5 Low Competition Print On Demand Niches You Need to Know 2025

About this video

RJ Martinez argues sellers get no traction mainly because their niche is too crowded — competing against everyone in inspirational quotes, pet lovers, and sarcastic humor — and presents five researched low-competition niches. First, capybara crossed with activities and hobbies: a deadlifting capybara design whose search shows 114 results, first sold on December 12 at the end of last year, and has sold consistently since, with variants such as capybara eating sushi or pizza or playing video games. Second, hiking motivation around the phrase ’the best view comes after the hardest climb,’ with 924 results and a featured design that first sold on February 3, 2025 and kept selling. Third, cute ballerina axolotl designs, with 221 results; one design made its first sale six days before filming and five sales within those six days. Fourth, alien samurai in a vintage Japanese style for anime and UFO fans, with 745 results and a featured design priced at $16.99 that sold strongly in December. Fifth, a cool Easter bunny face wearing sunglasses and a backward cap, with over a hundred bought in the past month and a first sale on March 11 ahead of Easter. Throughout he reads all-time sales and BSR movement as demand signals, advises remixing a trending character into new activities rather than copying, and cautions that competition also signals sales, so the goal is balance.

Key takeaways

• Diagnose zero traction as a niche problem first: oversaturated niches like inspirational quotes and sarcastic humor bury good designs
• Cross a trending character into new activities — the deadlifting capybara search had only 114 results yet the featured design sold consistently since its December 12 first sale
• Validate with all-time sales history, not just listings: the ballerina axolotl design sold five times in its first six days, and the hiking phrase design kept selling after a February 3, 2025 first sale
• Use small result counts as the low-competition signal (114, 221, 745, and 924 results across his examples) paired with BSR movement showing real demand
• Ride seasonal timing early — the sunglasses bunny design passed a hundred bought in the past month after a March 11 first sale, ahead of Easter — but do not fear competition entirely, since it also indicates sales

Episode details: published April 6, 2025 · 10:40 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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