hether today I'd love to show you how to
open your own online store and create
products for sale in your very own
spread shop and get this it's totally
free okay now you're curious aren't you
it's easy to get started head on over to
spread shop comm or check out some of
the other start selling links provided
in the video description from spread
shop comm you can click on any of the
open of spread shop buttons to get
started here you will register for a
free shop all you need is to name your
shop provide your email and create a
password for your account
boom it's that easy now you'll be
directed to your partner where you can
control all the aspects of your shop
it's like your very own command center
for your storefront if you're new to
spread shop you can take advantage of
the guided tour to make creating your
shop even easier let's do that now this
panel on the right is your guided tour
notice step 1 create a shop is already
done that was completed at registration
the next step is to upload designs and
create products for sale let's go ahead
and follow the tour and click on the
second step to upload as many designs as
we wish and create awesome products for
our shop you can find everything you
need for uploading designs at any time
by clicking on the design tab on the
left to upload designs you can browse
for files or simply drag and drop files
over the uploader you can upload several
designs up to 25 at the same time if you
wish each design must be less than 10
megabytes large and less than 4000
pixels tall or wide a dots per inch of
around 200 is also recommended it is
also important to have a good resolution
for your designs so they can print
accurately the uploader accepts JPEGs
pngs gifts SPG's eps --is illustrator
files to name a few
so with that knowledge let's upload a
couple of designs now by just dragging
and dropping there we go now you can see
all the designs we just uploaded you can
also see that each says no products
creating so let's do that next let's
create products go ahead hover on a
design and click on that pencil edit
icon first we will choose the products
we wish to have this design on out of
the box you will see the bestsellers
from across the product categories these
appear by default to give you a head
start on making an assortment for this
design in your shop but the control is
all yours you can turn off any products
you don't want to have for this design
and add even more product choices by
clicking on add products let's do that
now here we see product categories on
the left and the individual products on
the right let's add some products to our
sermon by finding them and clicking on
the radio button for each product we
wish to see in our shop for this design
or you can use the Handy select all and
deselect all buttons to quickly select
multiple products of a category at once
you can also preview the different
colors available set a default color and
decide if you wish to have each product
in your shop or not once you're happy
with your selection let's click done and
return to the previous page from this
page you have even more control you can
manage the size and location of designs
and the color offerings of each product
you can start this process by clicking
on the pencil edit icon of each
individual product this launches this
neat little editor where you can drag
and drop changes on the left or use the
sliders and selectors on the right to
alter the design on the individual
product from this editor you can choose
the default color you wish this product
to display within your shop and even
deactivate some colors you don't wish to
sell you can also choose a print area
and alter the design size and lastly
there's some quick buttons to Center the
design vertically and horizontally when
you're happy click apply changes we can
continue to refine our design on each
product as we see fit there's another
neat feature
I'd like to call your attention to
called templates at the bottom of the
page you will see save as template and
at the top of the page loaded template
this is a real time-saver you can save
all the specifications you've just
outlined including product selection
default colors design placement and the
like as an easy reusable template of
settings you can use with other designs
in your shop to streamline your product
creation this can save you tons of time
once we have a product assortment we
like and we are happy with each
individual product continue the product
creation journey on the next page we can
describe the design here we want to name
our design add an appropriate
description add some relevant tags to
help our customers find our design and
click Next lastly we're going to set a
design price here you can decide how
much you want to make for each sale of
this design looking at some sample
calculations can give you a better idea
of what design price to set this will
give you some good ballpark estimates
for how much you can earn it's an
equation really from left to right the
two left columns determine the right
column in this first column on the left
you can control the calculation by
changing the product type with these
arrows and this number is the 20%
affiliate Commission that is guaranteed
to you for every item you sell let's
leave this on t-shirt in the middle
column you can control the design price
which is the dollar amount above and
beyond the 20% affiliate Commission that
you wish to earn on each item for a
given design clicking the plus and minus
buttons can help you determine your
design price the last column shows you
two important things first is the retail
price this is the price your customer
will see when they shop in your store
for this product also you will be able
to see your earnings at the bottom here
for each product sold click around and
see how you can use this calculator
again these are ballpark estimates and
different products will result in
different payouts but the sample
calculator is a fun and easy way to
determine what design
price to set for your design once you've
made that determination click out of
this window and return to the set a
design price page using what you've
learned now set the design price by
clicking on 1 2 or $3 or by setting a
custom design price
let's choose $2 you can also see here
under more details even more information
on pricing and earnings by each product
in your shop featuring this design
you'll be able to see the retail price
and your estimated earnings per sale
here as well once we are happy with all
of this click create and boom what a
happy moment you've created these
products and now they're in your shop
wasn't that easy let's head back to all
the designs we've uploaded earlier
notice this design has products created
now let's repeat this product creation
and all the tricks we've learned for our
remaining designs remember you can save
a bunch of time if you use templates and
create lots of products quickly but I'll
do it the old-fashioned way and speed it
up with the magic of editing so cue that
time-lapse baby nice now we're ready for
the next step in the partner area guided
tour which is customizing your shop head
to sales channels find your shop and
click on edit let's start with uploading
a cool header image click on headers and
colors you'll see a preview of your shop
on the right side right now it has a
default header picture but we can upload
something more fitting for our shop we
recommend your header be 1400 pixels
wide with around 300 pixels tall at 72
dots per inch so go ahead and upload a
header image by browsing or dragging and
drop in your file and voila your shop is
looking better already click apply
changes
now with our header uploaded and looking
nice let's go back and change the color
scheme you can select an out-of-the-box
palette that spread shop has defined
like summer or
or you can create a personalized color
scheme here you can change a lot of
color elements of your shop from this
page once you're happy with this click
apply changes also from this area there
are some other cool features you should
check out first you can add social media
links to your shop header say you have a
youtube channel on Instagram or maybe a
Facebook for your brand by adding your
handle here the social media icons will
show up in your shop and link back to
your social media pages spread shop also
runs regular promotions that you can
share with your customers to drive sales
make sure this feature is activated you
can also choose to highlight new
products in your shop and even display
the products in your shop on models now
your shop is looking great so let's move
on to the next step of our guided tour
our next step is to optimize our URL and
metadata for our shop follow the guide
to sales channels click Edit for your
shop click on general and then shop name
an SEO data let's rename our shop and
add an SEO friendly description you can
also change the URL of your shop here
now you're ready to launch your shop and
share it with the world
click on launch shop one last item to do
is adding your address reading and
agreeing to the terms and conditions and
click done now your shop is live wow
that's awesome newly launched shops get
a 15% off campaign coupon so you can
immediately start promoting your shop to
friends and followers let's click on
visit shop and see this shop live
awesome this is looking really good you
can come back and log into your partner
area from spread shop comm at any time
follow your sales from the dashboard or
from our mobile
you can find out about upcoming
promotions that you can share with your
fans to drive traffic as well or check
in on the blog to find out about feature
releases and other great shop owner
updates and dig into that tips and
tricks section for even more helpful
hints on becoming a successful selling
spread shop now you're ready to upload
even more designs continue to promote
your shop and start making money selling
custom merchandise online in your very
own spread shop and remember all this is
free always free
what's better than happy selling
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