[Journey] Building My Printing Services Store 2022

[Moy]

Hey guys just posting here to document for myself on my journey to building my printing service store I have and take you along for the ride. As of right now I offer DTG Printing, Screen Printing, Embroidery, Vinyl, Banners,

Business Cards and much more but our main sellers are those services. Mainly I been promoting on Instagram with a following of 433 all organic and ad traffic followers, with Facebook I really been slacking and not doing my

best on that. This year alone I had 2,154 unique visitors within those I had $5.7k in sales but counting the materials and equipment its less don't have the exact numbers yet. Would love any feedbacks you guys would on how I

can expand more locally and nationwide across the US. Never really tried SEO yet on the website should I start there or should I keep promoting on Instagram and more on Facebook. I will be going around my city passing out

flyers see if that boost the sales. Either or I'm happy to take y'all on this journey and hear your feedback. -Thanks and Let's Keep on Grinding.

GOALS
[ ] Bring in more instore person traffic

[ ] Hit 3k visitors in a month

[ ] Hit 5k visitors in a month

[ ] Hit $5k in one month

[ ] Hit $10k in one month

[ ] Hit $5k sale in on day

[ ] Hit 5k Instagram followers by end of this year

 

[TooCorny]

Are you doing the prints with third parties or is the physical business yours too?

Good luck

 

[Moy]

Are you doing the prints with third parties or is the physical business yours too?

Good luck

Physical

 

[123me]

Looking forward to keeping up with this one!
I fell down the rabbit hole of DTG business journeys on YouTube a few years ago! Really interesting. Good luck OP!

 

[Dexter01]

how much investment is required to start this business

 

[Moy]

how much investment is required to start this business

Depending on what you want to provide for service but I would recommend tshirt printing because that will always be around for birthdays, events and funerals. A good DTG machine runs about $30k-$50k but not everyone has that laying around. So what I first did was do drop shipping out sourced the printing for awhile so I can save enough to buy my own printer and build from there. Also you need to find a wholesale blank T-shirt provider in your area instead of online will help a lot. Only thing you have to worry about is brining in the clients to pay off the machines.

 

[DigitalDust]

How are yoy getting traffic?
Social media only to generate those sales?

 

[timothywcrane]

1. A good DTG machine runs about $30k-$50k but not everyone has that laying around. So what I DID was do drop shipping out sourced the printing for awhile So I CAN save enough to buy my own printer and build from there.


2. can expand more locally and nationwide across the US.


3. GOALS
[ ] Bring in more instore person traffic

1. So you already raised the mechanized capitalization through drop shipping or that is what you plan on / currently doing?

2. Are you US based or just US targeting?

3. ... I "may" be looking to relocate my printer from Vietnam To the US... (because I'm Stateside)

Do you have all over print capability in-house?

Would you be willing to invest your time and/or $ in a BST/JV thread?