$4600 Profit March 2018 | Merch By Amazon | Etsy | Redbubble | Spreadshirt | Teespring | Cafepress

About this video

Monthly update documenting his print-on-demand journey toward a goal of averaging $10,000 a month with Merch by Amazon. He says he is about 10-11 months in, works with a good illustrator/designer and an uploader on his team, and stresses that a good team member should understand ideas and return strong designs without needing to be taught design. He claims he sold 1,009 shirts on Merch in March for estimated royalties of $4,650.51, beating the prior month by about $400. His top St. Patrick’s Day shirt started at $12.99, and after the first sale he raised the price to $19.99; he now plans for Cinco de Mayo to price against the competition instead of jumping straight to the top price. He says he has over 700 live designs across Redbubble, Spreadshirt, CafePress, Teespring and Etsy, with a goal of over 5,000 live designs by the end of the year. He reports averaging about a sale a day on Redbubble, a few sales on Spreadshirt, no sales on CafePress, one sale on Teespring, and continued sales/profit on Etsy where he had 35 orders, though after ad and uploader costs his Etsy profit was much smaller than gross.

Key takeaways

• Creator claims 1,009 Merch shirts sold in March for estimated royalties of $4,650.51, still short of his $10,000/month goal
• Pricing test: start a holiday shirt at $12.99, raise to $19.99 after the first sale — next time he will price in line with competitors instead
• Scale by volume across platforms: over 700 live designs, targeting over 5,000 by year-end
• Build a team — a designer who understands an idea and returns strong work, plus an uploader, so he is not doing everything alone
• Diversify platforms but track net profit: Etsy gross was reduced by ad spend and uploader pay, CafePress had zero sales, and Teespring had one

Episode details: published April 5, 2018 · 12:34 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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