Stuck in Tier 10 on Merch by Amazon? Do this! Tips from a Tier 20,000 Seller

In this video I provide you with the necessary tools, tips and strategies to get out of Tier 10 quicker and jumpstart your Merch by Amazon journey. At the end of the video I share my story of how I got out of the lower Tiers quickly and I show you free methods of how to find Trending Nieches. Follow along and learn how to succeed on the biggest Print on Demand marketplace out there.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:39 Tip #1
02:52 Tip #2
03:34 Tip #3
04:50 Tip #4
05:37 Tip #5
07:12 Tip #6
08:06 Tip #7
09:00 Tip #8
09:56 Tip #9
10:56 Find Trends Method 1
13:31 Find Trends Method 2
15:03 How I tiered up fast
16:18 What to do next
About my Channel: I am Philip and I am here to help you on your Print on Demand journey, share share my Tips, Tools and Tactics to save you time and increase your sales.
I am a Graphic Designer who has been selling Print on Demand and Digital Downloads online since 2018. I am Tier 20.000 on Merch by Amazon and have shops on many other Platforms including Redbubble, Teepublic, Zazzle, Spreadshirt, Etsy Teespring, Kindle Direct Publishing and more. Leave a Tip to Support the Channel:
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[@PhilipAnders]

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[@tg2303]

I CANT STOP WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS YOU ARE SO INFORMITIVE! THANK YOU!

[@malakhaouass5104]

OMG SOMETIME I FEEL SO LUCKY BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND YOUR CHANEL YOU HAVE BEEN HELPING ME ALOT ESPECIALLY WITH ME BEING AT TIER 10 A TYPICAL BEGINNER THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE

[@PhilipAnders]

I am happy to hear that and glad I could help! :) What's been the most helpful video / fact you have learnt so far? And is there a topic you're still struggling with, which you want me to make a video about?

[@malakhaouass5104]

@@PhilipAnders ACTUALLY EVERY SINGLE VIDEO OF YOURS WAS HELPFUL TO ME ESPECIALLY the playlist of Niches that SELL plus i loved the fact that we should not ignore the uk market . Well I'm still strugglin with creating desings without a software

[@PhilipAnders]

@@malakhaouass5104 I'm uploading a video soon about a free Tshirt design tool which is easy to use and perfect for beginners😉

[@nikarose]

I was going to say I was upset you cut once the doggo came in but you saved the day by including him in the video!

[@PhilipAnders]

I would never cut Milo out of the video😊

[@mkanoho]

Your wall art is my favorite

[@PhilipAnders]

😎

[@TakeAGuess210]

Finally, 👏👏 this is interesting Keep Going 🤗🤗🤗

[@PhilipAnders]

Thank you hope it helps :)

[@bigcookprintables1968]

Brilliant advice..thanks pal.

[@PhilipAnders]

You're welcome! hope it helps :)

[@norahofmans4280]

Hi Milo🐾 Thanks again for a great video

[@ghazzazanouar2210]

Can you make videos about the design, your explanation is great

[@PhilipAnders]

Thank you! I have a playlist with T-shirt design Tutorials, or do you mean something else?

[@ShootingStarSVG]

Design Bundles is a great resource with a lot of SVGs and PNGs with POD add on license available! I just started a few days ago as a digital seller moving to POd so hoping I can get out of Tier 1 SOON

[@OnlineIncomeJourneyOfficial]

I prefer Creative Fabrica because it's generally cheaper. Sometimes it's just a basic POD license but they generally have a "buy up" to a full print on demand license

[@top500reviewer]

Thanks for provided this great info. I'm disappointed to find out that only people that design trendy stuff will succeed with this.

[@user-yo9jz2qh3y]

Thanks for sharing this! 👍

[@aiartgifts]

Great tips! Thank you for sharing them.

[@PhilipAnders]

You're welcome! Hope they help :)

[@suzanagold9114]

Thanks

[@itschaosuphere]

Ah hello milo, sorry if I spelt his name wrong, the door opening by itself caught my eye at first and then I was ah doggy hello 😁, Also I am one of those stuck in Teir 10 and it's driving me mad so alot of very helpful tips, once again been watching alot of your videos this past week 😂, so yes thank you again

[@PhilipAnders]

The spelling is correct actually, he does like to creep into the room very quietly :'D I really hope these tips help you out, best of luck with getting out of Tier 10! Are you selling your designs on other POD sites as well?

[@itschaosuphere]

@@PhilipAnders ah sweet okey relief, that's kinda cute and funny, he is adorable big dog lover, right business, already been a big help and lots of thought process also to answer the question yes been doing redbubble for a while been very focused on that more past couple months, trying to sort out etsy alot to sort on that front so I'm trying again to delve more into other pod sites or those that support it

[@PhilipAnders]

Yes Etsy is quite a hard one to set up, if you are just starting out. I plan to make Tutorials about it in the future. I can recommend Teepublic or Spreadshirt, as they are easy to upload to and have good potential to make sales ;)

[@itschaosuphere]

@@PhilipAnders those would be good for the near future, also appreciate the advice I think I do have a teepublic account 🤔, all the same look into them and again most appreciated

[@othmane767]

hello thank for you video. just one question plz, when you open a new file on psd or illstrator to make a design for pod, do set it to RGB or CMYK ? thank you

[@PhilipAnders]

RGB

[@ComedorDelrico]

Being an American watching you try to make sense of American football and bizarre American cultural references certainly adds an extra entertainment value to these videos. But don't feel bad, I'm sure most Americans wouldn't understand political jokes referencing veiled letterboxes. (The Jewish space laser thing was a joke in response to a similar comment made by one of our more out-there conservative politicians.)

[@PhilipAnders]

Haha glad it's entertaining. Good job I don't have to understand it to make shirts for your Niches😅

[@ComedorDelrico]

@@PhilipAnders Right! And in some cases - for the sake of your mental health - you might be better off not understanding. 😂 Get that money! 💰😉

[@FRACC847]

How can you tell if the shirt is sold or not? And what is BSR?

[@football-planet22]

What are the criteria we you are looking for when searching niche especially results because sometimes i found the results under 500 but when i check page number 3 the results change to 2k/10k

[@mohamedelamineamine8]

Thanks, i was waiting for this vid

[@PhilipAnders]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@oooBoEoNooo]

@Philip Anders: Can you do a video on how you create listings for cross niche designs?

[@PhilipAnders]

Hi! I show this in my "Merch Listings & Keyword Guide" Video :)

[@nanamisorimaji9053]

Very good video. I have a question about the color as you suggested that if we choose like 10 color. It is too much so how many colours do you choose for all your shirt?

[@PhilipAnders]

between 3-5 maximum. Sometimes just 1 or 2

[@falekwalid8204]

You are the best ❤

[@ceg2235]

I've been stuck in tier 10 for ten months! I sold over ten shirts my first 30 days with eight of those being organic sales. One of my designs has organic sales every month and my sales are picking up each month. The past few months I've sold ten+ shirts each month. All my items are priced at the lowest possible price point to try and bump up my rank in the search and yet, I'm still stuck in tier 10! I hear of sellers that claim to have bought ten of their own shirts at once and were bumped up within thirty days. Ugh! It's so frustrating! I have more designs I want to upload, but can't because I'm stuck in tier 10. I've thought about deleting a design that only has two sales so I can upload a new design, but I don't want to delete a design that has organic sales and a 5 star video review. However, even though it has a 5 star review, it hasn't sold anymore since March. I just want to get out of tier 10 already! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 🙏

[@PhilipAnders]

Well done for doing so well in tier 10! That's some really good statistics for only having 10 designs. Unfortunately Amazon is not very transparent when it comes to tier ups. They say it doesn't always solely depend on your amount of sales, but don't give individual reasons. I have definitely heard of a lot more people this year who have been tiered up really slowly, way past hitting their sales target, so potentially amazon is just limiting access to higher tiers due to less server capacity or what not. But I would definitely not delete a design with a video review, that's really rare. Try contacting the merch support team and explaining you have been eligible for a tier up since earlier this year + all of your designs have sold organically. Most likely they will give you a template response, but I feel like sometimes that can help put you on their radar.

[@ceg2235]

@@PhilipAnders Thank you so much! I will definitely contact them and see what happens! Love your channel. The information you provide is so useful and your format is the best! Keep up the good work!

[@PhilipAnders]

@@ceg2235 Thank you very much! I am glad you like the content :) I hope it helps!

[@samyrebeiz2292]

Wow!! That was a ton of informations that I need right now. Thank you so much Philip....Question..Beside checking trademark on Prodoctor, How about checking copyright ? Do we have to do that ?

[@PhilipAnders]

checking for copyright isn't as easy. But as long as you don't literally copy designs you should be fine ;)

[@moz6584]

I'm really frustrated, I have over 30 sales for a long time (+2 months) & still stuck in 10. Is something wrong with my account? I can't quite make money with 10 designs alone

[@PhilipAnders]

No this happens to lots of people. Amazon is very slow at tiering up sometimes. You can try and contact their support about it, I usually did that

[@stevenchurch8751]

Thnx Phillip, great video….how many color options do you suggest as optimum for buyers to select from and what colors in your opinion should we target…thank you for your time

[@PhilipAnders]

Black Navy and Asphalt are some of the most popular ones so for designs that work on dark shirts I would go for those :)

[@stevenchurch8751]

@@PhilipAnders 👍

[@andreamschmidt85]

Thanks, this was a great video with very helpful advice that I haven't seen in other places. Looking forward to revamping my listings a bit to hopefully get out of tier 10 soon! One question... when do you bump up the price of your shirts, and what price point do you usually go with? I'm OK with pricing at 13.07 and going without royalties until I tier up, but obviously at some point I'll have to start earning a bit off of my listings.

[@PhilipAnders]

I hope the tips and revamping your listings helps! I have a lot of upload slots so I upload shirts at all sorts of different price points. But usually once it's sold once at a low price, I will bring the price up slowly until it gets to 17.99-19.99

[@andreamschmidt85]

@@PhilipAnders Thanks so much, I appreciate the reply and the advice! I’ve been enjoying your other videos as well, and appreciate how well you explain concepts. Keep up the great work!

[@PhilipAnders]

@@andreamschmidt85 Thank you!!

[@senthildurai777]

Thanks for the video, it is very useful. Can i upload the same design in Merch by Amazon and other POD sites? plese reply

[@me_wick]

I have a question, can I add the word “gift” in the title?

[@PhilipAnders]

amazon doesn't allow that anymore annoyingly

[@comments9065]

Thanks a lot

[@PhilipAnders]

Most welcome!

[@marvacousins8370]

Thank you so much for this very informative video, I learned so much from it. I am on the 25 tier and I am not selling anything and I want to know how do I delete some of the designs and put new one in its place? I want to try these tips that you discuss in the video. Thank you.

[@PhilipAnders]

I am glad the video was helpful! You can delete designs in the Manage tab with that tiny pencil Icon on the right hand side 😉

[@rustyhook84gaming56]

Idk what I’ve done wrong I have over 25 sales and my designs have been up for a year and I am still sitting at tier 10

[@hamzabelattar]

Great video, also I don't like dogs that much but yours is really cute

[@PhilipAnders]

Thank you! 😊

[@jfilho1966]

What company you use to create your T-shirt?

[@PhilipAnders]

Amazon prints the shirts ;)

[@hussainshirts6161]

Hello Sir My Name is Hussain and I am From Indian .How to get accepted in merch by amazon and how to create an account in Merch by Amazon and which document are required for opening an Account? Please make a step by step video on Create a merch by Amazon account.

[@ahmedraza9959]

How to check Trademark On UK and And outside of USA please make a video on this topic

[@PhilipAnders]

You can do that with the productor browser extension as well. There is a button to check for trademarks in the EU. I'll make a video about this soon👍

[@The_Creative_Workshop]

Hi thanks for all the good advice. I wanted to ask somethign about trademark words. I notice the word CAT is trademarked, So if I use cool cat it will come up yellow, but is that really trademarked? Lots of tshirts use the word cat.

[@The_Creative_Workshop]

Just to clarify I also mean in the title. However would using the word cat on a Tshirt be trademarked too.

[@PhilipAnders]

I explain the cat trademark in this video ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/injamJaYeatrfdk

[@The_Creative_Workshop]

@@PhilipAnders thanks

[@faithwoman8]

Thank you for sharing. Helpful information. Question: I finally made my 10th sale and I am still in tier 10. How long does it take to get tiered up after making a 10th sale? Thanks for your help.

[@PhilipAnders]

Hi well done on your 10th sale! This is always different. For me it was usually within the next 2 weeks but I can't guarantee anything. MBA is unpredictable. Hope it happens soon!

[@faithwoman8]

@@PhilipAnders Thank you for a quick response I appreciate it. Final question: Do you find out you have tiered up via email or you just see it on the dashboard?

[@PhilipAnders]

@@faithwoman8 Just the dashboard I never got an email. But if you get the free bowser extension pretty merch, you will see a nice & satisfying tier up animation ;) Recommend getting that if you don't have it yet

[@faithwoman8]

@@PhilipAnders Thank you so much. I really appreciate it! Very helpful! Blessings!

[@ahmedraza9959]

Would tier 10 not a tier up from more returns? I'm tire 10 I have 5 sales and 3 returns I'm very disappointed 😓😬😫

[@PhilipAnders]

I don't think returns affect your sales count for tiering up ;)

[@comments9065]

Thanks, This will help all tier designers as well as me, Can you please make a video about trademark and copyright. I found some generic saying are same as a movie or song name, not TM, Are those safe to use. Can you please make a video on this topic. Thanks in Advance

[@PhilipAnders]

I am not going to lie I am not a specialist at how trademarks work. But I can make a video sharing what I know and how I do my trademark checks in more detail

[@comments9065]

@@PhilipAnders Thanks a lot

[@othmane767]

hello thank for you video. just one question plz, when you open a new file on psd or illstrator to make a design for pod, do set it to RGB or CMYK ? thank you