Thank you!

I just picked 10 semi-random cities across the US for this video to browse real estate. But I know the SF market is absolutely insane, too. I'll keep that in mind for future real estate videos!

Yes, at a 150k salary, the homeowner would be feeling pretty house-poor. Wouldn't recommend it. The 210-290k income range I mentioned in the video is much more realistic!

That's interesting - you're the 2nd person I've had say that recently! I typically give them up to 3 business days and if I haven't seen any progress (they're live or rejected), I send the Displate team an email and they typically get back to me with an answer within 24 hours. I'd try that!

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That's awesome! So glad it was helpful!

Thank you! Is there a specific question or video you'd like to see?

BSR is relative to all books on the platform. I'm not very familiar with the other tools you mentioned, but I do know that BookBolt focuses specifically on low-content books. If some of the other tools don't, their numbers could be slightly askew. I'd personally rather be conservative and adjust my expectations accordingly.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

Thank you!! His name is Ziggy!

There's no application process for KDP. You just have to sign up for an account, and you can start uploading the same day!

You could upload a single PNG image. There isn't a minimum limit

Good question! I'm hoping to make a video about this in the next few weeks. I use Midjourney and Ideogram to help make art for Displate.

@@MelissasMoneyMindset you mean to say that displate accepts Ai art !! I would be looking forward to it.

Which income stream are you asking about?

Placeit has their own image upscaler! It says "coming soon" on their site, so I would keep an eye on that, and it should fix the low-resolution graphic issue. I had a bit of a hard time finding it on their site and found it by googling "Placeit Image Upscaler". Hope that helps! There are tons of other upscaling options out there that are available now and also free with a quick Google search. I've used Upscayl most recently.

Thanks for the comment! You got me thinking a bit, and I believe the approach here is multi-faceted. I may end up making a video about this because you bring up some great points. 1. You said you pay for Sales Samurai, Creative Fabrica, and Canva. These are all fairly similar design tools (though SS offers research options too). I would consider cutting this back to 1 tool (maybe 2), because yes those could be an expense, especially at the beginning when people likely aren't making sales yet 2. Hiring a VA - I didn't do this until I was probably 4 years into my self-employment journey. If you have the means to do so then more power to you - that's great! But I bootstrapped and uploaded everything myself for years. I know it's hard to find time in the day, but even 30 minutes here and there, or a few hours on the weekend is great. 3. Etsy fees - I agree, fees suck. But to have an audience and reach that's millions and millions of people (or billions with amazon), I do think it's worth it. If you have a way to build an audience, then you could potentially sell the items on your own website down the road, but you'll likely still need to pay to run ads/traffic to your site. This is inevitable in the e-commerce space. 4. Etsy ads - I'm not a fan. They don't seem super helpful to me, but I know some people in certain niches who have seen success. Try them out. If they're a waste of money, it's totally fine to turn them off! 4. The idea of scaling - so yes, you're correct that all of the above steps don't make sense to make $3. However, I want to emphasize that the goal here is to scale your business. If you have the tools above, and you put in some time, you could realistically make, let's say, 30 designs minimum a month (1 design a day roughly). This design can be uploaded via the method I'm talking about by using Printful and sold on hundreds of products on Etsy, Seller Central, Merch On Demand, Redbubble, Teepublic, Teespring etc, etc. I have a few hundred thousand designs (after doing this for 7 years) across multiple platforms, and so the act of scaling an e-commerce business is what makes it feasible and sustainable. 5. Is this possible today? - I started my journey 7 years ago, and the shops I showed in this video were a few years old, but there are people starting successful e-commerce businesses all the time (even now). The market is likely more saturated, but that's why I talk about the importance of market research. If you're making designs without researching the likelihood of them selling...then you're just wasting your own time. So be sure to check out all of the tools I've discussed on my channel. On some platforms you can even utilize the help of AI to make some really amazing designs (check out Midjourney/Ideogram). 6. Realistic expectations for income - You aren't going to make $20k your first month, and I don't want to set that expectation. I built up my e-commerce businesses for 4 years while I worked as a nurse before I felt like it was financially safe to step away from a traditional day job and become self-employed. If you're just starting out, I would expect a few sales in your first month. Maybe a steady few hundred bucks a month for a least the first 6-12 months unless you're constantly working at it. But it's not unrealistic to think that you could scale an e-commerce business to make 20k a month, especially once you have built a name for yourself or your store and have some customer reviews. Everyone has to start someone (believe me, I know that). Let me know if you have any other questions. Best of luck!

Thank you for the time you took to reply. I think the thumbnail could have said “how to expand on your established site to make… etc. I look forward to you expanding on this topic but with other printables for as beginners as PNG would not be good to start. What is your growth like for POD?

Thank you, thank you! I appreciate the support! Always great to meet another Melissa : )

I don't currently sell on TikTok shop, but I'll have to check it out! I am on TikTok generally as @melissasmoneymindset if you want to follow me over there!

So happy to hear it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

You're absolutely right and that's an important point! Most, if not all, POD platforms charge a fee. Personally, I think it's more than worth it to pay a fee or have a smaller royalty split to have access to the much larger audiences of, say, Amazon or Etsy. $400 is still $400, like you said! If you want to navigate around the fees, you could try selling on your own website, but you'll likely still need to pay to run traffic to your site.

You can actually do that - in short: as long as you do not use them as they are but create something new I'd say. And: You shouldn't sell them as a file where others can extract the original item

That's correct! I have two separate listings - one for the t-shirt with the PNG printed on it and the other for the PNG itself. I'm honestly not familiar with Creative Fabrica, but I do see that they have a pretty detailed License page. I would be sure to read all the fine print (especially the digital end products section). It sounds like you need to have an active subscription to be able to use their original files. However, if you edit those files and make the designs unique, you may be able to continue using them for POD purposes even after your subscription has expired. I'm editing a video now that uses PlaceIt to make similar items, and they allow you full rights to the products even after your subscription has expired. Could be worth checking them out as well!

Awesome, thank you for watching!

Hello! A Canadian bank account should be totally fine! I don't think you'll have any issue. If for some reason you do you can try using Payoneer instead to receive payment.

She speaks at normal speed to my 👂

Why listen so slow?