Redbubble Issue - Tag Spamming & Copyright Infringement (Broken/Problems)

About this video

Martinez responds to sellers asking him about tag spamming and copyright infringement on Redbubble, a topic he says other creators had also raised. He defines spamming two ways. First, tag volume: he says a Redbubble blog post put the ideal at around 10 tags, roughly 8 to 10, while some sellers use 30, 40, 50 or 60 tags in a listing. Second, and more seriously, adding tags unrelated to the actual design to trick the algorithm into promoting it. He calls gaming the system unfair to other sellers and a route to account suspension, and says the same behaviour appears on Merch by Amazon, where sellers insert little dashes in titles to try to bypass the algorithm. On copyright, he says infringing designs are visibly sold on Redbubble, speculates the platform may be growing fast and may not yet have a big enough team to catch trademarks and infringing work — noting the print team must physically see a design when a shirt is printed — and gives the platform the benefit of the doubt. His core message is that stealing people’s designs or leveraging other brands without acknowledgement and approval is not the correct way to make money online. If you want print on demand to be a long-term, sustainable income rather than a short burst, learn and follow each platform’s rules and terms, research anything you are unsure about, and if a design feels borderline, remove it.

Key takeaways

• Keep Redbubble tags around 8 to 10, as he says the platform’s blog recommends — using 30 to 60 tags is spamming
• Never add tags unrelated to the design to trick the algorithm into promoting the listing
• Gaming any platform’s system, including dash tricks in Merch by Amazon titles, risks account suspension and is unfair to other sellers
• Do not steal designs or leverage other brands without their acknowledgement and approval
• If a design feels borderline on copyright or trademarks, research it and remove it rather than keeping the sales

Episode details: published January 9, 2021 · 6:00 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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