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Resources

Print on Demand Sites

http://fineartamerica.com/
Print your designs as framed art, gallery wraps, mugs, etc.

http://society6.com/
Print your designs as framed art, gallery wraps, mugs, etc.

https://www.redbubble.com/
Print your designs on a variety of products.

http://www.zazzle.com/
Print your designs on mugs, etc.

https://merch.amazon.com/
Print your designs on t-shirts and a few other products.

http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome
Print your designs on fabric and wallpaper to sell.

https://displate.com/open-shop
Print your designs on metal prints only.

https://www.shopify.com/
Build an e-commerce website using Print On Demand apps.

I will soon be teaching a class on how to use Print On Demand. I will go into much more detail and do some live demos. It will probably be in January. If you are interested, please send me an email. Include your preferred days and times for a Zoom class.


Website builders and Newsletter services

http://www.weebly.com/
Easy website host and builder. Owned by Square.

http://www.wix.com/
Easy website host and builder.

http://mailchimp.com/
Send email newsletters to your customers. Free for up to 2000 subscribers.



Writing ideas

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Click on "Download File" to get a text file with a list of ideas you can use as prompts for writing a newsletter, a blog post, or a social media post.


https://www.rytr.me/
For those who hate to write. Input a few words or sentences and it will create content for you. Free for up to 5,000 characters.



Free and low cost learning

https://orangecounty.score.org/
Free and low cost business classes and mentoring.

https://www.udemy.com/
Business and other classes

Free Kindle books
Amazon.com --> Kindle Books --> Kindle Book Deals --> Best Sellers & More --> Kindle Best Sellers --> Top 100 Free


Online storage for saving your images

Amazon Cloud Drive 
Online storage - unlimited photos +5 gig video & docs $11.99 per year
Amazon.com --> Shop by department --> Amazon Cloud Drive --> About

Google Photos 
Free online storage - 15 Gig free
Pricing: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375123?hl=en



Free reference images

​https://creativemarket.com/
Some free design elements.

https://unsplash.com/
100% free to use images.

​http://www.pond5.com/free
Free to use images.

https://pixabay.com/en/
100% free to use images.

Google Art Project
Visit museums worldwide.


Image and video creators

https://placeit.net/
Online image designer and mockup generator. Some free stuff.

https://www.canva.com/features/

Online image designer. Some free stuff.

https://www.powtoon.com/index/
Free cartoon video maker.

https://animoto.com/
Free for up to 30 second video creator.



Crowdfunding

https://www.kickstarter.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/

https://www.indiegogo.com/



Printers

http://www.magcloud.com/
Inexpensive short run booklet printer.

http://www.gotprint.com/home.html
Inexpensive printer best for business cards and postcards.

https://www.catprint.com/
Inexpensive printer best for short run greeting cards.