Print on Demand (e.g. with Printify)
Product-Based (Physical)
Barrier to Entry
1/10
Short-term Potential
1/10
Long-term Potential
2/10
Risk
2/10
Big Audience or Ad Money Required
No
Income Potential
$$
Salary Research
$0 - Unlimited
Pros
- • Get to bring your designs to life and there's nothing more fulfilling than that as an artist
- • Relatively easy to start - can sell on Etsy, don’t need to build your own website
Cons
- • ‘Easy’ to start it, but that means high competition + you need to be very competitive and have clear USP to have a chance to succeed
- • Audience issue
- • Don't fall for the "get rich quick schemes" - POD is very saturated, especially on Etsy, and it will take time to grow just like any other business
- • Competing with AI generated "artists”