The 100 Design Rule for Print on Demand

[@raydean9694]

Great realistic presentation, your down to earth nature and appearance is a sigh of relief. My decision to follow you and Chris & Meg Heckman as my mentors is an easy one entering into the World of POD!

[@DetourShirts]

Wow, thank you!

[@Phantomradargifts]

Thanks for the info! Finally have 100 unique designs on Amazon so hoping I’m on the right track. Uploaded over the past several months. Thanks for the prompts. Def helps with ideas. ❤

[@DetourShirts]

Great job... I hope this tips help

[@debbierichins6722]

Can you talk about the business side of things, taxes, quick books...how you organize everything for taxes.

[@DetourShirts]

It's kind of boring.... I make sure to have a record of all my earnings and expenses and give it to my tax guy. I don't do it by myself

[@bebekhijo]

12K design.... and here i am was thinking with 60 design and wondered why it only sell 2 item :) love your content Juna, thank you, it really encourage me to push more!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! Yes, it takes a lot of designs. I know people who have over 100k designs

[@franzi2.0]

​@@DetourShirts100k designs sounds absolutely insane to me!

[@jenscraftsandsublimation6870]

Thank you for all of your help. I'm designing custom shirts and tumblers all the time I really have been considering selling the designs themselves. I appreciate you and your vast knowledge.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome!

[@HabibUrrehman-w2g9t]

Sir

[@jenscraftsandsublimation6870]

@@HabibUrrehman-w2g9t ?

[@adamreviews7826]

Thank you for all your help ❤

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@gloriafrancis7621]

Hello I've just found you and your channel. Great information for us newbies. Thank you for your time and the information you share.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Isaias.61]

¡Hola Juna! Muchísimas gracias por compartir estas guías tan valiosas para los entusiastas del POD. Empecé en Teepublic a finales de 2019 y me ha ido genial, aunque al principio no lo tomaba en serio y desconocía mucha información valiosa que tú y Philips Anders ofrecen (¡son mis favoritos y he aprendido un montón con ustedes!). Ahora, con todo lo aprendido, estoy listo para tomármelo en serio y empezar de nuevo, enfocándome en crear una marca sin problemas de copyright. ¡Gracias de nuevo! Ya que con la marca con la que inicie fue hacer diseños de mis animes favoritos, y al hacerse popular me fueron dando de baja varios de mis diseños por copyright. Ahora iniciaré de cero de la manera correcta. Solo debo ver que nicho enfocarme.

[@DetourShirts]

Gracias... y buena suerte

[@musicteacherengel]

Great wisdom here, as always, Juna. Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@luobote5137]

Thanks for sharing! Very informative.. Are you using the free plan or a paid version?

[@DetourShirts]

I'm using a paid version for ChatGPT. $20/month

[@LisasEbooks]

Great info. Thank you. 12k is a bunch of designs.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes they are!

[@almagjim]

I have a little over 200 designs on Etsy and I have definitely gotten better from when I started in January. I have made two organic sales one in January and one in February and that’s about it. My niche is Teachers and students but I think I need to work more on my research strategy. How long would you think it would take for my shop to start seeing more traffic? I am also running adds 😅

[@DetourShirts]

I would give it at least 3 months but if you have 200 hundred designs up already I would start to look at your designs. It's possible that there is a mismatch with the audience on Etsy. You may need to look at your designs and try something else, a new topic, a new style, or something that matches the audience on Etsy better.

[@almagjim]

@@DetourShirts Thank you for responding and validating what I am about to do, and that is pivot a little and start adding listings to a different niche that it’s a bit related to my current one. I also feel that chasing holidays might not have been the best decision for my shop, so I will create more on the evergreen side now 😊 thank you so much! New follower now and you are quickly becoming my favorite coach 🤩

[@louisd95714]

Thank you for the advice Juna. So far within the past two months I have about 30 designs on ETSY and am coming up zilch for sales. I will put to use your suggestions.

[@DetourShirts]

You can do it! Give it some time

[@louisd95714]

@@DetourShirts Thank you! :)

[@valkot-66]

Thank you so much for your videos, Juna! If it's no secret, could you share your experience, how do you systematize such a large number of designs? I have about 150 pieces and I'm starting to have trouble finding and editing designs. Maybe you could make a video on how you deal with such a large amount of works, I think such information would be useful for many subscribers of your channel. Thanks a lot again for your helpful videos! With gratitude, Valerii.

[@DetourShirts]

Great suggestion! I honestly don’t do much. I try to name them in a way that I could find them. I have a separate folder with all my designs so I can search my computer for them. I’m sure more organized people would do it differently

[@susanravella6261]

Great advice!❤❤❤

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zzsmileyfamily]

Very good vidéo ! You are right, that's the way we have to folow 👏👍😀

[@DetourShirts]

Yes, thanks

[@tonyafurbee304]

Hello! i just recently opened my own website and am selling tees and other items, I'm not on here to promote my business by any means, I have been following you and watching your videos now for a year, when i started my research and learned how to properly use Ai, and I;m not sure if It's just me being impatient, but I have gotten no hits, But I also have not pushed for any, this is just a side thing for me, I dont need this money to pay my bills, I am very blessed! but I did go to art school and have been in the art industry for over 40 years and I thought I knew what was going to sell! lol I dont want to be like everyone else! I am one who likes to stand out and do my own thing, SERIOUS LEADER! do not FOLLOW! lol so this is also hard for me to be able to see what everyone else is selling, cause honestly, I am secure enough within myself to not care! But if you have any advice for me or could just offer up a few suggestions...I'm open to anything! lol😁

[@DetourShirts]

If you are design for POD you kind of have to design for the masses... at least at first to get some sales and get noticed... If you can build a following you may be able to design for that following.

[@elliswashington1149]

As usual JUNO, your videos are always informative and encouraging. Thanks. You mentioned keywords and tags. How do you personally develop these key elements? Do you have a tool you use for that purpose and recommend? Also, do you have a video available for using TikTok and Pinterest as platforms for selling POD items? I look forward to your response. Thanks again.

[@DetourShirts]

For keywords I just brainstorm and look what others are using. I don’t have a video for TikTok. Thanks for the idea

[@gailynnesam9877]

I have been designing for years and I have probably 70 - 90 designs that are completed and ready to upload, would you suggest loading 5 a day and doing all the research, they are all based in one niche, I just haven't uploaded them anywhere.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... 5 a day would be great

[@skybluehero832]

Love this video, really helpful - what does nitch mean?

[@DetourShirts]

Niche = Topic

[@JackSkinner29]

Are those 12,000 designs spread across multiple stores/niches? That's quite impressive

[@DetourShirts]

It's 12,000 design spread across multiple niches.... they are all in one store, Amazon

[@joshnelson3344]

Is it just me, or is it impossible to change the design position on teepublic!? Maybe you could do a video on how to do that 🙂

[@DetourShirts]

It’s pretty limited but you can.

[@MissMolly3377]

When you do the tall rectangle, do you keep it that large, once you take it into your selling platform. Sometimes, I think the design looks too big, once it is on the model, I don’t think it always looks great. If they were to tuck their shirt in, for example, part of the design would be tucked in.

[@DetourShirts]

I personally make it smaller but there are many designs like this that sell on POD sites

[@cassielee1114]

I overthink this one every time!

[@KDuBgFX]

Hey Juna, I understand all of the research work but do you honestly believe at the end of the day Merch is just a numbers game?

[@DetourShirts]

It's partly a numbers game... you still need designs that people want to buy... but a lot of them.

[@tmw_62]

Thank you

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome

[@ahmidziad7870]

Give me an effective solution for Teir 10. I have been stuck for a year and a half

[@DetourShirts]

It's the same 5 points as this video except design for trends and if a design doesn't sell in 1 month take it down and make room for another one.

[@tlsartstudio3387]

What do you do if a website deletes your account. Do you just reapply what do I do. I am just getting started. I have been in business for one month. I looked I don't think I broke any of the sites policies!

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... but figure out why you got deleted so it doesn't happen again

[@shakil.mahbub]

Please tell us about payment gateway for POD.

[@DetourShirts]

Payment gateway? Most things are FREE to start. TeePublic and RedBubble and even Amazon are FREE to start. You have apps like Canva and Photopea that are FREE to use. All you really need to pay for is the internet but anyone seeing this should have the internet.

[@jordanvictor4300]

Hi Juna, thanks for the help and guidance. Just real quick before I get design happy and start uploading designs, do you recommend setting up an LLC and a business bank account first? Thanks in advance

[@DetourShirts]

You can... but it's not needed. You can just use your SS number if you don't want to create a business

[@matigregov65]

Hello I have a question. Why another artist like my design after publication? what does this mean or how does it help?

[@DetourShirts]

Likes can help a little... it just let's people know that someone else liked it... it's kind of the same as likes on social media.

[@margaretchayka6878]

And guess what, people? After you do 100, you have to do another 100!

[@DetourShirts]

That's right... 100 is just the beginning .... if you want to make a good income with Print on Demand anyway.

[@almagjim]

Yup jajaja 😆

[@Littlelili-u2j]

Hi everyone,I hope someone can help me clarify this doubtI understand that it is not allowed to use a trademarked word in the design of a t-shirt. Amazon merch My question is, if when writing the description and title for a polo shirt on Amazon, a trademarked word is used in the description, does this also infringe on the trademark, even if it is not present in the product design? thank you in advance :-) Reply

[@DetourShirts]

That is correct... trademark words or phrases can not be used in the title, brand, bullets or description.... if it is anywhere Amazon will flag it

[@Phantomradargifts]

I saw a design on IG and someone left a comment on how the design could be better. Ideas and suggestions are there. ❤

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you... nice

[@MRelitserien]

Still need a great vector-tool, any good new suggestions that is free?

[@rossv7474]

inkscape is a free vector software

[@DetourShirts]

Inkscape

[@xsync4193]

Hey, I've been trying to get into Amazon for the fifth time now, but without any luck. Do you know any tricks or methods to successfully gain access? I've also heard rumors that people outside the USA have trouble getting in. Is that true? Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated! Also, if you have any tutorials on how to write an appropriate aplication, that would be really helpful. Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry. Amazon has all the control. There are no real secrets but try your best. I would add a link to your work so they can see you know what you are doing but it’s not a guarantee

[@xsync4193]

@@DetourShirts I understand, thank You ❤️

[@HabibUrrehman-w2g9t]

Thanks sir i uploaded,20 design amd which rewiew i ask....

[@DetourShirts]

You can ask around. I also have a Friday feedback on my Facebook group

[@HafizTalhah]

Can we put the same design on adobe stock or shutter stock too? And obviously on 4 to 5 main print providers websites that a design which I made?

[@DetourShirts]

You can but then others will be able to buy them and use them

[@automaton111]

I want to sell political streetwear, mugs, etc. Is there any tips or hope for me? Or do I have to give in and just do stuff like “girl trip 2024“ in wavy font to make a business? I feel like there is a huge audience, just look at how many people show up to big protests with custom printed shirts. And that is just for one political cause. I think maybe posting these to Etsy is not the way to get in touch with the target market. I don’t know.

[@DetourShirts]

You can... If there is a big audience you got a good chance.. the next step is create something that audience wants to buy.

[@YoussefHawam18]

I will not be able to create an account because I am Moroccan. Please be happy

[@DetourShirts]

It's okay...there are other POD sites

[@YoussefHawam18]

Please, this is my last request@@DetourShirts

[@YoussefHawam18]

Thank you, my brother. I am following you. I do not have the money to buy an account on Amazon. I want an account, please. Your brother from Morocco.

[@DetourShirts]

Don't buy one... just keep trying

[@YoussefHawam18]

@@DetourShirts I will not be able to create an account because I am Moroccan. Please be happy

[@HabibUrrehman-w2g9t]

Sir when teepublic rply under view After rply can they change catagery of account

[@DetourShirts]

Yes. Upload a 20 or so of your designs and ask for another review

[@KoalaRabbit1]

I saw a lot of T-shirts in the USA have wording on them and that is my weak point because I'm Thai and not living in the USA, so sometimes I really don't understand your puns' meaning. Language is one of my obstacle. 😅

[@DetourShirts]

Yup. That can be difficult. I would use AI to come up with something

[@KoalaRabbit1]

@@DetourShirts Thank you for reading my comments, your channel has helped me a lot since I met you here.

[@MaeBae]

What your percentage of designs uploaded on AMOD that sell? Mine is 41%

[@DetourShirts]

Mine is a lot less

[@MaeBae]

@@DetourShirts Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering if I was in median range.

[@kickpuncher5572]

I feel like over 6-7 years I've been on merch, about 15-20% of my unique designs have sold, like not scaled designs but unique designs. I also have never been a copy cat type mercher and I'm trying to always bring something new to the table

[@MaeBae]

@@kickpuncher5572 My business strategy is 25% research, 25% design, and 50% marketing (social media and ads).

[@Sultan-dt6ry]

Can I use words like Dino or T Rex or it is a trademark?

[@DetourShirts]

Those should be fine

[@ikcaruswingz]

If I only get Tier 10 how could I do to get sale to be in 100 design?

[@DetourShirts]

Great question. So start with you best ten. Give those 1 month. Then remove the ones that didn’t sell and then replace them with new ones. Do that over and over until you tier up and can add more.

[@therealjonaswp602]

My main concern is those companies on i.e facebook, that sells what would be packages of 500.000+ premade designs with a commercial license. Judging by the commentsection, there are A LOT of lazy people outthere who just buys these packages and puts them up on POD’s.

[@DetourShirts]

True but these premade designs aren't accounting for the audience on the POD shops.You need to come up with designs that people want to buy

[@therealjonaswp602]

@@DetourShirts Indeed. I've been using Sticker Whiz for a few days now, and all of the sudden, Affinity Photo won't accept webp's - the image format that sticker whiz apparently saves the image as. Do you have any suggestions how I can get this to work again?

[@therealjonaswp602]

@@DetourShirts True true :) Been making some designs the last couple of days, following most of your videos. :) I am definately a rookie when it comes to programs such as Affinity Designer 2 etc. Specially how to use the Pen Tool and how to get that white fine line around the edges. I guess it has something to do with grouping of these markings.

[@FFTUBE2.0]

Forst man to comment ,see

[@DetourShirts]

Right on! You get the trophy 🏆

[@YoussefHawam18]

Thank you, my brother. I am following you. I do not have the money to buy an account on Amazon. I want an account, please. Your brother from Morocco.

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry I don't have any to give... keep trying