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Shop Ready: how to sell digital products and print on demand online
Six lessons: choosing a model, making products with AI within marketplace rules, copyright and trademarks, fees and pricing, honest listings and consumer rules, and marketing safely. Australia, UK and US. Self-paced, not an accredited qualification.
About this course
how to sell digital products and print on demand online.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Makers, illustrators, teachers and beginners in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere who want to sell digital products or print-on-demand designs online.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. You start with just your first name and email, and you can take one whole course that way. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
24 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Choose a selling model and a first product
- Use AI tools within marketplace rules and disclose AI and production partners
- Check products for copyright and trademark problems
- Work out profit per sale after fees and costs
- Write honest listings, follow consumer rules and avoid seller scams
Downloads
- Digital products shop planner .xlsxModel picker, AI and partner disclosure, IP and license checklist, one-sale pricing with fee scenarios, listing checklist, policies, monthly product tracker and 30-day plan, with Jun’s fictional examples.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
Education only. We make no earnings or income claims: results depend on your skills, effort, market and many other factors, and most new ventures earn little at first. We don't teach investing, crypto trading, network marketing or dropshipping schemes, and we don't use affiliate links.
- What can I sell on Etsy? · Etsy Help
- Etsy fee basics · Etsy Help
- What are the fees and taxes for selling on Etsy? · Etsy Help
- How to report intellectual property infringement · Etsy Help
- How to file a DMCA counter notice · Etsy Help
- How copyright protects your work · GOV.UK (Intellectual Property Office)
- What is copyright? · U.S. Copyright Office
- What is a trademark? · United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Trade marks · IP Australia
- Register a trade mark · GOV.UK (Intellectual Property Office)
- Intellectual property: an overview · GOV.UK (Intellectual Property Office)
- U.S. Copyright Office fair use index · U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability (January 2025) · US Copyright Office
- Tax-free allowances on property and trading income · HM Revenue & Customs, GOV.UK
- Self-employed individuals tax center · Internal Revenue Service (US)
- Selling online · Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Business guide to the FTC’s Mail, Internet, or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule · Federal Trade Commission, Business Guidance (US)
- Online and distance selling for businesses · GOV.UK
- Online reviews for products and services · ACCC (Australia)
- FTC announces final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials (14 August 2024) · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- FTC announces crackdown on deceptive AI claims and schemes (Operation AI Comply, 25 September 2024) · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- Bogus business opportunities · Federal Trade Commission, Business Guidance (US)
- How to spot, avoid, and report fake check scams · Federal Trade Commission
- Report Fraud: the place to report, prevent and learn about cyber crime and fraud · Report Fraud, City of London Police (UK)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: researched from published official, regulator and platform guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.
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General information, not tax, accounting, legal or professional advice. Spotted an error or an out-of-date rule? Send us a correction.
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