10 Reasons Why You Should Sell Merch On Redbubble | How To Make Money With Redbubble

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RJ Martinez, who says he has sold on Redbubble for over three years, gives reasons to sell merch there. He explains print on demand: you upload a design, Redbubble prints and ships when a customer buys, you collect a royalty, with no inventory or customer service and a free account. He stresses simple designs sell — the creator claims he makes consistent sales from two- or three-letter words and simple text — and that sellers can work to their strengths, whether drawing, text designs, or funny sayings, in a niche store or a general store. Uploading one design makes it available on many products (t-shirts, caps, phone cases, pillows, totes, shower curtains, mugs, journals, clocks, aprons, buttons and more) with tools to resize, center, position and pattern it, and he urges checking each product makes sense. He shows sales, which he presents as worldwide (Germany, France, US, UK, Australia among them), and discusses pricing: the creator claims he uses a 55% markup generally and 200% on stickers after starting by testing 15%, 25% and 30%, claims a single product can earn a $15-$20 royalty, and claims two or three such sales a day can total $50-$100. He also covers Redbubble’s partner program for designing for big brands under their guidelines — examples shown include Johnny Bravo, Jaws and Back to the Future, on a list he notes was updated December 6, 2021 — the Redbubble blog for tagging, promotion and seller tips, and adding a Google Analytics ID to track traffic and demand.

Key takeaways

• Redbubble is presented as free to join with no inventory or customer service: upload a design, Redbubble prints and ships on purchase, and the seller collects a royalty.
• Simple text-based designs can sell; play to your strength — drawing, simple text, or humor — rather than assuming you must be an artist.
• One upload can be placed on many product types, but each product should be resized, positioned and checked individually.
• The creator claims his pricing sweet spot is a 55% markup, and 200% on stickers, after testing lower markups first.
• Use Redbubble’s partner program (only within each brand’s guidelines), its blog, and Google Analytics tracking to find demand and create more of what is selling.

Episode details: published December 13, 2021 · 16:36 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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