So grateful for you and your honesty. If it wasn't for that, I would have thought it was just me and started taking it personally... It shocks me you haven't hit 100k yet bc your tutorials, lessons, videos, etc are the best. Thanks Shimmy!!!!
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
thank you so much!! who knows... the youtube algorithm is a strange place
@aaronbowersockАй бұрын
Hi. I just came across your videos last week. And I always thought Facebook ads was so complicated and daunting. But I get it now. I'm a professional art Dad and with these strategies I've gotten $300 in sales over the past 3 days. And the ads that are getting sales have a 22% profit margin, including my expenses for production and shipping through printify. I get the big picture now. Thanks!
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
that's amazing!! nice one!!!
@eslamahmed3646Ай бұрын
Can you please help me what ads sell better ads with models or without models
@carmitamoon1410Ай бұрын
@@eslamahmed3646Shimmy does flat lay ads … using his mockups… no models he has a video
@winworkssystem296817 күн бұрын
You're extremely transparent and a great helper and teacher. I appreciate your hard work to encourage and be a great catalyst, to help others succeed. Bless your soul brother.
@RegsfotoАй бұрын
Thank you so much for your insights and encouragement. The fact of the matter is, It is not “easy” money, it’s work but work you’ve got to be willing to do. And one of the things you once said was that you had many, many failed designs before you worked out what works. And that’s just how business is, it’s try and try again. Thanks for all you do Shimmy it matters and is appreciated!
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
thanks so much for the support!!! Def not easy money!
@45alamoАй бұрын
Love you Shimmy! You answer most of the comments and I always read them. Amazing how honest and real you are... and thank you! 😍
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
you're welcome! :D
@MyPrintOnDemandJourneyАй бұрын
I’m so thankful to be a part of your community on Skool. 🎉
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
aw thank you!!! really appreciate the support
@oliviajohnson9062Ай бұрын
OKAYYYY, SO THAT YOU CAN be the only print on demand seller in the world and become the top G and concquer the world !!
@wesonmaui2Ай бұрын
I can’t give up now… I’m just starting.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
you got this!
@weenieriot6983Ай бұрын
Hi Shimmy. I really appreciate this video and I see you answering so many comments, which is awesome. I was professional designer and animator for over 20 years. So you'd think POD would be a natural transition for me but no. I have been struggling to get off the ground for almost 2 years. I never make more than the occasional sale but most everyone seems to be happy with what they buy. I have 130 sales with over 60 5 star reviews which I understand is a pretty high rate of reviews. With so much information coming at me from all the youtube gurus and my lack of success I do feel stuck. But it is hard to gauge or even understand where I am going wrong.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
Of course! I try and answer everything. It sounds like you can make designs and honestly that is the hardest part... That's probably the only step that is subjective... everything else can be specific step to follow. 130 sales is awesome! and getting 60 reviews is incredibly hard with that number of sales so nice one! Feel free to reach out so we can chat more
@joselitosilveira1302Ай бұрын
Really insightful.. Thx for that!! Trying to run a POD business in Brazil and your videos have helped me a lot.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
aw amazing! so happy they've helped you
@foreverlearn386620 күн бұрын
Oi Jose eu estou pensando no mesmo. Nao e tao comum no Brasil. O cambio atrapalha. Teria de ter um firma como printify or printiful ai no Brasil. Ainda nao achei uma. Queria fazer designs de cada estado e com coisas bem Brasileiras como xodo.
@foreverlearn386620 күн бұрын
Eu tambem
@foreverlearn386620 күн бұрын
O que atrapalha e o campion. Precisava de uma firma como printful ou printify no Brasil e fazer coisas bem brasileiras.
@Zja100Ай бұрын
Please review print doors!! Need to know if their reliable
@ReggieShepherdАй бұрын
I love your channel. My store has front only designs and I use Gildan 6400. Monster Digital. I have inside neck tags. I did this because it has my brand. I think this is important since designs and shirts have no brand. No one would know where shirts come from when they want more. Should I keep neck tags or remove. Does that slow down printing? Let me know what you think. Also. I made decision to just focus on tshirts. Front only design. $26.99. All Shopify only with goal of driving meta ad traffic.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
I agree with your neck label thinking. Very good decision too. you sound like you're doing this all right!! nice one
@joseph-the-seventhАй бұрын
If you are building a brand (Shopify) do custom tags. If you are building a shop (Etsy, Amazon Merch) don’t do custom tags.
@Charles-tj8olАй бұрын
Hey I am brand new (just uploaded my forst design yesterday) to PoD. Ive been watching the Greg Gottfried fellow as a guide so far and then came across your insightful video that brought more clarity to his claims. Now I feel a little unsure of direction. Is there a particular platform, market, approach that you find to be most worth the time?
@slyguy8943Ай бұрын
Print on demand is not a “side hobby” if you want to make real money. It’s a small business that you start from the ground up. If people aren’t willing to work hard at it, they really do need to give up. It’s not a get rich quick scheme.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
Exactly!!! It’s not a side hustle!
@peachmorphАй бұрын
Shimmy, really appreciate your honesty and the truths about POD. Most YT on POD never want to divulge these truths and instead hide them by lying and selling on the idea of easy money in days or weeks! They like to brag by showing the fake financial reports or accounts!!! That's truly annoying and misleading indeed. Now, having understood setting the correct expectations about POD, no more get-rich-quick kind of mentality and hopes. Reality really sucks!
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
haha, reality usually does!
@W4lk1ngD1s4s7erАй бұрын
Shimmy, thank to for another great video. But I also have a question about niche. Zazzle, mens tshirts -2500 products. Is it too big for a start?
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
i don't understand this question... zazzle mens shirts?
@PurelifePursuitsАй бұрын
Good day Shimmy, I literally gave up last Oct, confused as to which part of the product journey went wrong..... not sure if it's worth it. I used to do E-commerce way back in 2018 with Shopify. I can relate to you, there are too many Gurus on KZbin, who make sales look so easy, as though it's a piece of cake.....😄
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
it's annoying, but ye not easy... but once you get it, it's great!
@JT_EcomАй бұрын
My wife's client is a dropshipper who provides mentorship as well. They test products utilizing dropshipping and then transition to ecommerce (holding stock) when profitable. He claimed that POD is more difficult than dropshipping products from China.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
It's debatable... I'm not sure
@JT_EcomАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 POD may not be his cup of tea. I hope you hold a contest for your subscribers in which the prize is a membership. It might also be an excellent series to test how a random subscriber does when mentored.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
@@JT_Ecom not a bad idea... i can see how subscribers are doing when being mentored as a lot are now getting sales :D
@nayb1398Ай бұрын
Can I use short song lyrics on a shirt if I change a word or two? Eg: Knockin on Heavens Door - Knocking on Ravens Door.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
not sure, that one always confused me... best to ask a lawyer
@vkyM-bs2cn21 күн бұрын
Hi bro I from India, how to choose my audience. Kindly plz help me brother.
@Zanji-KaiАй бұрын
every video you upload i take notes. 📝📝
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
that's awesome!
@j3online664Ай бұрын
have not given up but....but, I am not from the listed countries on the majority of the relevant platforms. The banks here are still in the dark ages so I have paused the launch just to get things sorted. I WANT to do this! I KNOW it will work. Just the back end that needs to be set up properly or my profits will get stuck. Love your content!
@Anastasia._.1102Ай бұрын
kinda same for me. I'd suggest starting from small ones that still works in your country and then stepping up your game once you've gained experience on the markets, designs and customers. I'm doing the same, let's see how it turns out
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
you've got this!! I know Shopify works almost everywhere, another reason why I recommend it so much. Thanks for the support
@johnrichard7160Ай бұрын
Now I am spending more time doing "mockups', collections, and revising products to un hide them, instead of creating, And my so-called sales are dismal. Trying to do more pinterest, all I can do. Im not gonna spend any money "promoting" items that I now have to sell for rock bottom earnings. Zazzle what happened, and can you change it back ? We are all missing sales, therefore you are too.
@floridehounkpatin2110Ай бұрын
I never succeeded with a niche. Each time I choose a niche that I think will work and have low competition my designs don't sell or don't even get traffic. But when I choose a product and search for best sellers and do similar designs and use the same tags I got a lot of favourites and some sells. So I ended up searching for best sellers products each week instead of just creating an original design that is from my own creativity. And this is exhausting and cost me to pay Etsy search tools each month to keep searching for new best sellers. What am I supposed to do then? This part of the pod is tiring for me
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
I always recommend picking one niche, then finding the best sellers in that niche... I don't think you should try to be original at the beginning as at the beginning you just need sales... we sprinkle in some original designs into proven best sellers. This is on Shopify... if you're selling on Etsy then don't worry about the niche
@floridehounkpatin2110Ай бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 I am selling on Etsy. And the niche stuff doesn't help at all. For example the teacher niche is only trending some period of the year. I thought about a yoga niche to attract mothers but again the best sellers are few and some designs are trendy for 5 months and after another best sellers design comes out. And I keep running behind the best sellers items to create my design. İt is exhausting
@utopia876116 күн бұрын
One thing ive been thinking about is getting viewers once u open an insta or tik tok account. Do you reckon buying few followers in the beginning would help to boost that approach? Combined with the effort of ads and posts of course. Thank u very much
@coethionАй бұрын
I would like a reply from you on this: Well, you say that it is not saturated because otherwise, you would be left without people to consume your content. So, it's understandable, but I can't trust your opinion on this. I can only look at the graphs, and they have been saturated and declining for a long time.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
No, that’s not why I say it’s not oversaturated… yes I want to make videos but no, I’m not in the business of misleading people just to get a tiny payday from KZbin. I’d love to know what graphs yours looking at because if you look here. You’ll see it’s growing at a CAGR of 25.8% from 2023-2030 Here is my reference www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/print-on-demand-market-report So please share your graphs. I’m truly curious… ☺️ thanks
@DesignDreamlandtshirtАй бұрын
Sir I will start print on demand with gear launched platform. Is fine or not
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
i wouldn't personally use it, but that shouldn't stop you
@_B3aterАй бұрын
Man i was really hyped about selling some anime framed posters that i made, but i guess i am forced to sell t shirts if i want to make money :/
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
not at all!! you can still make money with posters it's just a lot harder and a way smaller market for POD
@_B3aterАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 Thanks for the encouragement! I Plan to go %70 tshirts and hoodies, %20 percent wallpapers limited edition and %10 percent other things like mugs.I hope it works
@ma2perdueАй бұрын
Yeah dude - you can aim towards getting official in displate or find a POD that does blankets and other stuff.
@JamesHill1980Ай бұрын
A person can create an FBA video illustrating their business failing using the analogy of a rope breaking. This symbolizes the moment when Amazon or a product supplier jumps on their listings to steal the Buy Box, causing the retailer to go bankrupt because they can't win the price war against these competitors.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
happened to us many times... there's many many more checkpoints on the rope for an FBA business
@nosabasuangАй бұрын
This video came when i feel depressed because no sales at all, even already using fb ads😂, but life must go on right?
@ghostlanderedАй бұрын
Are people clicking, but not buying or are people just not clicking?
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
sorry to hear!! if you're using ads, i assume you've got a ton of good POD designs on a highly optimised store?
@nosabasuangАй бұрын
@@ghostlandered clicking but not buying
@nosabasuangАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 i think that’s the problem, my design in the site only 4, 😅
@user-rh5fv8pk1rАй бұрын
The problem easily is the competition, and like you and mr Addie and a lot of you started early especially Merch by Amazon (2016.2017) and you earned a lot of money from it, and you know how difficult pod now, so stop Lying please and Motivate us with this bla bla.
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
I barely sell on Amazon. My main platform is Shopify and that doesn't really come with competition as all the products on the website are yours. I was not doing merch in 2017. I always say how difficult it is... no idea what you're on about
@StuSineyАй бұрын
Pod was over saturated 7 years ago. The gold rush has gone. As for ai it even worse
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
hardly... T-shirts can't be over saturated. There's billions of people on the planet, most of which buy new t-shirts every month
@StuSineyАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 so you still think it a market to spend time in? if you started from now would you think so ?
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
@@StuSiney yes, that's why i started a new store in January, to prove it's not luck or over satured
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
@@StuSiney yes, that's why i started a new store in January to prove it wasn't luck or oversaturated or anything
@StuSineyАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 cool. Good to hear. If you still doing I'll continue.. cheers
@boydriver2978Ай бұрын
Shimmy as a brit living in britland, why do you always talk in dollars and not sterling please?
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
@@boydriver2978 because the majority of my audience is in the USA. I also sell mostly in the USA.
@ATLimageryАй бұрын
show us the rest of that thumbnail
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
which one... haha, it's rotating between 3
@ATLimageryАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1 UUUUUU KNNNOOOWWW🤣
@shimmymorris1Ай бұрын
@@ATLimagery hahaha
@XakStahlАй бұрын
@@shimmymorris1you know which one, the thirst trap one! 😂