Merch By Amazon 10 Tier and New Seller Strategies (Print on Demand)

[@1.5Koreans0.5American]

“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” -Muhammad Ali

[@faithwilliams7978]

Great video. I appreciate that you gave specific examples to make your points clear.

[@rrussell3787]

Lisa, your videos are always so helpful and inspiring. Your enthusiasm makes me want to come back to Merch. :)

[@bethstanden5258]

I'm patiently waiting to tier up from Tier 10 as I have 18 sales now. Hope it happens soon!

[@LisaIrby]

Yaaay! They seem to tier up in batches because I've noticed people tier up around the same time every month. Hang in there.

[@caw25sha]

Your advice to go with standard t shirts only is really helpful. Thank you. It's something that I have been wondering about. I started out with the same design on 3 or 4 products but now I realise that is a mistake. The 92% statistic is very interesting and quite surprising.

[@LisaIrby]

Yep! Even in the Winter, standard tees will sell more than any other product.

[@MrsMoore1]

Thank you for pointing that out! Needed to hear it. Great tip!

[@Yodasstuff]

Other POD gurus would have you think it's easy. Thank you for telling it the way it is. I will persevere.

[@LisaIrby]

That's because there's money and views in hyping stuff like this up. I've never liked to do that even though I know that strategy brings views. People need to know the real truth! Thanks for watching and wishing you the best.

[@alantuttphotography]

Great suggestion for combining topics with situations and feelings to create a more unique design.

[@ritamajors4567]

Thank you! That was very helpful and to the point. I've been so confused by others advice on here. I appreciate you!

[@TheJanet4321]

Very uplifting video. I'm on tier 500 with only 81 active listings. Stopped uploading about a year ago after months of almost non-existent sales - just became burned our and demoralized. I think I will try again - see what happens. Thanks, Lisa.

[@tatycar709]

Hi Lisa, love your videos and the fact that you say that it is normal not sell at the begining. I've been uploading 5-8 designs per day for the last few weeks, not sell yet but will keep trying.

[@musicteacherengel]

Great stuff! Thank you for the great ideas!

[@Jovel_]

That is a REALLY good idea!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@RonA2Zman]

Thanks again for your sensible advice, Lisa !

[@sephardicflavors]

Hi Lisa, I love your videos, very informative. When you say - standard tee shirt, do you mean classic tee shirt?

[@LisaIrby]

Yep! Merch By Amazon calls the classic tee, "Standard" so that's why I tend to use that term. Thanks for watching!

[@sephardicflavors]

@@LisaIrby thanks for your reply, I have been doing POD for over a month now with no success, do you have a specific suggestion video for newbie?

[@embracingnirvana7429]

Thank you for this helpful video. Is was so packed full of useful information for us rookies I wish it was even longer. I am in tier 100 but no sales lately. I will focus on regular shirts until I tier up.

[@pokemongodown8393]

Hey lisa i thank you for all the information provided in your video but for just one point, the result does not matter as long as the newly added items sells good.

[@caw25sha]

Loads of people ask how to get accepted by MBA so I just wanted to share that all I wrote was that I was already selling successfully on Redbubble and Teepublic and wanted to get onto Amazon as well. I'm not saying this is a magic formula or anything stupid like that, but it shows you don't have to come up with something long and complex.

[@LisaIrby]

Thanks for sharing your story, Chris. Their acceptance process seems all over the place. My friend shared his professional design portfolio and he was declined. Others I know didn't share anything and got accepted. I also think they favor active Amazon buyers as well. But I agree that you should try to share as much about your previous online selling experience as possible. It certainly can't hurt.

[@kingstyle1577]

To be honest I'm looking under 1000 results for gym niche and I'm on the 100 tier right now pretty good. Probably I'll jump also for Mother's Day and Father's Day design's the competition will be more there for sure..

[@ledzepp817]

Excellent video!

[@barbking2708]

Great advice, thanks

[@tbuckmon2011]

Good info. Thx!!!

[@gailalli8086]

Amazon just announced they are redoing the premium shirt to be more the fit people would expect. I had stopped even using those because I had several returns for fit reasons. Once I get moved up another tier (I’m in tier 500). I mat give them another try.

[@LisaIrby]

Yep! They announced it after I recorded this. So glad about that.

[@olegkonchenkov]

Absolutely helpful! Thank you!

[@tomekabrown1638]

Great content as usual!! Thank you

[@mg8642]

Awesome video, thank you!

[@alicelong100]

Thank you so much… t am stuck in 10 tier…Merch will not let me add another design( even after deleting an existing design as they suggested).

[@LisaIrby]

Did you reach your upload limit for the day?

[@juliematt1997]

Thank you for explaining..

[@TheLeChiffre]

Thank you so much for this tips

[@tamssoulismail7095]

Thank you for this video its verry helpful

[@cctech4059]

I get my 1st 2 sale after 1 year

[@tbd5082]

Way to keep going!!🤙

[@TheTruth-ey7pq]

Thank you

[@MrPeru510]

Thanks for the content, just got on Merch by Amazon and my third creation got rejected. What is the best way to ensure you are not using/doing something that falls under trademark/copywriting? Thanks again!

[@dportis47]

You’re hair is so fly!

[@LisaIrby]

Thanks! 😀

[@FRUITBENEFIT]

I'm on 101 tears (tiers)...hahaha am not giving up though..thanks for inspiring me to keep going.

[@LisaIrby]

100 tears. 😂😂

[@amirloucif]

great video lisa ... hope I get accepted for MBA ...meanwhile am really struggling with redbubble... either with the tagging or simply the inch am working on ... am really frustrated ... I've been binging on your podcast to cheer me up and see what I can do... but still .. really struggling ...

[@LisaIrby]

Never give up. It's going to be that ONE keyword or niche that will give you a A-HA moment. It only takes one sale to get that motivation and confidence to continue. You got this! Q4 is the best time to sell.

[@amirloucif]

@@LisaIrby definitely can't agree more..and one sale,, that would be just amazing am lots of research hopefully I will stumble upon that AHA keyword...

[@MrsMoore1]

Same over here. It can very discouraging. Thanks for the encouragement, Lisa!

[@paigek720]

I have sold 240 shirts on Amazon Merch, no ads, and I'm STILL stuck in tier ten. What kind of acrobatics do they want me to do? lol

[@Ronn76_]

I have about 200 drawing to put on merch but only 10 are copyright .

[@msartscrafts7862]

Hello friend this video is really really helpful

[@yavuzyesil4917]

Should the product we designed be at least 300 dpi?

[@LisaIrby]

Yes

[@yavuzyesil4917]

@@LisaIrby My photosop settings are 6000 * 6000 - 300 dpi, png. But when I export it looks 96 dpi. Is it okay if I use this?Or what do you suggest?

[@Gati1313]

Great tips on this video! Thanks 😊. I am on tier 100, should I still only use standard shirts or is it ok to upload a few sweaters and long sleeve shirts too?

[@LisaIrby]

When I was on the 100 tier they didn't have anything but standard and premium, but if they had more products at that point I probably would have still stuck to T-shirts mostly. Maybe I would designate 10-15% to long sleeves.

[@ExpressShirtself]

Sup, Lisa. So, other than Teespring, any suggestions of any other websites that we can design and sell beach towels on?

[@LisaIrby]

Society6 maybe? Try them. I know they sell hundreds of products.

[@ExpressShirtself]

@@LisaIrby Ok, great, they have beach towels, but now all I need are 3x5 flags? I searched society6's site prior to signing up, but can't find the flags; yet, there's plenty of actual flags available in google search from them to buy from. lol o_O

[@aaronyoung8716]

i sell about 50 % of my sales are over seas and other countries i would have never guessed that but i friend people on pinterest even if i do not know there language and they buy as well the totals are USA 15 sales all other destinations 13. most of them UK and Germany with a Canadian, Finland and Switzerland completely awesome sales. So on the fb, pinterest, and twitter always friend everyone cause you never know where your sales come from.

[@aaronyoung8716]

However about 90 percent of them are face masks i have yet to sell a t- shirt or sticker lol.

[@LisaIrby]

@@aaronyoung8716 Yes I was also surprised by how many of my RB sales come from overseas.

[@lindawills5466]

Great video. I am stuck on tier 10. Gonna keep trying. :)

[@raemaxey3401]

Hey Linda I bought myself out of tier 10 and looked at it as an investment in myself. I sold 5 and bought 5. And I helped myself out of tier 25 also but I didn’t have to buy more than a few because I understood the keyword process better and bought the Merch informer tool. Now I’m in tier 100 so try this out if you can’t tier up

[@lindawills5466]

@@raemaxey3401 I’m in tier 100 now! Didnt buy any of my own shirts.

[@Firstmajortomlikestoticker]

I have Not Sold a Single Shirt.... Whats Up?

[@carlasainz95]

Same

[@LisaIrby]

Are you researching low competition keywords?

[@norasutton2262]

My 6 year old walked into the room just as you mentioned staying 6ft away from mac & cheese. She said: "Ha! Ha! Ha! Who would do such a thing? Stay away from mac & cheese?!"

[@LisaIrby]

Love it!! 😂😂

[@shysensei]

just got accepted. how long did it take you to make sales?

[@LisaIrby]

Day 2. I got in during Halloween and a Halloween design was my first sale.

[@Cliptunez]

Love your videos. I just tiered up and had a Covid related design rejected under the "human tragedy 2.5 rule." I contacted customer service about a potential Breast Cancer Awareness design. Was told i must first submit a design to determine if it falls under the human tragedy category. Has this happened to anyone?

[@LisaIrby]

Breast cancer shirts used to be allowed, and I thought they still are. COVID shirts have never been allowed. The easiest way to tell is to look and see if there are any live that were published recently. Granted, nothing is as good as asking Amazon directly, but that's often a direct indication. Keep in mind, rules can change though.

[@Cliptunez]

Great thanks for the information!

[@domarchie9558]

Lisa, I went to apply for merch by amazon but it only allowed me to fill in my personal and banking information and nothing else. Before getting to the next phase of the application it kicked me out. Why? Are they not taking applications?

[@LisaIrby]

Kicked you out? Did you get a site error?

[@domarchie9558]

@@LisaIrby no not a site error. It just takes you back to the start not allowing you to proceed further.

[@ExpressShirtself]

Hey, Lisa. Have you ever posted your work on Twitter? I've posted to over 50 strangers' tweets that are relevant to my designs and hardly have any feedback at all other than a few hearts lately. Is something going on with Twitter?

[@LisaIrby]

I’ve tried but didn’t get many results. Pinterest is my main social media platform. Nothing has worked as well as that.

[@ExpressShirtself]

​@@LisaIrby Sounds good, but isn't pinterest's demographic mostly one of the two sexes than the other? I wanna appeal to an even social media platform. Here's my point: " • Pinterest by the Numbers (2020): Stats, Demographics & Factswww.omnicoreagency.com › pinterest-statistics Pinterest Demographics 71% of Pinterest users are females. 35% of Pinterest users are 35-49 years old. 34% of Pinterest users are 18-29 years old. 16% of Pinterest users are male."

[@y.r8072]

Please help Hi lisa. . . I live in Turkey and I am registering on Merch by Amazon. . But they reject me and this happened for the seventh time. . Although I did very well on RedBubble, Teepublic, Etsy and I Want Merch on Amazon. . But don't accept me so what's the solution?

[@metstudioco]

Selamlar Redbuble ödemelerini alma yolunuz nedir acaba

[@y.r8072]

@@metstudioco Payoneer banka hesabımı redbubble ile bağladım ve Ziraat Bankası hesabımla Payoneer'a ulaştım

[@scottaumann]

I tried a shirt design about wearing a mask during COVID and Amazon rejected it. It looks like COVID related things went against their policy.

[@LisaIrby]

You can’t use the keyword Covid in any of your designs and description but masks are OK.

[@mindpeacefullness]

I wonder who are the people who get sales on these platforms??? I joined teespring and redbubble in end of June and I have over 100 designs in my redbubble shop and following all the tips this community is giving but haven't got a single sale yet. I don't mean to discourage anyone but I am starting to feel like as if it's real or not. 😢

[@LisaIrby]

I can understand the frustration when you're not selling. I felt the same way about RedBubble. It took me months to figure it out. But once I found one niche, I focused on that one keyword and scaled it vertically. I don't even do research there much anymore because I just stick with what works for me. I felt the same way about Zazzle, Society6, CafePress, etc. I could never figure those out. But thank goodness for Merch, RedBubble and a couple others. I had to keep trying new niches until I found something that sticks. I make most of my income from the same group of keywords now. Don't give up.

[@mindpeacefullness]

@@LisaIrby thanks a lot

[@rifia319]

Can you show us, one of your tshirt that sell better with low-tier keyword?

[@LisaIrby]

I showed one of my shirts once and ended up taking down the video. Someone thought they'd try to sabotage my account by reporting it. That's exactly why I don't show my designs and do everything under an alias. I make more with my designs than KZbin so I prefer to protect my niches and income. I know that showing things would add credibility but the pros don't outweigh the cons to me.

[@fabiGBOtown]

Can I be your friend too?

[@adeleadi8709]

lisa please I wanna to help me ,I need to talk with you , but I don't know ,I sent you email but you didn't answer me ,simple Something but important on zazzle

[@LisaIrby]

Did you use the contact form on the PSP site? I usually get those. I just tested and the form works.

[@adeleadi8709]

@@LisaIrby I will send you on PSP

[@adeleadi8709]

@@LisaIrby I sent you message