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  "description": "Most print-on-demand sellers make under $300 a month, while established stores earn $1,000–$10,000. Profit per item is only $4–$12 after base cost and marketplace fees, so volume and repeat designs decide the outcome, not any single winning product.",
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    "question": "How much do print-on-demand sellers make?",
    "shortAnswer": "Most print-on-demand sellers make under $300 a month, while established stores earn $1,000–$10,000. Profit per item is only $4–$12 after base cost and marketplace fees, so volume and repeat designs decide the outcome, not any single winning product.",
    "tableTitle": "Print-on-demand unit economics",
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      "Retail price",
      "Seller profit"
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      {
        "label": "T-shirt",
        "value": "$22–$28",
        "note": "$4–$9"
      },
      {
        "label": "Hoodie",
        "value": "$42–$55",
        "note": "$8–$16"
      },
      {
        "label": "Mug",
        "value": "$15–$20",
        "note": "$3–$7"
      },
      {
        "label": "Poster / print",
        "value": "$18–$35",
        "note": "$6–$14"
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      {
        "label": "Phone case",
        "value": "$20–$28",
        "note": "$5–$10"
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    "context": "Print-on-demand removes inventory risk and replaces it with margin risk. A $7 profit per shirt means 100 sales a month is a $700 business, so the model only works at design volume or with paid traffic that converts below roughly a third of the margin. Marketplace stores trade lower margin for built-in traffic; own-site stores keep more per sale but must buy every visitor. The sellers who compound are the ones treating it as a catalogue business — hundreds of designs across evergreen niches — rather than hunting single viral hits.",
    "methodology": "Base product costs from major POD suppliers subtracted from typical retail pricing, with marketplace commission and payment fees applied at published rates.",
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