Explode Your Profits Discover Print on Demand Niche Ideas With Gelato + Ideogram AI 1.0

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Martinez demonstrates combining Gelato for fulfilment with Ideogram AI 1.0 for designs, starting from an embroidered ‘dog mom’ Gildan crewneck sweatshirt he ordered, personalised with dog names on the wrists. He says he ordered it on February 29th and received it on March 7th — about five business days — via USPS Ground. For research he searches Etsy for ‘dog mom sweatshirt,’ noting bestsellers combining a dog’s face, name and sleeve personalisation, then generates text designs in Ideogram, e.g. ‘dogs make me happy’ and ‘my dog makes me happy,’ while acknowledging AI flaws such as malformed paws and a missing letter. He then cleans up the art: vectorising and removing the background in Photopea, and upscaling with Pixelcut.ai and imagewith.ai, explaining he aims close to Amazon Merch’s roughly 5,400 x 4,500 canvas and prefers transparent PNGs, after a low-DPI original around 172 limited placement on a Gelato mockup. In Gelato he shows choosing a classic unisex crewneck, DTG printing versus embroidery, placements including centre/left chest and left/right wrist, thread colours, and Gelato’s customer personalisation feature. For embroidery he advises keeping designs to one to two colours because of the threading involved.

Key takeaways

• Research proven sellers on Etsy first, then use Ideogram prompts for typography designs and remix the concept rather than copying a listing.
• Clean AI art before upload: vectorise or edit in Photopea, remove the background, and upscale (he uses Pixelcut.ai 2x, then another upscaler) toward the platform’s required canvas size.
• Watch for AI errors — distorted paws, chicken-feet-like details and missing letters — and fix them in an editor before selling.
• In Gelato, choose DTG for full prints and embroidery for simple designs; keep embroidery to one to two colours and use chest or wrist placements for personalisation.
• Personalised pet products are the angle here: dog names on sleeves/wrists and Gelato’s personalisation feature let customers customise the design themselves.

Episode details: published March 10, 2024 · 25:43 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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