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CEO at Amazing Print Tech

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Author "Print Sales and Marketing"
Author "Cloud Production"
2017 winner of "Best Web to Print Software" by PrintingNews.com

Voted top 3 Web To Print Experts in US.
Voted top 35 Most Influential Canadians in Print.
Voted top 25 CMOs in UK.

7 Cover Stories.
Top 100 USA Graphics Industry Suppliers.
Speak at 20 Industry events per year.
Teach marketing at Colleges/Universities/Tradeshows per year.
Published in 4 trade Magazines.
Top Web2Print Consultant.
Consult 11 top Venture Funds on companies like Vistaprint (VPRT).
20 years in Online Print Industry. 20 Years in Marketing.

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Does anybody on here have experience launching a website for print products? I'm looking to add online design tools to my current websites.


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CEO at Amazing Print Tech

After launching a few thousand printer websites, here are the top 10 things to look out for: 1. Figure out if you are going after SMB or B2B market. The design online environment is different for both. 2. Figure out what kind of file you want system to produce 3. Figure out if you want an open designer (allows for most customer mistakes but opens the funnel wider) or more of a controlled designer (least amount of mistakes meaning more profit per job) 4. Figure out if you want to own the designer or if you are ok to rent it/subscribe to it 5. Figure out if you want to do your own templates or if you want the system to come with readymade templates 6. Figure out what shopping cart style you want, open source shopping cart, or a custom tailored shopping cart… what payment methods you would like to accept. 7. Figure out the scalability… what happens if the site is too busy, can your servers or your vendor servers keep up? 8. Figure out what product mix will work best, as every vendor has their own flavor from photobooks to signs to stationery items. 9. Figure out how the reporting will work. Do you want the system to talk to your MIS or email you the data or to have administrative dashboards of its own? 10. And finally figure out the marketing aspect. No matter how great the engine is… if you don’t market it, no one will find it. So if you want to look into top 10 marketing online channels for printers, connect with me offline. Slava Apel, CEO Amazing Print Tech. 1-800-355-4498

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