5 Low Competition Print on Demand Niches That Are Actually Selling (2026)

About this video

The creator presents five low-competition niches he says he found by combining social media observation with Amazon and Etsy search, and for each one he shows the sales-rank evidence, the number of competing results, and a prompt idea viewers can feed into an AI image generator. Two come from the cruise niche: a ‘can’t keep calm, it’s my first cruise’ design, where he reads the dips in its recent sales-rank chart as repeated sales and notes roughly two hundred competing results, and a ‘just married honeymoon cruise’ design aimed at newlyweds, with a few hundred results. Next is an ‘official sleep shirt’ design featuring a sleepy capybara, which he calls evergreen and suitable for occasions like Valentine’s Day, while pointing out a flaw in one listing where part of the artwork disappears on a black shirt. The fourth is a corgi eating ramen, pairing a popular dog breed with a food theme, again with under two hundred results. The fifth is a black cat ‘judging you silently’ design, which the creator says logged hundreds of purchases in the past month despite over a thousand competing results, showing that simple sayings can still win in a crowded search. He demonstrates generating versions of each design in Ideogram, warns viewers to proofread AI output for text errors before printing, and promotes his research vault, which he claims now holds well over a thousand niches with new ones added weekly.

Key takeaways

• Find niche ideas by cross-checking social media trends against Amazon and Etsy search results and competing-result counts
• Read short-term sales-rank dips as evidence of ongoing sales velocity before committing to a niche
• Cruise occasions — first cruises, honeymoons, birthdays, anniversaries — offer many related angles from one proven theme
• Pairing a beloved animal with a simple activity or saying, like a corgi eating ramen or a silently judging cat, produces broadly appealing designs
• When using AI image generators for text-heavy designs, proofread every word and check the artwork on both light and dark shirts before listing

Episode details: published January 18, 2026 · 8:45 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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