How to Build a Business as a Graphic Designer

[Maria]

Graphic Designing can be a lucrative career only when you know how to sell your service and products. For a lot of people making money as a graphic designer involves selling services through freelancing marketplaces like Fiverr and Upwork, what they don’t realize that they can also create products and sell products. Selling products can be better than selling services because selling services require you to work every day where as selling products can be completely passive.

What kind of products you can sell?

You can sell anything from templates and designs from digital art. You can sell T-shirt designs, digital art, social media templates, stickers, workbooks, etc.

Where can you sell your products?

You can sell your products on multiple platforms like Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Zazzle, etc. If you want to sell your digital art, you can use the platforms like Society6, Redbubble, Fine Art America, etc. ON these platforms you can not only sell your digital art but also use your digital art as a print on products like bags, caps, mugs, t-shirts, etc. and sell these products. You can even mint your digital art as an NFT and sell through NFT marketplaces
How much money you can make?
This depends on your product quality and your digital marketing effort.

[Ravenfreak]

After I graduated high school in 2008, I thought trying to get a degree in graphic design was a good calling for me. I'm not the best at designing, so I'm not sure why I went down this route, lol. Anyways you can also sell your designs to webmasters as well! You can design logos and other misc. graphics that websites need. For example, you can make forum ranks for a forum owner, or even design eye popping banners for websites.

[Kane]

While I have no interest in this field, I believe you first need to create a portfolio with your best designs, then network with industry expert and use social media to get noticed. Make sure you set fair prices and provide great customer service. Keep learning new skills and stay updated on trends. Use good tools and software for the best results.