$4200 Profit February 2018 | Merch By Amazon | Etsy

About this video

The creator gives his February results update for Merch by Amazon and Etsy, attributing the numbers to his own accounts. After refreshing his dashboard he reports 921 shirts sold on Merch by Amazon in the 28 days of February for $4,237.75, short of his 1,000-shirt goal, plus 44 orders on Etsy, which he estimates at about $300 or $400 in profit and says he did not charge shipping on, pricing items at $19.95. His top seller was a Valentine’s Day shirt with 108 shirts sold, followed by an evergreen shirt with 60 sales that month. He explains his pricing tactic: start a design at $12.99 and, after the first sale, bump it to $19.99 — a strategy he says has worked since he started. February was slow and some evergreen shirts were still unranked from throttling, he says, and he fired his uploader after she skipped long-sleeve and sweatshirt variants as too time-consuming, which he says cost St. Patrick’s Day sales; he resumed uploading himself and hired two new people to make designs. His stated goal is $10k a month averaged over three months in a row.

Key takeaways

• Creator’s claimed February Merch by Amazon result: 921 shirts sold for $4,237.75 in 28 days, plus 44 Etsy orders
• Pricing tactic described: launch at $12.99, then raise to $19.99 after the first sale
• Top sellers that month per the creator: a Valentine’s Day shirt at 108 sales and an evergreen shirt at 60 sales
• Operational lesson: an uploader skipping long-sleeve and sweatshirt variants cost sales — the creator fired her, resumed uploading himself, and hired two new design staff
• Creator’s stated target is $10k a month for three months in a row; he also promotes a Patreon group at $10 a month for his research and workflow

Episode details: published March 16, 2018 · 9:50 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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