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I hope this conversation stays lighthearted. Both these comments made me chuckle a bit. :peace!:

Good food for thought here. I started from very little. A $300 plotter in my parent's basement. It was fun, but it was also difficult. This experience and perspective has always given me a soft spot for the little startups. The mom and pop shops. The one man bands. Right or wrong, I'm always...

Also, to edit that spreadsheet as you see fit, you can make a copy to your own google account:

I made this spreadsheet for you to consider: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18nNYu6Fm9qYB6-mccHWS0gyw8-S1UFzEzZ7HRzeJG-M We also have a video on making large equipment purchases where we go into detail about something like this (Hint: We generally encourage people to buy their own...

Notarealsignguy I find there are two types of customers in regards to design. 1.) Experienced designers or people who spend alot of money on agency help with experienced designers 2.) Small shops and startups without many resoures. 13 years ago I was in the second group. Alot of our...

Good points. I do think that getting artwork onto a platform for resale is a fair amount of work. Each design must be refined, listed for sale, converted into thumbnails, add descriptions, titles, keywords, etc. All this takes place for one design at a time and then your art still may not sell...

Very good points gino. The pricing could be negotiated. I couldn't pay to have this stuff created from scratch, but if you had assets just sitting on a hard drive, selling me non-exclusive rights to distribute digitally could get you some Christmas cash. A few dollars per design maybe? If...

Yes and no. I'm not limiting it to editable templates. Yes, editable templates (like an EPS or PDF) would be awesome, but not just that. It could be photos of work that make sense to share and re-share. Logos for fake companies one might have tinkered with. Vehicle wrap concepts. You ever flip...

Curious if any of you out there are interested in selling your designs and content to me. I'd like to put together an inspiration guide for our resellers to use. Maybe if you have been working on a lifetime library of work. Sign templates, photos, designs, concept logos, whatever. Might be a way...

Personally, I am a big fan of the niche businesses. It's pretty hard to become the amazon of everything. The more specific your niche, the easier it is to get people looking for that specific product to remember you. Is your SportsLiveDecals doing well on its own? I wonder if you could just add...

Lexan? Anything I can think of that would let light through isn't all that rigid. Not as flat as glass anyway. It would need to be supported in some way which will inevitably give you some shadows. We have gotten lucky with glass before. Contact a few glass companies and ask them to keep a...

This news seems bittersweet. The offset/commercial print guys (Booklets, postcards, etc) don't know how good they have it. I'll bet they don't deal with any sort of problems at all. :big laugh:

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We have used banner hem tape for similar situations.

Here's our initial form: https://www.firesprint.com/join A form for starting a new client could be quite useful to make sure you are getting consistent information from every customer. I have gotten plenty of feedback that a form to complete is a burden on a new customer. But just having a form...

You mean something for them to set up terms?

We really like our gfp laminator. Especially for the price I'm not thinking you can go wrong.

Interesting that most people seem to spend the big bucks or don't hardly spend anything at all. I wouldn't have guessed that!

FireHour today at 3pm CST we'll go over a few ideas on how to market your sign or print shop with little or no money. What do you do to get the word out on a budget? Check us out on our FireSprint Facebook or YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/c/Firesprint

We do alot of these but cut them all on our zunds. I would look for something very sharp with very small teeth. Maybe a hobby saw? That will give you a cleaner edge I would think.