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If at first you don’t succeed, try digital. Robert McEwen on his e-book

Creators can upload an e-book to sell with just about any content and following. Downloadable e-books are one of the most versatile digital products and applicable to any industry. We’ve seen tons—vrom how-to guides, poems, fiction, e-zines (digital magazines), sheet music, and many more. Aspiring writer Robert McEwen shares how publishing his children’s story book as a downloadable digital product has been game changing. 

From 100’s of hardback books… 

Beginning his writing hustle and publishing his first ever story book for children in 2014, Robert felt inspired by the virtues and life lessons he teaches his son—such as honor and courage. He printed several hundred and hosted several readings at children’s book shops, selling copies and spreading the word. Although this was an enriching experience, Robert found it challenging to reach communities further than his hometown. Plus, printing and publishing a book is a huge investment, with financial risk involved. 

To unlimited digital e-books

Robert needed to rethink his approach and explore other avenues. With the introduction of digital products on Teespring, Robert saw his chance. Distributing his children’s book by sharing a simple URL on social media meant no risk, no expense and allows him to spread the word worldwide. Plus, he benefits from high profits with zero expenses incurred, and freedom to release more e-books which are easily accessible with instant delivery to all fans (or readers). Creating his e-book digitally also opened up the opportunity to collaborate with illustrators worldwide to work on the cartoon-like imagery, complimenting his writing and enhancing the product. Young Spartacus: Virtues Of a Warrior is compatible with a kindle, a tablet, and mobile device and accessible to all readers easily and quickly.

For writers and authors, selling downloadable e-books makes for an incredibly innovative way to test and experiment with their work. By sharing online, creators can very simply gage their popularity, measure engagement, track sales, and get fast feedback. Start by arranging your content into .pdf or .jpeg format, test it out on your devices, then upload it to the Digital Launcher. Designing a book cover and selecting a few sneak-peek pages is also a good idea for your product preview images shown on your digital listing.

Digitally publish (upload to the digital launcher 😉) your e-book ready to start sharing in 2021 and head to Robert’s store to check it out.

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Revolutionizing fitness: How Champsworth’s gym went digital

Fans will be preparing globally for 2021 over the coming weeks by planning their fitness and wellness goals. With gyms closing and social distancing in place, health and fitness creators are finding perfect opportunities to help their communities achieve the same results independently indoors.

LA based creator and fitness instructor Champsworth Online & Uncensored is living proof of how digital products are game-changing for his industry. Stick with us and find out how.

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Fitness creator Champsworth Online & Uncensored shares how after his gym closing, he dropped a digital fitness program for fans to work out at home.

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Keep calm, drop a digital fitness plan, carry on

After Harris Martin, founder of Champsworth Online and Uncensored discovered the chance to continue earning by offering his services and content digitally. Having to close and re-open his gym several times forced him to consider other options. Not being able to train clients or deliver fitness plans face to face meant digitizing his content and profession meant keeping his hustle moving, setting him up to keep profits going in the new year.

  • The ability to keep fans (and himself) active social distancing restrictions and regulations changing regularly
  • Guiding and encouraging clients to achieve their goals independently through his thorough content without being physically there with them 
  • An opportunity to keep generating income and continue doing what he does best—helping his followers become better versions of themselves, despite the obstacles of 2020
  • Instant delivery. With a simple download, fans can get going right away while they’re feeling motivated, without any excuses.

In it together and getting fit from home 

What’s so smart about the content included in the program is it’s tailored not only for individuals with real goals and determination, but it’s designed specifically for working out at home. His content taps into his entire community’s needs (and beyond), from beginners to fitness fanatics—plus, no weights are needed and no goal set is unreachable. 

The downloadable fitness program bundle includes 9 workout videos, a nutrition plan, biweekly weigh-ins, and fitness examinations. Above the fact that Harris is able to share his expertise and positivity through his product, promoting on social media platforms such as Instagram has reaped insane success so far. 

The digital fitness bundle gives fans a sense of community in sharing their fitness journeys, tips and experiences together on social media. Harris and his fans are going through the same experience right now, so launching a digital product was the perfect way to adapt, stay fit, and keep connected. The Digital Launcher was everything he needed to make his gym, services and concept accessible to anyone.

We’re obsessed with the tenacity of this creator and everything he’s achieved (despite the obstacles) with determination to make his digital fitness program not only keep himself afloat, but support others. Thank you to Harris for sharing his story. Find Champsworth Online & Uncensored on Instagram, or head straight to his store. 

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Why your post shipping cut-off game plan should be digital

That time of year has come around already. US fans are now past the standard delivery shipping cut-off dates, and have until December 18th for rush shipping or 21st for super rush shipping if they’d like to get their orders in time for the Christmas Holiday period. From now onwards is the perfect time to really push your hustle with digital products. 

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Make your digital products unmissable for fans right up to Christmas

The benefits of digital products are boundless, but the opportunity to promote your digital products right up to the Christmas holiday (and during it) is second to none. With instant delivery and no shipping or logistics to worry about, there’s every reason to continue dropping new digital products and promoting on social platforms. Here’s a few ideas.

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Digital products like audio files & photo filters are delivered to fans instantly, meaning you can continue your holiday hustle right up until Xmas ✨

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  • This is your chance to sell your content in the form of an e-book. Release your own exclusive zine like Lovette Artistry or create christmas check-lists and holiday themed recipes (because this season is for eating).
  • Push your latest e-comic for followers to enjoy over the break like Lindo Yes.
  • Consider fans who are late to the game buying Christmas gifts—this year,  home improvements and decor is huge (since we’re spending so much time indoors). Upload your coolest images to the Digital Launcher so fans can download and start using them as printable posters.
  • Entertainment and activity themed creative digital products are booming this year. Check out Studio Knit’s knitting guides and patterns or uh.meg’s ingenious idea of selling her own custom brushes for fans to download and start using on Procreate.
  • Audio files such as ringtones, music singles, podcasts and audiobooks 
  • Digital calendars and planners fans can use to set goals and keep organized in the New Year 

Celebrate festivities virtually with your community 

Fans will love celebrating the festive season with you by purchasing your digital home decor, crafts, activities, and entertainment. The variety of products to drop up until Christmas are endless. For example, why not encourage your community to shop sustainably and consciously by providing a set of digital e-cards for them to forward to family and friends.

With instant delivery, no carbon footprint, and less paper waste, fans can spread festivities virtually, without any waiting time or shipping costs to consider. Another extremely simple digital product to create and sell to fans are holiday themed Lightroom photo filters and presets. Bonnie Rzm has the ball rolling already, releasing several classic holiday photo aesthetics for fans to apply to their images such as Snowfall and Chilli.

Holiday themed digital wallpapers for fans devices are popular—Caroline Manning has nailed it with her Drippy holiday wallpaper bundle. Also, consider taking it up a notch and creating a holiday themed iOS design pack of widgets and wallpapers. Entertain fans in the next few weeks by releasing products such as digital how-to guides, craft tutorials, photo filters and downloadable coloring books. Deliberately Creative and Printables Lane have both dropped Christmas themed printable coloring books. 

Ready to start creating and sharing brand new digital products with your community? Head to the Digital Launcher below to begin.

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The custom domain you never knew you needed for your brand… until now.

As the constantly evolving leader in creator commerce, we’re introducing another way to give your community the best experience possible. By connecting a custom domain, you’re quite literally levelling up your brand. Here’s why.

Enhance your brand identity

A custom domain provides your community with a seamless, fully branded experience. Consistency is key—your brand is already ‘legit’, but a custom store URL allows you to really start owning a space for your products that you can be proud of. Connecting your own domain means fans needn’t leave your website to visit your store, making everything discoverable in one place.

Making a lasting impression for every single fan that lands on your storefront is crucial, creating seamless pathways between your social platforms and store. Above all, the aim is for you and your content to stand out and look flawlessly professional.

Put yourself on the map 

This new feature bumps up your rankings on search engines, making it easy for your community to find your store, as well as revisit it. Plus, having your unique domain encourages trust. Fans are more likely to click on your promotional campaigns if they’re able to draw a clear connection between you and your store. 

Choosing a domain for your store

Choosing a domain name is easy and it’ll be an obvious choice for most creators. If that’s not you, there’s just one rule—consistency is key. Make sure your domain reflects your identity and online brand across all your other platforms. Think about the name your fans know you by. It’s important to use wording they will recognize right away. What’s the easiest name for your fans to type into their search bar and remember? 

For example, if your Instagram social handle is @TheCreator and your YouTube URL is https://www.youtube.com/thecreator, your domain name should be https://www.thecreator.com

Find out how to connect a custom domain to your store by visiting the custom domain guide or head straight to the stores section of your dashboard to get started.

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Don’t miss the YouTube X Teespring livestream event kicking off on Cyber Weekend

On Cyber Weekend next week, Teespring is teaming up with YouTube to offer you livestream shopping for your fans. Between the 27th-30th November, this interactive event gives creators the perfect opportunity to maximize their reach and connect with communities globally. As we move even further into the virtual world and with the arrival of digital products, Cyber Weekend is set to be HUGE this year. 

An event you won’t want to miss…

Take this moment to really push promotion of your new, groundbreaking digital products. Shout about the fact your fans can download instantly without leaving the stream, and triggered alerts in-chat for every purchase allow you to give shout-outs 😏 

  • Live merch alerts give you the chance to connect with your fans in real time. That said, 74% of followers online say they’re more likely to purchase and download a digital product by watching a video.
  • With global lockdowns still prevalent, your community will have time to support, watch live, and shop.
  • Livestreaming virtually replicates the real-life shopping experience fans would get walking around shops.
  • Grow your community—creators that plan to host livestreams with the shopping feature over Cyber Weekend are Marble Runs (1M subscribers) and TagBackTV (800K) among many other huge creators.
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Your livestreaming Cyber Weekend timeline

To take part in this event and use live merch alerts, you’ll need to set up the Teespring x YouTube merch shelf integration first. Find out how and apply if you’re eligible here. Not to worry if you haven’t got access yet, you can still kill it with sales and promotions via your livestream using the strategies below. 

  • Black Friday—while your fans are excited and raring to go, plan a physical merch drop on Black Friday and announce a discount code especially for those who tune into your stream to use on their purchases over the weekend. Remind fans about your shipping cut-off dates if they’d like to receive their products by Christmas. NOW really is their time to get their orders in! 
  • Cyber Monday—the clue is in the ‘cyber’. It’s digital product time. Keep your sales going and introduce another exclusive discount code for livestream followers and get them hyped over your brand new digital content. No shipping cut off dates to worry about here, or waiting at all for that matter. Fans can download and start using. 
  • Giving Tuesday—because you should also use peak sales period to give back. Set up a charitable donation through your merch sales on Giving Tuesday. Pick your favourite charity, making sure your fans know that a proportion of each sale will be going to a good cause.

Head to your dashboard to set up your Cyber Weekend promo-codes or check out the blog with more guidance on how to get the most out of your sales this year.

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Holidays from home: keeping cosy and digital

As we near the end of an unusual year, creators aim to wrap up 2020 on a positive, united note with their communities—what’s more, it’s all happening from home. With thousands supporting their favorite creators throughout unpredictable times, product sales have kept many afloat throughout the year.

Now, we’re coming through with the top trending products (both physical and digital). Check out our HOLIDAYS FROM HOME inspo collection. We’re turning everything traditional about the holidays on its head, celebrating one message: Merry Weirdmass ✨

Trend to get ‘all over’—Comfort is key. 

We’re forecasting cosiness and comfort this year for fans worldwide over the holiday season. Spotted our brand new drinkware products in the video? Keep your eyes peeled, they’re coming soon for all creators to create and sell. 

Go for head-to-toe all-over-prints (AOP) and create something a little different for fans. Bundle coordinating products together in your listings and jump on AOP sweatshirts and *new* AOP joggers. Imagine Christmas jumpers with a twist—get trippy with your patterns using loosely themed Christmas symbols in your designs and color palettes. Tie in accessories such as cool socks, fanny packs, and face masks. 

Trending products to launch this holiday season

  • AOP Joggers 
  • AOP sweatshirts
  • Socks 
  • AOP leggings
  • Fanny packs 
  • Face masks

Promote your new “out there” pieces by planning content to post on social platforms, celebrating a sense of individuality and weirdness your entire community can wear together. You’ll need to keep shipping cut off dates in mind, however, the beauty of your unique all-over print designs is they can be worn all year round. Continue pushing them into the New Year!

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Downloadable, digital entertainment

Digital products can be created and offered to your community beyond shipping cut off dates for instant delivery right up until Christmas. Communities will jump straight onto festive themed products, helping them enjoy the holiday season with family and friends within the comfort of their homes. Allow followers get into the holiday spirit on their social media feed by offering photo filters to apply to their images. Launch audio digital products like ‘Christmassy’ ringtones or limited edition holiday themed downloadable music tracks to play in the background during festivities. Upload festive wallpapers applicable to all devices too for fans to enjoy daily.

Head to the Digital Launcher to start uploading your content to sell now.

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Make some noise with audio digital products

We’ve seen audio files launched by the thousands since the Digital Launcher went live to all creators. Musicians, writers, influencers, artists and teachers have flocked allowing their fans to download their audio digital products and start listening within minutes.

An audio digital product is any file you can listen to–for example, we’ve seen podcasts, audio books, music files, house and jazz mixes, and many more. Start considering how yours will take shape and keep reading for details on how to sell audio files and get inspo from other creators.

Preparing audio files for upload

  • Audio files should be uploaded in MP3 format 
  • Use the product description in the Digital Launcher to explain what your audio digital product is, how it can be used, and how your community can listen after download.
  • Check out effective mobile templates in the mock-up vault to create the perfect product preview. Make sure the images you select for your listing sums up your audio digital product. You might come up with an album cover, a book cover with a play button (to make it clear it’s an audio file), or a phone with sound waves behind a phone mock-up to demonstrate a ringtone.

Music tracks and albums

Audio digital products are perfect for musicians, music artists and songwriters. Upload tracks, singles, mixes and jingles to the Digital Launcher for fans to enjoy in many ways. EIGHTEEN02 uses their product description to describe how their beat can be listened to as background music, applied as intro music on video projects, or simply played to listen to and help fans relax. The music covers they’ve downloaded as their preview images are super cool too, resembling album covers. Check out other cool audio products such as The Trip of Our Lives By THawks, Mad Love by DJ Sauna Fans Only and the amazing Bentley Jones albums.

Audio books 

Share your written pieces so your community can listen instead of read. Audio books make for a great way for writers, influencers and artists to share podcasts, read aloud fiction and non-fiction books, as well as selling inspiring, educational material. Check out how Weird Entertainment Network shares the chapters of their stories as several audio digital products. Upload a product preview image in the Digital Launcher as if it were a digital book cover. 

Wellness sound techniques

Researchers, scientists, as well as wellbeing, meditation and spiritual enthusiasts have been uploading audio digital products for their communities. Fans can download and use to either learn about interesting topics, better themselves or heal through sound technology. Lady Tina Social School also uploaded a Clear Speech Tongue Twister audio exercise for those who lack clear speech and wish to improve mumbling, slurring or speed talking. Lady Tina uploads product preview images that show earphones and phone mock-up, working brilliantly to demonstrate the products usability.

Ringtones 

Remember custom ringtones? They’re back. Thousands of creators from all different backgrounds such as lifestyle influencers, comedians, music artists, and many more are selling sounds for communities to use for notifications on their devices. Check out Bootsy Collins’s bundle of exclusive sound clips of Bootsy’s recorded voice for ringtones, alarms, and mail notifications. Be sure to let your fans know how to apply their newly downloaded ringtones within their device settings. 

Ready to start flexing your noisiest audio digital products? Get the sounds your community will love by uploading to the Digital Launcher below.

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Everything you need to launch a digital product

Now the Digital Launcher is live for all creators to upload and sell their content as digital products to their community, we’re making sure you’ve got everything you need to get started. See the video above for a walkthrough of the sparkling new feature, and keep reading for our most helpful resources, as well as a catalog full of digital product ideas for different types of content creators.

 

Useful resources to help you get started

We’ve been publishing resources weekly to give you doses of inspo and guidance for your new digital venture. Check out the digital product section of the blog for a collection of the most useful inspiration, sure to give you a good starting point. Get advice on creating your first, learn why digital products are revolutionary, and read about how other creators like Bonnie Rzm are killing it with promotion and their variety of content. 

 

Don’t miss our digital product mock-up vault either–this is a helpful resource, allowing creators to insert their digital product previews into ready-made templates easily, making their listing images as effective as possible. Lastly, check out the digital product catalog below; you’ll find a collection of different digital product examples and descriptions, file formatting tips, and finally recommended retail prices for each product.

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Digital products–for all industries, creators, and communities

With our Digital Launcher accessible for all creators, everyone can hop on the digital hype. 

The ability to offer downloadable files give give creators the chance to revolutionize your fans e-commerce experience. On top of the countless benefits of digital products—the biggest plus is how adaptable digital products are for all types of communities.

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It doesn’t matter what your industry is, the social media platforms you use, or who your followers are. Digital products and their limitless options open up the opportunity for any type of creator to upload awesome content and start winning. Find a few of many digital products launched already by a range of different creators.

Beauty, fashion and lifestyle 

Many influencers are already experts when it comes to self promotion and product marketing around beauty and fashion. The influencer creator often holds a close relationship with fans by sharing more personal lifestyle content. Followers often become a strong support network when it comes to merch. Digital products are perfectly suited to this industry, allowing creators to offer valuable downloadable content as an extension of their social media feed. 

Firstly, photo filters are a great obvious choice. Check out Bailey Dedrick’s. Fashion photographer Bonnie Rzm creates swimwear pose guides and digital content planners. Sadie Aldis has launched a set of iOs widgets inspired by her favourite color palette to apply to fan’s iphones, and Geek out of water dropped a PDF face chart for followers to plan their makeup looks.

Examples of digital products for influencers
  • Photo filters/Lightroom presets
  • Digital Planners (weekly planners, to do lists, outfit planners, and more)
  • E-books
  • Guides (photo poses, make up, style, social media, routines)

Illustration and animation 

Digital products are an amazing way for creatives and designers (at all skill levels) to share their talents and knowledge with fans. Uploading digital content is also a brilliant way to allow communities to enjoy artwork work with a simple download. For example, upload a printable poster to the Digital Launcher, or transform your creations into digital wallpapers suitable for all devices like The Flat Type. Apply your illustrations and animations to a digital calendar like Simon’s Cat or create coloring sheets like Tofu Chan by removing the color from your drawings. MasakoX offers super cool downloadable e-comics. Get inspired by checking out our blog on digital products for all creatives.

Examples of digital products for creatives
  • E-book tutorials and guides
  • E-comics
  • Coloring pages & books
  • Wallpapers
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • Printable posters

Health & fitness

A variety of creators promote healthy lifestyles and share their fitness journeys with followers through sharing engaging, inspiring content. Uploading digital products to sell is an ideal way to help motivate fans to better themselves as well. A Healthy Alternative created an e-book designed to guide followers on a holistic wellness journey. Other creators have provided e-books like this Fitness For Creators workout guide for beginners, and Mrs Space Cadet created a digital planner for her community to plan their fitness schedules. Hench Herbivore shares secrets with the intention of providing a complete guide to a vegan diet where protein is concerned using a downloadable e-book.

Digital products for health and fitness creators
  • Meal planners
  • Recipes 
  • Workout planners 
  • Workout guides
  • E-books

Crafty digital DIY’s

DIY style content educating fans is certainly popular in 2020. Fans are staying indoors finding new ways to get creative and learn new skills. Uploading digital content is a great way to take advantage of this trend. Transfer your quirky hacks and unique processes and skills into e-books–The Outsider shares a pop up cabin “how-to”, Bhooked crafts several guides for knitting and crochet projects. Shifty Thrifting sells decorative cross stitch patterns for fans to display and followers can color in Leopard Gecko Talk’s illustration coloring books ready for a splash of digital color.

Examples of DIY digital products
  • DIY guides
  • E-book DIY guides and “how to’s”
  • Patterns (cross stitch, sewing, knitting)
  • Coloring pages

Entertaining followers

Following on from DIY genius’s above–you can turn just about any kind of content into a downloadable asset to keep your followers occupied. All you need is to know their interests and tailor it to the kind of material they love to see and hear about on your social media. Consider using audio files to create ringtones to use on devices as well as music tracks to download and listen to if you’re in the music industry, like Bootsy Collins. Other examples include Bin of Trash teaching fans how to draw like them with their How to Chibi e-book and Lulaboo Cooking Show has brought out a Mexican style recipe e-book. Pungence released the e-book story of Mystery of the Magic Toilet and followers can apply Cartoon Connect’s virtual background to their video calls.

Digital products for fan’s entertainment
  • E-books
  • E-comics
  • Sound effects
  • Coloring pages & book
  • Printable posters

Anyone can sell digital products with monumental success. Now’s the time–be first in your industry to offer them to your community. Get acquainted with the Digital Launcher and start uploading your content below, ready to share with your community (like Bonnie Rzm 😉) 

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The digital product design tool vault

Find mock-up templates for your listings, as well as design tools helping you to create digital products from scratch, with no design experience needed.

We’ve teamed up with Placeit to offer you 20% off your subscription, giving you unlimited access to high quality mock-up templates for showcasing your digital products. Your Placeit subscription also gives you access to their digital product design tools. 

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Free templates to create digital products

Find a variety of helpful (completely free) designs below on Placeit that allow you to pick designs and customize them to sell. Use the links below to create these digital products without using any software.

Free mockup templates for listing pages

Creating a collection of effective mock-up images is a powerful tool for providing high quality imagery to show your digital product in action, demonstrate its usability, and showcase your amazing designs. If you don’t have a subscription yet for Placeit, find freebies by clicking the images below.

Free poster templates
Free macbook templates
Free phone templates
Free tablet templates

Photo filters and image presets 

  • Consider utilizing image collaging apps such as Canva or Layout
  • Provide product preview images that show the ‘before and after’, so your fans will know what to expect
  • Show collages of the filter applied to your own images 

Ebook 

  • Feature a preview image of your book cover to generate interest for the valuable content inside 
  • Select a few pages of your book and drop them into an image to make it clear that your product is to be used on certain devices such as an ipad (and is an ebook, not a physical paper book)
  • As well as the templates linked below (access by clicking the images), try out these free tablet mock-up templates.

Digital planner 

  • Showcase the planner’s design for buyers to see the planner in action and understand it’s usability
  • If there are stickers included in the digital planner, don’t forget to show them off
  • Use “in action” pictures (like a person holding a tablet or ipad) using the planner 
  • Try the Placeit templates we’ve collected below for digital planners or check out these free ipad templates. (access by clicking the images)

Wallpaper 

  • Your wallpaper designs on several devices to promote value for money
  • Show your full bundle of designs if you have several ready to sell
  • Show your wallpapers in real life situations, like working-from-home desktop setups 
  • On Placeit, you’re able to adjust the background color of your preview image and also add branding such as your logo. Give the mockup templates linked below a go or check out free templates showing phones, desktops and tablets. (access by clicking the images)

Printable posters 

  • Select mock-up Images that show that the poster is printable and that it doesn’t come framed
  • Show your image printed in a variation of different sizes
  • It’s a good idea to use mock-up templates that show your poster in an interior setting so users can imagine it in their own space. Having recognizable objects or people next to your poster will show the scale effectively.
  • Take a look at the mock-up templates below or drop your poster designs into these free poster templates. (access by clicking the images)

Coloring books

  • Showcase a book cover that summarizes your coloring book or collection of sheets
  • Feature your favourite pages 
  • Preview your coloring book pages both colored and empty so users know what to expect when they download. Use the templates linked below or use these free tablet templates. (access by clicking the images)

Once you have your mock-ups sorted, head to the Digital Launcher to start uploading your digital product files and preview images ready to sell and begin by preparing your digital products and content for upload.

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