5 Funny & Trending T-Shirt Niches to Sell Right Now (Low Competition POD Ideas)

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The creator, who reports doing print on demand for over eight years and selling over $400,000 in royalties all time, shares five funny, giftable, low-competition niches for summer across Merch by Amazon, Etsy and Redbubble. His system: check Amazon and Etsy autocomplete for what buyers type, check bestseller rank (top shirts under 500K indicate buying), cross-check the trend on Google and Redbubble, validate low-competition keywords with his research tool, then use ready-made AI prompts in Ideogram to go from concept to upload quickly. Niche one is ‘booked for the summer’ reading shirts for bookworms, with sun, sunglasses, coffee and drink elements filling the design space, consistently selling since its first sale in early May per the sales history shown. Two is ‘so long pre-K, it’s been fun — look out kindergarten, here I come,’ a preschool graduation shirt (dinosaur with backpack and sunglasses) bought by parents and grandparents, also selling consistently since mid-May. Three is a patriotic hound dog / 4th of July American-flag design, first sold the previous year and recurring around Memorial Day and July 4th; he suggests branching into other breeds. Four is a Parisian Eiffel Tower with cherry blossom design, presented as a new trend selling consistently since mid-May, where a small detail like cherry blossom differentiates it. Five is the ‘can I pet that dog’ bear meme aimed at hikers and animal lovers, selling since April. He closes by pitching his research vault — described as $10 a month for 20 low-competition niches with AI prompts, keywords and slogan angles — and recaps the five ideas.

Key takeaways

• Research system: autocomplete on Amazon/Etsy, BSR check, cross-platform trend check on Google/Redbubble, then low-competition keyword validation
• Use Ideogram AI prompts matched to each validated niche to move from concept to upload in minutes
• Seasonal/event angles highlighted: summer reading, pre-K graduation, and patriotic dog shirts for Memorial Day / 4th of July
• Small differentiating details (e.g. cherry blossom with the Eiffel Tower) and breed variations can extend a proven concept
• Consistent recent sales velocity on a new design is treated as the signal that a trend is worth uploading to

Episode details: published May 28, 2025 · 11:57 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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