How to Do Print On Demand Trending Niche Research

About this video

A freestyle walkthrough of the creator’s own niche research using Merch Informer, especially Product Research > Movers and Shakers, which he filters by daily/weekly/monthly, product type and US marketplace. He explains his preference for designs that sell consistently — one to two sales a week for a year — over trends that spike and die, and sometimes focusing a whole month on dominating one niche. He teaches BSR chart reading: each dip indicates a sale, so repeated dips prove demand. Examples include a ‘fun guy’ design, an introvert design (‘It’s two people, the outside’) that has sold consistently since 2021 and into Q4 2024, and a chimpanzee playing electric guitar. His workflow is: check demand on Amazon, run a trademark check in Merch Informer, take the concept to ChatGPT for five similar design ideas (yielding introvert lines such as ‘I’m not antisocial, I’m just selectively social’ and ‘I came, I saw, I left early’), then generate art in Ideogram, swapping characters — e.g. a T-Rex whose arms are too short to play guitar, a sloth on drums, or a koala. He notes text-free, general playful designs carry less trademark risk, and that what sells on Amazon likely also sells on Etsy or Redbubble because Amazon is where shoppers search.

Key takeaways

• Use Merch Informer’s Movers and Shakers daily to surface fresh designs, then verify demand from BSR dips, where each dip means a sale
• Favor consistent, evergreen sellers over trends that sell for a week and die off
• Workflow: research on Amazon, trademark-check, brainstorm variations in ChatGPT, then generate art in Ideogram
• Swap the character in a proven concept — chimpanzee guitarist to T-Rex, sloth or koala — to make an original design
• General, playful designs without sayings are easier to keep clear of trademark and copyright rejections

Episode details: published March 24, 2025 · 16:08 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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