HOW TO GET OUT OF TIER 10 FAST: My Merch By Amazon Tier 10 Strategy & Merch Tips for Beginners

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One of the biggest challenges all Merch by Amazon beginners face is how to tier up fast when you’re stuck in tier 10 or tier 25. In this video I break down how to make your first 10 sales fast using this Amazon Merch tier 10 strategy and tips.
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[@hollybradford8693]

Thank you Hannah! Finding you is an answer to prayer!

[@ezgitalas4238]

thanks so much to telling a lot details. so helpful videos. 💮

[@gideonebeling]

this is a really great tutorial and effectively shows how simple it really is to start selling your own merch

[@hannahebeling]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you found the video helpful! My goal is to share everything I wish I knew when I first got started.

[@serenasherrett7795]

This was a fantastic video thank you! Waiting on my Amazon approval now but will definitely give this a try !

[@hannahebeling]

Glad it was helpful!! Wishing you the best with approval!

[@arkikali5632]

Lord love you. I didn't want to do random niches just to get out of tier 10. This is going to be so helpful.

[@hannahebeling]

Wishing you all the best getting out of tier 10!! Things definitely start to get easier after that!

[@arkikali5632]

@@hannahebeling Thanks! What would you recommend if I have products on Etsy and Amazon? Gah... so much to learn.

[@hannahebeling]

@@arkikali5632 I definitely recommend selling on more than one site. It's not a bad idea to get one going and then when you're more comfortable branching out to others.

[@arkikali5632]

@@hannahebeling Thanks. Right now I'm a bit worried because my Amazon tees are way underpriced vs my Etsy tees. But it's not like I have a huge social media presence. LOL I'll definitely get on that though. AND... it's not like most people will see every post you make, so there's that.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Hannah, you are a "natural" at this kind of presentation. Well done! I am impressed by your presentation skills and your tips and content. This is the second video by you I have watched and both were impressive, so I will LIKE, Subscribe, and RING BELL for notifications and hope to learn more from you in the future. I am not yet selling POD and do not yet have a MERCH account. In this video I appreciate you showed the screens, step by step, for the process. That helps a newbie like me. I may ask some basic questions under your videos, but be assured they are sincere, and I hope my newbie questions help others (assuming you answer) and will help your new YT channel with engagement (algorithm). My comments and questions are how I can help you (engagement) and give back something for your tips. I look forward to more from you.

[@hannahebeling]

Thank you so much for your support and truly thoughtful comments! I am so thankful that you are finding my content helpful so far. I learned so much from people here on KZbin when I first started POD, so I am very anxious to give back and share everything I wish I knew when I first started. I so appreciate the engagement and comments you leave. Like you said, it really does help a small channel like mine find new viewers. Thank you!

[@tojomargolis]

Wow, just found you. Awesome videos, very informative. You make me feel like I can actually start getting some sales!

[@hannahebeling]

You are too kind! And, you totally can! Wishing you the best in this business!

[@SeanAtalioti]

Perfect - Thank You Hannah

[@fullyfond347]

You're doing so well with your (new?) channel. Great delivery and great information. TY. #Subbing

[@hannahebeling]

Oh my! This means the world to me! I'm brand new at this KZbin world, and its a big learning curve, but I wanted a space to share everything I wish I knew when I started. Hoping to make this a collaborative community where we can all learn from each other, sharing what works!

[@junejo1]

If it's a new channel, can you please share the link of old one

[@hannahebeling]

@@junejo1 Thanks for watching! This is a brand new channel for me. I don't have an old one. I do plan to post at least 2 new videos a week here, so stay tuned for one more coming tomorrow!

[@iamvincentdivine]

Thank You so much Hannah, I had to come back to watch this video again because I want to initiate it in my Redbubble store

[@hannahebeling]

Great idea!! Wishing you the best luck!

[@danielleloken9654]

Just followed your advice! Thank you! Getting tons of messages from people,seems like a lot of people want me to pay them to advertise. How do you weed through these?

[@nursemarsha5219]

I just applied to the Amazon Merch because of your good videos and your good instructions

[@hannahebeling]

Wishing you the best of luck!

[@SisVlogsFourtastic]

I applied today.

[@nataliasamoyk8099]

Hi, I like hour videos. I have a questions for this video. Did you do profund research for niche? Or just picked up DIY niech and designed shirts that you liked, not that were selling?

[@MrAtticLights]

This is a really great idea! Thank you.

[@hannahebeling]

So glad you found it helpful! If you're in tier 10, wishing you the best of luck making those first sales!

[@oliviamarylyn]

thanks

[@hannahebeling]

So glad you found the video helpful!

[@yuly2917]

Hi Hanna, great info ! Can I used this for Etsy too?

[@brent195195]

Such amazing content!

[@hannahebeling]

Thank you for your encouragement!!

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

Good stuff! Thank you so much!

[@hannahebeling]

Glad it was helpful!

[@IHCgraphix]

Hi Hannah. I'm still in tier 10. Question for you. In the "brand" section when creating listings, should I include the actual brand name that I created for all my designs, or should I include a detailed description of the shirt design for each individual listing? The latter is what I see a lot with other sellers. Please advise which one and why. Thanks

[@norahofmans4280]

Thanks again Hannah. Such great information. Can you tell me, with each new niche, do i need to make new IG Accounts?

[@hannahebeling]

For this strategy, that typically works best, so I suggest just focusing on one to get out of the low tiers.

[@kenechiokoli7716]

Wow, awesome points/tips. Professionalism on the Insta account would be key then.

[@wecannazdar_as8697]

omg i liked the way you talking, i really want to test this strategy

[@hannahebeling]

Best of luck to you!! Thanks for watching!

[@gomezmurraytorres2983]

thank you i like your videos

[@cookieman2684]

ATTENTION: CANVA and its graphics cannot be used to produce print-on-demand designs!

[@fridazuz7231]

Hannah, thank you so much for another very informative video! I have a question re Placeit. I tried to use Placeit for my Etsy Shop, but then i've noticed that mockup t-shirts on Placeit differ from t-shirts on Etsy. And you used a Placeit t-shirt in your today's video, but is it exactly a Merch By Amazon t-shirt? I'm just scared that the customer is going to say that the mockup t-shirt in my shop and the t-shirt he bought are not the same. I'm not a native English speaker and i hope you understand what i was trying to say:)

[@hannahebeling]

This is a great question! I typically try to look for mock-ups that look pretty similar to the ones on either Amazon or Etsy. If you’re selling in Etsy, Placeit actually has shirts labeled under “Bella canvas” and “gilden” as well as some other popular styles. For Amazon, I’ve never had any complaints. I think this is especially because they will see exactly what it looks like on the Amazon site before purchasing.

[@phillipheidler6325]

Hi Hannah, first of all Thank You for these great videos! I tried your strategy and did all the steps you told us. But when it comes to inserting the link to the brand page something‘s going wrong. When I click on my brands name amazon shows me lots of their best selling products, e.g. PlayStation 5 and things like that. Not only are there none of my designs, but there are no t-shirt designs at all. My brand name is quite long and unique as well. Am I missing something? Thank You!

[@hannahebeling]

Hmm. I'm not really sure what could be causing the problem in this particular instance. My only suggestions would be to try and copy the link again and add it to your bio or go ahead and change the brand name of your products to something new.

[@naonaomi877]

Hey ! Your videos help me a lot! Thanks for sharing all of this information. I have a question concerning the brand. When I click on mine, it doesn't lead me to my t-shirt. It shows me plenty of other product totally random and I don't understand why... Is there something I'm missing ? Thanks again.

[@hannahebeling]

If you picked a brand that lots of other people use too, their products will also show up. You need something very long and 100% unique.

[@bridgetrusso4801]

I'm sorry, I'm brand new to all of this and I want to sell on merchandise by Amazon, but I dont know what print shop to use to create the shirts and sell? Any help is appreciated and I love your videos. Very informative!

[@hannahebeling]

Thanks so much for watching! I definitely love selling on Merch by Amazon. Getting started can be a bit hard, but I have a series of videos planned to take beginners through the steps of making their shops. My upcoming video will be on how to get accepted to the program so stay tuned for that.

[@bridgetrusso4801]

@@hannahebeling Thank you. Since I've subscribed and hit the bell, does that mean I will get the notification? Thank you. :-)

[@hannahebeling]

@@bridgetrusso4801 yes that should! Welcome!

[@alexis7581]

I did all of my 10 designs in Halloween and cross niched in them because of the holiday coming up… Should I do something different that’s more of an ever green niche?

[@hannahebeling]

The reason evergreen might be better for this social media strategy is you aren’t limited by time! But since you already have the designs, you can totally try this (and we still have a couple months till Halloween).

[@EllenJohn4]

Hey, Hannah - I like your strategy of listing items on Instagram. Do you have a video about doing this for Etsy instead of Amazon - turns out it’s trickier than expected to link the products. Thanks for any help on this. Great channel and super helpful! Best to you 😊

[@hannahebeling]

For Etsy it’s actually a lot more simple. You can just link your entire shop in your bio! Amazon unfortunately doesn’t have a way to do this.

[@EllenJohn4]

Thanks so much, Hannah!!!!

[@jenn_bocanegra]

Can you craete a brand name after the fact, if you signed up as yourself with Amazon?

[@hannahebeling]

Absolutely! The brand I’m talking about is not the one you sign up with, but the “brand” field that you have to fill out when you write your title and description for every listing.

[@HERETOABSORB]

Hey Hannah, What a great channel to binge watch! 😁 I'm new to Amazon merch. Is there a way to add an Instagram link to all my products? (I can only seem to link to one product) 🤔 Thank you so much 😊

[@hannahebeling]

Great question! If you put the same name in the “brand” section, you can click on the brand on Amazon and link to that page.

[@HERETOABSORB]

@@hannahebeling I've tried searching but I must be in the wrong place. I also tried clicking the 'brand' link from one of my products, but it just says: 'try checking your spelling or use more general terms'. Is there a certain place in Amazon search that I need to check? (sorry for all the questions)... I'm just excited to get my Instagram set up 🙏

[@SONDESOLUNA]

Great video Hannah! I already have 5 designs (I just started last week), on Merch. Do I need to delete those and then restart with designs related to my niche that I will push to IG? Or can I keep those up and use the five slots left to follow your idea using IG?

[@hannahebeling]

Totally up to you! You could get started with 5 designs in another niche and if that does well, you can replace the older ones.

[@vixasvica3]

Where did I got it, I want to buy an account

[@mehdidjillali9898]

I did as you said in the video but I in the process I created pets store ( merch pets store ) and I'am gonna follow your other steps I just want to ask you what you think about pets as niche is it a good idea ?

[@hannahebeling]

People love to pet items, but you definitely should niche down and get more specific because “pets” is very generic and saturated.

[@mehdidjillali9898]

Any ideas and suggestions about specific niche and BTW what you think about asking influencers for promotion ?

[@Bn76936]

If we are just starting out and testing different niches in our store, do you think it would be a good idea to create an Instagram account specifically for a niche that is selling well for our store (I.e., pets)? I have an Etsy store and I want to niche down eventually, but for now I’m still in the testing phase. The niche I’ve been selling in has been fairly consistent, but not enough volume (hence wanting to try social media and not quite ready to niche down). I think with a general store, social media and marketing is going to be tough.

[@hannahebeling]

Absolutely! Any time you can validate a niche is good with at least a couple sales, I think that's a great one to pursue. Also, people are crazy about their pets on Etsy! :) My suggestion would be for now to keep your store general, but only market one niche on instagram. Especially if you are linking specific products, people should be able to find them on your shop amongst others. If this niche really takes off, might be worth it to move other listings to a second store.

[@Bn76936]

Thank you for your quick reply! 😊

[@natchaatitaya-ankura7165]

Hi , How about the website to put?

[@hannahebeling]

You don’t have to put a website if you don’t want or you can always link to a social media page.

[@Authentic_t.e.a]

So since I just started merch, does that mean I have to wait to create IG page til I have more merch since I’m restricted to 2 a day in tier 10?

[@hannahebeling]

Great question! I would just create a page with the two shirt designs you have now or that you'll create. You could make 4 or 5 different mockups for the same design on different models using Placeit. On the following days I would just keep creating 2 more designs in that niche and posting mockup photos as soon as they are finished uploading. When I started my page I only had 2 or 3 shirts ready too, but added more throughout the week.

[@dobri1833]

I just got accepted on Amazon merch on my first try. I'm shocked

[@hannahebeling]

That’s so awesome to hear! Congratulations!

[@maximusDMR]

Hannah, did you ever experienced amount of slots decreased? I had 4 slots in Tier10 and now have only 1 per day which is super annoying. It seams that not only they tiering up randomly "some users" like they've said but also decreasing the slots amount probably before Father's day, but I might be wrong. I have send them a message about this but I don't expect a great answer because they speak to us like a robots :) Thanks Hannah! edit: Just got Amazon replay: "Publishing limits are based on tier levels and may decrease when capacity is limited. Please note we currently do not have a plan to remove this daily limitation completely, and we are not able to provide further updates on daily uploads for each individual account." So frustrating

[@hannahebeling]

That is so strange. I've been seeing lots of people get their daily uploads increased recently, but not the opposite. I will report back if I hear anything about the reasoning why.

[@maximusDMR]

@@hannahebeling They restored this to 4 slots 3 days later but also noticed 0 slots for a few hours which is another mystery:) But all is good now... Thanks

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Hannah, sincere questions follow. In this video you mention using your Instagram page's "Brand Name" as your brand in your Amazon MERCH product listing as your brand. I am not yet on MERCH. My understanding is that you can only have one MERCH account. But, I suspect it allows you to use different "brand names" on that single MERCH account. Is that correct? In other words, your new IG page is about DIY, and from this video it sounds to me like you have multiple IG pages, and are selling multiple "brands" on your MERCH account. Is that correct? If so, I would appreciate some tips (in a future video from you) about how to use a single MERCH account to position different "brands" you create or try selling. For example, one brand might be aimed at sports, another at school shirts, another at dog lovers, etc. I assume that big sellers have multiple "brands" they are uploading to a single MERCH account. But I am not sure. If you make the video (or just want to answer here, below), please mention what you think is the best practice. I ask because like many designers, I have multiple ideas for shirt designs, and they are not closely related at all in topic.

[@hannahebeling]

This is absolutely a great question! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. You are totally correct. Amazon Merch let’s you put your own brand name in for each product, so you could theoretically have hundreds of brand niches. For each of my Instagram pages I created a unique “brand” that I use. The brand section is right below the title when you upload to merch by Amazon.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

@@hannahebeling OK. That confirms my guess. Thanks. I am also aware that on MERCH there are some big brands (POD sellers) that have their own pages or 'store front" pages, where they have a banner at top (their store name, images) and many designs of shirts below. I don't know how one gets to that stage. Perhaps they pay for that page? Or they reach some high tier? Or they buy a lot of advertising on MERCH? I suspect they are big advertisers, since I often see their shirts at the top of any niche page, with "sponsored" listings at the top. One example of many I have seen is a brand called "Crazy Dog Tshirts". If you see their store front pages on MERCH, you will see what I mean. They have many low BSR ranked shirts (I suspect due to constant advertising). So, for that reason I wonder about using the "brand" line on the products. I wonder if it is best to use a single brand name (eg. Crazy Dog) or to use a niche specific name there instead (i.e. using a different brand name for each shirt design I upload on Merch). You may or may not have an answer to this, but I wonder about it. Because there is also some advice from others about "build your brand name" to get more loyal customers etc. And following that logic, it would seem important to always use a single brand name you own/use/promote. I don't have a firm position on this, still thinking about it.

[@ularloncat9231]

how many income in month

[@hannahebeling]

It all depends on how much you post, how many sites you are on and which niches you target. There is no standard amount for any seller.

[@megans789]

Do you # in your IG posts?

[@hannahebeling]

Great question! I typically do look up relevant hashtags to my niche and put those in the first comment of my post, but with how much instagrams algorithm has changed the past few years, I don’t know how much it matters. So, I wouldn’t spend too much time looking for those.

[@almostadiratv3308]

you are so pretty

[@mattbilliot7627]

Thank you for these great videos! I have a quick question to ask. Can you have more than one instagram account to promote other offerings? Thank you and have a great day!

[@hannahebeling]

Yes! You can have up to 7 to easily navigate through.

[@ladybee9921]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. If you have multiple niches you want to promote in Instagram, it would be great to make multiple Instagram pages for each niche, correct? Are you able to make multiple Instagram business accounts? I am not that familiar with Instagram. Bet you need multiple different emails to sign up.

[@hannahebeling]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting! Yes, that’s exactly what I did is created multiple Instagram business accounts. Instagram I think let’s you have a max of 7 accounts logged in at one time and it’s pretty easy to toggle between them once they’re created.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Hannah, sincere questions follow. I am not yet on Instagram (I am on FB). So my question may seem basic to those who are already using Instagram. You suggest opening a new Instagram page/profile (not sure what it is called on IG). Does IG require a different email address for each page/profile? How many such pages/profiles can we have on IG? Can we use the same personal email address for multiple IG pages?

[@hannahebeling]

Great question! And, I haven’t tried it myself yet, but I could see this same strategy working really well by creating Facebook niche group pages (like a funny nursing page). Instagram does let you have multiple accounts under one email, but will only let you manage 7 at a time.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

@@hannahebeling Thanks for answering my question. I did not know that on IG I could manage 7 accounts under one email. That helps! :)

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

@@hannahebeling Thank you for answering my question. Good to know.