How To Be Successful with Print on Demand - A Beginners Guide. Follow These Steps & Avoid Mistakes!

[@TheUnphysicalBeing]

Thank you, Juna. I would add another step "Be Patient". By the way, I can't wait to see your August income report. It always inspires me to see that. Thanks again

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... very true... I said it could take a long time but I wasn't specific... it can take years.... I'm sorry I haven't done my income reports lately....I'm having a really hard time getting my CSV file from RedBubble.

[@roxcastaneda]

@@DetourShirts I would like to see your income report.

[@Sadiasajad95]

how patient :( Ive been on pod sites since beginning of 2019 and haven't had any success with any of the sites :( Im getting hopeless now someone please help, Im actually thinking to leave this now 😢

[@roxcastaneda]

Yes, it really works for me. Thanks. I will follow your steps. However, I must say that after watching your videos I seriously doubt that I can find others as clear and good as yours.

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome! and thank you

[@europeanliving6077]

Thanks, Juna, very helpful, you come across as so authentic. Greetings from Ireland.

[@DetourShirts]

Wow, thank you! Ireland looks like a nice place... I need to visit there one day

[@europeanliving6077]

@@DetourShirts please do visit our little country.

[@assortedbibssundayfootball1312]

One of your most useful videos Juna. Special thanks for sharing your expertise.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@justcallmeneb8025]

As much as researching and understanding a POD site is important, so is finding the right tools. A beginner will be overwhelmed with the selection, and may feel they have to overspend on tools to make sales. When many of the cheap or even free tools would work best for them in the beginning. As well, a few of them actually multi-task so that adds unseen value.

[@DetourShirts]

True.... I should have said that... in the beginning I would start with FREE tools.... even for gathering data.... you can just keep track on your own on what sells and what doesn't... great point... thanks for sharing.

[@simplyojphotosnshop]

Thank you so much! Your tips really makes sense. Followed you on your other social media channels.

[@DetourShirts]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Impulsive_love]

Another step you could add would be for people to research the different programs that are available for creating designs. I started with Photoshop but your videos inspired me to try Affinity Designer and now I don’t want to use anything else! ☺️ Also, newbies should know the different places to find fonts, images, etc. I know you have covered all of these very well in prior videos. Was just thinking they might warrant being a step in your list.

[@DetourShirts]

That's a great tip... more research on tools that can help you with design. Brilliant

[@VictoriaJoyce1775]

Awesome info.thanks I began researching since watching your videos and so helpful. Although my 4 small sales purchased were my own without any research at all.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! I'm sure more sales are coming

[@VictoriaJoyce1775]

Thanks Juna great advice.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome!

[@willalex4338]

Thank you , Juna .

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@RailinX]

Another awesome video! I’ll have to start paying more attention to your trends videos from now on because I finally got accepted into MBA 🎊

[@DetourShirts]

Fantastic! Yes... trends do help ... just make sure that are not trademarked... double check mine too.

[@ziyadlava8376]

Great information Coatch Thank You So Much

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@okfinance3707]

This is so unique! I have never thought about this as a business. I'll try it on my channel soon!

[@DetourShirts]

It can totally be a business... lots of people do this full time

[@stektu2898]

Thanks for your videos 👍

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure!

[@bradholmes1832]

Juna , I KNEW with Step No. 2, you would say: "MORE Research!!!!!! Your Right! Brad H

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... research is super important

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Great information! Here's the library (Internet is the biggest one ever created), do some research here and here, fall down and pick yourself up a few times as you learn a lot more than if you are spoon fed every detail. Very useful information for those who really want to learn, thank you very much for sharing.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the comment and thanks for sharing! Yes the internet is so awesome. Such a great resource for print on demand

[@govindsahani6817]

Good work and highly informational

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you liked it

[@bradholmes1832]

I say to my Tai Chi & Qigong students: " Sometimes, you need to go South, to go North". I'm sure you would agree Juna. Brad Holmes B Rad Designs & Tai Chi Gold Coast

[@DetourShirts]

Yup sometimes left to go right too... You never know

[@Ioannnify]

Hi Juna, I really like your videos, just disappointed that you don't provide trends anymore, so I have to look at others on KZbin but would prefer to stay with your channel.

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you.... I stopped doing trends for a few reasons... I have a whole video on it.. the two big reasons were that... 1) trends are not long term so what I was sharing was only good for a week or two.... 2) trends were tricky, sometimes they are good and then sometimes they were trademarked the next week. I didn't want to share something that could get someone to lose their account..... I hope you understand.

[@payneangel]

Ty again

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@musicteacherengel]

Great insight. I especially appreciate your thoughts about following the data. As a Tier 10 newbie, I have some designs that I was really excited about putting up, until I invested in Merch Informer and realized that there is a less than 1% chance those designs would ever sell. Now I'm choosing my subjects/keywords with much more data.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! Research and data are key

[@younesfakiri5236]

Thank for this infos Man 🙏🏻

[@DetourShirts]

Any time!

[@elizabethcoates6925]

Do you leave stuff that isn't selling up in your shop or pull it down to "weed out" your designs? Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

I usually leave it on my shop unless I need the space.

[@streampixel]

Thanks for the video , that'll help me a lot . at start of POD business I try to upload my design to 5 platform , I found that very tired to do that so then I started to bored cause I can't sell any design , so I think I'll leave it and keep it 2 platform any get more research

[@DetourShirts]

Glad my video helped

[@nampham2118]

Thx you

[@DetourShirts]

No problem

[@tonik45]

Thanks for your video, just want to ask do you use a specific design app or something that’s built on the POD site, also what is your thoughts on photoshop? Do you just send the image to supplier ? Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

I usually use Affinity Designer to create my designs... I have used Canva and Kittl before too.... Photoshop is great if you know how to use it.... yes you just upload your design as a transparent png file and the POD sites will print them and ship them when an order comes in.

[@MommyAnnel]

Hi there… just started following you and i just want to ask if you have a video on qualities of shirts produced by the different stores/ merchants that you suggested or use? Many thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Not yet! That's a great idea though

[@football-planet22]

Finally got accepted in merch By amazon the Giant

[@DetourShirts]

Yes! Congratulations

[@DetourShirts]

Congratulations

[@marekportl8967]

But if you add too many designs, people will be confused what to choose its called somehow that its hard to choose and they choose nothing. Change my mind

[@DetourShirts]

Depends on the platform and depends on the designs you have.... For example if you are on Amazon it doesn't matter how many designs or products you have because people are use to Amazon have a ton of products and people are searching for a specific product/topic so they won't only see your designs in the results......What you are saying might have a bigger impact if people go to your store on Shopify of Etsy and see all your products.... but with POD sites like Amazon, RedBubble, TeePublic and others that is not how most people shop.

[@Trends2477days]

Sir can you tell me that Hispanic Heritage month is having trademark or not I am seeing in trademarkia it is showing but in uspto it is not plz help me in this

[@DetourShirts]

I didn't think it was but if you are seeing it in trademarkia maybe it's best to stay away. Sorry for the bad info

[@MommyAnnel]

Thanks so much for this such a big help… I’m cancelling my Shopify trial now🤭

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help

[@vitalvish6624]

Hey, Juna last month I made few sales but now I'm not getting any sales and I have done everything you have mentioned.

[@DetourShirts]

That's kind of how print on demand works sometimes.... this is another reason for uploading consistently. Sometimes our sales will dry up and we have to replenish them. Sales should pick up again soon. Keep adding more designs that people want to buy

[@MrThedolo]

Hi Juna, I have a question > I've been on holiday last month and yesterday I accessed to my Merch account and I found that one of my t-shirt have been "auto-uploaded" in all the marketplaces... I had a maximum of 10 t-shirt until July, now they are 15... thank you for let me know!

[@DetourShirts]

That's Amazon... they are auto-uploading designs to other marketplaces. You can turn that off if you wish... but I would keep it on... it doesn't hurt

[@onlincome]

That's my boy ❤️

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks

[@HockEng]

Hi Juna, I have a question. When or until when should we only start to try out other POD platforms after we have been doing POD on 1 platform?

[@DetourShirts]

Ahhhh... great question... when you have enough sales and data.... that you have figured out the first POD.

[@haphilballesteros9303]

@@DetourShirts huhhh

[@CaroFERRO]

What is your strategy in social media? How important is is in your case? I Love your videos always ❤

[@DetourShirts]

My social media is kind of different than most Print on Demand sellers. My social media is mainly to help others with their print on demand. I do have my shirts on there but it isn't really that helpful because my audience is 99% sellers not buyers. If you can grow your audience to be more buyers than sellers than I think it would be more helpful.

[@cnapoli5190]

Can you do a video about how to increase followers on Instagram? And then how to push those followers to your pod shop. Thanks, Juna.

[@DetourShirts]

Sure thing! I haven't done it personally but I got some ideas

[@Impulsive_love]

One challenge that really bothers me is being perpetually stuck in Tier 10 on Amazon Merch. I’ve sold well over the threshold to move on to the next level. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It breaks my heart to have to delete my designs to add new ones when they haven’t really had a chance to be seen.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for sharing! Yeah... they really need to level up tier 10s, who are ready, a lot faster.

[@Tammar_Tammy]

Hi Juna :) I have another question: how do you manage 10 POD platforms? I’m on three (RB, MBA, Etsy) and it takes time to upload designs to all… so how do you do it every day with 10 platforms?? And do you put the same tags/keywords on all the platforms, or do you research each platform for its own keywords?

[@DetourShirts]

To be honest I mainly upload to Merch by Amazon... all my other POD shops I only upload 3-5 times a month or less. I do use mainly the same tags/keywords when I do. I do research for tags on RedBubble and TeePublic has an autocomplete help thing for keywords. I spend more time on Merch because I've found it brings me the most income

[@Tammar_Tammy]

@@DetourShirts thanks Juna! 💜

[@jpblessed123]

Juna is the best. Thank you very much. _

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@so-much-to-learn]

How do you trademark your every design?

[@DetourShirts]

You don't... it would be too expensive.... but if you have an original design and you post it up for sale it is automatically copyrighted. ... that's why you should never copy someone else's design... they can sue you.... that and it's totally wrong.

[@so-much-to-learn]

@@DetourShirts yes ofcourse. thanks for clarifying my doubt and some apprehensions I had.

[@shoiku4734]

I just want to design a product that I would want to wear on myself. What looks good on screen, oddly doesn't look as good in mockups and after all that work designing it.. I realize it is a T-shirt that I personally won't wear and it's like gosh, I have wasted my time and I don't know what to do with it. 😔

[@DetourShirts]

I get that.... I struggled with that at first too.... then I had to switch to think...What would other people want to buy?... and a lot of times that is different than what I would buy.

[@sevenseven31]

6 sharing your design and make ads

[@DetourShirts]

What do you mean sharing your design?... BTW, Ads can help if done right.... Thanks for the comment

[@johnnyorbital4748]

cheers dude! oh, and the word 'niche'.. you pronounce it like 'nitch' it's actually pronounced like 'neesh' ✌️

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks... I've heard it both ways.... I think it depends where you live

[@johnnyorbital4748]

ah ok, I've only heard it the one way myself in the UK, that might be why loving that blue light behind you, makes you look like your head is emanating a glow 😂

[@stephanieh2045]

@@DetourShirts Juna, Merriam Webster dictionary online says it's correct to say it either way. The oldest and most common way is the way you say it. I say it the other way. I think it is to do with where we live, as you said, just like dialect regions. Love your channel. No other one has given me as much advise and instruction. Thank you.

[@kpvirtualreview1751]

Its actually pronounced both ways ✌

[@johnnyorbital4748]

@@kpvirtualreview1751 I'm pretty sure the 'é' is what gives the 'sh' instead of the 'ch'.. bloody French beeshes 😂

[@artofphillipdallas]

Going to see if any of this might help. It's hard to know what people want and hoping Holiday designs start selling for the ideas I have. I've been looking back on old designs and retooling ones that sold and making them look better.

[@DetourShirts]

Awesome...Thanks for sharing! Hope those changes work out

[@juliar1111]

Don't put lyrics from Hotel California on a tshirt, unless you want to lose your account

[@kayligo]

Apparently “don’t tread on me” is also trademarked. So hard to find trends that aren’t 👀

[@DetourShirts]

Very very true.... don't put lyrics or titles to any song.... especially super popular songs.... Amazon will take you down.

[@mimounakki1001]

Im trying to move on from tier 10 ... Help me guys ;)))

[@DetourShirts]

Follow these steps... I also have a series for Merch by Amazon

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Follow the advice in the video. You learn a lot from research, critical thinking, and mistakes.

[@aa111r]

How to add designs daily when you are not good at designing artworks and you have limited resources

[@DetourShirts]

Start simple and gradually improve

[@WinkyDiaz]

is it a good idea to use the same t shirt name for the store on all my print on demand sites? meaning. let's say my KZbin name is jah Neil. and I print jah Neil on my merch. would be a idea to use jah Neil as my store name?

[@DetourShirts]

You can... if you want to grow brand awareness and people know who you are... but you don't have to do that