily5229 glad I was able to help!
I put in 42 designs two days ago but still not for sale right there please let me know
You have to wait until the samples have shipped out and then go back in and enable each design for sale on the edit page.
How to go back my samples is shipped today but still there is not for sale please if possible send me video how to go back enable each design please dear help me thanks
@@saeedanishat3589 go to your design library, click on the artwork and you can enable it for sale there.
If you put a design for sale on spoonflower are you able to sell it also on other platforms or do you give away your rights ugg I am such a newbie 😅😂
Hi there, sorry for the late reply. You do not give away your rights when you put your art for sale on Spoonflower. You can do whatever you want with your art including uploading it to other sites, deleting it from the site etc.
After you purchase a sample how do you make your design available for sale
You go back into the design and you will see the option to enable it for sale.
@@JulieErinDesigns thank you
Do you have a video
how to add a home address for verification.
Under Account Settings > Verify Account
This didn't actually show how to upload and sell products :/
Sorry, it's pretty self explanatory on their website if you create an account and follow the instructions there.
@@JulieErinDesigns Title of the video is misleading is all.
@@AngelaElstun HI... I know it is a pain... believe you me... but... this is about how to get your art SELLABLE. YOU HAVE TO GET SAMPLES FIRST... I hear you.. they need to make their site easier.
hello
hi!
Be clearer on filling squares... it is very [ain in the xx... you have to click on your design, then click on square.. it is NOT drag and drop.... please be very clear in videos.. we count on 1000000 percent intel.. not half intel.
Army Strong.
true, I didn't think to explain that bit, feedback noted.
@@JulieErinDesigns HI.. THANK YOU... CAN YOU DO a VIDEO on how to sell our fabric on ETSY???? I am extremely intelligent.. and.. let me tell you.. have NO idea. I do have somewhat set up on Etsy, but can you take us from step
!
2
3
(and.. do like that... ) on HOW TO DO THIS. I think alot of us need help., Cause If I cannot figure it out....
@@almohvn33 I don't sell my fabric via Etsy so I can't help you there, sorry!
Work around:
1. Go to collection
2. Add 42 designs to the collection
3.Go to the collection where you see START DESIGNING BUTTON TO RIGHT
4. START DESIGNING.. CLICK IT.
5. choose 1 yard up to 42 designs
6. YOU ONLY HAVE TWO CHOICES OF FABRIC (WHICH SUCKS IS MY MIND)
7. CLICK DESIGN YOUR PROJECT
8. START FILLING IN SQUARES.
9. Then ADD TO CART
18.00. (she says, not sure.
I do SAMPLER.. but going to try this now!
isn't this exactly what I demonstrated? You can also literally see in the video it shows it's 18.50 USD at the time of recording.
@@JulieErinDesigns No... it looks like Drag and Drop.. which it is NOT! And... it helps if 1
2
3
instructions are written out. Otherwise.. we are watching a video and desperately trying to do it at same time. Brain does not work that way! Thanks