Looking for a print on demand type software/app .....

[victor bogdanov]

Here is what I'm trying to do:

I have a Shopify store with hundreds of pre-designed T-shirts. A customer orders a shirt and I want the design/print file for that shirt to be automatically added to a hot folder that will then go into the RIP . Is there any software or method to do this

 

[Pauly]

Very easy. You can do this with Enfocus Switch. https://www.enfocus.com/en/switch

The most basic workflow you'd do is send a new order webhook from Shopify to Switch. Set the metadata from the json, look up a folder and match the file. (usually SKU based matching) and drop file into a folder.
It's that simple. You could also send a API Call back to Shopify to automatically say the job is processing.

 

[victor bogdanov]

Very easy. You can do this with Enfocus Switch. https://www.enfocus.com/en/switch

The most basic workflow you'd do is send a new order webhook from Shopify to Switch. Set the metadata from the json, look up a folder and match the file. (usually SKU based matching) and drop file into a folder.
It's that simple. You could also send a API Call back to Shopify to automatically say the job is processing.

Ok awesome, exactly what I was looking for, I've looked at Enfocus before but forgot

 

[victor bogdanov]

Update on this:

I went with Enfocus Switch, was a lot more expensive than I anticipated. Had a flow developed but right now it is missing some orders we receive into shopify from Amazon, tiktok, etsy etc due to the flow developer taking a very long time to get those triggers working. A few other problems with the flow that the developer is taking too long to fix. flow below:




As a backup, my brother who is a software engineer put together his own program and I'm so impressed by it that I want to see if there is any demand for this type of software for print on demand DTF / DTG and even wide format set ups.

Here is a screenshot of the software, very early and basic right now, thinking of features to add but does basically what the flow above is doing:




Here is how it works:

Export shopify orders
run them through the software
the software copies the needed print files into a folder, names each file with order number, customer, name sku etc


Next step is to automate the order exports.



Anyone have a need for something like this? automatically pull print files for premade products as they sell / print on demand. Could work with any shopping cart not just shopify

 

[Pauly]

Switch is great.
It's not something that you learn overnight also. I suggest doing their "Learn" courses, watching their videos. get to know it.
Flows can get complex quick, so knowing how to break them down to sub flows is also good.

My advice is to automate small things at a time, then slowly add more.

Id be doing something like
Fire starter -> Ping API node -> API request to pull orders from shopify -> Parse Json -> store private data -> download file -> then add file to a folder with job number.
Or use a webhook if you want them right away.

We dont talk to shopify with switch, we have our own custom software that does that as we push orders into PrintIQ then into switch. Switch and PrintIQ will talk to each other until the job is done.