Merch By Amazon Payment Proof - (2019 Income Report)

About this video

RJ Martinez opens his Merch by Amazon dashboard — showing 39,000 live listings at tier 40k — and breaks down his 2019 income. Adding up the monthly royalty figures, he totals $33,601 for 2019. He discusses his Amazon ads (AMS): an earlier account had performed extremely well before Amazon switched the system over, and he estimates he spent roughly $3,000 on ads over about six months, with perhaps another $3,000 unaccounted for from the switch, leaving roughly $26,000–$27,000 after ad spend by his estimate. He explains his strategy shift for the year ahead: instead of pricing standard t-shirts at $13.07 to chase a first sale and rank, he will go straight to $19.99 (about a $5 royalty) and run ads, noting listings now stay live for a full year rather than being removed after 90 days without a sale. He repeatedly stresses that long-tail keywords are the moneymakers because they carry less competition than broad keywords, and that a shirt that consistently sells a few times a week, gains reviews, and becomes a moneymaker can be replicated across designs and niches. He also notes Amazon updated sellers monthly through 2019 and appeared to revert a search-algorithm change that had rewarded exact phrases in titles. He closes by pointing to his KDP work and Pixel Cloud Studio, which sells pre-made, customizable book interiors.

Key takeaways

• He reports $33,601 in Merch by Amazon royalties for 2019 from an account with 39,000 live listings at tier 40k.
• After estimating roughly $6,000 in total ad spend, he puts his net at about $26,000–$27,000 for the year.
• His new pricing plan: skip the $13.07 starter price and list standard shirts straight at $19.99 for about a $5 royalty, supported by ads.
• Long-tail keywords are the moneymakers — they convert with far less competition than broad keywords.
• Grow niches that already convert: make the whole niche’s designs good enough that brand visitors buy multiple shirts.

Episode details: published January 30, 2020 · 22:16 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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