Legendary sci-fi, fantasy and horror artist Josh Kirby is best known for illustrating the glorious Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. So there was some excitement in the office the day his estate rang up to say they had been looking for a ‘print on demand’ partner to drop ship his images as puzzles (but they had to be in ‘proper boxes though’ they said ‘like a retail puzzle’). We of course agreed ‘we do that every day’ we said.
I think it can be hard to find a drop ship company that genuinely reproduces a 1.9mm thick puzzle, on gloss paper and with a sturdy beautifully printed matching box in just 3 days. But that is exactly what we do here. Our print on demand ‘personalised’ puzzle business will first set up your artwork so it’s print ready and then ingest daily orders direct from your ecommerce store and make them on demand. No stock holding and with an MOQ of 1. We dispatch the puzzle direct to your customer (all white labelled) and the whole end-to-end process is fully trackable.
What surprised us about this client was the fervent enthusiasm of Josh Kirby’s fans, because they didn’t just order 1 puzzle at a time, like the majority of our drop ship customers, they ordered 4 or 5! They are also based all over the world, so international shipping was turned on and business was very brisk during quarter 4.
It is the artwork itself though that makes these puzzles such a huge success, they are highly detailed, brightly coloured and a joy to puzzle and the collection continues to grow and grow.
Shop the puzzles here: https://josh-kirby-art-official.myshopify.com/collections/discworld-and-beyond-jigsaw-puzzles