When designing your products, you have up to four print areas available: Front, back, left sleeve and right sleeve. The following article will explain how to create products while keeping a keen eye on your target group.
How multiple print areas work
Old vs. New Publishing Journey
Below you will find a description of how to design a product with multiple print areas, depending on which version of the website you are using.
Old Publishing Journey
Designing products with several print areas is not so different from just using one print area. In your design overview, click on "Upload more designs" to create a product. A panel will open and give you the choice of either uploading another design or creating a product with multiple print areas. You can’t combine the two actions. Now click on “Create products with several print areas”.
Next up, you can choose to place your designs on different print areas. You can utilise one design per print area. If you should select four designs, we will only show you product groups that actually have four print areas available. When selecting two designs, the selection of products will consequently be much bigger.
Then work on your product as usual: Click on the design, select size and position of the design and choose your product colour. Move the designs back and forth between the individual print areas to arrange them the way you want. You can also designate a design as your main design by marking it with the star symbol. This design will then be displayed first in both the product view and the design view of your Spreadshop (in Shop Settings > Pages > List page).
New Publishing Journey
Designing products with several print areas is not so different from just using one print area. In your design overview, click on "Create New" to create a product. A panel will open and give you the choice of either uploading another design or creating a product with multiple print areas. You can’t combine the two actions. Now click on “Create products with several print areas”.
Next up, you can choose to place your designs on different print areas. You can utilise one design per print area. If you should select four designs, we will only show you product groups that actually have four print areas available. When selecting two designs, the selection of products will consequently be much bigger.
Then work on your product as usual: Click on the design and select the predefined print area. You can also designate a design as your main design by marking it with the star symbol. This design will then be displayed first in both the product view and the design view of your Spreadshop (in Shop Settings).
Your price matters
The first print area is included with every product. Each additional print area will be charged additionally and consists of the printing costs for the printing types as well as the design price. Depending on the product, the additional design price per print area will be credited to you.
Please note: Any additional design price, as well as additional printing costs, will be added to the retail price. As a result, a product with multiple print areas in the Marketplace is significantly more expensive than a product with only one print area.
Our tip: Experience shows that many Marketplace visitors don’t recognize the difference between products with one or more print areas. Usually it’s the price that has the biggest influence on a purchase decision. This is why products with multiple print areas are ordered much less frequently. Be sure to choose your print areas wisely.