How To Get Sales On Redbubble - (Increase Redbubble Sales - Sell Your Art Tips)
About this video
In this Redbubble tips video, RJ argues research on the platform itself drives consistent sales. He points to Redbubble’s own homepage — shown in incognito — highlighting masks, stickers and t-shirts as top sellers, plus trending searches and popular/best-seller sorting, as the algorithm telling sellers what is selling; he claims masks and stickers are his strongest sellers. He stresses deeply understanding a niche and sub-niche — who the buyer is, what that audience likes and does, and where they hang out online — before designing. Finally he compares design types: custom illustrations, he says, create less competition because they are harder to copy, while text-based designs can also work well but are easy to copy and need low-competition niches with real demand; he explicitly warns against copying others pixel-for-pixel.
Key takeaways
- Design first for the products Redbubble itself highlights as top sellers — he names masks, stickers and t-shirts — and use trending searches on the homepage for niche and design ideas.
- Watch sorting and recent activity on category pages to infer what is currently selling, including simple designs and patterns, and check trademark risks in trending terms.
- Understand the niche and sub-niche before designing: the specific audience, what they like and do, and who is actually buying the product.
- Find where customers in the niche gather — such as Facebook groups, YouTube, Instagram or Pinterest — and engage there rather than spamming links.
- Illustrations create less competition because they are hard to replicate (he suggests outsourcing or licensing art); text-based designs are easy to copy, so they need deeper research into low-competition, in-demand niches.
Episode details: published August 3, 2020 · 19:34 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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