Do you HATE REDBUBBLE? 10 Alternatives

[@LaughHubTV]

At first I thought this was just a normal update to optimize their system. But then I realized that my account with 700 sales and 5k likes is classified as standard. I contacted to many Redbubble artists. And the truth is that all high-selling successful artists are classified as standard. Even accounts with 2 designs are premium. You did not hear wrong. Redbubble steals money by making standard accounts of all its high-paying artists. They are stupid enough to think that this disgrace goes unnoticed. Today is the day that Redbubble was declared a fraudulent company. I invite everyone to announce this on all their social media accounts. They must pay for this disgrace.

[@chickenfist1554]

I've been saying this but people don't believe me.

[@kinimon6136]

I believe you're right. I started RB a few months ago, made one sale, got premium. I believe it's because they figured I'm not going to make money. My guess is, if I ever do, then I would be placed in standard.

[@FJ-Channel]

same so standard account will need pay more account fees ? my account to classified as standard account. I make RB account since 2 years+ ago and I got the account fees this month. its almost 50% of my earnings :(((

[@forattentionpress491]

This is BRILLIANT, thank you soooooo much. I can't take down my RB shop as I've invested so much time and work, but they have yet again taken down three of my designs for the same (unfounded) reason as last time. Wouldn't mind the extra fees if they used the $$$ to hire human beings who can tell a *real* copyright infringement! of which there are so MANY.

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

Teepublic has brought in the fees too and Society 6 as well.

[@eszemaszeszed]

Teepublic IS OWNED BY REDBUBBLE. also, they close up shops but keep selling the designs, without compensating the creator. BEWARE.

[@goodvibeschoen]

They r scams!!! Both!!!

[@CloudZKJ]

Thanks, just finished up a lot of designs and was going to go with RedBubble till I heard about their shady practices. I was recommended Teepublic by other people but now I'm seeing they also just announced two levels and fees, btw they're absolute scumbags for ripping off artists and stealing their work!

[@starlightidoru]

Oh gods, are they selling my arts while they teared down my accounts at the very start?! It gets always worst here.

[@hansbonnevier5022]

Hi Stax! I have left Redbubble and Teepublic as I consider them to be scammers without consideration of sellers and buyers. Redbubble produces poor quality, I have had customers who complained about quality and it became an embarrassing customer relationship. I was kicked out of both RB and TB without being told why. So unprofessional. If the cause had been specified I could have corrected my mistakes but I suspect it does not matter what I say. RB deleted me the day before payout in April. They took my money and it seems as they needed it...I am thinking of having my own website from now on. Have a nice day Stax and keep up the good work! I am looking forward to more of your videos. Greetings from Sweden and Thailand.

[@zenwatercooler]

That is so awful, I am sorry to hear this! I do agree that if you have the time, energy and dedication, having your own website is a great option. Plus you can have an ongoing relationship with your customers (because you can actually see who is buying what). I wish you luck my friend!

[@tribzman3977]

@justagirl4663 I strongly feel there's no such thiongs as 'truye' passive income with POD, because even though you're nor dealing with customers on some platforms, you're still spending time, effort nd energy having to design, upload write descriptions, tag keywords, draw people in from social media sites, always keeping an eye out for latest trends and what's on the horizon, and the list goes on and on. That to me, is NOT 'passive income', not like renting out a house on AirBnb, and even that involves some amount of work.

[@aaronyoung8716]

merch on demand is still safe if they allow you on the platform that is.

[@johnecoles3]

FYI TeePublic is owned by RedBubble

[@tina17mb]

​@@gailalli8086The fees aren't really any better for non artisans. 25% for full price shirts and 50% for discount shirts which is most sales as always discounts. Fortunately I'm artisan too though.

[@Karen.c.h]

And now charges fees

[@RayCunningham]

Teepublic just announced two levels and fees. You get only $1 now for a shirt sold at sale prices.

[@TheCrypticShadow]

This isn't shocking. Teepublic and Redbubble are sister companies.

[@thestitchingspace]

I was fortunately put in the premium tier at Redbubble, but I'm still gradually adding my designs to a few other similar stores. The downside is the time it takes, but I happen to have a lot of spare time right now, so I can do it. It's taking FOREVER, though! 🤣

[@artraftpro]

What store?

[@MrSmithOriginal]

They already reduced artist margins once with a fee increase causing me to adjust prices about a year ago and the day I received this same email 4/19/23 about two hours later right after an upload my account gets suspended/banned with no explanation. It was my third year and I had just over 4000 designs and sold as many items as I did the first two years combined that third year and was steadily growing but then the algorithm ( I assume ) suspended my account for unknown reasons and after an appeal there isn't much I can do to get it reinstated so I will never see a return on all my hard work not to mention the time it will take to scrub my social media and videos of any Redbubble links or content. What a nightmare. Anyway, thanks for the video and I will never be supporting Redbubble again.

[@allaganqueen]

FYI Cricut and Silhouette are different brands of cutting machines. Silhouette makes the Cameo. Cricut makes the Explore and Maker.

[@alittleofsomething]

Etsy has insane fees too, but its own traffic. I would go there only if you already have an active following.

[@HarveyFoFi]

So far in Teepublic, Redbubble, & society6, none of my T shirts show up in the search. I am checking on a nich that has very low competition, but nothing shows up.

[@thestitchingspace]

I don't know Teepublic or society6 well yet, but when searching on Redbubble are you using the exact search term you put in tags? You should be able to find your stuff, but best to use long tail tags - easier to find.

[@HarveyFoFi]

@@thestitchingspace yeah, I use exact tag search. I will try long tail tags. That sounds like a great idea. thanks you.

[@goodvibeschoen]

Red bubble and teepubli r a scam….

[@dariusz.kaminski]

@@HarveyFoFi at beginning you have shadow ban on Teepublic and you must write to them and convice them to change it.

[@JasonHauser125]

I just got into this trade but it sounds like from the comments that I need to stay away from RB and Teepublic. I have a storefront and designs on Teepublic, but would it be advisable to just close that up? I don't know what to do.

[@MarniD9esigns]

Having just said I've sold more designs, RB has yet AGAIN erroneously banned me for those very designs, saying it's copyright infringement when they did this to me last year then apologised and reinstated me for THE SAME DESIGN, involving the city of Wrexham which apparently Ryan Reynolds now owns... NOT... I didn't do Wrexham FC, either, which *would* be copyright infringement. I wish there were a way to boycott them for these draconian practices, esp. with all the REAL copyright infringing designs they leave up

[@alexcurtis4580]

Tee public just sent out their fee email out.... 😑

[@top5Am]

Redbubble suspended my account, then they are selling my designs by someone else’s name. Does this happen to anyone? what do i do now?

[@BELINDASPIRIT]

I believe another KZbinr has covered this topic!! Not sure, but I think it was Detour Shirts!!

[@bazz1376]

Hey Mr Cooler, RedBubble, RedBubble RedBubble!!!! I had been working with one of my custom clients for a deal which included 15 hoodies and a mass of t's, so you can guess when he ordered them, Yep! 2nd May, go figure... it's a bit of a stretch for my client to shift to Zazzle at short notice, Oh well a sale is a sale Another great vid, thanks

[@aaronyoung8716]

Also Mey that I follow on here closed her redbubble account about a year ago and said she would never open a new account againhowever she wanted to see if she opened a new account up that she would get into premium tier just to see what happened she uploaded 7 designs and I think she said on the 6 or 7th day here account was premium. She did this to test redbubble maybe everyone should close there account up and upload a new one to see what happens. But she also stated she followed the rules she did everything on the application before she uploaded any designs now her designs are good but not the best as she says she uploaded slowly on the platform. It took her about 3 days before she did her 5 designs and still the shop was not up. then on the 6-7 day uploaded 2 more and was classified premium. She did no marketing whatsoever as well.

[@silvanodequadros666]

Criei um anúncio tornei ele público mais não consigo localizar meu anúncio fasso a pesquisa com o titulo do meu anúncio e pelas tags e não aparece na loja ,oque tenho que fazer para localizar meu produto?

[@norwaynicole]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@livingworkingoutsidebox]

Well done. Great options. Thanks. Have you made a video of how to manage all these options as running a multiple income stream business?

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

Teepublic and Society have now followed suit and brought in the fees too.

[@jameehale6099]

Oh my gosh I think I have to get the cat books. I definitely have a sweary cat! 😂 Thanks for the great tips btw 🙏

[@effortcivilengineersinteri3784]

im just looking for a alternative with no investmests(cuz im broke so..)

[@zenwatercooler]

That's a tough spot to be in. Redbubble, Merch by Amazon and Teepublic are all free (except for the time and energy of course). My personal favorite of the three is still Redbubble for ease of use, but each have their own positives!

[@effortcivilengineersinteri3784]

@@zenwatercooler it's true. In the end i decided to stick to redbubble. Because it's process is clear and fun at times. I left it untouched for 2 years after working on it for 6 months. I gave up. But i opened the site recently just to find that i made 20$! And sold 13 things! I decided to continue and grow my audience this time^^

[@HadixaKabir]

I wanna ask is withkoji a good idea for selling your digital products

[@realghoststories1210]

Teepublic and Awkward Styles have also rolled out the tier system.

[@ParagyTV]

is starting redbubble worth it? Spreadshirt is kinda dead already

[@ThouDailyBlab]

Thanks for posting, hugely informative and some great ideas..

[@anthonyxcool]

They are telling me rubbish about copyright violation on products I've designed my self I might jump ship teespring.

[@dbeststuff777]

So helpful, thank you

[@rhinoman1984]

Basically, after RB takes out fees and surcharges you're left with 3 cents for every sale you make.

[@magdacronje2222]

Tee-Public closed my account after a couple of days,no idea why...

[@KWHCoaster]

Funny, never heard of Redbubble before today and now my KZbin pages are full of RB vids.

[@rockyweed5496]

Mobile number verification problem 😞

[@emmagriffiths1543]

Same!! They haven’t fixed it and when I messaged them they said there’s no work around haha

[@aaronyoung8716]

Zazzle is safe for now no tier system but don't hold your breathe if the big boys are doing it the small kids will follow.

[@newbie3135]

Thanks for sharing

[@zinnie6420]

The 3D print stuff is cool, but is it legal to sell those things? Or is 3D printing some IP grey area in the world of ecommerce?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes that is a great question. My understanding as a regular schmoe who occasionally makes hobby stuff is that Marvel/DC don't really care about action figure customs, accessories, swords, shields, dioramas, etc. (because they don't make those items themselves). But things like t-shirts and coffee mugs, they DO care about those because they infringe on their already-existing products. So I agree, it might be technically illegal to make a He-Man custom sword and sell it as a "He-Man" sword (because He-Man is owned by Mattel), but I've never seen Mattel, Marvel or DC ever say that they care about the hobby custom stuff.

[@zinnie6420]

​@@zenwatercooler Thanks for the feed back, Zen. Sounds awesome! I want a 3D printer mainly so I can make custom Lego pieces for myself, but its always good to think about ways to monetize different things we get a kick out of. I guess at the moment, this type of hustle is in a similar commercial territory as Marvel/DC tattoos or cake designs: being that it's not something that is meant for a mass production operation (yet), so the big guns probably don't consider it a threat. I wonder what the world of ecommerce will look like if things like AI, 3D printing, the metaverse and the like become the convention. I bet you'll be on top of it. Well, here's to the Brave New Future, Zen!

[@selam7555]

They closed my account after 1 month's of job editing. I am so sad.

[@HondaImpossible]

Thank you!

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

Was acting like a big Redbubble fan sold nearly 500 then they did this now I HATE them and I hate Teepublic even more. Between the two of them I made over $3000 but those days are gone.

[@denicase9444]

My comment concerning Society 6 has disappeared!???

[@zenwatercooler]

Not from me - I don't delete comments unless they are obvious spam or hate speech.

[@denicase9444]

@@zenwatercooler Thank you for reply. Good to know. It might have been my error thinking I’d posted the comment but really I’d deleted it myself or something. 😄

[@Tenitorito]

thanks a lot 4 this video man!!

[@fanmchekosmetik]

The best part would have been where we can see our customers email, I regret signing up with Redbubble.

[@petCareAndTraining]

Thank you zen

[@mickjayplays]

New Rock an ancient brand. Generally punk rock and goth stuff...like what Hot Topic started out as. They're a traditional seller, not PoD.

[@MrMick560]

They don't have any respect for artists, I was with them around 5 years, built up around 400 followers and had just started getting some decent sales when they suspended me, I never copied or made any copywrite artwork, I believe the suspension was because of a purge where thousands of artists were just thrown away to save on server costs.

[@GMANGaming209]

This was a good video

[@SameerPrehistorica]

0:04 😄

[@aaronyoung8716]

Teepublic introduced a new tier level almost the same as redbubble so maybe stay away from teepublic as well.

[@DianaGascon]

RedBubble owns TeePublic

[@omnymisa]

There are people out there stealing graphics like every day because they want to cut a much pro the designers as possible.

[@felixthecat9347]

hey Redbubble starting a print-on-demand company and making a list of what to do. Signing up with you is in the DO NOT DO!

[@homestudio6196]

New Teepublic update was emailed out today. New changes similar to RB are coming

[@aaronyoung8716]

Society6 will have a new tier system I think starting in the summer they are the first ones to start this crap.

[@BELINDASPIRIT]

Ummmm....nope, RB was, others followed!!! Personally I believe it started due to Copyright infringements in other areas, such as, Canva!! If you don't protect your creators but allow others to blatantly rip off your creators....pretty obvious what is going to happen!!!

[@Empowered_University]

I will be moving to launchcart, time to move

[@asherpoke4837]

tee public just added tiers

[@goodvibeschoen]

Btw Teepublic belongs to red bubble…red flag!!!

[@amine_hr]

Yess ahate RB . They banned my account today

[@productivitybydesign9368]

Teepublic announced same structure no surprise

[@tribzman3977]

It's not 'exactly' the same structure, as there ARE differences that interestingly aren't as harsh as RB's, but have tinges of RB's

[@cosmicfxx]

They all going to be doing this cause they want to start using Ai ... so make it that artists leave and then they have an excuse .. all corps are going this way ... same as Skillshare etc

[@taki7546]

The dude who uploaded this video makes and sells their ai „art“. Ironic isn’t it

[@PhillipLemmon]

Teepublic is a no go Cuz they are owned by Redbubble and they have implemented the same crap there!

[@happygiftideas1095]

Heads up Teepublic is owned by Redbubble!!!

[@ch3l1k1]

Interested. Today Teepublic have a upgrade.

[@bestawesome-o9l]

Teepublic is owned by Redbuble!!!! avoid it

[@Shubol3D]

The list of PODs is really just a list. Not a word about fees, commissions...nothing... not even basic info. It is a clickbait useless for making decisions. I didn't watch further.

[@ariescustom]

Teepublic are owned by Redbubble. Just sayin'.

[@dsd2918]

The red bubble is now a big trash. Also Tee Public is also one of them now.

[@Topan9099]

first

[@JohnVijlbrief]

Etsy is terrible....

[@CaroFERRO]

I got an email from teepublic... they are doing something kind of similar.. 2 tiers: artisan and apprentice... both are going to be charged, for artisan for every 4 dolars of profits they will take 2$ ( 50%) and apprentice, for every 3 dollars they will take 1 dollar, so 33.33% very disappointing 😕 😞 😕 🙄 😕 🙄 😕

[@pauladdison6331]

Redbubble and teepublic are a waste of time.

[@anasofiapongart]

Muchas gracias, cerré mi cuenta de redbubble, estoy probando además en fine art american y en saatchi art, podrías hacer un video de como tener una cuenta en instagram para promocionar productos?

[@Shopgirl2000]

Hey Zen, Can I find you anywhere else, like on Instagram or Twitter? How could I contact you?

[@zenwatercooler]

Hi! I have a Facebook page (Zen Watercooler) and email [e-mail]. I will do my best to help!