Advice on an idea that involves printing an image to canvas and shipping it to the customer

Haven't used them for canvas print but have for T-Shirts, but you could try Printful: https://www.printful.com/custom/wall-art/canvas-prints

Shipping gets very complicated internationally (and expensive), so you may want to start with one or two specific countries you ship too.

Update: Just wanted to add there are a lot of the print-on-demand companies. I would definitely order from each one and check the quality to find one you're happy with.

Cheers @rosiesherry . Unfortunately my co-founder took care of all the logistical side. I can't really remember who we used. But it's definitely very possible.

I'd say the important thing is never touching the canvas yourself. You outsource it to another company, provide them with an address. And you never actually see / touch the canvas yourself.

I'd advise calling a few canvas companies and explaining your a business expecting this volume of sales and asking whether you could have a point person to handle your account + also a discount. And also if you have your own packaging they might be able to do that as well.

Try
Fine Art America
Canvas on Demand
Pixels

There are several different print-on-demands companies that do this. The markup is pretty steep though.

One of the biggest problems with physical products here in Australia is the cost of postage/shipping. Not sure if that’s a factor for you or not.

Maybe @harrydry knows a thing or two, maybe not, but I can't think of canvases without thinking of him now.