Merch By Amazon Niche Research: 5 Low Competition Niches Selling RIGHT NOW (2026)

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(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) RJ Martinez — who says he has done print on demand for over 8 years and sold online for over 10 — shares five low-competition Merch by Amazon niches, each with its competition/result count, a design idea, and an Ideogram AI prompt. First, ‘my favorite sailor calls me dad’ with an American flag (484 results): swap in mom, grandma, or grandpa, swap the profession (doctor, firefighter), and note personalization fits Etsy or your own site better. Second, a smart-ass donkey wearing glasses — pink sunglasses and a pearl necklace in the example — at 240 results, extendable to ‘smart ass energy/forever’ phrasing and other animals. Third, a cheetah/leopard blowing bubble gum with heart glasses aimed at teen girls and women (296 results); he warns leopard print is sometimes flagged or rejected on Merch by Amazon, and suggests swapping in a donkey, capybara, opossum, or goose. Fourth, a vintage Santa Cruz surf design, front and back, priced at $24.99 and selling consistently over the last 30 days (129 results) — he urges trademark caution and shows scaling the template to other surf cities and coasts. Fifth, ’the more people I meet, the more I love my dog’ (1,000 results, 72 reviews), a text-only vintage style he expects to do well in Q4, with cat, goat, or specific-breed variants. Throughout he explains BSR — lower means more sales — and judges niches on last-30-day consistency; he promotes his design research vault with 20 niches weekly and over 2,100 already researched.

Key takeaways

• Use the swap method to expand one proven design: change the relationship (dad/mom/grandma/grandpa), the profession (sailor/doctor/firefighter), or the animal.
• ‘My favorite sailor calls me dad’ shows 484 results with confirmed last-30-day sales; personalized versions suit Etsy or a personal store better than Merch by Amazon.
• Check BSR over the last 30 days for consistency, remembering lower BSR means more sales, before committing to a niche.
• Beware platform risk in winning niches: he warns leopard print is sometimes flagged or rejected on Merch by Amazon despite the bubble-gum cheetah’s 296-result opening.
• Simple text-only vintage designs can carry a niche — the dog-lover saying has 72 reviews at 1,000 results — and location templates like Santa Cruz surf ($24.99, 129 results) scale city by city after a trademark check.

Episode details: published July 10, 2026 · 11:29 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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