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I am a landscape photographer, and am looking at adding some sublimated products to the mounted and framed prints I currently sell.

I have spent some time looking around the various posts, and am beginning to realise how much I will have to learn to do this successfully.

I am planning to visit the Printwear and Promotion exhibition before taking the plunge and ordering equipment and items to print.

I already appreciate the amount of information in the various forum posts, and hope to learn much more as I go along.


Paul

P&P is a good choice
Welcome

I would weigh up the costs of doing printing in house against subcontracting out. Aside from costs then you are looking at learning curve as well. We have a lot of photographer clients who prefer to stay the artist and don't fancy pulling their hair out learning another skill set.

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum. DSF wil be at the show this year so pop along for a chat if you need any help, stand A72

Justin
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I will come along and say hello Justin.

I had considered using a third part printer. However, I think I will have a quite large range of designs, and will not initially know which ones will sell. I plan to produce (for website sales) and replenish (for show sales) as orders are received to minimise my finished product stock holding. I suspect that frequent small orders with the associated carriage costs would severely reduce the overall profit margins on the products if I was buying in from outside.

One factor I haven't been able to really estimate at this stage is a likely scrap rate after the initial learning curve. I guess this will vary depending on the product (mugs v flat products), and how I assess saleable quality compared to others. However, any indications would help my thinking.