5 FREE Time Saving Websites Every Print On Demand Seller Should Know About In 2023

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Martinez shares five websites he uses to save time in print on demand. First, a reverse image search site (he uploads a bird-in-a-cage design and it reports no matches across billions of images): he uses it to vet outsourced designers, saying he has fired hires who passed off stolen internet graphics as their own, and he re-checks every new design until he trusts the designer. Second, wordmark.it, where typing a word or phrase (he uses ‘New Years’) previews it in many fonts to cure font indecision. Third, a web-based photo editor (the name is garbled in the transcript), which he turned to when his computer froze running Photoshop; it imports from Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Drive, has preloaded fonts you can add your own to, and exports a transparent PNG suitable for Merch by Amazon. Fourth, Google Trends: he uses trending topics and related queries for niche ideas, and searches holidays like Valentine’s Day over five years to time design work — get designs up before the seasonal spike so they rank as sales velocity builds. Fifth, merchresearch.com (which he says forwards to a Merch Informer Amazon listings page), a free tool that filters Merch by Amazon products on Amazon; combined with sorting by newest arrivals and BSR-showing Chrome extensions, he spots niches with sales (an inflation Christmas sweater, ‘chicken mama’) — while stressing you should create your own phrase, never copy a selling design, and always check trademarks and copyright. He closes claiming, in an end-screen pitch, to have sold over $250,000 in royalties all time with Merch by Amazon.

Key takeaways

• Run reverse image searches on outsourced designs before trusting a designer — stolen graphics are his stated reason for firing hires
• wordmark.it previews your word or phrase in many fonts at once to pick a design font faster
• A web-based editor can replace Photoshop on a weak computer and export transparent PNGs for Merch by Amazon
• Use Google Trends seasonal curves to publish designs before a holiday spike, not after it starts
• Use Merch research tools and BSR data to find proven niches, but write your own phrase and check trademarks — never copy sellers

Episode details: published December 16, 2022 · 15:01 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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