How it works
Print Trail's combined e-commerce, print-on-demand, fulfilment and delivery make it hassle-free to sell printed products online, whilst delivering globally.
Print-on-demand
- No inventory, no up-front costs, no stock to manage
- Order quantities from 1 copy (no maximum)
- 5 working days production for softcovers
- Mono, full colour, softcover and hardcover
- Best-suited to books which have black-only inner pages, or full colour books with a low number of pages
…or bulk warehousing
- For titles you know will sell well, bulk printing means lower per-unit costs
- We store your titles in our warehouse
- We pick, pack and ship to your customers
- Switch titles to print-on-demand when warehouse stock runs down
Your own e-commerce website
- Powered by WooCommerce
- Branded with your own domain e.g. shop.yourdomain.com
- You have full control over content and products
- Responsive design works on PCs, tablets and phones
- Access to tens of thousands of plugins to enhance functionality
1. Orders go to Print Trail, automatically
- Your customer places an order on your branded website
- Order flows directly to Print Trail
- You can view orders at any time
2. We process the order
- We process the order at the location closest to the shipping address
- Print-on-demand titles are printed and packaged
- Warehoused titles are picked, packed and made ready to ship
3. Your customer receives their order
- We automatically ship the order to your customer
- Order status is updated, your customer is notified
- Utilising locations worldwide, we reduce shipping costs and delivery time
Why use Print Trail?
- Eliminate the hassle of order processing and customer queries
- Higher profit margins than Amazon – no commission
- Gain a new direct-to-customer sales channel – and grow it!
- Flexibility to switch titles between print-on-demand and bulk stock
- Low running costs: after setup, pay only when books sell
- With print-on-demand, your books never go out of stock
Designed to work alongside your existing sales channels, Print Trail streamlines your book order processing and order fulfillment, saving your time and hassle, so you can concentrate on creating great content and marketing.
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