{"id":574,"date":"2025-03-28T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abc.printdoors.com\/?p=574"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:06:20","slug":"from-home-to-international-business-a-print-on-demand-family-tour-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.printdoors.com\/faq\/from-home-to-international-business-a-print-on-demand-family-tour-of-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"From Home to International Business: A Print on Demand Family Tour of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduce: Small Starting Point of a Small Rental House<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago, in a 30-square-metre rental house in Sydney, Australia, a small family consisting of Somchai and Sudha, along with two children, Mu, 5, and me, 2, faced financial challenges. Somchai works as an accountant in a private company for a low salary, while Souda is studying for a master’s degree in graphic design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We want to earn extra income to make life better for our family,” Mr. Somchai said. “But because we have limited time and little money, we are looking for businesses we can start from home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The turning point came when Suda came across a video on YouTube talking about Print on Demand<\/a><\/strong> (POD) or print-to-order business. “At first, I didn\u2019t know what it was, but it seemed like a great opportunity because we didn\u2019t have to invest in machines or store inventory,” Suda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early Days: Understand the Difficulties Before Printdoors<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Before meeting with Printdoors, the family had experimented with the traditional T-shirt business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We first bought a used thermal printer for 15,000 baht,” Somchai explains, “and every day after work, I would sit down and design shirt patterns with a Photoshop program. Suda taught me and printed them on the shirts we bought from local markets.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process is very complicated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Night stripe design<\/li>
  2. Print patterns on transfer paper<\/li>
  3. Use a thermal printer on your shirt.<\/li>
  4. Wrap it up and mail it the next day.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    “The problem is that we have to buy empty clothes to stock them,” Suda added. “Sometimes we order 100 pieces and only sell 30. The rest is a mess.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In addition to inventory issues, shipping costs are a huge hurdle. “It\u2019s very expensive to ship overseas and we can\u2019t provide a tracking number because it\u2019s an additional expense,” Somchai said. “As a result, about 20% of orders were lost en route and we had to refund or send new products to customers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Turning Point: Printdoors Discovery and POD World<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    After many difficulties, Suda discovered Printdoors for online sellers through Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “At first we were worried because we had never used this kind of service before,” Suda admits, “but after studying the data and reading the comments from Australian users together, we decided to give it a try.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here\u2019s how to get started with Printdoors for Family:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Sign up for a free print account<\/li>
    2. Connect to an existing Etsy store<\/li>
    3. Select products from the Printdoors catalog (starting with T-shirts)<\/li>
    4. Upload design<\/li>
    5. Pricing and open sales<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      “The most impressive thing is that we didn\u2019t have to deal with production and delivery issues at all,” he says with a sigh of relief. “Once an order is placed, the system processes everything automatically.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Result of Using Printdoors<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Within six months of switching to Printdoors, the family-owned business saw significant growth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n