Merch By Amazon Royalty Update!

About this video

In this short reaction video, Martinez walks through a Merch by Amazon message about a royalty restructuring and argues it is good news for sellers. According to the update he reads on screen, royalties on t-shirts would decrease slightly — he describes the drop as about fifteen cents — PopSockets would stay the same, and royalties on the other product types would increase, with the changes taking effect on the date stated in Amazon’s notice. He highlights the long-sleeve shirt as an example where the royalty on the same retail price rises by more than a dollar, and identifies the pullover hoodie as the product with the biggest increase, which he characterizes as close to five dollars. His interpretation is that Amazon launched the newer products with deliberately low royalties while it tested pricing and operations, and is now raising them once it found a comfortable level, effectively encouraging sellers to upload designs to products beyond t-shirts. He says he has already been adding designs to sweatshirts where he sees customer demand, notes that hoodie files may need resizing, and frames the small t-shirt cut as an acceptable trade for the larger gains elsewhere.

Key takeaways

• Per the creator’s reading of Amazon’s notice, t-shirt royalties dip slightly while most other Merch by Amazon products gain, and PopSockets are unchanged.
• The pullover hoodie gets the largest royalty increase in the update, with long sleeves also rising meaningfully on the same retail price.
• The creator interprets the change as Amazon incentivizing sellers to expand beyond t-shirts into hoodies, sweatshirts, and long sleeves.
• Follow demonstrated demand: he says he adds designs to sweatshirts when Amazon search shows customers looking for them.
• Check product-specific file requirements — he notes hoodie designs may need the artwork resized to fit properly.

Episode details: published January 3, 2019 · 6:46 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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