Print brokering is simply getting together a printer with a person that needs printing for a certain task.
Many small business owners do not have the time to find a printer, organize the deal, and get the materials together.
Read more to find out how you can make tons of money starting your own print brokerage.
Almost all business on the planet require printing of some kind, from business cards to brochures, t-shirts to billboards, everyone needs to get their message out to the world, and you are going to be the one that orchestrates that.
Print brokers match people that need printing with quality printers that specialize in the task required.
Most print houses do not do everything, so your job is to find reputable printers with reasonable prices and connect them with your clients.
You will get a commission fee for each job.
In order to keep your clients from going around you, try and keep the names of the printers confidential, or get some kind of agreement with the printer that they will not take any business from your clients directly without going through you.
There are even some printers that have custom web sites that you can brand yourself, where the customer sets up the print job on your site, and it appears as if you are doing the printing yourself.
The job then gets sent to the actual printer, they print it and drop-ship it to the customer so you don't have to touch anything.
All you have to do is sit back and collect a commission for each sale.
All of the problems get handled by the customer service of the printer, so all you have to do is drive your customers to your site.
for an additional fee, you could even set up the artwork for them and become a full-service printer without having to own any printing equipment.