Printful’s Davis Siksnans and the On-Demand Entrepreneur | Now What? by Wix

The key thing is giving more sustainable products to our customer base. And a part of it is just print on demand in general. Because we only produce a product when somebody has bought it, the traditional retailer in most cases would try to guess what's going to sell. If inventory doesn't sell, it might end up in a landfill. So Printful and Print on Demand, the whole industry is working to reduce that.

Hi everyone and welcome to now what the podcast from WIX about how technology is changing everything. Rob I'm your host Rob Goodman and in this series we're talking all about evolution in business design, development and beyond. Over this past year, business and creative leaders have had to evolve to meet the challenges that come with this overwhelming amount of change.

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ways that creative people are evolving to build new businesses, grow beyond their limits and shape the future of the web. So we thought, what if we got together a bunch of our friends, leaders in design, development, e commerce and the age agency world to talk about how they're dealing with change and how it's affecting their careers, teams and industries. This is a place to prepare for tomorrow's ever changing world and apply those lessons today.

In this episode we have Davis Sixnans on the show, co founder and CEO at Printful, a print on demand and warehousing company for online stores. Printful prints T shirts, posters and hundreds of other products for online e commerce stores, creators and entrepreneurs and dropships them to customers everywhere. It's one of the industry's largest print on demand dropshipping businesses. The company has fulfilled more than 30 million items since it launched in 2013 and Davis helped transform Printful into one of the fastest growing companies in the us. In this episode we talked to Davis about running an e commerce business during a global crisis experiencing both explosive growth and supply chain challenges due to the pandemic. How Printful is making E commerce more sustainable and most importantly, the lessons he's learned about navigating change as a leader. After nearly a decade in business, you're in for a great conversation about the future of e commerce and business strategies for dealing with scale and change on a global level. Now, let's get started. Davis, welcome to now what Podcast.

Thanks for having me.

Absolutely. It's so great to talk to you. I mentioned I am also a Printful customer myself. I'm an illustrator so I've sold some goods on Printful and I love your service and I love how you are making it possible.