How Many Sales I got with 31 Designs After 1 Year on Print on Demand and What I learned

How Many Sales I got with 31 Designs on Print on Demand After 1 Year and What I learned
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[@kathrynwaldorf2189]

Let's not forget the fact that the whole world is going through recession right now. People are literally thinking 10 times b4 buying anything. Your designs are really good. You definitely deserve more sales.

[@DetourShirts]

That's true too but there are tons of sales happening for the right designs and topics

[@quickpstuts412]

As others have said here, I don't think most of the "no sales" were because of the design. I think the #1 reason they didn't sell is competition. A lot of them were phrases I've seen before and you just created a rendition. I think those same designs would have done waaaay better 4-5 years ago with less competition. Maybe for this year do something different. Make a goal to do 31 designs/phrases that are completely unique and then revisit next year. I think that will be VERY interesting and insightful. You'll probably sell more. Your design skills are top notch, but the competition was way too heavy for most of these. Very broad topics. I think it will be a good lesson for those learning that it's better to be unique instead just making a better rendition of a popular quote or design. I sell some of the simplest designs simply because I think of smaller niches that no one is targeting.

[@DetourShirts]

I think you are right... lots of competition....Good idea for next time....

[@ImogenShade]

Thanks for the ego boost! I’m an ink witch & craft original witty phases & inspirational quotes, I know they’ll get stolen overtime but at least I’ll be the first to release them!

[@quickpstuts412]

@@ImogenShade Being first with a great idea is EVERYTHING! Good luck!

[@dominationunltd1466]

Thanks for your transparency. Your one of the few I LISTEN TO. ✌

[@DetourShirts]

I appreciate that

[@klash4631]

Thank You!!! THIS is something way too rare in the YT POD creator community… Reality! And this is why you are an undisputed leader in this field. Great job Juno and bravo for telling it like it is!!!

[@DetourShirts]

I appreciate that. You are so welcome

[@christopherkirby8086]

Congrats on those sales! Great video! I’m almost through my Shirtember! It’s a bit grueling as I’m doing all hand drawn designs. With only a few days left your video helped inspire me and gave me a few ideas to help as my brain is struggling to get creative with the last few tags I pulled for it. Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

You can do it! Thanks for sharing

[@jovanapereula]

I think this is the best pod video ever. And Im watching yt pod videos for a while. Realistic with a proof. Thank you.

[@DetourShirts]

Wow, thank you!

[@Adventuretown-hy6wy]

The way you share is just like sharing with your friends. nice feeling, you know your audience well!. Best wishes to your Print On Demand!.

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you so much 😀

[@TINYQUBIT]

Very Helpful, Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Meloyadina]

Extremely helpful analysis, Thanks Juna. 💯

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Melanie-dt1fc]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@quenuk]

This was very helpful especially coming from someone like you who is well respected & experienced in POD. Thank you for taking us through this analysis with you. I learned a lot.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome!

[@user-nt6bo6sk2k]

This is an amazing analysis of your sales! Congratulations! I have not seen another video like this from other creators. Thank you. God Bless You.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@birajranabhat9204]

Lots of love from nepal pokhara ❤

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for all the love

[@AmbiorixStats]

Great video and excellent message.🎉

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mclicksterdesigns]

Such a great video. Thank you for the post.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@musicteacherengel]

Thank you for your honest data here!

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure!

[@patsmith9158]

I really liked the analysis at the end, because it was really helpful. I never thought about stacking up the sold designs and analyzing them quite the way you did and it was a real eye-opener to see how you looked at the different sales on each site. Very helpful and Congratulations on all our sales! Looking forward to Shirtober 2023, next.

[@DetourShirts]

So glad it was helpful... hope you get a ton of sales

[@MonicaDehnert]

Thank you for the great video!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you liked it!

[@bradholmes1832]

Many Thanks Juna, I appreciate your insight! Looking forward to your Test of 2023! Cheers, Brad H

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... I'm going to try all new words

[@marcopmferraz]

Good video honest review I like it

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you liked it

[@shiverwind4361]

thanks Juna, great update :)

[@DetourShirts]

My pleasure!

[@justsymms]

Extremely useful video! I've learned to take stock of the 'why's and what I can do better

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RailinX]

very cool! thanks for sharing your results.

[@DetourShirts]

You bet!

[@joyenajmul]

Thanks, Bro ,,, Take Love From Bangladesh

[@DetourShirts]

You are most welcome

[@GelliElli]

Nice insight to see what actually sold. I think the main reason for most of them not selling is not actually the design but many of them being very generic in competitive niches.

[@DetourShirts]

This is true.... I think for Shirtober 2023 I should find less competitive niches and test

[@laksmichatrirat3444]

such great content as always :) thank you ...looking forward to October 1

[@DetourShirts]

Can't wait!

[@t.anderson60]

Thank you, very useful, god bless 🙏

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was useful

[@casmariaonlineshop]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@kamm3021]

1.8K$ a year can feed a whole family in many third world countries 18K$ extra a year can help someone with university expenses or move to a different place amd start a new life 180K$ a year is a long term goal but once you reach it you can change your life + invest in other stuff to create other sources of income and be financially stable

[@DetourShirts]

Agreed... thanks for sharing

[@kamm3021]

You're welcome

[@CharacterAlley]

Those are pretty good results. And just because they don’t sell in the first year, doesn’t mean they won’t in the following years. Congrats!

[@DetourShirts]

Very True

[@YourChicGeek]

Juna I just have to say that you are sooooo crazy talented. I have learned soooo much from your videos and content. Thank you for all you do. Also do you put all of the designs you create on both Merch and Amazon.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome.... I usually put my designs on Amazon Merch on Demand first.... then I put them on RedBubble and TeePublic.... and if I have more time the other PODs

[@gemamaulana3044]

Thank you bro!❤

[@DetourShirts]

You're welcome!

[@Vichallan3895]

I love your honesty....😍😍😍😍😍

[@DetourShirts]

Only way to go

[@abdochiha324]

Thank you very much for all this valuable information. In fact, I am learning a lot from you.

[@DetourShirts]

Happy to hear that!

[@CatsByML]

Hi Juna, I love this great video. Just wondering if you could show how to look for tags & how you decide what tags to use for your designs. Once again, thanks for the fantastic video.

[@DetourShirts]

Great idea! Thanks for the suggestion

[@aaronyoung8716]

I thought day 2, 7, and 25 were awesome and deserved sales in my opinion. Great video Juna.

[@DetourShirts]

I think so too... but it only really matters what the market thinks

[@SmM33380]

Thanks Juna! It was good to see a realistic view on what seems to work and what doesn't. I still haven't put my stuff out there yet because my state requires a business and tax permit and the whole process to do that is a couple hundred dollars. I can't wait until I can finally post though!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! Hope you get to do POD soon

[@klash4631]

Omg! May I ask, what state is that? Not the Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea 😂?

[@SmM33380]

@@klash4631 One of the New England States

[@anasuyaramesh6963]

Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Welcome

[@dotpenji]

Your dedication and transparency in sharing the results of your Shirttober challenge are truly commendable. Can you share any tips for newcomers looking to embark on similar challenges and maximize their success in the print-on-demand business?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes, research is key.... I picked pretty broad topics... I think if I niched down even more I probably could have gotten more sales.

[@motivatedbeastph]

The guidance provided, especially coming from someone as respected and experienced in the field of POD as yourself, was exceptionally beneficial.

[@JeromeC-wp2vr]

@@DetourShirts Great video as always! looking forward for more!

[@mohammadfahad3700]

Just started my journey in POD 😊

[@DetourShirts]

Wonderful!... You can do it

[@latribuditwitch4920]

Great! Did you run any ads on those? Thanks a lot!

[@DetourShirts]

I'm not running ad on them

[@fabiGBOtown]

You're definitely an amazing designer, there's room for improvement in your targeting but I wouldn't presume to know better. Im always up for a chat though.

[@DetourShirts]

Oh yeah.... there is always room for improvement

[@656sportsandthings9]

It's print on demand just keep putting some up

[@DetourShirts]

That's the plan

[@CarrieReagh]

Helpful video, great details. Thank you. I created a text-only shirt (bold font), white text on a black tshirt for Merch by Amazon and when I got the shirt back the white was not very bright white. I haven't asked them yet why but I see you have lots of white on black shirts done on Amazon and wondered if you had a tip for white text on black shirts? Thank you!

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah... I think it may be the way the shirt is printed... the white kind of mixes with the color of the shirt so it comes out a little duller

[@inked6880]

Try this hex code for white FCFCFC

[@Aznboy430]

Very nice video! I want to ask for the shirts you sold, did you fulfilled them through printify manually? Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Nope... these are all done through Amazon or TeePublic... they print it and send it.... I don't have to do anything or use another service

[@happybunny1329]

Thanks for this really interesting analysis. Is there a point at which you decide to take down a design which isn't selling? Such as on Teepublic where people can browse your shop, so fewer designs may give a better browsing experience if the non-sellers were regularly weeded out. Also, was this purely from organic traffic, no marketing?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... If it hasn't sold in 2 years or so I would take it down

[@mouadel2943]

Hey juna , great video as usual , i wana know how do you deal with all markets? You do tradmar for all , or you just put autotranslation ?? Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Auto translation from Amazon

[@flex19112]

How much variations do you make of your successful shirts, as in same design idea just a different graphic?

[@DetourShirts]

Sometimes I do 10 or more. It depends

[@ALvatar3]

Great vid. Newb question do I need a brand name or universal user name for all these sites in your opinion?

[@DetourShirts]

No... you can do it however you want... I use the same one but you don't have to

[@TechVista10]

Love from ❤❤❤❤❤❤ pakistan thankyou sooo much for your videos is soo helpful for mee

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help

[@annadreamsart9756]

I liked all of your designs. Idk why they didn't sell. I have to say I like the mockups you used too. They were different.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks.... You just never know what will sell

[@annadreamsart9756]

@@DetourShirts Very true. My highest seller of all is just a phrase from my old job. I am surprised EVERY time it sells across the world. It's so random.

[@dimastandayu9576]

I thought the shirts weren't selling because of a bad design, but it turns out all of your shirt designs are good and they still don't sell. It seems that making sales is indeed difficult. What's important is to keep designing and continue developing our products so there are more design options.

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... it's not just design.... it's the right topics and if it's better than what is already out there

[@imfasihahmad]

Hi Juna, looking at your Teepublic sales> Merch sales, do you think it's worth it to upload the same designs I'm uploading to Merch to Teepublic? Or you'd recommend to just keep on creating and uploading more on Amazon Merch?

[@DetourShirts]

Great question.... Depends on your sales..... for my example it actually was worth putting it on both..... but if you notice that Amazon is doing 10x better than I would put more focus there... always put more focus on the thing that makes you more money.... IMO

[@ZinouBensalem-xq9dr]

Hi Juna, I have question, Many of those designs you showed founded in a game play or song name. would it be fine if its not directly referring to it. like no place like home design. didn't work on it before because its famous game play name. tnx for the amazing video

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... as long as you are not talking about the game or song it's fine... just the one word by itself should not get rejected.... it's when you use song lyrics and phrases that you will get in trouble

[@msqualitykid]

I was wondering what impact your Keywords (title bullets) had on your designs selling. I don't remember seeing a video on how you select them.

[@DetourShirts]

True... I didn't it.... I'm not sure how I can tell if it helped or not

[@catumetgames]

I loved most of the desigsns! Could it be that a lot of the them are in very busy niches and didn't sell because they didn't show up on page 1 and potential customers didn't find them?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... that's definitely part of it

[@welldone279]

THANKS JUNA , QUESTION PLZ should i delete design didn't get sell after a year ? even if i am in tier 1000 and have more slots

[@DetourShirts]

If you don't need the slots I would not delete them

[@maharana5515]

How to promote your designs? Which marketing platform did you use

[@DetourShirts]

I mainly use Amazon Ads but I didn't really use it for these

[@moongmoong33]

hello, can you do a video how to research to have an ideal to design. I mean, For example, in your video, design "shoot for your goals" as a sentence that you think to yourself after having a topic. Or should we refer to it for sale?

[@DetourShirts]

Good idea... there are so many ways to come up with text to put on designs... I'll make a video

[@moongmoong33]

@@DetourShirts thank you so much

[@nikaverak.1136]

I'm shocked. I had no idea that the same design could be sold in different stores, especially if we're talking about Amazon Merch because KDP doesn't allow books to be sold elsewhere than Amazon. I thought that they had the same or similar policy.

[@DetourShirts]

Nope... shirts are different

[@moodmakingtv]

How to do tagging, what is the right way to upload them

[@DetourShirts]

I use relevant tags that relate to the design and topic

[@rohakhan923]

Did you upload the same designs on all 3 platforms? Is there no copyright issue Because of same design on every platform?

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... you can add the same designs all 3 or all 10 if you had 10 different POD sites

[@hannahjoy4857]

I'm just getting my feet under me after 9 months of hard work on Etsy. How do I know when to open stores on other sites?

[@DetourShirts]

When you got one working really well and you don't have to baby sit it.

[@JH-jc1qm]

❤

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks

[@karoel1]

Did you set any advertising on MBA?

[@DetourShirts]

Not on these

[@altair_ezio01]

👍

[@DetourShirts]

thanks

[@arnessad16]

Who prints the design on the shirts?

[@DetourShirts]

Amazon if the sale is from Amazon,TeePublic if it's a sale from TeePublic and RedBubble if I get a sale from RedBubble... I don't have to worry about printing at all

[@user-mg9cr5fb5u]

My Red Bubble account has been closed Can you solve my problem? I have a lot of trouble

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry... I wish I knew how to fix that

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

Do you do any promotion? Probably no ads but on free social media platforms? I think lack of eyeballs is a big factor? You are a busy man having a job, so I can understand that you don't spend much time on it.

[@DetourShirts]

I did post these on social media but in my experience that doesn't help too much

[@laurac.9322]

​@@DetourShirtsso how do you advertise your work or your shops? Idk I got a red bubble shop just started.... idk how to get eyeballs to it. ?? Any suggestions would be helpful

[@marcelodomingues7327]

how to sell t-shirts on amazon without using merch by amazon?

[@DetourShirts]

You can use seller central with Printful or something

[@guygigi2259]

You just pick me up bro. Thabk you so much.❤❤❤

[@DetourShirts]

Glad to help

[@tamieparoff5812]

why are all your shirts in black?

[@DetourShirts]

It's the best selling color

[@tamieparoff5812]

@@DetourShirts wow no kidding! That is great to know and thank you for responding👍

[@babyblue7798]

oh :( i m not a grapgic designer.

[@DetourShirts]

No worries... I did all of these with apps like Canva, Kittl and Vexels

[@msqualitykid]

Maybe you should start by doing keyword research and then make designs people are looking for that have low competition.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes! These were more random popular niches…research is definitely key

[@wpapme8164]

Redbubble no sales 🤣

[@DetourShirts]

Crazy right?

[@michaelcheung9936]

I think all of your designs were great ones that could have sales. But yea different ppl may see it differently as like a more mature or older person may want things simpler instead of something funnier or brighter and they may be afraid of getting make fun of or getting too much of attention. As u know also sometime other ppl want to take advantage of chance to make jokes out ppl. lol Not that yours are not good or not funny. U know what I mean.

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you and you make treat points... thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@gjedda63]

Awesome info 👍 What are the audience of Etsy looking for?

[@DetourShirts]

I would guess shirts for women, girls, moms, etc.

[@gjedda63]

Many of the designs were in very competitive niches, were they even visible?

[@DetourShirts]

That's right.... very competitive... that's another reason for the low sales

[@quickpstuts412]

Agree. I think the competition was the biggest issue. Not the designs.

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[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

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Thanks

[@DetourShirts]

Welcome