5 Low Competition T-Shirt Ideas You Can Start Selling Today!

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RJ Martinez presents five low-competition t-shirt ideas found with Merch Informer, using ratings and BSR history — lower BSR and repeated drops indicating sales — to judge demand. First is ‘all food must go to the lab for testing’ with a Labrador, which he says could be scaled to other dog breeds; he cites 4.5 stars from 158 ratings and consistent selling over years, with extra strength near Christmas. Second is a Valentine’s Day octopus with heart balloons (4.6 stars, 33 ratings), a simple design he suggests making with AI and adapting to animals like a panda; although Valentine’s-led, he argues its listing makes it sell evergreen through the year. Third is ‘Happy Singles Awareness Day,’ an anti-Valentine’s idea for February 15, the day after Valentine’s Day, with a crossed-out Cupid; it first sold in 2023 and he calls it underserved. Fourth is ‘Hooked on You’ fishing for Valentine’s Day — he warns Amazon says the word ‘gift’ cannot be used in a listing — first sold in 2019, and he suggests using ChatGPT to develop variations. Fifth is ‘Kiss Your Brain’ Valentine’s test/teacher squad for kids, with a cute brain holding a heart, first sold in 2024 and, in his reading, crushing during Valentine’s and starting to rank months ahead. He promotes his Top Research Design Vault (460+ niches, aiming for 500+) and shows Merch Hunter in Merch Informer — excluding brands and filtering by reviews — browsing examples like Fourth of July fighter jets and ‘just here for the wieners,’ stressing viewers should still double-check trademarks and copyright themselves.

Key takeaways

• Use BSR history in Merch Informer to look for consistent, repeated sales rather than a single spike, especially designs that strengthen near a holiday.
• Scale a proven concept across variations: the Labrador ’lab for testing’ pun across dog breeds, and the heart-balloon animal concept across species like pandas.
• Turn holiday designs into evergreen sellers by how they are targeted, as with the Valentine’s octopus that he says sells throughout the year.
• Target underserved anti-holiday angles such as Happy Singles Awareness Day on February 15 and niche crosses like fishing plus Valentine’s Day.
• Do not use the word ‘gift’ in an Amazon listing, per his warning, and always double-check trademarks and copyright even when a research vault says it has checked them.

Episode details: published December 14, 2024 · 13:11 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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