5 Low Competition Print on Demand Niches Most Sellers Overlook (2026)

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R.J. Martinez — who says he has sold over 125,000 products and made over $400,000 in royalties — shares five low-competition print-on-demand niches based on listings he found selling on Amazon, giving the search-result count and an Ideogram AI prompt idea for each. First is a Mardi Gras capybara design (168 results), which he estimates could do $50 to $100 a month, noting the example was listed December 19, 2025 and already had a sale ahead of the February event. Second is a bowling heart / bowling lover design (313 results), framed as evergreen as well as Valentine’s Day-relevant, with the same heart concept extendable to football, basketball, soccer or hockey. Third is an axolotl that ‘reads a lot’ / ‘reads a latte’ book-lover design (183 results, 4.4 out of five stars and 17 ratings on one example), which he says sells as a cute gift even without a holiday angle. Fourth is ‘Hawaii Cruise 2026 — making memories for a lifetime’ (462 results, $14.99 on the example), extendable to other cruises, destinations and family/birthday/anniversary variants. Fifth is a Mardi Gras pelican / Louisiana design (181 results). Throughout he reads BSR drops as evidence of sales and urges picking one niche, making five to ten simple designs, validating with a quick search, and getting listings live. He also promotes his Top Research Design Vault, saying it holds over 1,700 niches, pushing over 1,800, with 20 new niche ideas weekly.

Key takeaways

• Target trending animals tied to an upcoming event, e.g. a Mardi Gras capybara (168 results) ahead of February, rather than saturated generic funny-shirt searches
• A heart-plus-sport design like bowling heart (313 results) can work evergreen and for Valentine’s Day, and can be adapted across football, basketball, soccer and hockey
• Cute-animal reading designs — the axolotl ‘reads a lot’ example had 183 results — sell as gifts even with no holiday tie-in
• Cruise designs such as ‘Hawaii Cruise 2026’ (462 results) can be extended to other destinations and to father/son, mom/daughter, birthday and anniversary variants
• Validate with BSR movement and low result counts, then act: pick one niche, create five to ten simple designs, and publish instead of just saving the video

Episode details: published February 1, 2026 · 11:52 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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