Top 5 Low Competition Print on Demand Niches You Can Win In (2026)

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RJ Martinez argues print on demand is not dead, just overcrowded in generic searches like ‘funny t-shirt,’ and walks through five specific low-competition niches with Amazon search-result counts, BSR demand checks, and Ideogram AI prompt ideas. The niches are: (1) a funny math-teacher ‘what part of don’t you understand?’ design — he cites 337 results, a 4.7-star listing with over 2,000 ratings at $21.99, and a BSR that keeps dipping with sales after Q4 into January; (2) ‘Out of Breath Hiking Society — be there in a minute’ with a hiking raccoon — 170 results — where he suggests swapping the animal for a bear, Bigfoot, or deer and notes hiking demand is seasonal; (3) a baseball/softball silhouette hitting a heart, framed for Valentine’s Day but wearable year-round — 309 results, a newer listing he says made its first sale about 15 days earlier and is trending toward below 100K BSR; (4) a pit bull in front of a US flag — 240 results — where the angle is swapping in other dog breeds; and (5) ‘just a boy who loves fishing’ — 325 results — with ‘just a girl’ and other saying variations, using ChatGPT for extra angles. Throughout he stresses checking BSR over the last 30 days for consistent selling, watching AI output for errors like misspellings or a stick poking a foot, and actually uploading tests. He promotes his Top Research Design Vault ($10/month, 20 niches weekly, which he says holds over 1,700 niches) and a free download of the video’s prompts.

Key takeaways

• Compete in specific sub-niches, not broad terms like ‘funny t-shirt’ — the five examples shown had only about 170-337 Amazon results each
• Use BSR movement over the last 30 days to confirm consistent demand before entering a niche
• Swap one element to create a new entry: a different animal in the hiking design, a different dog breed against the flag, or boy/girl wording in the fishing design
• Use Ideogram AI prompts to generate concepts and layouts, but inspect output for misspellings and anatomical/visual errors
• Seasonal designs like the baseball-heart can be built without a holiday word on the shirt so they can sell year-round

Episode details: published January 24, 2026 · 11:33 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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