Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to add an automated t-shirt shop in WordPress. Ideally, someone else handles a solution where you just upload the designs and the rest of the process (printing, shipping, etc.). Fortunately, there is a solution. In this article, we'll show you how to easily create a WordPress t-shirt shop with Spreadshirt, so you can add merchandising to your blog.
Spreadshirt is an online store that sells custom designed t-shirts. Anyone can upload their own custom designs and print them on t-shirts and other products.
You can buy the products yourself, sell your designs on their marketplace, or create a store and sell items with your design to your blog readers.
Spreadshirt handles inventory, payments, printing, and shipping. You get paid for design and commission on every product you sell. This allows you to make money from your blog by selling your custom designed t-shirts and accessories.
Spreadshirt allows you to create your own Spreadshop with a unique web address. You can display your designs and products on this Spreadshop page.
However, you don't have the same design flexibility on a Spreadshop page that you get with a professional website builder.
If you don't already have a website, we recommend using hosted WordPress.org as your blogging platform (see the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org).
To start a self-hosted WordPress.org website, you will need a WordPress domain name and hosting account.
We recommend using Bluehost. They are an officially recommended WordPress hosting provider.
More importantly, they are offering WPBeginner users a free domain name and a discount on hosting. Basically, you can get started for $2.75/month.
Once you've purchased hosting, follow the step-by-step instructions in our guide on how to make a website. You'll be up and running in no time.
With that said, let's see how to create your t-shirt shop with Spreadshirt and add it to your WordPress website.,
You must first visit the Spreadshirt website and click the "Sell" button at the top.
Choose the 'Open your own online store' option to continue.
You will be prompted to create an account and choose a name for your store.
Once you have registered, you will be taken to your Spreadshirt account dashboard.
Next, click the Designs option on the left menu to upload your t-shirt designs.
You can upload your designs in an image format with supported file types.
Once you upload your design, Spreadshirt will ask you to select the products. You can choose clothes for men, women, children, babies and accessories.
Once you have chosen the product, click on the button below to continue.
You will now be asked to describe your design. You can add tags and description to explain your design. This information will help Spreadshirt customers to discover your design in their market.
Once you're done, click the button below to select your sales channel.
You can sell products with your design in your Spreadshop as well as in your Marketplace. Click the button next to each option to activate them.
Once you have enabled the sales channel, click the button below to continue.
Now you need to set a design price. Your earnings will be the design price + commission.
Once you have selected the price of the design, click the create button to finalize the design.
You can continue adding other designs or go to your store page and publish it.
When publishing the store, you will be asked to enter your name and address. After that, your store will be live and ready to sell.
Now that you've designed your t-shirts and created your Spreadshirt store, it's time to add them to your WordPress site.
Visit your Spreadshirt dashboard and click on the shop icon. On the store page, you need to click the Edit button.
This will open the store editing section where you need to click on Advanced settings »Embed store on website menu.
You will now see the code that you can copy to paste later on your website. Below the embed code, you need to paste the store page URL into your WordPress website.
You can now go to your WordPress admin area and create a new page for your store. On the store page, switch to the text editor, and then paste the embed code you copied earlier.
You can now save or publish this page and click the preview button to see your Spreadshirt shop in action.
Do you want to change the appearance of your Spreadshirt shop? You can do this by editing the store from your account. You will be able to change the header image, store title, currency, and more.
We hope this article helped you learn how to create a WordPress t-shirt shop with Spreadshirt. You may also want to see our step-by-step guide to WordPress SEO for beginners.
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