$3700 Profit June | Merch By Amazon | Etsy | Redbubble | Spreadshirt | Teespring

About this video

In a June income recap filmed partly on the way to the gym, RJ Martinez reports his print-on-demand results across platforms. For Merch by Amazon he says he sold 1,126 shirts in June for royalties close to $3,600, passed 15,000 shirts sold all-time, and had two top shirts that each sold 49 times that month. He explains that the previous two months were slow, that he let go of designers who were not up to standard, and that focusing on higher-quality illustrated designs and on keywords improved rankings and sales. His pricing method: start shirts low at $12.99–$13.99, raise to $16.99 after the first sale, push proven illustrated designs to $19.99 and premium shirts to $21.99 — he describes one day where raising prices lifted royalties by about $60 while customers kept buying. He puts the keyword he wants to rank for at the very beginning of the title. He also describes testing Orbit Kit (about $100/month, he believes) to upload one design with its tags and description to multiple platforms at once: he reports over 1,500 designs uploaded, 62 sales on Spreadshirt, over 142 all-time sales on Redbubble (with monthly payouts around the 15th), and 15 sales on TeeSpring, while CafePress had produced no sales yet. His rationale is that reusing the same Merch designs on other platforms gets more eyes on them and lets those extra sales cover the design cost, with Q4 expected to be stronger; he is also starting Halloween and back-to-school designs.

Key takeaways

• He claims 1,126 Merch by Amazon shirts sold in June for close to $3,600 in royalties, with two shirts selling 49 copies each.
• Start prices low ($12.99–$13.99), then raise them after the first sale — proven designs went to $19.99 and premiums to $21.99 without stopping sales.
• Put the keyword you want to rank for at the very beginning of the product title.
• Repurpose the same designs across platforms with a tool like Orbit Kit: he reports 62 Spreadshirt sales, 142+ Redbubble sales, and 15 TeeSpring sales.
• Investing in better illustrated designs and dropping underperforming designers coincided with better rankings and sales.

Episode details: published July 9, 2018 · 13:19 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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