WANT TO BE AN ARTISAN? TeePublic Categories Explained 2023...Changes for Print on Demand

All questions answered about TeePublic's recent update and the 2 categories. Artisan & Apprentice.
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[@presssanchita]

I started uploading my designs @TeePublic just 3 days ago and got the mail about getting into Artisan category. I didn't even know that there are two categories in TeePublic earlier 😊

[@DetourShirts]

Wow! Congratulations

[@WhimsicalWildlife11]

How many designs have you uploaded to teepublic since 3 days of opening your store?

[@samoz6865]

I've been on Teepublic since January 2021. I have 300+ designs, 6 albums, custom banner, and I'm lodged permanently at 'Apprentice'. I say permanently because a few days ago I emailed Teepublic, and asked about why my designs still don't appear in search, and why I'm rated an 'Apprentice'. The reply I got was blunt and rude. I was told my designs will NEVER appear in search, and to NEVER contact them again to have my store reviewed for a tier change. I've decided to stop uploading, like I have with Redbubble. I see no point in continuing since nothing I design will ever be good enough. Time to take the 'L'.

[@DetourShirts]

Well just because TeePublic and RedBubble don't work doesn't mean nothing will. I'm going to make a video of 20 more places you can create designs for..... I hope to have it out soon.

[@annette3966]

I received the same email. I couldn't believe how badly they treated me. They make money from my designs!

[@samoz6865]

@@annette3966 I make sells too. It's a miracle anyone finds me. I'm also my own worst critic, so I look at all the promoted, curated designs, and I don't see any that are better or worse than mine. Just different. My designs don't resemble TP's definition of Apprentice. I don't spam clip art. That's easy. I don't even want to think about how many hours I've spent doing designs over the last 2 1/2 years.

[@raulpacheco7488]

What platforms are you using now?

[@annette3966]

@@samoz6865 Same with me. I don't use clip art. All of my designs are hand drawn from my own ideas. There are other POD companies where you can sell your art.

[@MrBaltic]

I do not believe they check every store in person and somehow decide if you are worthy or not. Everything is automated with arbitrary settings. The first time they sent the letters, it was said I was an artisan, then I see that I was given the apprentice. I asked them to re-review my store, and a few minutes later, I received an email saying, 'We checked your store, and your designs are not what people want.' Yeah... 'checked' as if anyone would believe that. I do not use any automation; every design is different, and I don't scale anything. I don't have thousands of designs or use clip art. Maybe my designs are not the best artistic masterpieces, but they sell. I have a few best sellers, but the vast majority of designs have been sold at least once. On average I was making about $60 a month. But, yes, people who buy my designs don't know what they want. Also, the example they give of how artisans and apprentice shops look like is completely and utterly dishonest.

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for sharing.... yeah... I'm not exactly sure how they know "what the audience wants" or how they automate that.... I'm even taking a look at some of my stuff too.

[@ISpearfishing]

same happened to me... got the artisan letter but from 1st of june my 2 year account with 1500+ sales demoted to apprentice and all my designs are no longer searchable in marketplace

[@-jiyuujin-]

@@ISpearfishing Same. This seems to have happened to countless artists...

[@poppasdeals]

@@ISpearfishing same here

[@anilbadola5252]

​@@ISpearfishing same happened to me. what to do now?

[@travel1012]

Hi juna , my designs were showing in search before the categories changes. Now im apprentice and my designs were removed. Should i deleted my old dedigns and create more original arts or delete the store and start over with a new account?

[@DetourShirts]

I wouldn't delete a whole store especially if you already have sales.... just add new stuff to your store, possibly remove designs that haven't sold that you think are NOT what TeePublic is looking for... that's what I would do anyway

[@travel1012]

@Detour Shirts thanks alot for the response

[@happybunny1329]

If you look at the earnings for Art Prints, the earnings are exactly the same for Artisan and Apprentice. And the margins for Art Prints are way higher than for the other products, so Apprentices can still make good profits if they focus on selling art prints. I wonder if this is a deliberate move by TP to try to re-focus the core sales base away from tees and into art prints?

[@DetourShirts]

Good eye... I didn't see that... thanks for sharing

[@shouryashukla1170]

@happybunny1329 How can we make sales through an apprentice category? Have been stuck in the category for a month now.

[@BradThomte]

I had originally received the email stating that I would be at the Artisan level. When my June sales rolled in, they were at the Apprentice level. Even though my "You made a Sale" email stated that I was getting Artisan commission. I emailed Teepublic and was told I had been lowered in level, the email was a bug, and that there was no chance for a review to go back up. And now I find out from you (not Teepublic) that my designs are no longer searchable. I went to the site and, sure enough, it's like my store doesn't even exist.

[@BrunoCoutinho92]

Same thing with me. For me TeePublic is over. It will only be good for those who are Artisan.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... I wish they would have explained it in the FAQs at least.... one of the the big reasons why we join POD sites is for the free organic traffic and if that is not happening then it really doesn't help that much. If we were really good at driving traffic we would have our own store.

[@poppasdeals]

Same thing with me. plus i havent heard from them.

[@sharonalicea7998]

There’s no explanation (a real one) anywhere.

[@fadlitaweh3851]

I just register teepublic account and upload 7 artwork yesterday. After 12hours uploading I got promoted to Artisan automatically.

[@DetourShirts]

Wow! Congratulations... keep it going

[@tranphuong3178]

can you show me the steps you did with your tpl account?

[@mostibm]

Please would like to ask you, do you have to contact them for your designs to be shown in the site search?

[@gailalli8086]

I was sent an artisan badge several years ago so I thought I was good to go....until the tiers came out and I was labeled as Apprentice. I reached out to them and included a picture of the artisan badge I received. They claimed it wasn’t the same and that my designs were deemed unworthy of being Artisan because they felt no one would buy them, despite the fact that I have made consistent sales on there since I joined! They are so insulting in the way they describe the tiers like apprentice are unworthy of their platform. Give me a break! If you are making sales, obviously there is a market for your designs and I don’t out junk up there or tag spam or any of that. And now they want to take half of my earnings along with the rest they already take....nope...I won’t be uploading to their platform any longer. I am sop tired of getting screwed by the entire Redbubble/Teepublic corporation. They are liars and thieves. Take down all the copyright infringing designs on your platforms and you would have a lot less server space to pay for! Easy solution. It they won’t do it because they make tons of money of breaking the law!

[@DetourShirts]

Thank you for your comment and I'm sorry this is happening to you. I hope you can find a better place for you to sell your designs.

[@gailalli8086]

@@DetourShirts thanks Juna. I do pretty well on Merch so I guess I need to put all of my focus on there. I hate not diversifying but this nonsense is ridiculous.

[@annette3966]

Same thing happened to me, except for the artisan badge part. I sell there and create my own art. I've seen copycat versions of several of my designs. Teepublic was so rude to me when I contacted them. I'll be deleting my account.

[@RaAyla369]

I opened my teepublic account recently and I noticed the majority of popular designs are about stuff and people you would not be allowed on merch by Amazon. I was surprised they allowed all of that.

[@UpikNawangsih]

how can it sell if our design doesn't appear on teepublic searches.some people say it can still sold even though the design never show up.

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah... it does make it harder.... got to try getting into the artisan category I guess

[@mamkim]

Yes that is frustrating that how people can see our design and how can we get selling

[@yacineasmi6909]

I sold 3 shirts with my apprentice account, I don't know how? It's 4th of July tshirt

[@ZeeRAJGaming]

Can you link Teepublic with KZbin Studio Shop?

[@DetourShirts]

I don't think so... but I haven't really looked into it. I have my Shopify store on it and I think you can only have one at a time.

[@adv.hetaljoshi1616]

Thank you so much Sir… I made my 1st sale on TeePublic

[@DetourShirts]

Yay!! Congratulations

[@adv.hetaljoshi1616]

@@DetourShirts Sir How to connect PayPal with TeePublic ?? Amount is not shown in PayPal

[@GoharGraphics]

Hey Juna! How we can switch the account category in the existing account when our new designs not showing in search result and don't get sales on new designs?

[@DetourShirts]

You will have to keep making design that TeePublic likes and their audience wants to buy and then TeePublic will change your category from Apprentice to Artisan

[@ItsMe-xp2gb]

@@DetourShirts My account is being changed to apprentice today. None of my designs show up in search anymore. Is there a way to appeal to teepublic?

[@yacineasmi6909]

I have an apprentice account I contacted the Teepublic support and they say my designs will never appear on search, even though I got 3 sales from 2 tshirts how is that possible? How the customers found my designs I can't found them my self??

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... crazy stuff.... I have stuff that I can't find in search but have sales too... not sure what is going on

[@80kats1]

I have a stupid question. Why I have to put shipping aadress. I am not the one who ise doing shippings.

[@DetourShirts]

I think it's just for TeePublic

[@Imagi-lnkCreations]

If my images show up on my storefront, does that mean they are now available to the public?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes

[@nelzelpher40]

Here's what I think is really going on at Teepublic with the whole unfair account categorization thing based on some info I pulled up from the message they sent me, stuff on their website, social media pages, artist complaints, 3rd party review sites & sites like similarweb. Time to face the hard truth. In most cases, their store categorization process appears to be randomly assigned similar to redbubble. You can have some really awesome designs but still be stuck with being handed the apprentice category. It's mostly based on the luck of the draw. No one actually 'examines' your account when you request for a review. If this was actually done for every single request or complaint, there would be serious backlogs that would take weeks to clear similar to the design review process at Spreadshirt UK. This 'work' at TP is supposedly done by a bunch of overworked & underpaid low level employees whose primary job is to clear the huge backlog of messages, NOT to make things right or please you. They are simply given a set of generic cut & paste reply templates that are blindly sent out to 99% of requests without even looking at your designs or store. No reason given for any rejections because as mentioned, they don't even look at your store/designs as this will take time and 'actual work'. Congrats to the small number of lucky folks who managed to get their artisan accounts but for the rest of us, I think it's probably time to be moving on to greener pastures.

[@DetourShirts]

So interesting.... thanks for sharing

[@ambienceentertainmentprodu7905]

Hello everyone, I have an important question to address. As an artist who uploads designs on online marketplaces such as Redbubble or Teepublic, I'm curious about the assurance of receiving accurate payment. In other words, how can you ensure that you are fairly compensated for your work? For example, if the marketplace claims that you sold 20 t-shirts this month, is there a way to confirm that the actual number of sales isn't higher than that?

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... I had that thought too.... there is no real way of knowing for sure. we just have to take their word for it.

[@happybunny1329]

Registered companies have to go through an auditing process, usually once a year, as part of their annual financial cycle. This is a legal requirement. The auditor conducts an independent financial assessment and goes through all the company's books with a fine-tooth comb. If any irregularities are found, the company ends up in very hot water. The company has to make literally all documentation available to the auditor during their assessment, so the activity you describe would be picked up in the annual audit. Large companies can be trusted to report the correct sales figures and earnings to you. If they found there was a mistake in the calculations, they would make the correction and send any monies owed to you automatically without you having to ask for it. It would not be in the company's interest to try and fiddle anyone, because they have a legal requirement to report all their financials.

[@ambienceentertainmentprodu7905]

@@DetourShirts As an artist, you are faced with a significant decision. You can either continue selling on these marketplaces and hope that they will accurately compensate you for the precise number of sales, or you can opt to sell on platforms like Etsy, eBay, or similar alternatives. However, in the latter case, you would need to handle additional customer service responsibilities. Nonetheless, this alternative guarantees that you will receive the exact amount of money for each confirmed sale. What are your thoughts on this matter?

[@deepachaudhary7463]

How can i change my account category from apprentice to artisan? Somebody help

[@DetourShirts]

Create designs that people on TeePublic want to buy

[@deannatonn8570]

This is really helpful. Just got the message that I was changed to artisian and I'm brand new. Think its my specific topic. I do have some duplicates for design purposes and color choices but will make sure those are limited just in case it becomes too much. I only have 11 designs out but again my choice is already a very small niche...so maybe that helped...not sure.

[@DetourShirts]

Glad it was helpful! Good luck to you

[@HabibUrrehman-w2g9t]

How you become artist any tip

[@HillbillyWho]

My wife was put as an apprentice account without any uploaded designs. What to do for that?

[@DetourShirts]

That's where most start... Just keep uploading good designs that people want to buy and that should change eventually

[@wendyon4517]

I joined after the tier change. After a month I just got a mail saying that I've been shifted to Artisan. So my designs will be searchable now and I have a chance to sell.

[@DetourShirts]

Nice... good for you

[@wendyon4517]

@@DetourShirts Saying so you can tell people that TeePublic is actually looking at new accounts at least. It took about a month. I have only 40 designs up but I think they are all solid and representative of the quality I'll post.

[@thenjchannel75]

So How apprentice category Designers gonna get a sell if the design doesn’t show on search?

[@DetourShirts]

Marketing

[@Newmexicobirds]

Thank you for your reply, unfortunately I'm unable to post a response under the comment you left so I'm leaving it here. The thing is in their email to me they said they would never reevaluate my profile, so what is the point of me continuing to try if they're saying I will always be in The Apprentice basically?

[@DetourShirts]

Well I don't think that's true... I've heard many people go from apprentice to artisan...yes it is discouraging but it takes time

[@polterglitched]

I'm confused I got an email saying I'm Apprentice but I checked and I'm Artisan. Should I be worried they're going to change me to apprentice? I'm new to the website 😅

[@DetourShirts]

I would write them back and see what happened.... sometimes it can change

[@ricricswert9090]

I just started teepublic and uploaded 20 designs. After 4 days I recieved an email that my account was put into artisan .

[@DetourShirts]

Yes! Congratulations... thanks for sharing

[@ashleymacabrequeendunlap881]

Thank you for explaining. It's kinda frustrating as all my designs are original, yet some how I got apprentice after only 4 designs were uploaded. Oh well I gave tee public a go. I'll upload more designs and see if it updates but if not I'll close and just stick with my sticker designs I sell on my own website.

[@DetourShirts]

It's not just about originality.... it's about creating something the TeePublic audience will like

[@runorokpako2707]

Any updates?

[@MayankKumar-so3sg]

Please share update brother...it will help me, i am also in your situation 🙏

[@satriyonugroho4326]

Can the apprentice category change to become an artisan? then how?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes by creating designs that people want to buy

[@sharonalicea7998]

@@DetourShirtsthat is a freaking general answer. My shirts are political satire and they even have a section just for it! I call bull

[@halazidan9174]

Can the category be really modified?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... TeePublic checks on stores regularly but you can also email them if you think you added enough good designs that it would change your category

[@mamuntuhin289]

Hi Juna, Hope you are well, can i upload t-shirt design by canva to teepublic? Teepublic has a condition 150 dpi, but canva has no choice any dpi. Please answer. Thanks.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... I've done it before

[@Newmexicobirds]

so I have a question, I signed up for teepublic not too long ago, I'm new at this. I am trying to create unique designs. I simply sent teepublic a question asking if my store was set up correctly, they responded telling me that I will not show up in search results, and they will not discuss search results ever again (my account wont be revisited by them later), basically, I'm paraphrasing, I'm not saying it exactly the way they said it. but I felt like I was punched in the gut. like they were telling me I'm a big loser and I might as well give it up! Does this mean I have no chance of reaching the artisan category? Should I not waste my time putting new designs? I only post like one shirt a day.

[@DetourShirts]

You won't show up in search as an apprentice... You can move to the artisan category but you will need to create (and sell) design that people want to buy. That could take a while. Keep adding designs and test it out for 3-6 months and see how you do.

[@OnlyVehicles]

Now I am in apprentice category... my designs will not show up in search?

[@DetourShirts]

That's what TeePublic is saying

[@satya-di3co]

If it will not show up, it doesn't matter how good you make your design, people never gonna find it, what the frick

[@sand10k_93]

Can an account that is already an Apprentice become an artisan?

[@DetourShirts]

Yes... it takes time and takes creating designs that the TeePublic audience likes

[@sand10k_93]

@@DetourShirts oke thanks

[@abdulhaseeb410]

I have been on TP for a while. I'm their affiliate as well. I'm categorised as apprentice which according to their condition is correct cause as I understand anyone like me or anyone else who is just uploading about every niche and does not have a targeted store with a specific theme will be apprentice. BUT the problem is my sales have DIED. Like I used to get pretty good sales. So I checked and none of my designs are discoverable anymore. I emailed them about it and they gave me that bot reply which they send to people who's designs will not be discoverable. Although, I am still getting sales, like very very low sales, but they come. I don't get it what's happening. I have now emailed the affiliate time about it let's see. I mean its one thing to get categorised as apprentice but why all of a sudden my designs are invisible

[@DetourShirts]

Yup... they are giving priority to Artisan designs and not showing Apprentice designs in search

[@abdulhaseeb410]

Hey Juna, just wanted to update on this. Maybe you can also discuss in your next video about it. Like I mentioned that I'm an affiliate as well so I emailed my affiliate manager that teepublic assigned you, right? She got back to me and updated my category to Artisan. 😊 Really happy about it

[@annette3966]

After reading your comment, I'm now wondering if not having a targeted store is why I got categorized as apprentice. I do sell there, but I have a variety of design themes. I was shocked that I got categorized as apprentice.

[@abdulhaseeb410]

@@annette3966 i got upgraded to artisan. But only after i emailed the affiliate team. I think because I'm an affiliate that's why they upgraded me back to artisan. But I'm still not getting any sales. They've changed some things idk

[@MADETOMATCH1]

This information is really useful, thank you for sharing that , but I have a question. I've had my store on Teepublic for a while, unfortunately I'm in APPRENTICE categories , but the problem is my address is not verifying because my country is not listed unlike the other POD platforms .... What should I do ? can I let it not verify and still earn ?? Or should I use something like VPN and use a country that already exists ?

[@DetourShirts]

Wow... great question, unfortunately I don't know the answer to that one, I never had to worry about that issue... maybe you can ask it in my Facebook group. I have international sellers there who may know the answer.

[@MADETOMATCH1]

@@DetourShirts thank you

[@benty1207]

Hi Juna! Thank you for the video! I started my TeePublic account four months ago and have uploaded 55 designs so far. Unfortunately I'm still on "Apprentice" and I'm afraid it might be because I uploaded my German designs first (I'm from Germany). Should I delete them or leave them and just not upload any more German designs? There are 13 of them in my account (out of 55 in total). Thank you in advance for your reply.

[@DetourShirts]

I don't think it's the German designs... What TeePublic is looking for is that you are creating designs that people want to buy. They need to look like tshirt designs.

[@SapphireShades]

Sir , I received 22.75$ in this month on Teepublic. It's my first payment. I have to add Payoneer account but where? There is no options to add details of Payoneer. 😢 What to do?

[@DetourShirts]

There should be something on your My Accounts page (Account Settings)

[@SapphireShades]

@@DetourShirts There is showing only two options like PAYPAL and Payoneer. I clicked Payoneer then they said to write email of Payoneer. I wrote it. But there is no more ahead to write Payoneer details 🤔

[@Vichallan3895]

I often upload two black and white based designs. Could this be a rating problem?

[@DetourShirts]

I don't think so... but I'm not TeePublic

[@shahar26]

So If I want to sell only text-based design, what should I go for?. Can I still sell my products in Teepublic?. 😢

[@DetourShirts]

Text based designs do sell but they are big sellers on most POD site...... Maybe Etsy?

[@denicase9444]

If brand new people are automatically Apprentice, then no one will see their designs for ages, surely?

[@DetourShirts]

Brand new people are not automatically Apprentice... TeePublic looks at the designs and decides what category they go in.

[@patriciareyes1108]

@@DetourShirts They classified me as apprentice when I had not even uploaded my designs .

[@satya-di3co]

​@@patriciareyes1108me too, this is so messed up i don't know what to do

[@mnmg]

I started as apprentice and after uploading 4 pixel artworks, I was promoted to artisan. I didn't even notice it at first (i got an email but it wasn't marked as important). It's really strange because my products are basically a single design with three variants (so 4 in total).. I didn't even have a cover art on my storefront yet.. I also tweeted the designs, so maybe the link clicks helped. But I really think the ones who review the stores are looking for consistent art styles that are appealing to them and would sell. Let me also share that I have an RB account that is premium with inconsistent art styles. My last upload there was in 2017. But there are 2 designs that always make a sale every year.

[@andersdroid]

@@DetourShirtsI was given the apprentice category before any of my designs were uploaded. Because of that I decided not to upload my designs since it would be an exercise in futility.

[@walaipanwachadech7550]

I dont understand Teepublic that hide products that can serch keyword and hide shop too , keytag not mean at all

[@DetourShirts]

Agreed

[@JayLangly]

Juna- I have some College Football Posters (SEC teams, originals, Logos and marks based on school iconography- Not directly used) that I made -- Illustrator- which are scalable as we all know. Where can I sell them or should I print and ship out from home? The college I made them for does not offer a crafters license. thanks in advance at your convenience- -J

[@DetourShirts]

That's very tricky.... I feel like I wouldn't know where to sell those without getting into potential trouble.... I usually stay away from stuff like that so I'm not sure how to help on this one....sorry

[@JayLangly]

@@DetourShirts understood. Thanks lots.

[@brookd007]

I've only been on about 3 months and have profited a whole $2 but I'm an Artisan. 🤷‍♀️

[@DetourShirts]

Keep adding more and design more things that the audience is looking for.

[@belajarinternet7134]

My shop was catagorized as apprentice. Analytics shows my store getting organic and TP paid traffic. TP still want money from apprentice store.

[@DetourShirts]

Yes they do.... In fact they are taking more money from apprentice stores

[@-jiyuujin-]

I feel like two categories is a bit unfair. Going from the examples they use, the Artisans post really good quality designs, and the Apprentices post...quite bland or even outright bad designs. But many many artists on TP, while not being Artisan level, post designs that are very obviously better than the example used for Apprentice account... So yeah, I'm not fond of the categorization.

[@DetourShirts]

True... they gave the extremes as examples so it's hard to judge the middle

[@meriemhassiba]

@@DetourShirts please i want to ti know how i faound trending nich in teepublic I made very large research but I don t know I think I am not a good way so please I want to make a real and also hiegh quality but in nich how people are interesting but I don t know the way for know the trending please answers and help me

[@annette3966]

Exactly! My artwork isn't anything like the apprentice example they showed. I don't repeat designs or use clip art. It's all hand drawn and I do sell there. I'll be deleting my account soon.

[@abdulhaseeb410]

Also, what did you get categorized in?

[@DetourShirts]

I'm in the Artisan category

[@alyssadiceflipper5201]

Last week I just posted on TP and found out how horrible the earnings are. Seems like the only way you can make good money is by selling thousands and that seems hard to reach. Its great for groups to sell some merch for not as much profit. More for getting their design out.

[@DetourShirts]

That is an interesting way to look at it...thanks for sharing

[@SapphireShades]

Apprentice will get 3$ on 1 sale. Am i correct?

[@DetourShirts]

That's right

[@thescribblemedia]

damn teepublic placed me on apprentice eventhough I drew and designed my own shirts

[@DetourShirts]

Aw man... I'm not sure how they are judging designs

[@jakemorden8544]

Well, that's bad thing. But those based text designs are selling like crazy on MBA and Etsy, so what's wrong with it, if people are buying them

[@DetourShirts]

Nothing wrong with it... just a different audience

[@-jiyuujin-]

Exactly! People have been buying and looking for those on TeePublic. I myself have sold loads of those. But now people won't be able to look for such designs anymore!

[@DEBKNIGHT47]

I have 0 sale on t public in 4 months after 250 designs and fact is i have seen related designs on t public in huge number i have no idea what kind of biasness they have

[@DetourShirts]

Making designs that people want to buy is the biggest factor.... but you could also try to get more traffic by sharing designs

[@gregrogers6886]

Hey Juno! How am I supposed to do market research if I can only have one design, guess? No thanks.

[@DetourShirts]

You can have way more than one design. What do you mean?

[@gregrogers6886]

@@DetourShirts Each one of my designs has four variations for market research reasons but all of my designs have a photo of Earth with different text sentiments, some positive, and some warnings. According to the site and what you have written, my work is all spam. I, of course, disagree.

[@24kdesign94]

How to become artist?

[@DetourShirts]

Great question.... keep practicing.... keep creating designs that people want to buy on TeePublic

[@eurossocial]

I wrote a comment here but KZbin is not showing it. Maybe thats because i wrote a Link to another video?

[@DetourShirts]

Good be... It usually filters out links

[@eurossocial]

@@DetourShirts yes probably. Thank you for the reply my friend. 😊👍🏼

[@_g4m3r_]

This is my experience applying for a store review to be Artisan. Short conclusion: Don't waste your time, you can't! So, I'm a semi-professional graphic artist and have created Redbubble and Teapublic stores since February 2022. A week ago I made some significant tweaks to my stores, removing designs that could be considered “spam” in order to apply for a review to be Artisan. Yesterday, I received the reply: “Thanks for reaching out! You are an apprentice because, after review, we determined that your designs are less likely to interest customers browsing the TeePublic Marketplace.” This is ridiculous! Why? Because before they present the new categories, I had some sales! My designs also are in one of the most popular niches, cats and dogs! And since they tag my store as Apprentice, I have zero sales. And it's pretty much dead because they won't show up in search results ever again. And the best part of the reply? “At this time, we do not have any further information to provide, nor will your storefront be considered for re-review.” So no chance of changing your designs, if you're Apprentice you're done, and you can do nothing about it. Sorry for the long text, I just wanted to inform other people and save them time.

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry to hear that... I hope you find a Print on Demand site that works better for you

[@asah7174]

​@@DetourShirts so what's the alternative sites beside RB & TP with the almost popular like them? As far as I knew RB is really popular & they paid so many their artists before their now problem with their artists.

[@curious-kat]

I moved my store from redbubble to teepublic on Sunday and was immediately approved as artisan. yesterday ( Thursday ) I made my first sale. I can only hope I’ll stay artisan. It seems people have experienced going from artisan to apprentice with no explanation from teepublic.

[@tonysoltez559]

So they limit all artists designs 😂. How can they say that your art is not art 😂. I just joined them and same issue. I am not going to bring traffic to there website. Technically we are the artist and they work for us by printing. We as artists dont need them to judge our artwork 😂. I am sticking with amazon, etsy, ebay, printify where consistency works perfect.

[@DetourShirts]

Yeah.... Their site their rules I guess..... but yeah art is subjective so it is a tough call

[@asah7174]

Bro do you know why at the first registering to amazon in the OTP code verification section there is an internal error? I can't get the OTP to verify my phone number so that I can't be accepted in Amazon.

[@Lucenator69]

l'm done with Teepublic, l've been on there for over 2 years, have over 700 designs (l think, haven't been on there since the new categorie crap) and they put me in the apprentice club. So the max l can make per sale is $1? why bother? They say you get $3 dollars regular sale, but there is litteraly all the time a sale on T-shirts, the day 1 sale ends the next begins.

[@DetourShirts]

That's true... there is a ton of sales on there... there is one going on right now

[@MONEYFREEDOM3030]

Jeez no wonder I get $1 per tshirt sale ....just awful if i only have 3-5 sales per month as being shadowed banned

[@DetourShirts]

Yup

[@OrlandoMergal]

The juice isn't worth the squeeze. I was there for a month, uploaded 148 designs and got out. Don't waste your time.

[@DetourShirts]

A month is not enough to test..... I would give it 6 months

[@OrlandoMergal]

@@DetourShirts Already closed it. The funny thing is that during that month I sent them two emails inquiring about my account category and they didn't answer either one. However, when I sent the email requesting the cancellation of my account they answered 15 minutes later. It seems like they are more diligent cancelling accounts than they are to serving their customers and vendors. Who wants to do business with an outfit like that?

[@eva_p]

OK I must admit my account has some scaled design on it, they aren't lazy text ones and have graphic elements but I have repeated them to a small scale with different but relevant wording. I am thinking I better go and remove the duplicate scaled designs before they review me. I'm luckily still Artisan but have a doomed feeling they will look at it and downgrade to apprentice.

[@DetourShirts]

I'm thinking of doing the same

[@sharonalicea7998]

If it’s based on design, there are a lot of designers that throw garbage. I mean, horrible stuff. And they are artisans.

[@DetourShirts]

Well.... you may be right. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's not always about how it looks but how it sells

[@inked6880]

Come up with your OWN original ideas. Do NOT copy someone else's design or phrase. Especially the phrase. Stop doing that. Eg. "just a girl who loves cats" then that phrase is used for every animal or job on earth, creating millions of boring and unoriginal designs. If you see someone has a unique phrase Do Not copy that, come up with your own. I definitely agree with the platform stopping that bs.

[@DetourShirts]

Yup.... may have worked before and it still works on Amazon and other places but TeePublic is letting us know they don't want that anymore

[@-jiyuujin-]

Those are great tips which I agree with but I assure you there are many artists who have been placed on apprentice even without copying others!

[@DetourShirts]

Oh... I do not doubt it.... They gave extreme example and it's hard to know what is in the middle

[@inked6880]

Was having a rant. When I choose a topic I will go and check to make sure I make something unique, only to scroll through pages of the same thing just tweaked in various ways and it's frustrating, imagine how a person looking to buy would find it.

[@eikibw]

I got banned immediately after making an account and upload 1 design. 😂

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry... that seems wrong... what did you upload?

[@eikibw]

@@DetourShirts just simple halloween themed design. I don't use any asset or copyright material.

[@shahar26]

But which designing tool did you use? Did you use graphics from some platform? ​@@eikibw

[@Invad3rDiz]

they put me in artisan

[@DetourShirts]

That's good... congratulations

[@Invad3rDiz]

@@DetourShirts ahh thanks.. 😇

[@poppasdeals]

My shop was catagorized as apprentice which I felt was unfair and incorrect for my content so I contacted them and havent heard back it impacted my sales drastically. So if any of you have been auto-lumped into apprentice unfairly too. would love to how u contacted them or what did u say for them to change it back

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks for your comment... I hope it help others too

[@IndigoDreamer78]

If you copy designs like you copy other peoples posts then I'm not surprised tbh

[@poppasdeals]

@@IndigoDreamer78 didnt mean to copy. u just articulated it better then me. and that's exactly what happened to me. all credits to u on the comment

[@ArtisticInteligence1]

Its..under..my..name...apprentice...over..200..designs..no..sales..yet..6month...seems...my..designs..are..bad..sigh

[@DetourShirts]

Sorry to hear that... maybe there's a chance to improve them?

[@Free_Syria]

First Comment . . . . . . Thanks Juna

[@DetourShirts]

Good job! Thanks for being first

[@ironcurtain5733]

omg....not TeePublic too

[@DetourShirts]

I know.... Times are changing

[@ironcurtain5733]

Unfortunately, companies are now exploiting artists for quick profit...but we must stand together to confront this

[@Adihadik]

ok

[@DetourShirts]

Thanks

[@moongmoong33]

did you promote teepublic on social media? like instagram or pinterest?

[@DetourShirts]

Sometimes but not very often.... I probably should do more

[@cruzintheraw]

... hate to say it... but the mass volume of POD gurus shouting about how easy POD is to make money... and the advice given to create one design and to just modify that same design over and over and then list and list has just flooded the market with 'quick-buck-artists'... This has clogged the POD market so much that a bag of drano can't unclog the volume of bad tshirt designs... Now it's back to good Ole competition... the way life is meant to be... let's go...

[@charleswarren2556]

Whoa -- looks like YOU'VE got a problem with -- dun, dun, daah-- 'good ole competition', even if it is, according to you, sub -par. If you are in a 'superior' position, then you really don't need to 'sweat it'! If, on the other hand, you are an antagonist -- NOT a realist -- then YOU KNOW YOU are in 'dire straits', so >> STFU!! 'nuf said, ALOHA 4 now...🤣🤪🙄😎

[@charleswarren2556]

yeah -- adapt, Improvise, OVERCOME!!#* 🙉🙈🙊

[@wendyon4517]

I just started with TeePublic. I'll agree if my account gets upgraded to Artisan (which I assume that you are). Otherwise, no matter how good my designs are there will be no competition.

[@DetourShirts]

I think you got it right.... the POD sites have to adjust to weed out the mass amount of designs created with no thought of the audiences

[@wendyon4517]

A month after joining I just got moved to Artisan so now I can compete.