GelatoConnect Webinars

How to build a customer acquisition engine to your Store Link platform

Written by GelatoConnect team | Apr 15 2026

Learn the paid and organic acquisition playbook Gelato has refined over 15+ years scaling its own print-on-demand brands, and apply it to your Store Link: E-Commerce platform.

Store Link: E-Commerce gives you a branded POD platform connected to your production floor. But a platform without traffic is a shop without a street. Your merchants' stores are live. Your catalog is connected. AI mockups are generating listings at scale. Now you need customers walking through the door.

This is session two of our three-part masterclass series on building a customer acquisition engine with Store Link: E-Commerce. We will open with a quick recap of how the AI Estimator and Store Link combination creates a conversion-ready storefront, then move into the core session: how to drive traffic to that front door through paid and organic acquisition channels.

This is not theory. This is the same playbook that powers Gelato's own consumer brands (Optimalprint and GelatoCreate), refined across millions of print-on-demand orders.

What you will see:

The conversion foundation: GelatoConnect Estimator + Store Link

A quick recap of how the GelatoConnect Estimator and Store Link: E-Commerce combination creates a conversion-ready front door. This is what you already have. Now we build the traffic engine on top of it.

Google Ads for print: Search

How to structure campaigns that target buyers searching for custom print products. Keyword strategy, ad formats, and budget guidance tailored to POD businesses selling through their own branded platform.

Meta: visual-first product discovery

Ad strategies for platforms where buyers discover products through images and video. Creative formats, audience targeting, and how to use the AI-generated mockups from Store Link as ad creative.

Influencer partnerships: low risk, high upside

How to find micro-influencers who promote your products on commission. No upfront spend. No risk. And a direct path from social content to your Store Link storefront.

YouTube for product showcases

Using video to show products in action. Unboxings, behind-the-scenes production content, and customer showcases that convert viewers into buyers on your platform.

Where to start (and what to skip)

A practical prioritization framework so you can launch your first acquisition campaign this week, not next quarter. Includes channel selection guidance and starting budgets for each platform.