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Some of the tips that might have worked for print on demand beginners, just don't work anymore. In this video I share some of the best tips for new Etsy shops, Amazon Merch Sellers and more. If you want to open a print on demand t-shirt business in 2024, find the best niches, this is for you!
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[@rseandunham]

That old advice of the one low priced baby shirt to draw people in is very annoying. As a customer I refuse to buy from a shop when I see that, it is just "bait and switch." Glad you are suggesting people stop with it.

[@hannahebeling]

Totally agree! Frustrating for everyone!

[@visionsofheaven]

I agree:)

[@Bekind95]

@@hannahebeling It is frustrating but it seems to work well for shops. Some sellers even do a break even to sell 20 or more of an item and then raise their price up slowly in order to rise up in rank, where Etsy's algorhythm favors that listing over a more expensive listing that is selling less of a similar type of design. A very successful t shirt seller (1 million revenue/year) did split testing and it showed that having a low price shown to customers worked. She sold baby items at $9.00 but all the other shirts started at $21.00. She sold many many thousands of dollars worth this way. The other listing that was the exact same sold a few hundred. She did this to about 100 listings, if I remember correctly. She did say that depending on the niche, it worked better than other niches. Hard to know what to do.

[@elphie4732]

Yaaaasssssss so do I

[@ImogenShade]

They even do that for customized teacher shirts!

[@FreeGrammaHugs]

I have managed to talk myself out of every new idea I've had over the last few days but this video has renewed my belief in myself. Thank you so much ❤

[@melbaelwood5517]

As a new shop owner I have watched many “how to” videos and while there are many good ones out there I have to say this is one of my favorites! Thank you Hannah for providing this information! This has helped me on so many levels!

[@MrDavidHowell]

A lot of great advice in your video. Anyone doing POD needs to hear everything you’ve said. Also, thank you so much for properly pronouncing “niche”. I hear far too many people these days saying “nitch” and it makes my head explode.

[@ImogenShade]

And they use nitches for plural! Sounds like “nitches get stitches”!

[@mcdonamw]

What's 'correct' anymore? Merriam-Webster dictionary lists those and even a 3rd accepted pronunciation. 😜

[@truckn]

I like your tips, especially the pricing strategy.

[@youre2ez4me]

cross niche is what had me saying " wow " , such a big mistake but minor fix in some stumps with sales. thank you , that was a gem with cross niche.

[@shermellow]

HYPER SPECIFIC. RAWR!!!

[@MarquitaHerald]

This is really helpful and you've done a great job with this video! I've subscribed and look forwarding to seeing/learning more.

[@hannahebeling]

Awesome, thank you so much!! 😊

[@corny4474]

yes really honest kind of telling the truth. Thanks and have an amazing NYE Hannah

[@hannahebeling]

Thank you! You too!

[@mandrillhardge3232]

Great video. I received my first sale a few days ago and I’m so excited to revamp to better graphics and this video along with your cross niche download is gold!!!

[@hannahebeling]

Great to hear!

[@ShannonsBudgets]

Thank you for always sharing your knowledge.

[@hannahebeling]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@Roya_lty]

Great Video thanks 🙌

[@thelavishdollexperience2266]

This was a great video. thank you so much❤ very helpful

[@hannahebeling]

Glad it was helpful!

[@asphalt1327]

Thanks for the guide Hannah. It will help a lot

[@hannahebeling]

Glad it was helpful!

[@isymmoria1742]

I realllyyyyyyyyyyyyy appreciate and needed this video! Thank you!!!

[@hannahebeling]

So glad you enjoyed!! Wishing you the best in 2024!

[@kaushiksuvagiya8148]

great info and kind advise!!! thank you Hannah...

[@hannahebeling]

You're so welcome!

[@sdmugabe]

Thank you. Excellent advice

[@hannahebeling]

Glad it was helpful!

[@igwe9548]

Hannah you're saying everything that we've all been seeing in the POD industry which is great! But I think the issue is that a lot of these styles, prices, strategies etc...work. I mean it gets sales. There's always that line you have to walk between designing what you want to do or see and making designs for what people want to buy.

[@DebraJFrank]

Excellent info!!! Thank you ;)

[@hannahebeling]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lindamarietravel]

Thank you Hannah! I am just starting my first shop, this is great advice! 😃

[@hannahebeling]

You got this!

[@lindamarietravel]

@@hannahebeling Thank you 🙂

[@abdeljalilouanaim2272]

Great video. Thanks !

[@hannahebeling]

Thanks for watching!

[@kylehardin7964]

First time viewer of yours and I'm new to print on demand. This video was very helpful to me, I believe I have found a particular niche however the designs themselves are very time consuming and I'm concerned that I may be just wasting my time on designs that won't sell.

[@rashipp4982]

I agree, i wouldn't buy from someone that pulls that stradegy the low ball price then you click and it's a baby suit! I would feel so guilty about doing that to my customers.

[@popdesigntshirtshop]

I really appreciate your honesty and support for us newbies. It really motivates me to keep going to become better and know that I can reach my goals.

[@hannahebeling]

You got this! Cheers to an awesome 2024!

[@Julie-qx2up]

Hey there @popdesigntshirtshop! I too am a newbie to POD. Reaching out to see if you've had sales? I'm not seeing much action on my end and have became so discouraged lately.

[@popdesigntshirtshop]

@@Julie-qx2up Hi Julie, I have been working on my shop on and off since March 2023.. I have not had many sales. hardly any, but I am not discouraged enough to quit yet. I am learning from my mistakes and I know that I mainly need to get serious and work on it everyday. That's my goal for this coming year. Hang in there !! you can do it !!

[@Julie-qx2up]

@@popdesigntshirtshop Thanks for responding Beverly! I appreciate you offering me your supportive words of encouragement!

[@Julie-qx2up]

I see that you sell on several different platforms. Currently I'm only on Amazon. Which one would you recommend to someone starting out?

[@hannahyeuuey]

Great video as always! We’re learning a lot from you. May we know how you strategically drive traffic to your shop? Hope you can make a video on that one. Thank you!

[@hannahebeling]

Great suggestion!

[@catlinevans8282]

I totally agree about scalable designs - I was looking for a T-shirt for my teenage son who's into track and field sports and the few I found mostly had designs like "sleep, coffee and triple jump" - not really appealing to my 14 yo😂 and obviously they've just subbed in triple jump as one of many versions....

[@TitoTapTaproll]

Very Interesting....

[@youngminkim923]

I have print on demand shop. Do you think you should always include word in design?

[@my3sneezes]

This is really good advice. Just found your channel, new sub here.

[@hannahebeling]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@pburn883]

You should start including chapters in your videos

[@Couponmom90]

What I struggle with is creating SEO for a cross-niched item. I find it almost impossible to find good keywords for something so specific.

[@Yahya_Zi]

Very insightful video, thank you Hannah! What do you think about a shop for trending pet designs? I'm already posting leap year designs since your last video 😊

[@hannahebeling]

Go for it, but try to find a unique take on them!

[@Yahya_Zi]

@@hannahebeling Absolutely! I will try to cross-niche as you said. Thanks a zillion ✨

[@collenekennedy]

I just discovered your informative videos! I've had a successful Etsy shop for years selling women humor cards, however, I'd luuuuuve to sell on Amazon and am waiting to see if I'm accepted (2nd try) in program....But here's my question and I can't seem to find the answer on line...DOES AMAZON MERCH ON DEMAND PRODUCTS INCLUDE MUGS? Thank you in advance!

[@JoeTheSpaceGuy]

You and Alek have completely different strategies. I definitely connect more with these strategies though. Thank you!

[@hannahebeling]

I’m a firm believer that there’s many ways to find success, but the most important thing is figuring out what works for YOU and what you know you can stick with! Glad my tips can help with that!

[@wendyon4517]

Spreadsheet recently rejected a design. I'd taken the graphic element from Creative Fabrica or CANVA and added text. The design was predominantly text. I sent them a message saying I used a design from CF or CANVA and added text. Their reply was basically... not good enough to just add text. I'll post their reply in another comment.

[@user-wowshop]

Hello,my friend,in my Channel have some different POD patterns design,which may be helpful to your POD career

[@janetsolis5598]

Hi Hannah. Thank you for the good content as always. It is possible if you can make a detailed step by step video how to upload templates from Creative Fabrica to Canva please? Im still having issues opening the images from CF. Thank you in advance.

[@hannahebeling]

Great idea!

[@janetsolis5598]

Awesome .Thank you. 💙 ​@@hannahebeling

[@user-wowshop]

Hello,my friend,in my Channel have some different POD patterns design,which may be helpful to your POD career

[@Julie-qx2up]

Thank you Hannah for your video. I'm a newbie to selling POD, mainly focused on Amazon MOD, but haven't had ANY luck with sales. I know that my designs aren't THAT bad! (LoL) So I'm thinking that maybe it's the SEO in my bullet points? I'm ready to throw in the towel over here. Do you have any advise on ranking? A video? Something?? Thanks!!

[@hannahebeling]

This is definitely a great topic for a video since it’s hard to find what works! I’m gonna put it on the list for the new year.

[@Julie-qx2up]

@@hannahebeling Thanks for responding! I'll be on the lookout for that video for sure friend!!

[@norahofmans4280]

Hannah, I have been binge watching your videos. And I just had to tell you that you look so beautiful in this video. I think thats a great color for you. Sorry, hope that didn't sound too creepy. Anyway, thank you again for all the videos. I research things to death before I jump in. And your videos are helping me A LOT with that.

[@hannahebeling]

Aww! Thank you so much!! 😊

[@MsHRiaz]

Hi Hannah. We have the same name :) I have really appreciated watching your videos and how you for clearly setting everything out. Thank you! I downloaded your free cross-niching guide and had a question. Muslims make up almost a quarter of the World's population yet I don't see the major Islamic celebrations in your holiday section...mainly the 2 Eids celebrated by almost 2 billion people in the world and Hajj, the annual major pilgrimage completed by millions, for whom people love buying gifts, plus many more notable Islamic events. However, I did notice the mention of Ramadan. Is there a reason for this? Are Muslims not buying on Etsy :-/?

[@rabiabenafan3268]

I reallly appreciate this video . Thany you so much hannah. I asked you a question in the last video but it seems you didnt see it .( I have a question about creative fabrica , there is an offer of 47 $ /year .shall i take it ? is it a good deal ? or it s better to buy graphics without subscription ? thanks a lot for replying me. 2nd Question: if i have to choose as a biginner between kittle or creative fabrica (subscription) what shall i choose ? Thanks in advance & best regards.)

[@hannahebeling]

Thanks so much for your comment and questions! I think that’s a great price for creative fabrica, since it breaks down to less than $5 a month. However, I think having a design suite is more helpful as a beginner, so I would probably opt for Kittl first and then maybe get creative fabrica in a month or two. If you use my link and code (in description) you’ll get a discount on Kittl.

[@rabiabenafan3268]

Thank you so much @@hannahebeling

[@michelleannabel2302]

I'm really stuck on the marketing strategy...does anyone have suggestions on how i could start marketing my products.

[@afrikanjamaicangrl2077]

Pinterest

[@ashvanes484]

wow, I am relistening to this (I don't recall listening to it earlier) but I really wish what you were saying was the norm vs the exception. no one needs 50 variants of "best dog mom" with a dog footprint. really. we don't. do something unique. have fun with it. only chasing dollars is a harsh way to live. I know we all want success, but chasing the lowest denominators rarely leads to happiness.

[@hannahebeling]

So true! People who think outside the box (but still understand what customers want) typically have the most success!

[@blueworl]

Amm I also started print on demand business one month before but I use alot of AI in my business like generating designs , titles and description and so what your thoughts on this I used to make custom designs on illustrator but it is very time consuming so I thought that making designs through Ai would be good to reduce my time consuming

[@cassielee1114]

What’s the point in having a design business if you don’t want to design

[@blueworl]

@@cassielee1114 in this model you have to upload at least 10 designs daily on a single trending keyword so if you make designs manually you can't even touch 3 designs a day because making designs manually takes a lot of time that's why most of the print on demand seller use design tools like Placeit and artificial Intelligence tool to boost up their work . I was also afraid of using Ai in my work but I see the results I make my first sale in the first month of my print on demand business.

[@DaveLovelace6398]

Hi Hannah. I disagree with the $5 profit strategy based on Etsy’s policy of mandatory seller enrollment into Offsite Ads once they hit $10k in sales. The 12% per-sale fee essentially equates to $4.50-$5 which leaves $0 profit. This is the math I see when pricing my products at the $25-27 range for tshirts and $36-40 for sweatshirts (based on Printify ‘premium’ discount costs). If you’re pricing your items at a $5 profit, I would assume you’re not referring to apparel sales? Otherwise, I would be interested in knowing more about your pricing/costs strategy.

[@hannahebeling]

When talking about $5 profit, I always mean after calculating all fees including offsite ads, listing fees and advertising.

[@ImogenShade]

And taxes! It’s 20% for small businesses in the States!

[@Teezlypr]

Hanna I commented in your amazon merch video… I need your feedback… thanks

[@jeffborkowski]

the advice to actually be original / creative is refreshing to hear. but how do you protect against IP piracy within marketplaces like Etsy. it seems that anything even remotely original, especially something that starts to sell through, gets copied many times over, Etsy does nothing to meaningfully mitigate it, and there is little recourse especially if the offenders are international. as a POD seller on these popular platforms, do you just assume all of your good IP is going to get stolen and just let it happen? or are there things you do to mitigate/combat it?

[@ashvanes484]

this is a great question, and I don't think there is a great way to combat it. I just looked up a very common jokey expression in the US trademark database. It is live and registered by a Chinese technology company. for clothing. whattttt?

[@jeffborkowski]

@@ashvanes484 registering your IP is meaningless though if Etsy does nothing to help take the violators down when you report and you don't have endless $ and time to fight either the violators or Etsy

[@jeremybenson5782]

Don't hate on retro, but drop the flowers from the thumbnail cup, and I think you have something current.

[@cyndimanka]

It would’ve been nice to give an example on the first tip. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m just learning the niche. So I am clueless as to what you were even talking about.

[@adaptiveplexus]

Please move the plant behind you. I want to see the painting

[@andreip.8321]

i don't agree with some suggestions. like the one "don't copy, put it on a red t-shirt, etc"... if a design is selling well, be sure that the owner already tested all color combinations and there's a reason why a certain color sold well. it's like saying "if everyone's action button is green, you may try red"... there's a reason why all action buttons are green or blue and not red, because red is associated with STOP... anyway, people should take these tips with a grain of salt.. sadly, some people just follow everything blindly without using their mind too much.

[@NACIRI331]

Peace be upon you. I want help from you. I have a problem opening an Amazon account because I am from Morocco. If you want to help me, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@sbryant6797]

I’ll be honest, I don’t view a whole shop. I shop for a funny teacher shirt specifically.

[@ohcarie]

Lots of great info here. One suggestion, please slow down a bit and take a breath. I feel like i'm at a live auction.

[@ImogenShade]

She’s built different & oxygenates though her skin! You can always adjust the playback speed using the gear in the top right corner.

[@drumchick99]

It's because she edits every couple of words. Probably has a lot of pauses and saying um a lot (I do that SO much so I get it!), but the editing of this was extremely distracting. Still amazing information I thought.

[@creditrazer981]

Maybe don't be in a niche that simply saturated. Find a niche you know, love, and enjoy.

[@bradymiguel]

Emma stone vibes

[@chaghba4811]

Her cuteness is really distracting 🤤 Okay I'll re-watch the video again

[@tresorswod]

Please do subtitles to English because you are fast talking

[@ImogenShade]

Click on the gear in the upper right corner of video & adjust the speed & turn captions on! If viewing from mobile captions don’t appear in full screen.