Amazon Just Released This... And It's a Game Changer for Print-on-Demand!

About this video

The creator announces he just got access to tumblers on his Amazon Merch on Demand (Merch by Amazon) account and walks through uploading a design. He says higher tiers are getting access first and lower tiers should be patient. In the backend he shows product templates for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and GIMP, the colour options black, brushed steel and white, and a $21.99 price point — noting he gets a ‘can’t calculate accurate royalty’ error when pricing below $20. The design size he uses is 3000 x 1400 pixels, recreated in Canva via custom size and in the GIMP template, which has a main-image centering guide with green squares for the front and back. He recommends starting with your top-selling existing designs and using full patterns, which fill all the design space: he creates a Halloween pattern in Ideogram.ai, upscales it, and downloads it as a PNG. Unlike Redbubble, Merch does not yet let you duplicate/pattern an image inside the dashboard, so the pattern must be saved in the file itself. For trademark checks on tumblers he says to look for classification 21 (021) for drinkware on the USPTO and check the status is live, noting Merch Informer was still adding its tumbler check. He also flags mockup flaws: a gap in the wrap, a black strip at the top on some previews, and transparent designs being hard to see without toggling to the preview.

Key takeaways

• Tumblers are a new Merch on Demand product rolling out to higher tiers first; templates are offered for Photoshop, Illustrator and GIMP
• He uploads at $21.99 in black, brushed steel and white, using a 3000 x 1400 pixel design, after errors pricing below $20
• Start with top-selling designs and use full patterns made with AI: he creates a Halloween pattern in Ideogram.ai, upscales it and downloads a PNG
• Patterns must be built into the uploaded file — Merch does not yet offer Redbubble-style in-dashboard pattern duplication
• For tumbler trademark checks, search USPTO classification 21 / 021 for drinkware and look for live status

Episode details: published September 18, 2024 · 16:57 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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