Print on Demand Expert Reveals Top Secret Winning T-Shirt Niche Designs
About this video
RJ Martinez walks through five t-shirt design ideas, using each listing’s ratings and all-time Best Sellers Rank (BSR) chart to argue there is consistent demand. He explains that a BSR drop means a sale, and repeated scoop-like drops show steady selling, often stronger in Q4. The ideas are: ‘Library where the adventure begins’ for librarian/readers, playing on bookshelves and library colours; ‘I did the math and the answer is bacon,’ crossing a math-teacher niche with food — he suggests swapping bacon for cheeseburger, eggs, pizza or Korean barbecue; ‘I read the rules so you don’t have to’ for board-game / family game night, warning to keep elements general and avoid using anything from games like Monopoly; ‘If my mouth doesn’t say it, my face definitely will,’ a simple all-white sarcastic text design he notes also sells on long sleeves; and ‘If I collapse, please pause my watch’ for runners/marathon runners who track steps and time. Throughout he stresses the goal is not to copy a design but to prove a niche has demand, and suggests getting new sayings from ChatGPT or from comments and threads in Facebook and Reddit groups in the niche.
Key takeaways
- Use all-time BSR patterns, not just current rank, to judge demand: a drop means a sale and repeated drops signal consistent selling
- Cross two niches into one saying, e.g. math teacher + a favourite food in ‘I did the math and the answer is…’
- Simple sarcastic text-based designs can be top sellers without detailed artwork
- For board-game designs, keep elements general and avoid anything taken from a specific branded game
- Mine Facebook/Reddit group comments and ChatGPT for fresh sayings instead of copying a proven listing
Episode details: published April 23, 2024 · 8:33 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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