I Paid Fiverr $500 To Make Me Money On Amazon (and this is what happened...)

[@actuallybusiness1622]

*Every family has a person who breaks the chain of poverty. I hope you will be that person!!*

[@orion5992]

I think she already has ... she's a source of INSPIRATION and ENCOURAGEMENT to others who are doing their best to do just that!

[@primeraideas1210]

I try be that person

[@beebuzz959]

I'm the only one in my family who has yet to break that chain, but I keep trying!

[@peterparker4294]

Still working on it. Thank you

[@razvanm1988]

God bless you 🙌

[@BartoloAnsaldi]

Hi Sarah, thank you for your honesty. I appreciate it when you openly talk about your failures.

[@bettysmith9466]

Thank You for walking us through this and for your honesty. I'm a beginner and I'm looking for some work from home alternatives. There are many people on here who claim that it's really effortless to make loads of money on here not that is not true. That is why I joined your channel. You seem more honest than most.

[@quikmath8071]

This review is a rare gem, highlighting various pain-points in the process which is realistic. Sarah deserves more subscribers for her honest, down-to-earth reviews. Most 'get-rich' schemes are usually lop-sided reviews.

[@Invisibletoday]

Lob sided

[@happylady9390]

The only most honest youtuber. Most people would just say anything to get view and not tell the truth. Any business has its ups and downs. It is good to do your research before starting any business. Give it a try and if it works good and if not, try something else. Thanks for your honesty.

[@BEATRIZMAG1111]

So glad I found you ! A real person ✨👏🙏- The bist ❗️

[@realxxbulletsxx7624]

Love your honesty throughout the video. Many content creators falsely make it look like they were successful for the clicks. I watched all the way thru and was relieved when you were honest, shared what you thought could prove to make it work (unique designs), and followed that up with your wisdom. Nice job! and thanks for sharing

[@wanglee21]

Yes many times the title and over-hype is to get views for their own channel. It's just them creating entertainment for false hope. I appreciate this lady much more being honest about her experience.

[@gz4coiliam600]

Sarah, I've been following you for a while. You've been consistent and I admire that. Consistency is my hardest task. The follow up that you do is amazing. Keep smiling like you always do!❤

[@joshuaestrada3166]

If you are going to buy your own merch, next time find a few famous Tik Tokers who have P.O. boxes. Send them a shirt that matches their style for free and maybe, just maybe, if one of them features the merch in an unboxing or wears it in one of their videos, you probably could pick up a few more sales.

[@driny3387]

@Michael we call this an influencer marketing

[@deusdestroi]

Awesome Joshua! Never thought of that. Very good advice!

[@WarriorPhilosopher1]

Shrewd, i like it

[@birinhos]

Nice

[@Dreamtravelthings]

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[@thegodivashorti]

Queenn1 is my favorite Fiverr t-shirt designer! So nice to see her gig in your video!

[@cookingwitharunkumar]

I think you are the only person i see who is very honest in this social media platform. Thank you for being honest

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Great video Sarah. You are fortunate to have the resources of time and money (and skills) to do an experiment like this one. I think your talent with making videos and presentation AND your sharp analysis of business opportunities AND your obvious business smarts is FAR more valuable to any of your viewers, than any of the designs or services that were sold to you by the Fiver "artists" who appeared to have simply used copies of typical/common designs. From what I can see, many you tubers may pitch "get rich quick" ideas, or make "how to POD" videos, but they don't have the sharp eye, business savvy, and skills you have. That's why I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@mrcead]

You either win or you learn, both are equally valuable. Thanks for the breakdown

[@cookinmeanjean]

That was AMAZING. And also the simplest explanation of Amazon Merch. I am encouraged. Thank You 🙏

[@playit1738]

Thanks for your honesty. Most KZbin "guru's" try to only show you their successes and make the process seem like it's so easy. However, once tried and applied, results are not the same...

[@kristina3threat]

Thanks Sarah! This is great information when I'm ready to expand (current ecom clubhouse member growing and working out kinks on first shop) ;-). Your videos always get me PUMPED UP!!

[@MyRetroWatches]

Thank you. I have wanted to make some T shirts on a theme for a while now but am clueless to design. I’d heard of Fiver but didn’t know you could get designs made fairly cheaply. I’m off to take a look. Shame your experiment didn’t work but if you leave them up on Amazon maybe one day one will take off!

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

Funny, when you showed that yo were not making any money on the submissions, I actually became more interested in the video since it was "honest". So refreshing!!

[@andygarnett]

Thanks for posting this video Sarah, very clear and illustrative. I think this video really helps show that if you want to create a successful (and hopefully sustainable) stream of income, you have to find a genuine gap in the market and serve the customers in that niche something of real value. Throwing money at "out of the box" sellers on Fiverr and spending little or no effort selling copy cat designs into a saturated marketplace is not really going to net a decent (or any) return. The amount effort you are willing to put in is generally in direct proportion to your success. And Amazon doesn't care - it makes money in aggregate of the 100,000s of sellers uploading...

[@JaredJuetten]

You're so genuinely unique and goofy - it's great. Stay you! And keep up the awesome content.

[@World.21]

i clicked to see this 500$ fiverr experience you had, but you also gave me along the way a tutorial for MBA! and without clickbating me to it! that's what i call a good video!

[@havefun3532]

Great Video! Your honesty and integrity on this experiment was spot on and you've uncovered a passive income method that I have never heard of before yet, also opened the doors to other possible routes ripe for exploration! Thank you for taking the time posting this eye opening content!

[@elliethousand]

That was a great video. Thanks for spending money on the shirts to test the theory. That might have been a pain for you, but gold for your subscribers!

[@wanglee21]

Actually its a tax write off for her. It's kind of like her being her own Research and Development team.

[@istiakzishan]

Sarah. it has been 1 week i have been watching your videos. I really love your content and because they are full of Facts that others don't tell us. Thank you so much

[@stefanross8129]

..... EVERYONE fails!!! Sarah is very honest and transparent in her passion for making a great passive income. Thank you Sarah!

[@wonderingpilgrim]

Thank you for being our POD Guinea pig! Your videos are very inspiring and helpful!

[@bettyeverett8089]

I appreciate your honesty Sarah. You win some and you lose some, but at least you tried. And with Amazon, the profit margins are slim after their fees.

[@ElenaM.6.11.60]

OMG, it's like you're reading my story... But I gave up after months of this. Good for you for sticking with it!

[@scottnygaard6730]

Great experiment. Thanks for all the good info. I would like to see a follow up video in a month or so and see how sales are.

[@lizziebordenaudio]

I was depressed before I discovered ur videos. It's just the perfect amount of sunshine to add to my other side hustle as a podcaster. I've lost some of my closest friends these last 2.5 years. I loved what you shared about ur own struggles and the hedonic treadmill. It's so true, we always return to baseline. 😃

[@trumpelstiltzkin9068]

You could make your money back over time and through trying different prints or coming up with original ideas you could hit on a niche market and find a winner

[@bridgetstafford5914]

Thank you for being honest regarding your journey... You even made me giggle when you got to your last "WELL" I could only be grateful to you for your journey in trying to help us. So thank you again! Eventually, I will find that work-from-anywhere niche that helps me provide for my family. The search is tiring.

[@momshiemomsh2968]

Thank you for sharing this. I'm a newbie in freelancing and I really wanted to get more into doing things for passive income. More blessings to you Sarah! Love from the Philippines!

[@jessicaemily8289]

Would love to see a video on how you manage business expenses and taxes if you can. Love your videos, you're such an inspiration!

[@HeidiJansen]

Well, this was an eye-opener, Sarah. Thank you for your honesty.

[@yifi318]

I didn't watch your videos since 2019 I think. Happy to see you healthy this time. Greetings from Morocco. I miss watching your enthusiastic videos. Thank you

[@geodeaholicm4889]

thanks sarah, what this video basically confirmed was a major portion of internet "businesses" exist primarily or exclusively to thieve from gullible & trusting people by grossly inflated claims & promises.

[@johntoobie6]

Here's the problem. The create your own printed shirt thing on Amazon is saturated. Just like the print your own book/pdf thing on Amazon is saturated. I see videos on how to print and sell your own low content books/calenders/notebook s on Amazon. Nope. Water has flowed already to all the cracks and low lying areas as everyone rushes to do them. You have to come up with something new and be first and have it take off. Like the people that invented and patiented "Life's a Beach." My friend knew them and pointed out the big house with tennis courts they had near Riverwoods north shore Chicago. They came up with it in the late 70s/early 80s and by the late 80s shirts saying that were in stores all over the country. Be original and be first with something that is amazing. This was a good honest video.

[@jadepena9106]

Love all your videos, one of my favorite channels to watch you give great information! Thank you

[@b_kam]

Such a great video and interesting showcase of actually testing the idea. appreciate the honesty.

[@DILLIGAFFB]

Finally, an honest experiment of what happens. Gotta love that.

[@LennyYT]

Wow how sneaky Sarah 😂 here’s a diamond like for your hard work 👍 💎

[@luckhappy888]

I really love this video! Thanks for trying out the experiment and pointing out the pitfalls of taking the easy way out in online business. Great video 👍

[@topuptrends]

An absolutely stunning video , every single detail was made accurately , this is something must people need to follow in order to be ready for what’s to come in the future

[@jeanparacelse]

Some other gurus would have said that they have made close to 6 figures with this experiment. Thanks for your honesty Sarah.

[@mirisoji8406]

I think in order to move to the next level you need to have maxed your product submissions AND sell up to your tier. I'm on the 500 tier but have sold more than 3000 products (over a few years) but only have 136 published products so my daily limit is 25 and have not been bumped to higher tiers yet. I'm just really slow since I choose to make all the artwork myself 😅

[@MisterPotter]

Not a bad thing really if you are satisfied with amount of sales.

[@WholesaleTed]

Congratulations Millie that is fantastic! From what I've seen people discuss there are a lot of mixed ideas on what is/isn't needed to move up the tiers, I'm surprised Amazon isn't more transparent over this issue (???) From what I had read going into the experiment, you needed to have at least 80% of your designs threshold reached plus the right amount of sales, to bump up a tier. But clearly you don't need to move up anyway!

[@sandroswann1]

@@mirisoji8406 Hi Millie, How do U protect your "Creative Ideas" from being taken IF you do All your own artwork / designs ?

[@bleachedout805]

@@sandroswann1 Copyright ownership.

[@alkalineholisticwellness]

Thanks Sarah! You are the best ! So , I did not know I could by my own T-shirt to speed up 🆙 the Tier change ! I will give it a try . I got accepted by MBA.

[@thanesbusiness5001]

hasn't worked for me, purchased 5 recently, ryan hogue said you only need 60 percentage and they work on a schedule. sarah's information contradicts this. unsure if to wait. my total should be 8.

[@WholesaleTed]

@@thanesbusiness5001 I am not sure what you're saying when you say "you only need 60 percentage and they work on a schedule"?

[@thanesbusiness5001]

@@WholesaleTed according to Ryan to get out of tier 10 you just need to buy 4-6 and they tier up periodically. I made my purchase last week, hasn't happened yet.

[@WholesaleTed]

@@thanesbusiness5001 ah that's good to know, then he is probably right and I am wrong and misunderstood how it works! I am not an expert in Merch By Amazon 🌞 I am sorry if misunderstood how the tier system works and got it wrong! The main point of the experiment was just to see if the Fiverr gig T-Shirts would sell 🙏 I generally sell privately, not on third party websites. So this was my first time on the Amazon Merch platform: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHXNlKSvmZyprJI

[@thanesbusiness5001]

@@WholesaleTed a shirt is naturally selling, hopefully i should tier up in two months

[@moniquethomas4966]

My concern with buying designs (specifically using ideas that I came up with) from freelancers is: what's stopping the freelancer from simply uploading the design to their own print on demand sites before handing them over to me? If they do that, I can't prove that the copyright belongs to me because I paid for it.

[@thatguyfromca]

After years of trying to find the right type of side business for me, I've decided that it's just easier to setup my own shopping site and use a card processor to take payments. This way I don't have to worry about any companies' rules to follow and it's easier to get the product to my customer. Also, no money out of pocket in most cases. My only problem now is getting creative enough to make some products that sell.

[@PixPete]

Thanks Sarah! Let this video be proof that there's no such thing as easy money, or earning passive income "FOR FREE". It requires a lot of hard work and little bit of upfront investment (even just to buy your own merch), which many KZbinrs and people selling training courses ignore. Appreciate a doze of reality :)

[@1970joedub]

The only person who seems to make any money from Amazon is Jeff Bezos.

[@jbassshredder5195]

Hell I still don't see how he makes money with all the dumb dumbs working at Amazon, those crazy ass drivers.

[@iceangel1701d]

Now you know his secret sauce.

[@robertr6675]

So, Joe w, how much money are you making on your enterprise? Jealous of Bezos? Or just another random hater of rich people?

[@apostolicapparel3392]

Yes...and he just thanked us all yesterday!

[@crusader2.0_loading89]

LOL

[@CatfishBradley]

I had no idea Amazon Merch was a thing. I'm already an FBA seller looking into creating a print on demand store, this is huge lol.

[@lavvgiver]

One of the best anti-"get rich quick" videos I've seen! Thanks for the time and effort in the experiment. Here's to hoping the KZbin affiliate income will offset the loss. :)

[@oldtomfool]

You seem super cool, for an ecommerce guru, wish you the best. Good luck 👍

[@TurboTitan840hp]

Thank you Sarah for doing that experiment. Was really hoping that would have worked out.

[@JasonBolte]

Great tutorial and experiment. I love how you explain and provide training. Very engaging and pleasant to watch. Thanks for sharing!

[@marta41553]

I'm disabled trying to make a nice passive income.. ted I being following you. Im ready 🙏🙏💜

[@Anomalyy666]

Updates bro?

[@Mstrndizguyz]

Thank you for that tutorial I am consistently watching your videos and deciding which Avenue I want to take. I'm giving up 34 years on this job to take an online position and passive income. I have so many questions

[@seamanmac]

Did you notice the one design that said "Just a girl that loves TRUTLES" versus TURTLES? Those designers apparently don't use spell check. ;-)

[@breadcereal5769]

I'm very creative when it comes to making phrases and quotes. I also used to be very artistic so I'm pretty sure I could create my own designs for products. I'm hoping to start trying this out soon.

[@claudiofransson9333]

How did it go? Can I buy one?

[@matthewcheung5136]

This was the best 10 minutes I spent on KZbin today!

[@edreen187]

I tried fiver in my earlier days in merch by amazon. .. very minimal sales. Then i change and do my own (without any design skill) using mostly free tools and web base. Only then the sales start to roll.

[@islandersean2213]

Where you sale your t shirt?

[@edreen187]

@@islandersean2213 via merch by Amazon

[@islandersean2213]

@@edreen187 how many tshirt can you sell month with Amazon?

[@brucef310]

Can you get into specifics like how much you sold and earned?

[@edreen187]

@@brucef310 about usd70 permonth.. with about 20 PC of t-shirt..various Niche.. eg cycling, fishing..

[@rhess10]

Great content and GREAT experiment. What did I learn from this video? That Fiverr gigs are low quality and once they're off with your money, you're left holding the EMPTY bag.

[@thedappercook]

I knew you were a kiwi straight away! Awesome to see fellow kiwis killing it!

[@ModernJewelryMakers]

I hope you keep us updated on how these continue to sell for you over time. I would imagine everyone has slow sales in the beginning until some of the designs can get traction & reviews. It's possible you'll make your investment back by the end of the year perhaps? and then all sales going forward would be profit!

[@siege1cj1]

I will never ever use them again. They screwed up my etsy store so bad, I went from 50 to 60 visitors a day, down to nothing with zero sales. I finally went in and it looked like some uneducated fool changed all my keywords. Non of them matched any of the products I was selling. I changed everything back to what I had, which took me almost 8 hours, and now i have visitors and sales again. I no longer trust them. Buyer beware.

[@Muslims.1965]

Thank you, Sarah. You are really hardworking and smart. I have learned a lot from you. I am actually following you from Egypt. I think I am the only Arab here, but I am really happy to learn about your videos. Well done, keep it up. I just want to know what the content of the acceptance letter to Merch by Amazon includes. Indeed, I am a graphic designer with wonderful ideas. . Also, there is Christmas coming, and this is a good thing to design a T-shirt that suits him. I really want to take advantage of that. You can also take advantage of that moment. I just need your help to tell me about the acceptance letter for Merch by Amazon. And you very much

[@laceywarner53]

Newbie here hey!!! I’ve gotta make some quick money so i sure hope this works! Both my husbands car & mine broke down at the same time amongst all our bills and rent

[@BeyondtheBox1]

Idea: you could easily have created and purchases shirts/pop sockets with your channel logo on them and gave them away to subscribers in giveaways. Thus, moving you up tier by tier and charging the bare minimum for each pop socket sold. Therefore you wouldn’t lose much money as you already have the company logo design & and you could then move up the tiers to then add your own designs once you promote them on your channel to get subscribers to purchase them.

[@rickames7563]

I paid someone 20 for SEO optimization and Instagram management and had great results. It was prolly the item you picked. To make money on Amazon u need a niche product that aren't many vendors selling so you actually pop up on the search... Graphic tees is never gonna work wayyy too saturated

[@wisdomknowledgelover6293]

So the guys from fiver promised original? Is that why the trademark issue? Like you mentioned at the end...Great respect for your honesty...Glad I subscribed!

[@gotchagr]

A couple of thoughts on this video: The words "gift" and "birthday" are already banned in MBA. So be careful with these words! Don't include them in your listings. On the other hand, as I can understand, one of the Fiverr sellers send you designs with copyright issues that are not so professional as I can imagine. And last but not least, the "strategy" to buy your own designs to boost them and to upscale your level on MBA it's a good move, but it's not so good if you are a broke guy like me, trying to make some sales without profit and without any money for ads. Well done!

[@WholesaleTed]

Honestly for some of the Amazon take downs, I think it was a mistake. If I had resubmitted some I think they would have been accepted. Really good to know about the change in policy, not sure if I purchased my designs prior to the change or my Fiverr sellers just didn't know 🤷

[@gotchagr]

@Marcel Herold I just take an answer from them and you're right! They were not so specific on their help page. The answer was "This rule applies only to the Title of your design. At this time, it applies to only newly created designs."

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

@Marcel Herold It's fine for keywords?

[@nicholasnicou2598]

I love your video and your enthusiastic honesty. I'm sure that with unique design/s, many people can and will make lots of revenue selling merch on Amazon.

[@reycaribe]

Sarah: Ah my lazy friends... Me: I was attacked

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

I felt included and validated. 😊

[@khethymadondo]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hasnainahammad558]

@@trueCrimeGuruYes hahhah

[@sunriseshell]

Ha, one of those shirts "Just a girl who loves TRUTLES"!!!

[@JordoCo]

Important: learning how to write the descriptions/keywords is how the algorithm makes your t-shirt relevant to searches.

[@ea9373]

Thanks for the honest video! Testing testing testing👍🏾

[@MuscleBandit]

1 million subscribers are well on their way Sarah 👍

[@marions2393]

You are hilarious 😂. Love your videos, Sara. Super informative

[@FeelDAction]

Good example of money chasing money. Nice content!

[@Moy2005]

Thank you for doing what you did. That's pretty awesome of you!

[@24awesomesttlovenlife14]

TYSM for the information. I subbed! The Best for everyone here. *+*

[@robertt3551]

You sold one t-shirt and made 70 cents... it'll take a long time to make back your $500. Thanks for sharing and showing it's not a get rich quick scheme!

[@MindChamber]

thank god the days of creating a product you put your heart and soul in, isn't truly gone.. when enough disingenuous sellers continue to flood the market with copycat garbage-ware.. the truly unique content and merch will float to the time.

[@treada1583]

I'm in 10 Tier for4 months now and no sales yet, I'm trying to do a better job and use designs no one is using, keep moving forward and I am hearing a lot of stories on FB lately that people are wearing the shirt they bought for an event, then they send it back they want a refund and this one shirt had bleach stains on it and MBA excepted it back, anyways I did make 2 sales on Etsy.. thanks for making video

[@sleendrvr]

I gave up selling on Amazon years ago. Its difficult to be noticed in a sea of copycats unless your product is truly unique. That and amazon closing my listings for one thing or another 😅. I prefer my own store on shopify where my competition isn’t a finger scroll away and im not at the mercy of amazon. Great video showing your actual results though.

[@megapet777]

how much do you sell on shopify then?

[@leebarry1100]

they are a nightmare. I got terminated from their KDP platform for an innocent mistake. They gave me 5 days to fix, then 3 hours later shut me down. They contradicted their own email. And without a lawyer, almost impossible to get your account reinstated. And I'm doing a course on this...! I switched to Sarah straight away, many other platforms to work with following her EComm Club House course. Thank god for her!

[@JacobA-jf8oh]

I'm just wondering what you thought of the quality from Amazon and whether you might be able to do a comparison/unpackaging vid. :) Love your content!

[@verlisahooks]

Nice. I never knew they had print on demand. I only new about teespring, and a couple others. Thanks for sharing

[@TheStanding]

I can honestly say, of all my days searching on KZbin I have never seen anyone give so much clear information under 5 minutes. I been looking for this Print on demand subject for over a year now, been giving out free view. you deserve 10 million views . YOU ARE AMAZING

[@na-oori]

06:13 Viewer: "Well, gee, Sarah, that's great and all, but how can I get these three key things right with minimal effort?" Sarah: "And ah, my lazy friends, ah .." i don't know why it cracks me up, but I guess it's probably because it's funny how she knows us way too well 😂😂

[@minniebonsall]

HUGE TYPO - in one of the designs lol ! - just a girl who loves “Trutles” love it

[@iamcamillebranch]

Great information! Thanks. Also, if you are going to buy your own products you could just give the money to a friend or family member to purchase and then have them leave a review so at least it can provide another layer of value.

[@WholesaleTed]

That is an interesting idea, but I didn't want to unfairly bias my experiment by gaming reviews which could influence sales, I just wanted to do the minimal amount I needed to do to keep the experiment running, if that makes sense!

[@iamcamillebranch]

@@WholesaleTed Got it!

[@guillermoc9458]

Amazing video! Entertaining, educative and mind opener. After watching so many people selling "magic solutions" to make easy money, this is like a fresh breeze showing a real example, not just narrating an ideal solution. Thanks (new subscriber here)

[@simplyfilms3153]

The shirts designs that sell for me are the ones I would wear. Tons of funny or cool designs but would I actually wear it. I design what I know And would want to wear. Don’t just copy for inspiration unless you see a better solution that you can contribute. Niche- I have a shirt that I made in 2015 that sells each month. I make about 50-100 royalties on each month. I cannot tell exactly why it sells. It’s not even a great design but it’s a niche to youth sports. The purchases are usually in two or threes at once. The whole family must wear the same shirt for an event or youth sports is my thinking. Stay simple with your thinking. Design like your gonna wear it or a gift for a family or friend. It makes a difference.

[@grandmasterlucien]

Thats awesome!

[@littlemaary3223]

Such a good video! Pleaaase do more videos like this 👍🏻 for example on dropshipping or where you create an Etsy store from scratch

[@plimsoul27]

A lot of work for $.70 per shirt...but I love your videos and your personality...keep up the good work Sarah...thank you!

[@JustAn0therSoul]

always wondered when I saw those fivers gigs, if they were worth the money, why wouldn't they sell the designs themselves instead of selling them on Fiverr for a cheap buck

[@prashantdivakaran9937]

something that crossed my thoughts as well... why wont they do that.. or just because many of them are copying they think it wont fly anyway ?? no clue..!!

[@alxpalma]

Absolutely amazing experiment and review, Sarah! ★★★★★ Thank you!

[@ewanmcbride3288]

When you live in the UK and get anxiety when you hear "And we moved from tier 2 to tier 3"

[@crnkmnky]

I don’t get it…

[@rx4864]

@@crnkmnky I think it's a quarantine joke. The higher the tier the more restrictions there are. For example Tier 4 means you should stay at home and only leave for things like medical care.

[@_iggy]

The sadness 😂😂😂

[@jamesross4350]

Its nice to see you around these parts now days.