$4600 Profit For The Month Of October Merch By Amazon
About this video
In an October results update, the creator reports his Merch by Amazon performance and early Etsy expansion. He claims 1,093 shirts sold in October for $4,670 in profit, about $4.27 per shirt, down from September’s 1,219 shirts and about $4,000+ profit mentioned for comparison, and says a recent payout looked short ($4,200 paid vs. about $4,800 expected), with some customers reporting cancelled shirts. His Halloween shirt sold 34 times for $115 profit, while three evergreen shirts carried the month — the top seller sold 64 times and was still selling the day of recording. He says he has raised uploads straight to $16.99 instead of starting at $11.99 and raising later, has 4,350+ live shirts with 21 rejections and 25 still processing, and believes Amazon was throttling visibility in mid-to-late October, with some weekend days dropping to 13 shirts. He has outsourced research, with a researcher preparing November evergreen links and briefs for designers. On Etsy, after about a month and two weeks, he claims 1,666 visitors, 23 orders, and $774.92 in revenue, including one large multi-shirt order day of $298 revenue, and his first coffee mug sale — a shirt design repurposed onto an 18oz mug — as he targets over $1,000 Etsy profit the following month.
Key takeaways
- Creator claims October Merch by Amazon results of 1,093 shirts sold and $4,670 profit, averaging $4.27 per shirt
- Evergreen designs outperformed seasonal: the Halloween shirt did 34 sales / $115 profit, while the top evergreen shirt sold 64 times
- Pricing change: new uploads go straight to $16.99 rather than starting at $11.99 and bumping the price later
- Creator attributes slower late-October days to Amazon throttling / processing delays, reporting 25 shirts still processing and a payout short of expectations
- Etsy expansion claimed 1,666 visitors, 23 orders, and $774.92 revenue in about six weeks, including repurposing a shirt design onto a coffee mug that sold
Episode details: published November 2, 2017 · 8:01 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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