$15,000 In Royalties For June🤑 (Merch By Amazon Seller) | Make Money Merch by Amazon-Print on Demand

About this video

RJ Martinez interviews Jessie, a Merch by Amazon seller who shared in the Merch by Amazon Mastermind Facebook group that in June she sold over 3,000 products and, by her account, made over $15,000 in royalties. She says she started in e-commerce selling supplements via Amazon FBA, got a Merch account when approval was easier, and is now at tier 30k. She recalls starting in 2018 with one sale in March — her own shirt she bought herself — then about 27 sales the next month, partly from family purchases. She describes working 12-14 hour days during COVID lockdown to grow the business, now getting part-time help from her granddaughter with uploading and a retired friend who writes listings. Her favorite work is research and design; she researches mainly in the Amazon search bar and Etsy, has used Merch Informer for years, and was trying Neil’s Sales Samurai. She favors scalable designs — e.g., swapping an occupation to turn one concept into many designs — uses mostly simple text-based designs with small graphics made in Merch Designer (Photoshop only for more complicated work), focuses mainly on Amazon and Etsy after dabbling in Spreadshirt, Redbubble, TeePublic, Zazzle and others, and runs Amazon ads using Merch Jar, killing a keyword after spending roughly one shirt’s royalty without a sale.

Key takeaways

• Guest Jessie claims over 3,000 products sold and over $15,000 in royalties in June, after starting in 2018 with a single self-purchased sale
• Research primarily with the Amazon search bar and Etsy, supplemented by Merch Informer and Sales Samurai; do not fall in love with designs that do not sell
• Scale winning concepts by changing one element, such as the occupation, to create many variants from one design idea
• Mostly simple text-based designs can work: she primarily uses Merch Designer, plus clip art and fonts, hiring out drawing she cannot do herself
• For Amazon ads, she follows Cameron Scott / Merch Jar and kills a keyword once ad spend reaches about the royalty from one shirt sale without a sale

Episode details: published July 21, 2021 · 43:23 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.

← Previous: Amazon KDP Low Content Niche Research Ideas ( Pixel Pod Studio, Book Bolt, EZ Pub Profits) · Next: Top Print On Demand Niche Research Design Ideas 2021 #2 (Merch By Amazon & Redbubble Tutorial) →

All RJ Martinez videos · RJ Martinez profile · RJ Martinez on YouTube