How I Got 10,000 Uploads in One Day for Amazon Merch on Demand with added Tips and Tricks

[@PhilipAnders]

That's crazy! Good job Juna👌I have done 4000 in a day before uploading to US & UK only. Very tedious for sure

[@DetourShirts]

It really is! Thanks for sharing

[@gracest875]

Yes I've started doing US & UK only now as it seems to be the translations that cause most rejections for me. I don't ever hit my max uploads, but I try and do 250 "designs" per week.

[@PhilipAnders]

@@gracest875 That is a good cautious strategy, I have had similar experiences with the translation feature.

[@jutulporten]

Thanks again for another awesome video! I automate the text writing by using a spreadsheet. In the first column I'll put the State name for example, then I'll use a formula in the next column to concatenate the description text with the text (State name) from the first column. Create a new column for each field (Title, Description, Bullet points, etc). Then just copy the formula down (use a new State name for each row) for all rows. That way you can quickly "write" the text for Title, Description and Bullet points, etc. Now you can just Copy & Paste from the spreadsheet to the webpage. You can also add a column to type in a character when you've uploaded (Y, X or Done for example) for each row to keep track of which items you have uploaded.

[@DetourShirts]

Great idea... I got to try that... thanks for the tip

[@christavanderwalt9491]

Incredible!!! You're a machine Juna!!! Wow well done!!

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks so much!!

[@marcp7679]

Hi Juna, super cool video! Could you maybe make a video about the keywords, if you keep a certain order or how you create your listing in general?

[@DetourShirts]

Sure thing!

[@Jenny.April01]

Juna, can you do a video on how to stay organized with so many saved files? I would love to see how you do it behind the scenes. Thanks for all you do!

[@DetourShirts]

Great idea! I'll see what I can do

[@gotchagr]

I did the same steps as yours to upload 55 scaled designs! It took me almost 2-3 days to upload all of them because my daily limit is not high as yours. It's a very nice technique.

[@DetourShirts]

So glad that worked for you

[@SleepyTimeEscapes]

yes please make a video showing automate pod in action. :)

[@DetourShirts]

Will do!

[@afaqahmed831]

You have done a great job, Juna. Wishing you the best of luck with your future uploads on Amazon.

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you so much!

[@marcsoltau1442]

If you'd use Productor extension you could replace words. So you could replace ALL state words at once for each listing

[@DetourShirts]

Woah... I really got to try Productor for the next one

[@arunashamal]

If you have adobe indesign you can do adding text to a design with data merge function and a csv file...which saves lot of time

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the tip

[@midnightwhispers6000]

Hi Detour, please how can I open an etsy store if my countries not listed on the registration?

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry... I'm not sure about that... you may have to try something else

[@midnightwhispers6000]

@@DetourShirts okay sir, thank you. I am using redbubble currently but I have not been able to get a sell

[@redfox4820]

WAITING FOR THE PHOTOPEA + AUTOMATEPOD VIDEO, THANK YOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE SHARED TO US!!

[@DetourShirts]

Coming soon!

[@KDuBgFX]

Checking back, did any of these sell that you know of?

[@DetourShirts]

I think the year ones have but the state ones haven't yet =(

[@oldroadie]

Affinity publisher has a great data merge feature. Text and graphics.

[@DetourShirts]

Really? I need to check it out

[@oldroadie]

@@DetourShirts it's in publisher not designer. The demo shows making cards for sports teams where the var is things like picture, names and Stats.

[@blackkitt98]

Thank you for mentioning! I bought Publisher a couple of years ago and meant to learn how to do the data merge but forgot all about it.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Thanks for mentioning this. I don't yet have Publisher. I went to the help pages for it, and read. But it is unclear to me whether it creates a single multi-page file (e.g. a PDF with 100 pages that would be printed as a single long document file with many pages) , or separate files (e.g. 100 files with a JPG on each). I assume for the POD platform you need separate files (JPG). If you know for certain or understand this feature better than I do, please clarify.

[@jamespaul8511]

Great informative video as always Juna! Not even close to that tier but still very interesting how you went about it.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope there were some helpful tips you could use

[@RailinX]

You’re a beast and a total inspiration as always!!

[@DetourShirts]

I appreciate that! Thank you

[@jenny_rice]

Great video. The way you explained it's really only 156 designs makes it much more understandable. And I would like to see a video on the Automate POD. I tried it once and my words did not fit and I could not figure out how to/if it was possible to edit them. Thanks! And congratulations!!

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks, will do!

[@ruvimnoga]

This is a nice breakdown Juna. I'll have to try this technique on my store to get more products out.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes.... try it out... hope you get a ton of sales

[@tsubasaozora4925]

Why u not install Productor App for your Settings?

[@DetourShirts]

Just lazy... I really should give it a try.... when I do I'll make a video for it

[@blackkitt98]

I use Productor, but for me it doesn't load color for popsockets, phones, etc., either.

[@gol65]

Very interesting and impressive! One thing I'd highly recommend to everyone who wants to follow your example, is to only do this if you have created a test product before to make sure it doesn't go into review.

[@DetourShirts]

Great tip! I should have said that... you don't want 10,000 rejections

[@mauretascott5941]

Juna, is there a way to convert a design file from Affinity2 to a JPEG file? Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Absolutely.... when you export choose JPEG or JPG

[@pelletized]

if you get a design rejected and you pick all the products, do you get 66 rejections or just one? i've been adding new designs only on one product at first, and when that passes i'll add the rest of the products, because i don't want to lose my account due to rejections!

[@DetourShirts]

You get all the rejections.... which can be very scary

[@blackkitt98]

I do the same as you @pelletized for the same reason. It makes it nearly impossible to reach my daily uploads -- I'm tier 20,000 and have 5,000 daily upload limit. Edit: just noticed today, 1.31.23, that my daily uploads were increased to 6,000. smh. @detourshirts I bet yours went up too to maybe 12,000???

[@zochini]

Same here, rejection is pretty scarry, i got headache on cellphone and throw pillows alone, because theres a lot to check with class 09 and 20

[@HomeOfficeHustler]

Great video as always, when you put your designs on other markets do you auto translate or leave as English? Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

I use the auto translate on Amazon Merch on Demand

[@alcoshirts]

So that's why we are getting more time out products, you destroyed the bot! :))) Good luck, Juna!

[@DetourShirts]

Hahaha.... it could have been

[@glfriendliness9793]

Awesome timing to see this on my KZbin feed, I just finished my first ever Amazon merch application process, cross my fingers! 🤞

[@DetourShirts]

Best of luck!

[@musicteacherengel]

Wow! Impressive! How fun to put a theoretical idea into reality! A QUESTION/FAVOR: If at any point, you decide to make a video that further explains the "Save Publish Settings" feature, that would be great! Subtopics/questions about this: Is there a way to save multiple settings, or is there a way to import settings from a previous old design and apply them to a new similar design? Likewise, I totally agree with you about the Raglan challenges. Is there a way to save Ragland/No Ragland variations? Thank you as always, Juna!

[@DetourShirts]

As far as I know you can only save 1 publish settings at a time..... what you are saving are colors, products, marketplaces, prices, title, brand, bullets and description........It's really helpful for scaled designs and my guess is most people use it for prices so they don't have to change the prices everytime.

[@musicteacherengel]

@@DetourShirts Great. Thank you! I'm eager to try this out and see if I can make the process of uploading similar designs a little more efficient. Best wishes to you!

[@PerB_M]

Very nice! :-) BTW .DE is not Denmark (Denmark is .DK) .DE is Germany (Deutschland) :-)

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry.... you are so right... I meant to say Germany.

[@PerB_M]

@@DetourShirts it´s ok :-) I am from Denmark so love to be announced bigger than we are :-D

[@manicmerchant]

Great job with the uploads. You didn't mention about checking for trademarks on the listings. Did you check for the international trademarks along with the U.S. one's?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes I forgot to mention that... it's very important to check trademarks and copyrights you don't want 10,000 rejections.

[@manicmerchant]

How much added time did it add to your process? I also run into a lot of trademarks in the international space that aren’t in the us market. I still don’t know where to go for the Japanese market lookup :)

[@madebymarco]

Doesn't Photoshop CC have this feature now?

[@DetourShirts]

Probably I haven't used Photoshop CC in a long time

[@1MinuteKadhaigalllll]

For copyright checking, I'm using TMHunt and the USPTO, and while searching as a full keyword, I haven't received any copyright responses, but while searching the same terms in a split search, I can see some copyrights for some words. These kinds of keywords can I use in my designs, or is it better to leave them out?

[@DetourShirts]

It really depends on the phrase.... for example Just Do It are 3 separate words but the whole thing is trademarked.

[@ahmadeswed7234]

Great video. Is there a reason why you didn’t use an upload automation tool? 5 hours is long time, this time can be utilized on other activities like designing

[@DetourShirts]

Mainly because I never tried them before and I wanted to do them manually

[@ahmadeswed7234]

@@DetourShirts thanks for the reply. You should try you will be amazed.

[@bethaapple2102]

You replied all of comments? Legend. Lol Question please: can keywords I put got copyrighted even my design did not have any copyrighted elements not in slightest.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes, you want to be careful of using keywords that are copyrighted.... POD sites check for that too.... especially Amazon

[@Moh_ha]

Awesome! but if you used Merch Automation you will not need to upload them manually!!

[@DetourShirts]

Yes, you are right

[@thishandleisalreadytaken123]

Hi, are you able to do your own mockups on Merch by Amazon, or is it just the default photos Amazon uses for the listing? :) Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

Nope... it's just the default photos.... it's NOT like Etsy

[@thishandleisalreadytaken123]

@@DetourShirts ok, thank you! I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything, lol..

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help

[@NichelsWorth]

Automate POD LET’S GO!

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah... It's pretty fun... I'll do a video for it

[@TaineleUniversului]

If you are in tier 10, can you upload on all 66 products, or you are allowed to upload 1 design on maximum 10 products? If this is the case I think is better to upload 10 different designs, but on what product they sale best?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes you can over time... you have a maximum of 10 designs and an upload a day I believe so I would start with 10 Standard shirts and then upload to different products over the next few weeks or so

[@TaineleUniversului]

@@DetourShirts , Thank you :)

[@AhmedAhmed-yd3nn]

The best ❤️❤️🥰

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@Buzz-Media]

Great video as always!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@ozozfafa5764]

what if you are in a low tier while you can make 100 designs per day, what is your strategy? do you choose only t shirts in all countries, or keep choosing all products for all countries, which is you will only upload 2-3 designs per day? or you choose only product for US Countries? please advise

[@DetourShirts]

I would still fill up my slots but I would concentrate more on trends and evergreens, the one offs..... instead of scaled designs

[@elbstrandpiraten3006]

Cool video! Thanks for the insight into your upload work! There is a great Chrome extension called Productor for Merch, you can do various things with it. You can also make different templates for the upload.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the tip! I may have to do a video for Productor soon. A lot of people have been telling me about it

[@yamitf77]

on amazon merch, you don't need muckups? thanks you.

[@DetourShirts]

That's right... there is no need to make a mockup for Amazon

[@christopherkirby8086]

Amazing job!

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@benlime1235]

I can't remember the last time I hit my upload limit. Probably years ago.

[@DetourShirts]

When it's really high, it's tough to do

[@alifbinhasan6533]

Hey Juna, can you do a beginner-friendly video on how to get started on Amazon Merch on Demand? It would be a great help cause getting accepted to the platform is something a lot of people face problems with.

[@DetourShirts]

Getting accepted is really more of a luck thing.... but yes I can try to make a video about it

[@MissMolly3377]

Wow. Nice.

[@DetourShirts]

Many many thanks

[@m2mdohkun]

Aamzing! 3:46 pretty summarize it for me. Now it's time to make two year worth of designs (woah, that long??) ;-P and 50 states of America. Thank you for the tips again Juna 💪💪💪💪💪

[@DetourShirts]

Yup.... glad it helped....thanks for the comment

[@RogelioGastelum-iv1hb]

Tax season is coming. I'd like to know if you have to claim income from the other countries you sell to, or does it all go through amazon here in the states?

[@DetourShirts]

Because I live in the states I just claim all of it as income because I get paid by Amazon.

[@jmspegel]

How much are you spending monthly on all these digital programs? As a newbie, it is a large investment with zero income from sales.

[@DetourShirts]

It's definitely not free.... Let's see I got Canva Pro, Pretty Merch, Merch Informer, Vexels & Kittl... I may be missing some but if you are not making any income you can still upload to Amazon for FREE if you get into Amazon.... you can use free apps to design and make scaled designs

[@SmoothnSleep]

Hi Juna, i have seen a lot of your videos. and you just inspiring me every time! Sorry for my bad english. can someone please explain to me what it is called when you create a design as a template and then want to change only one word from a-z? in germany it is called in photoshop "stapelverarbeitung" for example "batch processing" can you do something like that also in affinity designer or affinity photo? Thanks for any answer.

[@DetourShirts]

I call it scaling a design.... but I've heard other call it word replace or something similar

[@SmoothnSleep]

@@DetourShirts Ok thank you. Do you create your designs all by yourself or do you have any designers? thank you

[@marcsoltau1442]

de stands for germany (deutschland) not denmark :)

[@DetourShirts]

I know...so sorry... I think I slipped up there

[@marcsoltau1442]

@@DetourShirts for English speaker, de for Denmark makes totally sense ;)

[@seho1363]

thanks

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome!

[@RODSSAN72]

10k. Dang.

[@DetourShirts]

I know right.... I want to do it again

[@justsymms]

Wow

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@aandjmom1]

There is NO WAY, this can be done without taking a serious risk on having TONS of rejections from amazon. I call BS on this one, luv ya, sorry.

[@DetourShirts]

Why? There are some risks but if you pick the right phrase and it's not trademarked you should be okay

[@Buzz-Media]

Now it does seem crazy anymore 😂

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah... I did it once and I can do it again

[@sidehustlessimplified]

Congrats on 10k uploads in a single day, wow! I feel like PrettyMerch should give a special badge for that, ha. Great video, very thorough!

[@DetourShirts]

That would be cool! I was thinking the same thing