Ever wondered if selling on Spoonflower is worth it, or if it's hard to make sales on Spoonflower, or, perhaps, how much you can make by selling on Spoonflower? As a top-seller on Spoonflower, I’m often asked about my experience using the print-on-demand marketplace. In response, I’ve put together this list of Spoonflower Q+As to help answer some of those burning questions.
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There is no ceiling to what you can earn on Spoonflower. For the past 3 years, I’ve earned above 6 figures (USD) annually.
I’ve implemented many strategies to earn and maintain this level of income and I’ve set up a membership to teach you, too! Read more about my Power Sellers Academy.
You can also subscribe for some free Spoonflower tips
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Making regular and repeated sales is very achievable, but selling on Spoonflower is a very different process to pitching your work for licensing.
Setting up to sell on Spoonflower is a very simple and straightforward process.
According to Spoonflower’s website, 400,000+ designs to date have earned money on Spoonflower.
Learn the art of selling on Spoonflower in my Power Sellers Academy.
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Absolutely! Selling on Spoonflower has changed my life. Spoonflower was the platform I used to launch my surface pattern design career (which I’ve now grown to be a multi-6 figure creative business).
Don’t be deterred by the fact that other designers are making great money on Spoonflower. Instead, be inspired by those sellers and realize it shows what’s possible! 🤩
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The only financial outlay required to start selling on Spoonflower is purchasing proofs of your designs, but even then there are cost-effective ways to do that. (Check out my Spoonflower Tips under the Designer Resources menu.)
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Yes! Selling on any print-on-demand (POD) platform like Spoonflower is classed as passive income (that is, income earned from a source that does not need a significant commitment of time or money).
There are many strategies that you can implement to generate substantial monthly revenue.
I share all my strategies through weekly lessons in my Spoonflower membership.
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Any designer who is reaching the top commission rate of 15% can be considered a top earner on Spoonflower.
For the past 3 years I’ve earned over USD$100,000 a year in Spoonflower commissions alone (not through any of my other sales channels).
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Spoonflower HQ is located in Durham, North Carolina with factories printing in several locations.
In 2021 Spoonflower was acquired by Shutterfly so they utilize their network of print factories.
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40MB is the largest single file size you can upload to Spoonflower. Or, a maximum of 8 files with a combined size of 40MB.
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I became a full-time creative by using Spoonflower as a platform to launch my surface design career. Now I get to design fabric on my own schedule and from anywhere in the world while earning a very healthy passive income.
If you want to make decent money on Spoonflower you’ll need to do more than ‘upload and hope’. You’ll want to establish who you’re designing for, and then create designs that those people want to buy.
My Power Sellers Academy membership is designed to guide you through this whole process (which sure can feel a little overwhelming in the beginning!)
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Spoonflower is a great way for you to sell your designs on 4 types of wallpaper, online — peel-and-stick, pre-pasted, commercial grade, and even grasscloth!
You can sell your designs on wallpaper online through the Spoonflower marketplace itself or by selling Spoonflower’s wallpaper through your own e-commerce website or Etsy store, using Spoonflower as your dropshipper.
In this scenario, customers will order directly through your own e-commerce business but Spoonflower will ship the orders directly to your customer.
Note: Spoonflower does not offer dropshipping as a service, but I teach a course on how you can do it! Check out my course, Surface Pattern Design: Grow Your Career with an E-Commerce Business
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Strictly speaking, Spoonflower does not formally offer dropshipping as a service — but it is still possible.
To learn how, read the article I wrote for the Spoonflower Small Business Handbook, titled How to Maximize Your Investment in Spoonflower’s PRO Membership.
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A question everyone wants the answer to! And I want t help other designers like you reach your goals, so I created Power Sellers Academy — a membership centered around becoming a power-seller on Spoonflower, generating monthly passive income.
I used Spoonflower to accelerate my creative career — which sees me earning passive income (which has no limits), and enjoying the freedoms that come with living a creative life. You’ll learn how I’ve uniquely achieved this, and the strategies I’ll teach you will have you waving goodbye to overwhelm (ba-bye!) and kicking limiting beliefs to the curb (see ya!)!
I’ll not only show you how to use Spoonflower like a pro — but how to implement marketing strategies that cost you nothing and can see you earn hundreds, or even thousands, each month.
Sound good?
You can learn more about my Power Sellers Academy and (read what members have to say), or subscribe to my Spoonflower Tips newsletter to register your interest and receive your first email right away with some juicy content.
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Yes! I often recommend courses via my monthly newsletter and I also have a list of 10 Skillshare Classes for Emerging Surface Pattern Designers
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Yes, you sure can!
I have a course on how you can sell Spoonflower fabric, wallpaper, and home decor through your own website or Etsy store.
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RGB - Spoonflower recommends saving your designs in RGB mode (or, better still — sRGB).
Designs that are saved and uploaded in CMYK may print with unexpected colors.
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Often, you might find a promo code for Spoonflower via one of their current Ambassadors.Shop Spoonflower
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In terms of products, in 2022 Spoonflower’s fabric made up 48% of sales (with their Petal Signature Signature Cotton™ heading the lineup), followed by Wallpaper at 41%, and Home Decor sales at 11%.
Spoonflower flagged that Wallpaper and Home Decor were growing categories.
Reference: Spoonflower Artist Webinar—2023 Spoonflower Biz Focus
Note: I can resize, recolor, and rotate any of my designs for Spoonflower products, to suit your project.
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It is now! As of January 2024, you can upload up to 50 designs per calendar week to sell on both fabric, wallpaper and home decor.
There is no longer a requirement to pay to proof your designs, which is especially fantastic news for designers outside of the US (where shipping fees, shipping times, and currency exchange rates made it an expensive exercise).
You can also enroll in their ‘Third-Party Market Distribution Program’ which is free to join and gives you the opportunity to have designs sold in Spooonflower stores on Etsy, Amazon, eBay, Michael’s, and more.
👉 Now is the time to build a sustainable business on Spoonflower. Learn the best way to do that in my Power Sellers Academy.
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