Exists
- telegram bots
- postman package
- uptimerobot ping every 1h
- dedicated accounts
- stripe
- prodigi
- dashboard
- https://sandbox-beta-dashboard.pwinty.com/login?redirect=%2Fdashboard
- stripe testing
- https://dashboard.prodigi.com/
- stripe live
Design
- make “stamps” that say things like “only 20eur”, “fully co2 compensated”, “YOU MADE IT” “new artwork every friday”. randomize. them?
- gold buttons?
- a 3d model of a tee flying? maybe a video? probably hard to be good enough, consider other things, and consider funct. first
- multiple designs/fronts
Image sizes
- Dalle produces 1024x1024px
- 300 dpi is recommended
- 1024 px in 300 dpi is 8.7cm
- Recommended size for
GIL-5000is4677x5881px(200dpi)
- circa 23x23cm seems right
- that’s 2717x2717px
- superresolution from deepai produces 3200px
- prodigi doesn’t seem to allow defining size
- definitely need to ask
- maybe there’s a way around it by using PNG?
- maybe it’s enough to use fit-in on an upscaled image? default is default for a reason
- seems like when a big picture is sent, tele makes 3-size versions, and all of them will be too small to put on a t-shirt
JSON for a big photo send as photo
JSON for a big photo sent as a file
Prodigi products:
- Hoodie:
GLOBAL-HOOD-AWD-JH001, 18eur
- T-shirt:
GLOBAL-TEE-GIL-5000, 8gbp
Questions for Prodigi:
- (there was more on a piece of paper)
- what’s the difference between 5000 and 5000.0 in API for GLOBAL-TEE-GIL-5000?
code
- what’s taking so long with samples? are products gonna take long?
- important: can you define size of print? can you wrap in transparency if you have to?
- is there a way to override rotation? does
fitPrintAreaoverride it?
- is there a way to get a preview?
Implementation log
- connecting bot to Prodigi
- stuggling to get image size(s) from within Deno, ended up making a Lambda function
Decision record and nav log
- dalle to thshirt: first idea
- anything to tshirt on telegram easily - second idea
- also a web client maybe?
- prodigi is awesome for fulfilment, probably just disregard other options
- needed to figure out sizing
- ready to use the API, but have a big problem with sizing the image
- leaving the orders/sizing problems for now, and just trying grammy, trying to get to payment flow
- grammy is great (and deno and ts). got menu + payment flow to work
- grammy bot works, payment hooked up, info is there
- need bot hosting and to pass info onto pwinty/ew. amazon
- checking why I rejected Amazon, on Kisiel’s suggestion → they rejected me (14 days)
- deno deployment goes to sleep; asked for help and considering cloudflare instead
Docs
Fulfilment
Criteria
- general API experience
- previews as API
- sizing, minimization of resizing work that I have to do
- webhooks or other solution for order status updates
- prices
- actual fulfilment quality (time, clothes Q)
Top
https://printful.com - market leader, top in comparisons, closthes considered high quality, based in europe, great api. Prices may be higher, check specific products.
https://www.gooten.com/ - looks awesome, api seems to have everything. need to wait for access
https://www.prodigi.com - already implemented, overall great API experience. Lacking in previews, not included in comparisons (new?)
Mid
http://gelato.com - considered v good in comparisons, API looks ok; don’t see preview
https://cockpit.shirtigo.com/ - Looks good, good API, but isn’t in any comparisons (?)
https://printify.com - very good prices and reputation, but need choosing a subprovider
https://spod.com/ - API looks extra nice, didn’t have time to check otherwise
Rejected
https://teelaunch.com - nice company, funky products; but US centric and API seems very limited
Comparisons
- https://www.ecomtube.com/best-print-on-demand-companies-comparison/ - great, 2021-
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lMd6pM4g5o same in video form
- https://www.michaelessek.com/print-on-demand-companies/ - nice, Sept 2022
- https://www.oberlo.com/blog/print-on-demand-companies - okay, but 2022
Other links
https://everpress.com/ - inspiration
https://www.michaelessek.com/printful-sample-order/ - sample order
https://www.blitzresults.com/en/pixel/ - DPI calculator
https://www.printplanet.de - old email partner
https://ideashirt.pl - old email partner
