The BEST Passive Income Side Hustle 2023 ($834/DAY)

Here's how to start up 6 figure passive income business in 2023.
I believe this is one of the easiest side hustles you could do this year. From getting the ideas, leveraging AI (ChatGPT and MidJoureny) I cover everything from start to finish. One of the shops I talk about in this video is making over $25,000 a month in passive income PROFIT from selling this kind of art. Thanks for watching!
⌲ TRY PRINTIFY: try.printify.com/alek
⌲ INSTAGRAM: / aleksheffy
⌲ Course: sixfigurestorefront.com
VIDEO LINKS:
⌲ midjourney.com
⌲ discord.com
⌲ www.photopea.com
⌲ www.figma.com
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Shop Examples
2:55 - Building the Business
4:00 - Getting Artwork
12:28 - Must Watch: NICHES
13:28 - Scaling to 7 Figures
14:10 - More of My Art

[@alekSheffy]

WATCH OUT FOR SCAMMERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION

[@williamwilkinson4756]

Where's your link for etsy store?

[@flopz4475]

yo i just wanted to tell you that your etsy shop link isnt ther :)

[@annikalind4920]

You deleted my comment warning people about the potential of a lawsuit for copyright infringement by using AI generated art? Shady dude. REAL shady.

[@williamwilkinson4756]

@Annika Lind he addresses it in another one of his videos. Idk why he erased your comment.

[@brandonsmith845]

Alek i thought maybe it was an option to dm you, but i just had a few questions for you. I have nothing going on right now but i just had a few personal questions about your business’ and your youtube channel.. anyway to get a hold of you? Been enjoying the videos, you are clear about every angle and the speed is on point. I understand i can ask questions over comments but really would like a quick conversation elsewhere maybe? Or even on youtube. Lmk

[@kristinrush]

It took me 5 months but my shop just passed it's first $1000 in revenue!! The past three months, I've consistently pulled in over $230/mo and I've been SLACKING because I worked myself so hard to get it started!! So now it's turning into $200+ per month semi-passive! It feels 100% passive though, because the only real "work" I do now is to send a quick msg to buyers after each sale and replying to reviews. Takes maybe 15 seconds each time. YES it takes work upfront. I can't even tell you how many hours I spent designing my shop, figuring out the overall look, creating and editing graphics for my listings (currently I have 221 listings total), etc. but knowing that I have a steady flow of at least $200 extra per month for the foreseeable future is so freakin' worth it!! THANK YOU!! Your videos were the ones that got me here!!

[@rohithpurushothaman3722]

hi there! can you share your link for setting up etsy shop so that we both can avail free 40 listings?

[@alekSheffy]

TRY PRINTIFY: try.printify.com/alek

[@isurus2478]

What's the link to get started with an Etsy shop? Appreciate the content you are making!

[@jamesyuno]

hey mate, love the content. do you have the afflilate link for Etsy?

[@jaxonmichael709]

Making money is not the same as keeping it there is a reason why investments aren't well taught in schools, the examples you gave are well stationed, the market crisis gave me my first millions, people shy away from hard times, I embrace them....

[@ericdave8191]

I'll suggest you create a diversification strategy because building a good financial-portfolio has been more complex since covid. Recently my colleague advised me to hire an advisor, surprisingly I have accrued over $120K under the guidance of my coach during this crash. he figured out Defensive strategies to protect my portfolio and make profit from this roller coaster market.

[@ericdave8191]

​@Santa sani David jeffrey Herman is my portfolio-coach, I found him on CNBC where he was interviewed, I looked up his name on the internet. Fortunately I came across his site and reached out to him, you can verify him yourself.

[@wardtyson8247]

Thanks, I just googled him I'm really impressed with his credentials. I reached out to him since I need all the assistance I can get.

[@Universalview22]

They told me not to buy a house with this market. Now I earn more than 2k passively from that property and keep looking for more to buy.

[@katesmith8424]

Scam messages

[@johnsmith-wo5fg]

What KZbinrs Don't Tell You About AI Art: Approval required: To sell on most major Print on Demand (POD) platforms, you need to be accepted as a seller or artist beforehand, which can take a significant amount of time depending on demand. High competition: There is an immense amount of competition, and AI-generated art is not as profitable as it may seem, since the market is saturated and professional designers are earning their living in the same space. Clickbait videos: KZbinrs who create videos with thumbnails displaying specific numbers like '$8848.39' are selling a dream and making money off your clicks. Passive income potential: Although AI art creation can be a source of passive income, you will need to produce a large volume of work and even engage in promotion to have any hope of selling anything, or else your pieces will be lost among the countless others.

[@FochJoker]

You are right, every gold buissness is shit, if u don't pump to it a lot of your time and marketing. Only passive income is trading, obligations, apartaments etc.

[@ampelmanis]

yep, and this guy is just clickbaiter...this is his actual side hustle, make clickbait videos

[@uhorne]

Another very important factor that those promoting AI content often ignore, is that AI generated content can't be copyrighted. Someone could grab all the images and sell them themselves, because there's no legal ownership. This also means it isn't a solid business model. You can invest a lot of time and money into promoting this work and not get much from it

[@stealingstats4714]

Thank you John, but unfortunately your comment won't get many likes.

[@aaronm.henderson302]

Finally someone points out the reality. Thanks dude.

[@SeanAEHegarty1984]

How the hell have you not got more subscribers? You provide actual advice and explain the steps in detail. Glad to be a subscriber

[@alexstephanie8051]

Thanks for this amazing information !! If you don't find a means of multiplying money, you will wake up one day to realise that the money you thought you had, has finished. Investment is key, I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

[@alexstephanie8051]

@Jamie Janny I agree with you Investment is the key to sustaining financial longevity . And not just any investment but an investment with guaranteed return .

[@Charles-ew3km]

Exactly and many of us don't know where to invest our money so we invest it on wrong place and to the wrong people

[@Kevin-pb1ge]

@@Charles-ew3km Obviously talking about been successful , I know I am blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as Benson Sandra

[@Kevin-pb1ge]

She helped me recovered all I've lost trading by myself

[@jeffreyjessica2536]

@@Kevin-pb1ge Yeah honestly I have also experience her great work , she's really exceptional in her services

[@mitnavnvirkerikke]

Great video, thank you! The detailed step by step guide from start until end holds actual value compared to most other clickbait hustle videos.

[@alekSheffy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@neural_canvas]

@@alekSheffy @alekSheffy should I crop the image by the Art/Photo size aspect ratio chart and not the Final frame size chart? Or should I do both? Thanks!

[@Ryan-kr4bq]

@@alekSheffy With a very basic 2017 MacBook, can I still use MidJourney or do I have to have something really powerful? Thanks so much!

[@incalily48]

@@Ryan-kr4bq Im using normal 2016 Hp laptop plus extra screen:)

[@lomefaatau4881]

@@neural_canvas how did you go with the image?

[@lenawilloughby8827]

Just watched this video... Over the years, I have seen a LOT of side hustle videos, and this was truly a great video and great job. Thank you for going through everything thoroughly and with just the right amount of proof, encouragement, and detail! Great job and can't wait to see your other videos!

[@user-vw8mv7nt8v]

Great video. Would you have a different etsy store for each artwork niche, or would you do it all under the same store even if the styles are very different? Is there an advantage to having just one store with many different styles?

[@Whiteface603]

Great video once again. This channel provides alot of useful information that some of the more popular channels on these topics seem to miss. I'd like to see your take on a listing tutorial sometime (as it can be pretty painstaking).

[@fredconv]

Hi thanks for the video , really inspirating One question: are the output images big enough to de directly upload to etsy for print ? or should you use a upscaled version: because i ve tried and etsy is telling me that images should be at least 2k pixel wide which is not the case in midjourney , even after i ve upscale with the midjourney option it seems. maybe i m doing something wrong ? Also is there a way to automate the export in multiple ratio some way ? :D thanks for the feedback

[@julynnchutaro5709]

Thank you for taking the time to do a short step by step explanation. I’ve watched a lot of other videos that click bait on “how to” and don’t really go into detail of the steps. Appreciate your videos.

[@alekSheffy]

I appreciate that!

[@pritam7277]

Eres bella

[@balancewell]

I don't see the Esty link mentioned with the 40 free listings (at 3:13) for a new shop. Did it expire or am I missing something? Thanks! Love your videos. They're very helpful and I've learned ALOT!

[@ZjTwams]

Hi Alek, love your videos, I have a quick question about resizing method. I used Photopea to resize and make images the proper DPI. Properties tell me that each image is properly sized and has the right specs where DPI is concerned, but I do this by dragging the image into Photopea, clicking 'Image Size' and adjusting from there [to the required measurements and DPI]. The method is slightly different, but the results seem to be the same. My question is if this method is okay?

[@theorangejoy4425]

OMG!! Thank you!!! This is all such valuable info! And you are a great teacher!

[@rain1053]

Hi Alek, thank you for all your tips. I liked all your videos. I just have a question regarding the printify or whatever third party who can print your products as I'm from South Africa and not US or Canada where you can use Prinfity, any recommendations? Thank you.

[@homeinteriordesign123]

I know how much effort goes into producing content that provides value - thank you!!

[@tomssematiko7708]

Thanks for sharing this invaluable knowledge. The detail you provide has motivated me to give this idea a try. You don't leave anyone guessing how to start. Thanks.

[@ruturaj1111]

Thank You for sharing this information Alek 😄🙏🏻🌟

[@MelloBear_]

I don’t usually comment on videos especially ones about making money because they tend to be all clickbait and no substance. However you shook me with the step by step instructions and walkthrough. A great video alek definitely subscribed 👍🏻

[@alekSheffy]

Hey thanks!! Means a lot

[@daisetsuki]

Hi Alek, I don’t know if it’s going to be my life you are about to change but, I feel this is about to change someone’s life because of your help. Thanks for sharing this in a quick, easy to understand video. Take care brother

[@nextlevelmiracles]

You are so thorough!! Thank you!!

[@wouldyourather123]

YOU ARE AWESOME! Thank you so much for these detailed videos! I couldn't do it without you.

[@P-Funk69]

Just so you know if you sell pub domain vintage art you often have to clean it up quite a bit depending on the source.

[@MotivationalMartinMan]

Out of all the online side hustle ideas this really seems like one of the most valid ones. I am going to give this a shot! Really appreciate how thoroughly you've gone through this process man. Cheers! Here's to some passive income!

[@Brandon-sc1vl]

did it work?

[@Icedanon]

If you did this, I assume you're at the point where your etsy shop is deactivated? Or maybe not if you haven't made a sale yet.

[@Icedanon]

@@thehealthyhustle1 yeah, pretty much all of them do if you get a sale within your first week. They bring it back after a week, but man, their customer service is god awful.

[@heikojohnmoller7853]

how is it going ?

[@alexarmani9209]

stupid part is all AI generated art are limited in resolution, and if you want it to be printable for various sizes for wall art, the resolution needs to be VERY HIGH

[@debbiegarcia71]

Awesome info! Ty. What protects your art from being copied or sold by a buyer?

[@Itswenzo]

You answered a ton of my questions regarding aspect ratio and how to provide different sizes. Thank you

[@alekSheffy]

Great to hear!

[@gurutruecrimeguru1405]

That's the bit I don't understand.

[@RimaruTempest-qf2ze]

hi, firstly great video! 😁 im a noob when it comes to aspect ratios 😅 would you be able to list aspect ratios for landscape paintings or recommend a video source? thanks

[@nomadsnook]

Nice, lets all flood an already saturated market together. Great idea!

[@MissMolly3377]

😂 I think it was just an example, but you know that people who watch this, will rush out and make it more saturated. 😂

[@GraniteFaun]

It's a good side hustle to tell people about possible side hustles. I can imagine this video was made with a lot of help by AI starting with the instructions on how to do this.

[@edarsmith2579]

Welcome to the internet 🤡

[@justinblount2819]

Nobody in this comment has even tried it….

[@GraniteFaun]

​@@justinblount2819including you, I guess?

[@meohmy1615]

Thank you so much Alek this is amazing! Did you make your printify bulk uploader yet?

[@curtisleger5171]

Definitely interested in trying this out. Thanks!!!

[@Choppy_12]

Thanks for the info this video is GREAT! Question, in the size chart you show, what does Final Frame Size mean? does that mean if you crop an image at 5x7 it will be used for the 8x10? Or am I overthinking it and the 8x10 crop is the 8x10 version?

[@irishp8345]

yes any update on this? I have the same question...

[@saqqarawright]

@Choppy_12 you were right the first time, the "final frame size" is the size of the frame. In the chart he gives you the frame size paired with the corresponding photo size. So, in other words, you only need to crop the art piece to the 6 dimensions he listed on the right under "Art/Photo Size". I hope this helps!

[@Choppy_12]

@@saqqarawright So if I want an 8x10 I would crop it to 5x7 in photopea?

[@mysticexperience3546]

@@Choppy_12 please i need this question answered as well lol

[@Otuama3D]

How important is it to create multiple variations of each ratio? For example, ratio 2:3 - the largest size (in inches) I can see people selling is 20x30. You also have 16x24, 12x18 & 8x12. Is it recommended to create all of those or just the larger size which could print on the smaller sizes anyway? Or, because the images are scaled down to the smaller sizes, do they not print as well as when creating them to the specific sizes in Photoshop?

[@Bliss20244]

you have to create just the largest size for each ratio file.

[@neroliash2968]

This is Awesome!! Thank you Alek

[@MissVidKid]

I appreciate how easy your tutorials are for all levels of learners! Do you have any suggestions for printing partners?

[@edinaexplores]

Hello Alek, thanks for the informative video :) You mentioned to target more niches, and I agree, my only question is, that would you create different stores for the different niches OR on store is okay for more styles?

[@timonkarsubke5747]

Would be interesting to know👍

[@asiameowingtons]

I think that is what he meant by be a shop that caters to many different types / images / niches

[@LoveRoolz]

Hey Alex, Amazing content! I had same question because I have lots of ideas but wondering do I put them all under one shop or do more than one depending on style of art?

[@SHENDOH]

SCAM

[@gurutruecrimeguru1405]

How? Lol

[@noureddinegdn3850]

Your videos are Gold man! thanks for being truly clear!!

[@alekSheffy]

I appreciate that!

[@lthium8498]

This is the first video like this I've seen that's actually convincing. Everything seems doable, but not guaranteed to make you rich right away, and actually requires some work.

[@kritchaya3162]

Thank you so much Alek I love your VDO It is really helpful :D

[@chaegf0.]

You should do a new video about LBTNCRP300X ! I really like you’re mellow delivery and you seem like you’re very knowledgeable. I watch lots of influencers and you always seem very calculated and know exactly what you’re talking about and understand it. You’re better at explaining complicated things simply, than any other person on youtube keep it up brother!

[@pritam7277]

Tú eres mi amor❤

[@ethanstalcup4510]

Hey Alek, just wanted to say thanks for this video. I've started a store following these exact steps and it's been going well! Would love to keep you updated on my progress

[@alekSheffy]

Yes, lets go!

[@khazana24]

What kind of product are you selling?

[@ethanstalcup4510]

@@khazana24 digital prints like this video!

[@ethanstalcup4510]

@The Healthy Hustle WindyPlainsGoods, feel free to take a look

[@darshan4443]

@@ethanstalcup4510 How is the store going on ??

[@reynossa3187]

Hey man, great video. I’ve seen a couple of videos of yours now and they all seem valid. One thing I haven’t found is a detailed way of opening and running an Etsy shop. This image generation part is all good but I feel it’s the easy part and it’s not nearly enough to land you 20k/month, you need to understand Etsy business and SEO and actually sell, so it will help you credibility a lot if you did that and have a video doing it.

[@foxxycleopatra615]

If you search Etsy business and or Etsy SEO you will find plenty of YTers who walk you through the process very well

[@literallykevin]

Sweet lord. Just chiming in here... Great vid... Use artboards and a template. Create a blank project with an art board in each aspect ratio you need. Save as template. Then open template and add your pic to each artboards. Upscale and resize. Export all artboards as files. Batch exporting will save so much more time. And we know time is money.

[@flowstateofmind]

Good news: I bet there is even a way to link the artboards so you only have to fill in the image and it will fill in all the artboards. Bad news: I have no idea how

[@literallykevin]

@@flowstateofmind hahaha. You could create an action that did it for you. But that's too extensive to list here. But it's basically place the item, hit record... Do all the steps once. Stop record. Rename action. Call it a day.

[@shanik130kingkhansk]

@@literallykevin hey man i would appreciate some help with this could you somehow contact me please?

[@peterwatson2540]

@ 10:49, In Etsy do you have to upload your image as a pdf or can you use a word doc with your imbedded link to your files?

[@cunegondefrenegonde]

Many thanks for this video, great tutorial ! But I was wondering : don't we need to upgrade the design's quality before using it for our creations ? I mean even after Midjourney's upgrading tool

[@MonirulMiah7]

I'm pretty sure you do. I am looking for an answer to this issue. I don't want to list an item that's 18x24 for example, and then it end up being poor quality for the customer. If anyone knows the best way to do this, please let me know x

[@rekensha7945]

Gigapixel Ai does a great job but it's $99

[@Squilfinator]

@@rekensha7945 $99 with an expected return (not guaranteed) of 10s of thousands a month is a decent investment. But you have to know how to make the sales. My guess is this business will be profitable for only a short time until people realize they can just get any image they want from Midjourney and other future AIs.

[@ShereeBurlington]

Good question. I think the standard upscale is 1024 square, but I found no reference to the dpi. I use Gigapixel Ai. It's better with faces than with my abstract art, but it's better than not being able to use the image at all.

[@markusw.8978]

Thx for the video! Would you recommend separate shops for different genres (like animals, antic oil paintings etc.)?

[@dough4770]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I haven’t made any sales yet. But I’m already creating art and setting up the store. I’m excited for another income stream!!!!

[@bamwu9233]

great idea yet again. the one thing i'm left wondering about is the last thing you mentioned... physical prints. what's that process look like? is it a print-on-demand/drop-ship type of thing?

[@bean2875]

10:24 After purchasing the print, the customer can click on the hyperlink which will take them to the Google drive folder with the images. The customer can then download the images and print them

[@lhunaut]

@@marc5738 yes I am wondering why too

[@Chrima]

What settings are you using for listing details (handmade) and production partners? Nobody making these AI Etsy videos discloses this and it's a major factor in not getting a shop suspended.

[@jennifersoliz3826]

So you use the ar 2:3 command for all designs and then create the different size prints for download in Photopea (eg 8x10, 11x14)? What are the other aspect rations for then like 3:4 4:5 etc?

[@TheShortybabs]

Insane video. thank you ! Generally very good content, working on implementing your ideas to my own sidehustle!

[@hristohristov1761]

Hi @Alek, awesome video! How would you execute transforming the digital print into a physical one ? Thank you!

[@RagingBrohemoth4]

Use drop shipping (your own website with their manufacturer, but you have to advertise and do customer support) or print OnDemand websites (their website and manufacturer, you just make the digital art or whatever it is you're selling). I think print OnDemand is a great place to start until you have a strong understanding and foundation to start your own website for more profit per sale (excluding whatever you pay for advertising).

[@rekensha7945]

Sublimation is a good one

[@justinmoll7080]

Question for you, what decided the specific sizes you picked for digital? And how does it translate to the suppliers from printify? The suppliers I've looked through for posters seem to not support most of these sizes, but the canvas suppliers do. Any input would be appreciated.

[@bether2game797]

This is a great question I hope he looks at this!

[@bburdick]

Ditto. This is the one part of his plan here that has me scratching my head

[@lhunaut]

yeah... I've been working on this for a while... seems to be hard to get it right. especially using midjourney, the best dimentions you get using V4 is 1664x2432 pixels... from that it's very hard to transform the image into something bigger. Then using photopea it's best will be 1442x2132... not sure when customer will print that out it will fit the quality, I guess we have to print by ourselves in real to be sure... maybe even buy something from another shop to verify how they are sizing them. Another issue, I guess is the link in the PDF, this doesn't really look professional... I don't know what you guys think about it. I've been trying this technique for 3 days, no miracle yet, but I'm keeping trying and will see. anyway the idea is a good one, and nice for sharing.

[@tayongbih1057]

Alex, I like your teaching style

[@darwinblankenship7011]

Great videos Alex! Probably a silly question. You show the frame sizes and then the photo sizes next to them. Are these supposed to be read straight across? Would I create a 5x7 photo for an 8 x 10 frame? Thanks.

[@SerenGordon]

You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, Meanwhile some people are putting just $20k in a meme coin for just 2 months and now they are multimillionaire. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life.....??

[@Marina_lam]

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[@Nicholas-Richardson]

How does one knows a genuine and reliable account mànager this days.

[@_Carlos_872]

@youtube.com341 Interesting, that's alot of profit you got there, I have a lump sum doing absolutely nothing in my bank account, i wanna get something started with it.

[@joshuapatel163]

I wanted to start investing as well, Is it safe to start now, or should I wait until the end of this possible correction

[@Simoncharles991]

Do you trade by yourself?🤨

[@samstockwell3935]

Is there a quality issue if you just scale up with photopea? How does that picture actually look on an 8x10? Great video, super helpful!

[@clipartbundles]

I was thinking the same. You're essentially stretching the image and pixellating it unless the original image is 8 x 10 itself.

[@kylesivak]

Thanks for the amazing video!! Would you recommend any substitutes for figma? maybe something without a monthly membership?

[@curiousmind6472]

Wow, you’re amazing. Thank you so much for the inspiration 🙏🔥

[@niclasmenze548]

Are you actually using this method? Or are you just trying to get us to use your affiliate links?

[@FRESHY_GG]

While its nice that you explained everything in detail, but so does every other youtuber who makes these types of videos. What I would want to see that nobody ever shows is actually making money from that same shop you created. Show your first sales, how long it took, what type of SEO you had to do, did you pay for ads on etsy etc. Its easy to follow this, create a shop and publish the listings, but actually getting your product seen and even getting the first sale is a far far different thing as the market is very very competitive and theres hundreds of these shops that do the exact same thing. Show me how you take this exact shop to making 834 USD a day, otherwise its just a clickbait

[@alekSheffy]

I have an entire series doing basically this

[@andrewjones_fitness]

@@alekSheffy for Etsy prints?

[@digidope]

@@andrewjones_fitness They are all millioners who do videos just for fun.

[@boris495]

It's obv a clickbait dude, how do you expect that thousands of people are going to do this and everyone is gonna get a lot money xD

[@darshan4443]

@@alekSheffy Attach a photo of your own shop with sales.

[@katherinesheers5085]

Wow, I can’t believe how much value you gave in this video, thank you 🙏🏼

[@delhodge569]

What’s going on man! Happy to have come across your KZbin accidentally. I had a question about exporting digital art off of photopea. I was wonder if after the cropped dimensions have been completed and I go to export as, should I save everything as is or do I put the correct dimensions in inches?

[@antreaslouca6270]

do you suggest that we open separate shop on etsy one for digital downloads and the other for canvas and posters or put them all in a single one

[@Redleef607]

Would like to know this as well

[@ds-works]

Nice idea and might work in the future, but mid journey can only export max 2k res images so it’s not going to work if you wanna sell high quality large prints.

[@SouravLauren]

Thank you so much for sharing this

[@RobbInStPete]

You make fantastic, informative videos. Thank you so much. What I was wondering is.... should you have a seperate Etsy store just for your digital prints? Another for Mugs and Stickers?

[@alekSheffy]

Thanks! Yeah, I like the idea of separating at least digital and physical products

[@marcmcdermott4742]

Thanks, @Alek. Great ideas. Question. Who's the target customer on Etsy buying the digital art? People looking to resell as physical products? Or just individuals for personal use? Just curious. Thanks!

[@alekSheffy]

People looking to print them out themselves 👍

[@BlakePSmith-kc2jy]

@@alekSheffy Do they print them at home or need to go to a store to print for the bigger sizes? If so, Where should you recommend the customer to go? an art store or a larger chain like Fedex or Office Max? (By the way great video, thanks!)

[@vadimkozlov3228]

Thanks for these ideas. just what im looking for. I love AI and art.

[@Rosieinreallife]

I can’t believe it, amazing. Thank you for sharing this ideas

[@johnmcmahon-kk5de]

Thanks @Alek - this is great info. Quick question, when exporting your jpeg out of Photopea, do you set the quality at 100%? Photopea defaults to 71%, which I suspect is not enough quality for a digital print file. But 100% makes a huge file? Is the right amount 90%? I look forward to your thoughts/comments. Thanks @Alek!

[@cha1868]

funny- i am at the point you were 3 months ago and as surprised about exporting to a jpg as opposed to a png (which maintains the original quality). i plan to export to 100% to maintain as much quality as possible and will see how it goes.

[@257joker]

@@cha1868any update on doing it that way?

[@superlisesuper]

Hi - wouldn't scaling it up reduce the resolution? Even if we make it 300 DPI, it will look pixelated when printed anyway?

[@ToddRafferty]

Yeah, thank you, I was wondering the same and I'm pretty sure you can't just increase DPI like this.

[@TyarsEssentials]

Love this business model. How do you feel about Spoonflower? Thank you for all of the helpful information.

[@francescocontino7668]

Hi Alek, I watched most of your Video and they are all great! Thank you for this. I wanted to ask if will the in detail tutorial for the 7 AI business ideas will come soon / :)

[@Ileanapros]

Hey Alek, thanks for putting in the time for a video. Would love to see how it’s going in real-time for your shop, have you setup digital downloads yet? If so, would love to see bts, like how you did with the customized merch. Things don’t always go as planned, would love to see how problems get solved. Best!!

[@alekSheffy]

Thanks for the idea!

[@comeforaride]

@@alekSheffy you missed the step of upscaling. By stretching the small 1500 PX image to 4x size it will be blurry when they print. You need to upscale to get a 4800+ PX image and then crop it down. It will be a better user experience due to print quality.

[@sashamikirtoumov3691]

@@comeforaride I was going to say. I feel like for each of his videos he leaves out a crucial bit. Midjourney images are not as high quality.

[@comeforaride]

@@sashamikirtoumov3691 exactly. You need to know your stuff.

[@kino8858]

@@comeforaride what upscaler would you use if you have a website or something you can recommend? Thanks in advance

[@neural_canvas]

@Alek should I crop the image by the Art/Photo size aspect ratio chart and not the Final frame size chart? Or should I do both? Thanks!

[@Leibbi88]

Yeah, this one is confusting me as well

[@dalciomarcal4244]

Hey @Alek, same doubt here! Help us out, pleeaaase! Thanks

[@saqqarawright]

Hey you're only supposed to crop the image by the Art/Photo size aspect ratio. The Final Frame Size is just there to show you what sized frame goes with a particular photo size. For example, according to his chart an 8" x 10" frame pairs well with a 5" x 7" photo. I hope this helps!

[@Leibbi88]

@@saqqarawright Yes it does!

[@zahirnaseem5319]

Great video Alek

[@krawuz954]

Why would you chose jpg to export the images? By choosing it you loose quality for datasize.... It really hurts to see

[@ProdipDeb19]

Very informative. However, just want to get cleared on the physical aspect of selling them as physical prints. Can you explain it in brief how to sell the physical prints?

[@tashamews1673]

Through a print on demand platform like Printify or Printful.

[@krazimitzi]

Thanks for the video! Just a question, the maximum resolution Midjourney can produce, even with upscaling, is 1664px x 1664px. How would you turn this image into a digital print for wall art? The biggest size it could be printed at an excellent quality would probably be under 15cm, max 30 cm but that would be stretching it. Small wall art?

[@mavrozkofee3906]

I thought the resizing with photopea would also multiply the pixels. If not you need to use a tool to multiply the pixels of the picture

[@comeforaride]

Upscale it then crop. He missed that step. Look online for ai upscale there are paid and free services. You want to be over the 300dpi rather than under. 300 is the bare minimum. If you do large prints, you need to have something like 24,000 PX by 36,000 (say a tapestry or wallpaper or blanket)

[@pritam7277]

Eres bella

[@waynelast1685]

love your content man

[@viper007e]

Great video but I'm confused with the Aspect Ratio, Do you go with the Frame size or just the Photo size. Your Palm Trees are named as Frame size but are they actually just the photo size to fit that size frame?

[@louquine]

There are a number of shops almost identical to North Prints on Etsy, including one I spotted that was a year older. Some have a decent amount of sales, some not, but none of the ones I looked at had that amount of sales, and in such a short time frame. It makes you wonder what the more successful shops do differently to the others to get ahead. NP's owner does seem to be very active on social media though.

[@comeforaride]

SEO, driving external traffic, use of sales and ads strategically. You don't list it and they will come. You list, drive traffic to get momentum. If new shop, you give free coupons to get reviews going. Set it as part of your promotional budget. Build relationships. Use email marketing

[@TheHeartShow]

@@tom-no0k That’s why everything on video looks so good. Sad truth is people will quit before they see a sale

[@flickwtchr]

@@comeforaride Finally, a sane and useful comment.

[@maddydog1234]

There has to be a space after your prompt and then the aspect ratio --ar 2:3. I can't tell you how long it took me to figure this out :) Also only version 3 of Midjourney allows different aspect ratios, version 4 will only do squares from my understanding. you can "/settings " to change to version 3

[@katiedunkel483]

You are an amazing person! THANK YOU

[@MrFredd38]

I think v4 allows 2:3 and 3:2, but no other ratio

[@khazana24]

Ah thank you for this - you rock!

[@SolutionsWithin]

Thank you for the info. I have a question if you don't mind. People are saying this arena is too saturated. Have you been having any success at it?

[@jrl9319]

Version 5 now allows aspect ratio soo this video's info is still very valid

[@HunterHero80]

hello, i want to try this method. can you tell me, if i should small with 10 designs or should i go big ? what will be the better start ?

[@a.b.5418]

@alek why do you prefer adobe? Can you use canva to do what you are mentioning? I would assume yes, but i think in another video you mentioned it doesn't work as well. Would you share a bit more about that pls. Thanks!

[@frankchesterlifestyle3033]

Interesting video. A quick question. What about driving traffic to your Etsy store? Can you recommend any good methods?

[@flowcsgo804]

Audi is normal car driving

[@asiameowingtons]

You can pay to run ads

[@lottie2525]

Great video Alek. I'm confused about the download work you did though. I've seen other creators explaining they just create a a zipfile with the designs along with an explanation document about how to print them and that's the file that they upload to Etsy and Etsy does all the rest regarding customer downloads. Why do you go into the more complicated route of having a Google Drive download link - is there some advantage to this? Thanks

[@xmeygan]

Wanted to ask this too, I've never seen this method before. I thought the zip file was standard practice. Also a download link on a pdf makes it look kind of suspicious

[@molamolalaaa2968]

I wonder if he didn’t know what he was doing and was just making videos for views

[@toptennismerch]

Thanks for an awesome video. For folks wanting to use Public Domain instead of AI art, how could we create size variations (if at all) like you did in Photopea? Often Public Domain images have random dimensions! 😂

[@nati-is7jh]

Thank you very much!

[@zoneyx6710]

With aspect ratios what ones should we use... final frame size or art/photo size?

[@sasu13]

Im also interested in this

[@jrich5682]

I believe you would be interested in the Art/Photo size column as that is what you are generating for the customer - who will then need to go find a corresponding frame from the other column... but maybe im misunderstanding myself.

[@MS-uz4ix]

One additional thought, even though Alek shows potential revenue streams in each of his examples, I would like to see what he believes net net revenue or actual profit is of running one of these stores is after all expenses are taken into account.I know he points out "before Etsy fees and ads" in his commentary. Just would like to see a bottom line number. Best Guess anyway.. Thanks for the great content!

[@TeaBurn]

I magine all those service fees to use some of those programs (minus the free ones of course), plus marketing money spent on ads (because otherwise your shop will just be lost in the sea of countless other shops), would all add up pretty quick and cut into your net income.

[@rustkhan]

❤ love the video dude. Great job 🎊 🎉

[@techeclipse]

I noticed most succesful shops offer Art in different Aspect Ratios like 2:3 3:4 4:5 , do you think we will be at a disadvantage offering 5x7 8x10 11x14 16x20 20x30 22x32 versus offering different ascpect ratios including A1 and so on? Would love to hear back from you, thanks

[@ioanai1103]

Awesome video! One question though, why use Google drive and not upload the files directly on Etsy?

[@yeahyeahdoodle804]

Maybe the file size is too big?

[@MS-uz4ix]

Just curious, the example used in the video using mid journey produces a 2:3 ratio. Following his steps and reorienting the sizes (Photopea) to match the other print size doesn't always yield the same result. Sometimes the crop is too tight or extends beyond the picture. How does one get around that since Midjopurney does not reproduce the same picture for varying aspect ratios?

[@Tylerjms7]

Mid journey can actually do different aspect ratios now. Check out the options for v4 of mid journey

[@samanthahew6805]

yes same here. 5x7 , 20x30 works fine. but 8x10, 11x14 changes the images size.

[@jrl9319]

@@samanthahew6805 did you forget to click fixed ratio?

[@ChouaibKADIRI]

Great video full of *_good tips_* 👍you've just got a new subscriber

[@rusty9503]

Hey quick question, when using photopea the crop settings give me way different crops, how come? I did everything else while setting up photopea just as u did.

[@chenzhao1071]

Great tutorial! One question though, how do you prevent the Google Drive link simply getting shared by one buyer to many potential buyers?

[@lifewithnyx9979]

or whats worse, whats to stop one buyer from getting the link getting the downloads , and reselling those on the same site! ... i think if anyone wants to REALLY play it safe physical goods are the best safe way to do this...

[@sentry8992]

@@lifewithnyx9979 Exactly. Who would buy a digital file of artwork that they themselves have to find a way to print out? I think ETSY sellers are shipping out the physical prints.

[@lifewithnyx9979]

@@sentry8992 you may be right !

[@ambientsounds3705]

Instead of using a Google drive link, you can zip the files which should greatly reduce the file size so that it can be uploaded to Etsy or wherever you're selling.

[@flickwtchr]

@@sentry8992 Oh sure, all of the examples of successful digital download shops are all FAKE, right?