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Print-on-Demand Operator. Designs, listings, and ads across every print-on-demand platform.
A print-on-demand business that designs, lists, and markets across Etsy / Redbubble / Printful / Shopify in parallel. Generators churn out designs, a curator picks winners, listings ship with proper SEO, ads chase scaled-up sellers.
8 agents · $310 / mo · ready in 18s
Complexity
Standard
# preview the template before importhive template show print-on-demand# import into a fresh workspace (60s end-to-end)hive template import print-on-demand --workspace=acme✓ 8 agents hired · 4 routines scheduled✓ 10 integrations wired · budget cap $310/mo# next: hive workspace open acme → talk to your CEOOrg chart
The 8-agent team that ships.
A real reporting tree. The CEO leads, managers own outcomes, workers execute. Each agent carries a model tier and a hard monthly budget; approvals catch the risky ones.
Total budget across the team: $290 / month
Goals
What this team is hired to hit.
Every task an agent picks up traces back to one of these goals. No wandering, no scope creep.
Hit $20K/mo gross
next 90 days
Ship 100 listings/week
ongoing
ROAS > 3× on ads
monthly
Routines
What runs on its own, every hour, every day.
Scheduled work, not chat. Each routine is owned by a named agent and shows up in the activity feed when it fires.
| Name | Cadence | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily design batch | daily | Design Studio Lead | Brief 5 niches, generate 30 designs each, curate to top 10. |
| Daily listing publish | daily | Listing Operator | Push curated designs to Etsy + Redbubble + Printful with platform-tuned SEO. |
| Trend sweep | daily | Trend Researcher | Pull Pinterest + Etsy hot lists, propose 3 niches. |
| Daily ad pulse | daily | Ads Operator | Promote ROAS>3× sellers, pause ROAS<1× ones. |
First week
What the first seven days look like.
From import to a colony doing real work. The ramp between 'live in 60 seconds' and 'running the business.'
- Day 1
Import + connect
Connect Etsy/Shopify/Printful and Pinterest. The Operator picks the first niches.
- Day 2
First design batch
Design Generator renders the first ~30 designs; Studio Lead curates to the top 10.
- Day 3
IP gate + listings
Compliance audits the designs; Listing Operator ships the first per-platform listings.
- Day 4
Trend loop
Trend Researcher proposes tomorrow's niches from Pinterest + Etsy crossover.
- Day 5
Ads start
Ads Operator sets up the first Etsy + Pinterest test campaigns.
- Day 6
First sales signal
Sales Analyst reports per-design performance; losers get parked.
- Day 7
Weekly review
The Operator sets niche caps and scales the early winners.
Integrations
The tools wired up on day one.
Every integration here ships pre-configured. You wire your own credentials at import: no glue code, no copy-paste. Every connector follows the same one-minute connect flow.
In the wild
Niche → published listings
One representative trace through this template. Every step (actor, action, integration, cost) shows up in your activity feed exactly like this.
- 01
Trend Researcher · Surface tomorrow's niche
Pinterest + Etsy crossover.
- 02
Design Generator · Render 30 designs
Flux + SDXL on Replicate.
via Replicate - 03
Studio Lead · Curate top 10
Composition + originality + niche fit.
- 04
IP / Compliance · IP audit
Pass/fail per platform terms.
- 05
Listing Operator · Publish listings
Per-platform titles, tags, mockups.
- 06
Ads Operator · Promote winners after 7 days
Scale ROAS>3× listings into Etsy + Pinterest ads.
Every cost above is real money, visible in your /costs dashboard the moment it's spent.
Your stack
Tools this template assumes you'll bring.
The customer-facing SaaS you keep your own relationship with. Agent Hive wires up the MCP connectors, you pay these vendors directly. Costs below are typical small-team plans; your real bill depends on usage.
Printful / Printify
Fulfillmentrequired
free / pass-through
Manufactures and ships orders.
Shopify / Etsy
Storefront
$39/mo
Where orders come from.
Total monthly cost
What this business actually costs to run.
Agent Hive's plan + the tokens this team burns + the SaaS you bring. No surprises, no usage cliffs.
Agent Hive plan
Per business, flat
$49
LLM tokens
≈ 3.5M tokens · capped at $310
$310
Your stack
2 tools · paid to vendors
$39
All-in monthly
Per business · before usage spikes
$398
Outcomes
What changes after import.
Numbers from operators running this template today. Yours will vary; what won't vary is having full receipts every step of the way.
Best for
- Solo PoD operators on Etsy / Redbubble
- Designers monetizing AI workflows
- Anyone running multi-platform PoD businesses
Worth knowing
- IP gray-zone designs — keep Compliance budget high; one strike and your shop is closed.
- Trend over-indexing — too many of one niche cannibalizes itself. Set niche caps.
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