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so much useful info...it will take me weeks to comb though it all
thanks

Great post by Layna - thanks and reps!

Layna61524!

WOW - This thread can be a huge time saver and very useful to people interested in this field.

12Days and batman1101 great sources of info. +Reps to you all.

Thank you shermanbir, Bobhenry and Razmataz13 for posting to the thread. Glad to see this post being so well-received.

@All: Please plan to visit the links 12days added in post #9 for added insight.

And batman1101 mentioned Rebecca Holman. I completely forgot to add her to my post as an expert resource, so by all means, don't neglect to look her up in an online search.

As far as whether there is still room in this niche, it's better to get the perspective of people who are currently "in the trenches" because depending on who you ask, there will always be two ways to look at it.

Let's take Amy Harrop's opinion, for example. In her sales letter for Easy Learning Printables (which I've already shared on BBHF, so if you haven't seen it, look it up and download it before the links go away) ... she says that EDUCATIONAL printables is a fairly untapped market for people who are not trained educators. That means ordinary people can get into the printables business in this sub-category and make money.

Now, you might think that Amy is just trying to sell her own Easy Learning Printables product so she is hyping the benefits of low-content publishing in general and educational printables in particular. That might be the case but it could also be true, depending on whether you have the ability and skills to create an exciting, fun and educational product.

On the other hand, some other marketer might suggest that low-content is fairly saturated and there is little room for newcomers to profit from this niche.

To that opinion, you might think: They must be making money so they don't want undue competition. They're trying to steer us away from a profitable niche.

Either way, it's up to you to try your hand at it. Low content is just the niche for people who may have a good product but don't want to waste a lot of time or money testing it on the market. Since it doesn't take long to create and launch, there's no harm, no foul if it doesn't work.

I like to think of low-content as both: highly competitive and over-saturated for certain products (ex: coloring books for adults and children). Yet, there is profit potential IF you can come up with something unique, different and fun.

If you can take advantage of trends, popular games, TV shows, social media news and the like to create low-content products, you may be able to make money --- either long- or short-term.

Here are a few links to show you what I mean:

Magic Button :

Enjoy!

Layna61524

Just came across this and thought that it might be of help to some of you.

"Self Publishing Titans"

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You can access it here: "Self Publishing Titans"

great content share. Much appreciated.

Hello Lanya,
First thank you for this post. I have been looking for information like this for so long. why it popped up in my search TODAY when it refused me other time, is odd.

I see all the kindle kdp stuff and yes it is amazing.

Can you also use these methods on Etsy for things like checklists, kids' birthday parties and more? I noticed Etsy has tons of printables right now and I think they have a better pay structure than kdp, and you get paid more, whereas kdp gives a very small %.

Interested in doing both.

Thanks for all you do for this forum.

Hi Layna61524,

Great post I must say, I'm fairly newbie to this.

Just wanted to know if the product we are going to sell is digital product so that customers print it on their computer or locally. Or the product is in physical form, if yes is there a service like PODs or is it through amazon kdp.

Thanks

DIGITAL VS PHYSICAL: WHICH FORMAT IS
BEST FOR SELLING YOUR PRINTABLES?

@All: Thanks for the great comment posts and added-value links.

@Rocketmari: The answer to your question is - EITHER or BOTH! Your products will be in whatever format you feel best serves your customer base. The way to determine that requires a little
bit of market research and a lot of observing current trends.

Find out how the best-selling printable vendors are delivering their products. Find out how many buyers are purchasing digital downloads versus physical products.

And if you opt for a physical product (ex: a pen-and-ink book or paper printable) your customer can hold, there are services like Amazon's CreateSpace; I understand that there's a POD integration in Etsy for its vendors called Printful but there are many other services. So, again, yes --- there are services and you can learn more about them on Amazon's KDP site or by doing an independent search engine query.

I did a quick search using the keywords below:

service to print your kdp printable product

In return, I got quite a few links to interesting services. Here is just one of those links...

PRINT-ON-DEMAND BOOK SERVICES

Magic Button :

So, start with that search but change the keywords to ones that you may have in mind. You will be amazed at the options. If this post did not answer your question, please send me a PM.

And while you didn't ask this question, I'll post it and volunteer an answer to it below...

Q: What's the benefit of publishing your printables digitally (paperless) versus hardcopy (pen-and-ink)?

A: There are pros and cons to both formats. Today, we're in the digital age where everything is expected quickly-and-easily. Still, there are people who prefer the feel of something tangible in their hands when they consume learning; even now, not everyone uses a cell phone or computer.

So why not do both and give your customer the option? Or choose one format for one group of products and have the others in a different format, based upon your decision after pitting the pros and cons below for each of the TYPE of printable product you plan to sell.

Here are a few PROS and CONS I can think of, off the top of my head:

DIGITAL PRINTABLES - PROS

- Instant access! Quick delivery after the sale enables your customer to immediately download their purchase after their payment is approved. This makes both the customer and the vendor happy --- a real win-win!

- Instant delivery in the form of software or payment processor platforms often work seamlessly to request and check a customer's email address, confirm payment and then deliver the download link afterwards. This cuts down on (but doesn't completely eliminate) customer complaints or claims that they never received the product, which can happen more often with postal mail deliveries;

- Digital access to your product affords your customer more creativity; they can use the digital download as a master file and print any number of copies to colorize and otherwise embellish to their heart's content!

- Digital downloads completely wipe away the vendor's need to do a post office run to mail or track orders!

DIGITAL PRINTABLES - CONS

- Instant delivery! The same little bytes transferred over the cloud to your paying customer's computer can be shared by them with family, friends and on forums. Despite it being a copyright infringement, people tend to "share" what they have or find with others. Their generosity can take a big bite out of your company's future profits and kill your brand before you get off the ground floor. And once your digital product files find their way online, they will likely spread like wildfire. As we black-hatters know, it is all too easy to do a search engine query and find download links galore!;

- Digital products have increasingly become the "norm" but their perceived value is often less-than their physical paper-and-ink cousins. Especially for older folks, there is something comforting about holding an actual book or piece of paper versus squinting at a computer screen to read the same content. It may be the exact opposite for younger people, so consider your customer base when trying to decide your printable format; and,

- It's far easier for someone to swipe-and-copy your digital product than a physical one. Since it is digital, once downloaded, it can be edited with a PDF tool or converted to a text or other (ex: Word) document for further customizations then sold again with a new title and cover as a new product. And since printables are usually very low-content, it's even more tempting for lazy, unmotivated sellers to swipe someone else's best-selling product and make a few changes to get a head-start on the competition.

PHYSICAL PRINTABLES - PROS

- A physical, printed book or printable bundles need to be delivered to your customer through the postal service but the anticipation of receiving your product could be turned into a major PLUS as it increases the perceived value of it; and,

- A physical, printed book or series of printables will be more difficult (but not impossible) to steal versus a digital file.

PHYSICAL PRINTABLES - CONS

- A physical, printed book or printable bundles need to be delivered to your customer through the postal service so there is the wait and any delay in delivery or mistakes in shipping could create a bad customer experience; and,
- Your customer will be limited with a physical printable (ex: a single coloring page of its kind in a book) versus a digital one that can be printed any number of times.

That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there are others that can be added.

But all-in-all, you can choose to have certain products in digital format (less risky if stolen and repackaged) but have the better content books or printable bundles in physical format only to better protect your sales.

And, of course, you should always use membership links that require login or have some authentication process before a download link is issued. I haven't used it in a while but something like DL Guard seems like a very good option for delivery of your digital download links because it keeps records of who the links are sent to, how many times they downloaded from it by creating expiring links, and collect other tracking data to protect against piracy, etc.

And, in closing, here are some links to help guide you on deciding the best format for your printables (and other things to consider)...

DIGITAL OR PHYSICAL PRINTABLES? Please use the slider arm in the opened window below to see all of the links.

Magic Button :

@All: If anyone has a question for me and expects an answer, please send me a PM. I will do my best to help or tell you if I can't. I'll even post my reply (without including any information that should remain private, of course) for others to benefit from, if I feel it aids the community and you consent to me doing so. While your posts to the forum thread are fine, I don't always get back to my shares to read posts in a timely manner.

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

Thanks again for detailed answer as usual.

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