Top 5 Low-Competition T-Shirt Niches That Will Sell in 2025 (Print on Demand)

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RJ Martinez, who says he has done print on demand for over eight years and personally sold over $400,000 in royalties on Amazon Merch alone, shares five low-competition niches he says he found by checking Amazon, Etsy and Redbubble trends, low review counts, search volume and buyer intent, using data from Merch Informer and BSR charts to confirm consistent sales rather than one-off spikes. He first shows using ChatGPT to double-check phrases for trademark/copyright concerns and to brainstorm design sayings, and using Ideogram to generate AI design concepts, noting AI wording is often wrong and he also uses artists on his team for concepts AI cannot execute. The niches are: 1) ‘Our ship’ — a mom-and-daughter trip/cruise design with sunglasses, anchor and palm trees, with a small search-result count and a BSR chart showing steady sales since its first sale in April; 2) ‘Holy guacamole / holy blockamole’ volleyball — an avocado blocking a volleyball, about 83 ratings at a $24.95 price point, selling consistently even after a price rise; 3) Funny patriotic chickens — red, white and blue chickens with a USA flag for the 4th of July, with strong recent sales velocity ahead of the holiday; 4) Cousin Camp — retro/rustic summer family camping text with a campfire, first sold the previous month and trending; 5) Zoo animals blowing bubbles for a zoo/safari birthday party, with about 100 bought in the past month and consistent all-time sales. He closes by pitching his Top Research Design Vault, described as $10 a month for 20 unique niches weekly with keywords and AI prompts.

Key takeaways

• Validate a niche with a BSR chart showing repeated drops (sales) over 30-90 days, a low result count for the long-tail phrase, and low/no reviews — not just a single spike
• Use ChatGPT to sanity-check phrases for trademark/copyright risk and to generate alternative sayings, but still do your own checks
• Ideogram can generate usable concepts from a prompt, but text errors are common and positioning often needs regeneration or a human artist
• The five niches covered: mom-daughter cruise trip, avocado volleyball, patriotic 4th of July chickens, Cousin Camp, and zoo-animal birthday party
• Price is a lever in low-competition niches: the volleyball example held sales at $24.95, and he suggests testing price and ads once a design ranks

Episode details: published June 7, 2025 · 14:31 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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