How to start your own printing business?

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Have you ever wanted to start your own printing business but don’t know how? Starting a business can be a bit scary. Especially if you are just new to it and have zero experience. But that’s where COMCARD PRINTING ENTERPRISES comes in! We want to help you start your own printing business by becoming your number one partner and supplier in the industry. Based on experience, we know that printing business is thriving since more and more people are joining the industry annually. But don’t be scared of the competition! COMCARD will be there to help you not only start your printing business but also how to become competitive in the market! So why don’t you scroll down further to learn more about how to start your own printing business!

Make sure you have read “What is a Printing Business” by clicking the link below!

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First, Identify Your Target Market

In our society, we are composed of different types of people. Different races, status, age, sexual orientation, and more. And choosing a target market among these different individuals is a crucial step in identifying your type of printing business as well as your approach to it. Your target market doesn’t only pertain to different types of people but also to different organizations, places, schools, universities, and more. You’ll realize that the market scope in the Philippines is quite large so picking a target market might be hard for you. However, we would suggest that you consider these things first before choosing your target market.

ACCESSIBILITY or CONNECTIONS, choose the target market wherein you have the most accessibility in. Check your connections. This way you won’t have a hard time finding clients. For example, if you want your target market to be schools or universities you must make sure that you either have schools nearby or connections to different schools.

LOCATION is also very important. The place you live in can be essential in helping you pick your target market. You must check your community and surroundings and the social status of your population. For example, if you live in an area surrounded by big companies then you can focus on them being your target market.

Your BUDGET determines your scope as well as type of printing business. Your target market would depend on the budget that you are willing to spend. Your capital would determine your no. of employees, stocks, as well as the scale of projects that you are able to do. A small budget would mean that your target market would be small-scaled businesses, school organizations, walk-in customers, acquaintance, and more.

There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a target market. It is something that you have to think carefully about and research on. Your target market would be the indicator of your type of printing business as well as the scale of your business. If you have already chosen a target market then it is time for the next step.

Second, Choose a type of Printing Business

There are different types of printing businesses that you can venture in! Some people may think that printing business is just a single entity. But what they don’t know about this industry is that it is made up of a lot of different sectors and you can pick which type you would like to get into!

Before you pick what type of printing business you would want to start, we would like to give you some advice. If you are just started we advice that you only choose one type of printing business for a start. You should only get into what you can handle. However, we are not saying that you can only choose one printing business. You can actually venture into different types of printing businesses depending on your budget and how much you are willing to invest for your business.

I know it might be scary thinking of starting your own business. But don’t worry we here at COMCARD have a solution for you. We provide different printing business packages that cater to the needs of starting your own business depending on the type. Budget might be a problem to other people but COMCARD offers business packages that can also cater to those people whose budget is limited! To know more about this click here.

Printing businesses are categorized into two types digital and sublimation printing. Before you choose a specific sector you should first choose between these two. However, we know that a lot of people don’t really know the difference of the two. So if you want to know what the difference of these two are click here! COMCARD is also offering a free digital printing seminar as well as a sublimation printing seminar! If you want to register click here!

Now remember that before getting into a business, you must first research on these things but if you already know which category you want to get into then click on it below to know more about it!

Lastly, Find a Credible Supplier

This is the most important step when starting a business. You must be able to find a supplier that can supply you with printing materials with an affordable price and with excellent quality. Finding a supplier may be hard since you’re new to the industry. Our advice is that you should first research. Try to compare the prices as well as feed backs on different products. Remember that just because the price is low, you should already buy from them. Quality is always better than lower prices because your reputation would be the one on the line.

Now we know that is is really hard to find a trusted and reliable supplier but we here at COMCARD not only provide quality goods and services but we also take care of our customers! We provide our customers with different business packages that cater to their needs as well as their budget range.