Sales Update! Print on Demand Sales after 5 months! Here is What Happened.

[@dmckyle]

You're good-hearted, Juna. You want everyone to prosper, even if it's at your own cost.

[@DetourShirts]

True... I do like to help

[@SalmanShah-rh1gs]

Juna sir plz make a complete tutorial of designs making in Canva kittle or etc in Urdu language include plz plz plz sir u r my mentor b coz I love ur humble and honest behave plz guide for new comers and take the toooooooooons of blessings thnx but remember my request take care God bless u

[@SalmanShah-rh1gs]

🎉and I also love ur boom word🎉🎉🎉

[@negretem1]

Juna - the more you give the more you receive- you know that and karma does happen- they may copy you but that only drives you to do amazing things _ I see that in you!! Your a kind human- you will always do well and they will eventually disappear because they do not have your drive and skills- It takes a lot more than just copying your stuff.

[@DetourShirts]

Very true... thank you

[@shangyhinoon]

So inspirational and motivational! I also don't niche down enough as I just lack time to commit. However, I sold 29 items in may so to see that I am obviously doing something right as my stats are comparable to yours, it really inspired me to keep pushing my designs out. I am tier 500 and currently have 359 items up. I know, because of you, that I can keep going to create that compound effect and hope to make the next tier before the year is out 🤞

[@DetourShirts]

You can do it! Thanks for sharing

[@RailinX]

And people wonder why most KZbinrs won’t disclose their shops. This is why. I’ve had so many copycats steal my designs.

[@DetourShirts]

Yup.... it makes it tough... I kinda knew it was going to happen eventually

[@susanravella6261]

You are a truly kind man, Juna. 😮😊

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you so much

[@zeusthejoker]

Great video. Summer sales dip is pretty normal. Going for seasonal niches, or use the niches you identify with designs by detour and cross niche it with the ‘seasons’.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the tips!

[@starryeye3482]

Wow your video came up after I watched was it Shimmy where he put you on the god tier for print on demand strategies. So have subscribed and excited to see if I can learn from you to start on pod.

[@DetourShirts]

Wow! Thank you fr subscribing

[@Momofdom]

Mad respect to anyone doing this for the whole year. I only did one month and almost lost my mind😵😂

[@DetourShirts]

It's tough for sure

[@lmlowe9100]

Copycats aren't competition...they're lazy thieves. You should find a way to share without exposing your actual stores. Your kindness and generosity shouldn't be rewarded with in such a negative way.

[@DetourShirts]

I know... thanks

[@Juliouvp]

You're so zen man, respect! I'll be so shamefull to copy cat other people, i can't imagine it. Honnestly they badly copy cat you.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the respect

[@justcallmeneb8025]

Yeah I had a copycat that stole one of my designs for Easter. They just changed the pose of the character, otherwise it was a direct copy, same colors and fonts. The worst thing was they were undercutting my price which was effecting my sales. It was discouraging but I stayed focused on my other designs and kept uploading.

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... it's going to happen in POD unfortunately unless you sell on your own site

[@arunashamal]

At this point my strategy combating copy cats are just to absolutely spam the niche with variations of my designs. I copy myself and upload 100s of them. My designs are pretty simple and I have slots to do it, but copy cats are a huge problem

[@curtisaallen]

Are all you guys just using Amazon?

[@justcallmeneb8025]

@@curtisaallen no I am working on a Shopify site, and have old accounts on Redbubble and Teepublic that I am not actively working on. Along with KDP!

[@arunashamal]

@@curtisaallen yes

[@erdegora]

Juna your composition for the ones that were copied were much better. Anyone could see it. Sad is when you’re small and have a cute idea and someone big copies you that has more money to advertise or man power…if someone copies something you do but makes it better good for the customer in the end. This is how we get better stuff day by day. Competition is king. Love your videos!

[@DetourShirts]

Great comment...just always do you best. It is a competition out there

[@Minixuity]

I am only level 100, I am small even every few days I review and report exact copycats pixel by pixel, I cannot imagine the deficiencies that the big ones will have. Greetings and thanks for all your work :)

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for sharing

[@rogueblackfish3625]

Thanks for sharing Juna! I love your dedication to Design with Detour. Sorry to hear about the copycats though. Do you make more versions of your prompt designs that you possibly don't share with the community? Also, are you still designing more shirts outside of Design with Detour to increase your daily uploads?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes I do! My main Amazon sales aren't too affect but I really wanted Design with Detour designs to take off.

[@ChadOrridge]

absolutely incredible info! thank you so much

[@DetourShirts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FerreiraGusney]

I appreciate you for sharing this, excellent!

[@DetourShirts]

You are welcome

[@marinav1343]

Thanks for the great video.Yes, they are around {copycats). And I am only on tier 100, just made it myself up from tier 10 to 100 without friends buying from me or copying somebody's design. I climb up in tiers in 9 month, do not know it is good or bad but I did it by just learning and creating... My biggest concern now that people are using same promps because they shared or selling by content creators. So where will end up with the same images? texts? how unique design would be. In this case people do not even need to make an effort to create and think by themselfes. Rather than selling thoese promts I would highly reccomend just to show niche and ideas but do not share the promts. Thank you Juna

[@saidelilou3052]

did you focus on trends or evergreens on lower tiers like tier 10/25 ?

[@DetourShirts]

This is where you need to think outside the box and do something creative that no one else is doing and stand out.

[@marinav1343]

@@saidelilou3052 80% evergreen

[@TatianiaSabaa]

appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@NatalieSkow]

YES! JUST WHAT I NEEDED, TY!!!

[@DetourShirts]

You are welcome

[@sandrabredtmann]

What should you do if you can't get an account with Amazon? Is it better to choose the paid version with merch sales on Amazon, which costs extra, or are there other sites that are just as successful as Amazon?

[@DetourShirts]

Great question... if you are just starting and never sold on POD before I would start with something like TeePublic to learn how Print on Demand works (uploading, designing, etc).... If you are more experienced and have designs that people will buy you could try selling on Etsy or Shopify but that's next level Print on Demand stuff and not the best for beginners

[@meant4you]

Thank you so much . I appreciate your honesty and I'm going to get started.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@KiaraseTyson]

wow, great video. thanks so much

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@Alex-wo2jk]

Can anyone tell me with these companies like Redbubble, Teepublic and Threadless if they put their own label/tag on the shirt or if its from a third party or do you have the ability to put your own.???? thanks in advance.

[@DetourShirts]

You can't put your own label on those but If you used Printify and sell on Etsy or Shopify you probably could

[@ritawasley3042]

Aloha Juna. Big fan of your videos. I have a question that might make a helpful video. I was lucky enough to be tiered up to 100, but Amazon limits the number of products that I can create each day. So, I can only upload one design per day with all its products. Sometimes I have to go in the next day to add more products to an uploaded design. Can you please do a video on how best to manage your Amazon designs and uploads? Thank you for all that you do for the POD community.

[@DetourShirts]

I think you are doing great.... One thing I would say is that if you run out of slots I would remove the oldest design that hasn't sold to make room for newer designs... but don't remove designs unless you need space

[@noy5626]

Thanks for sharing! Do you think selling PoD (Shirts, etc.) is worth for someone to do full time and make a living off of?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes, absolutely but it can take a long time and you would have to figure out what sales and what doesn't.... It's not a guarantee you will be able to do that. So yes, for those that can do that.

[@Thunks.10]

Que inspiración! Como se accede a vender en Amazon? No aceptan a cualquiera. Y otra consulta, tus ventas son orgánicas de la tienda? O creas contenido en alguna plataforma, tiktok, Pinterest o publicidad? Muchas gracias 🫂🇦🇷

[@DetourShirts]

Tienes que postularte para estar en Amazon. Si no entras sigue intentándolo. Utilizo anuncios de Amazon, pero la mayoría de mis ventas, el 90 por ciento, son orgánicas.

[@fernandodaniel010]

Hi Juna. Maybe you get this question asked a lot, you mentioned on your videos having a 9-5 job, since you do so well in POD do you plan to one day give the POD a full focus to make it your full time work?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... That's the plan...one day

[@nouraalshlash9499]

I learned a lot of valuable information from you, thank you

[@DetourShirts]

Glad to hear it!

[@DavidLevinPhotographer]

Juna, have you ever posted an original image on one of your t-shirt creations, sticker, etc. and that you registered with the US Copyright Office and subsequently found your registered image used elsewhere online without your permission? If so, how did you pursue that situation? Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

No... only because I don't register my designs with the US Copyright office..... by copyright law all designs that you create and sell online are copyrighted, "A copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, as long as the work contains a sufficient degree of originality".... but I have seen people use my designs and sell it without my permission. I usually contact the POD site to take them down

[@FakhouryAlywin]

Nice vid thank you for sharing with us

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@MerrilyJacobs]

THANKS A BUNCH, AMAZING VIDEO!!!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad I could help

[@erikachiquis9580]

Thanks for updating. Do you also put your new designs on your other pod sites? Or do you just concentrate on these 3 for your daily t shirt designs?

[@DetourShirts]

I will put them on the other ones eventually.... but I only have them on the 3 for right now

[@Pr12683]

Hey, love your videos and the insights you provide. Ive been inspired by watching your videos and other POD content creators, however I find that I'm stuck on the first stage. I have niches that I'm interested in but I find it hard whether to focus on that niche and do different styles (eg. retro, anime, kawaii) or focus on one style but try different niches/ trends? I am also stuck on whether it's better to start on Shopify or other POD platforms since there's benefits to both. If I was to start a Shopify, would I need to make multiple stores to target different niches?

[@DetourShirts]

This is why I would suggest starting with something free to figure out your style and what works for you before spending a lot of money on Shopify before you know. If you don't know what style or niche to do try a ton of different stuff and test it. That is what is great about POD, it's free to test what is working and what doesn't.

[@TonyaMilla]

very helpful, worth the watch

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for watching

[@AleenTimothy]

Thank you, really helped me!

[@DetourShirts]

Glad to have helped

[@bosslifebeauty]

I dislike it when I go to Etsy Or Amazon and put in a search and get like 20 of the same t-shirts on the search results. I Love your challenges. I love to challenge myself creatively, but I think a lot of people don't have that innate creativity and it's hard for them to come up with ideas, so they take from others. Sad true.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for sharing!! Yes, that's what this challenge is for to push yourself creatively and create something different

[@SheelahPaula]

Nice. thanks for sharing

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for watching

[@GianaTasnim]

ill definitely try that, thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

You are welcome

[@CaioCypler]

You are AWESOME!!! TY

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@ghostxtempzz115]

I really want to start with Print on demand but I’m struggling to find motivation and I don’t have the design knowledge. Your videos have helped me get a better understanding of design but I’m still not 100%. Do you have any advice?

[@DetourShirts]

Templates are a good start... I would also start to look at other t-shirt designs in stores or on Amazon and make a collection of good designs and learn how to make those. Not to sell them but to learn how to build them.

[@ghostxtempzz115]

@@DetourShirts Thank you for the advice, would you recommend taking the plunge on affinity design 2?

[@adilmidou1226]

Thanks again your videos are so helpful 🎉🙏🌞💯

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@DanieleRoca]

amazing vid!!! ty

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you

[@davidjacobus9711]

Haha that Good/the Bad / the messy is very funny 🤣

[@DetourShirts]

I like that one too

[@térrence369]

Congratulations on your sales and profit.

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you!

[@nattassiaachasmith409]

Hii..can i ask? When you uploaded a design to teepublic, redbubble, etc..is it okay to upload the same design?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes it is

[@nattassiaachasmith409]

@@DetourShirts thank you so much for your reply, and also for all your video..means a lot for me..

[@pixelizedneko]

Hi Juna! Are you in the Artisan tier already? Teepublic changed my tier to Artisan but I'm concerned if I add AI designs, they might change my status. Thanks!

[@DetourShirts]

Yes I am!

[@stevenchurch8751]

Hi Juno….do you ever post graphics with no words or puns…..if so how did that go for you.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... it works sometimes but the graphic has to be very strong... it almost has to tell a story by itself

[@stevenchurch8751]

You make soooooo many designs, you are masterly talented……but with such a diverse and eclectic genre of designs, how in the world do you decide how to describe them so people will find them. This would make a great tutorial for people to know what to write and describe their designs for posting.

[@janelopez7010]

Great video. However just to let you know Bruh is trademarked, and I got an infringement for it on Etsy.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the info

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for the info

[@TatsukiHayagawa]

AWESOME it really helped me

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it helped!

[@ปืนกับช๊อคโกแลต]

Thank you so much, you keep me fighting.

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@HatimCamelia]

great content. ty

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@peppTV]

Why are only a few creators recommending posting on spreadshirt? Is the traffic just too low ?

[@DetourShirts]

I think so. Not as much organic traffic as the others

[@HomeOfficeHustler]

Wow amazing t-shirt designs.. do you create the graphics yourself or use AI? also how do u create theses new phrases that auto-come up on amazon?

[@DetourShirts]

I'm using AI for the main graphic but then I'm adding to it

[@boydriver2978]

Which AI app do you use please?

[@ricknguyen8999]

Do you post same design to 3 pod platforms?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes

[@sonic2blue]

1st comment 😜 Also love your content 😍

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you so much 😀

[@HiddenZones]

Are u doing ads for this designs?

[@DetourShirts]

Not yet.... I really need to do lottery ads for these

[@AlciaM]

People are so cheeky. Such good designs shame they got copied.

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah.... well it happens. Thanks for the comment

[@bambubombon]

9:42 juna... that's not competition... that's plain copying!!

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah. I hope they learn to make their own soon

[@RichardKutner]

Sorry to say I’m surprised that the dollars earned from the effort input is so low

[@DetourShirts]

I'm surprised too

[@natchaatitaya-ankura7165]

Hi Juna, I have copy cats that copy 100 % pixels to pixels and badly copy the description 100 % :(. and Yes, I have reported and it's been deleted.

[@DetourShirts]

So glad you were able to take care of that... Thanks for sharing

[@shakester2010]

You can't stop copy cats. I've had students that copied my ideas and became my competition. LOL

[@DetourShirts]

Yup. It’s part of the business but I wish it wasn’t

[@kamm3021]

Yeah most people are just lazy, they just copy paste Still better than not doing anything but still lazy POD is like a small plant u keep watering it and one day it will bloom

[@DetourShirts]

Very true... thanks for sharing that

[@christophecoat1914]

They copy you so you should copy them back…

[@DetourShirts]

Nice.... lol

[@ikcaruswingz]

That's not exactly copy, just inpiration LoL.

[@DetourShirts]

That's what a lot of people would say...lol

[@ikcaruswingz]

​@@DetourShirts Good artists copy, Great artists steal.😝

[@Jonathan99991]

appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video

[@DetourShirts]

You are so welcome

[@LoraMutiSiddiq]

THANKS A BUNCH, AMAZING VIDEO!!!

[@DetourShirts]

You are very welcome

[@KeiraNamara]

Nice vid thank you for sharing with us

[@DetourShirts]

Of course. Glad I could help

[@FakhouryAlywin]

great content. ty

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you