How To Make Money With Print On Demand

 Print On Demand Business In Africa

Print on demand is an online business of designing art and graphics to be printed on items for sale. When perfected it can be a useful tool for creating passive income, cutting out the tedious tasks of production of goods and shipping or delivery to the customer. It is often reserved for items that can be mass-produced like T-shirts, mugs, calendars, planners, beach towels, and more. The goal is to take a generic white T-shirt or average coffee mugs and personalize them with niche graphics or words for your customer base. The print-on-demand company provides physical goods; mugs, T-shirts, calendars, etc. You produce the slogan the art or the graphics that will focus on your customer base.

How Do I know What To Print?

Look around your society and reflect it back to them. In Kenya for example coffee is for the younger crowd and tea is for the older generation. You can find themes that are trending with each group and print out teacups for the older ladies and coffee cups for the younger coffee drinkers. The goal is to design something so relatable or funny or personal that when they see it, their impulse will be to buy it for themselves or for a friend. They will be willing to pay more for this product than they normally would because it's so personal to them.

You can also look at the trend of big weddings in African culture with huge bridal parties and custom-made items for bridesmaids, groomsmen, wedding photoshoots, and more. At a wedding I attended a few years ago, the bride presented all her guests with duffel bags with items to commemorate her wedding. She had a premade calendar, pens even the bottled water had pictures of the bride and groom. This is an example of reflecting what your customer wants and making it available to them through print on demand.

This online business can require that you have options on your website where your customers can pick the font used or edit the name or words used on their custom items. Allowing a personalized item for your customers. This is the reason most of your customers will pay more for the item and wait longer for delivery dates.

Print On Demand Companies In Africa

Prodigy South Africa- Artwork, hoodies, pillows, and stickers.

Kiakia Print Nigeria-Greeting cards, wedding stationery, business cards, banners, flyers, mugs, and paper bags.

Shopify Kenya- T-shirts, mugs, wall art, phone accessories, housewares, and more.

Print Planet Ghana- T-shirts, mugs, paper bags, gift items, and more.

Print Action Zimbabwe- Calendars, T-shirts, posters, and more

Do you know of a print-on-demand company in Africa? Let us know what country they operate in and their specialty. So that we can help more Africans set up online print-on-demand businesses.