How to Start a Print-On-Demand Business
Whether you want to use the POD approach for book publishing business or other ventures, there is a process you should follow in doing that and oftentimes it begins with having a website. This is because the POD approach functions effectively with a very good website. The first thing you do is to create a website, then find a suitable POD vendor, get book manuscripts, publish them and sell them. Even if you do not have the POD machine you can always send the manuscript to those who do. They print the book, package and send to your customer. You have to set up an online store to sell your books.
In setting up a basic website for your business (probably an online store) you have to register a domain name, select an e-commerce platform for the website (for example, shopify, WordPress, Etsy, among several others), design the store (platforms such as WordPress, Shopify, and Etsy provide easily customizable templates) with basic pages such as home, contact, payment, shipping information etc. and ensure the website is easy to navigate. After setting up the website with every relevant information you then supercharge your store, which is when you make it active by choosing a provider platform to provide and deliver your orders. A typical example of an online bookstore is universitybooksng.com which started out as an ebook platform for academic texts written by Nigerian authors. It also has direct publishing option for authors.
