Elon Musk Is Breaking The Internet With This Print On Demand T-Shirt Niche Idea

About this video

Martinez breaks down a viral t-shirt opportunity after Elon Musk, who had recently bought Twitter, posted a shirt reading in effect ‘Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8,’ referring to the $8/month charge for a verified blue check mark. He says the post drew over 600,000 likes/hearts, and argues Twitter/social media comments are a goldmine of t-shirt ideas, pointing to jokes in the replies. He then tracks copies spreading within a day across Merch by Amazon, Etsy and Redbubble — citing 478 Redbubble results and one Amazon listing uploaded the previous day already at about 149k BSR and making sales, in his assessment. His central caution is intellectual property: do not use the Twitter logo or copy Twitter’s actual blue check mark or Musk’s face, do not copy a design word-for-word, and consider safer platforms or a reworked check design; he notes the phrase itself was unlikely, in his view, to be trademarked. He generalises that viral political or celebrity statements — citing Trump and Biden as past examples — can become fast-moving design trends, but warns ranking for an exact copy will be hard because everyone uploads the same thing.

Key takeaways

• Monitor viral posts and their comment sections for sayings that can become t-shirt designs, and move quickly while the trend is new
• Do not use the Twitter logo, Twitter’s actual blue check mark, or Elon Musk’s face — rework the concept instead of copying it word-for-word
• Creator’s observation: copies appeared on Amazon Merch, Etsy and Redbubble within a day, with one Amazon listing he cites at about 149k BSR
• Exact-copy trends are hard to rank for because many sellers upload the identical design at once
• Platform choice matters for risky trends — some sellers he mentions preferred Etsy, Redbubble or their own site over Amazon Merch

Episode details: published November 9, 2022 · 8:04 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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