Top 5 Print on Demand T Shirt Niche Research Ideas 2022 #9 Merch by Amazon | Low Competition Niches

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RJ Martinez walks through five print-on-demand t-shirt niches he found using Merch Informer’s Movers and Shakers tab, then digging deeper with Merch Hunter. First is chess, an evergreen gift niche where funny quotes, retro styling and especially custom illustrations stand out; he advises reinvesting early profits into custom artwork and cross-mixing chess with animals like dogs and cats rather than copying designs. Second is gardening, where angles include mixing gardening with pets (‘I just want to work in my garden and hang out with my dogs/cats’), favourite vegetables and fruits, funny sayings like ‘pothead’ and ‘I just wet my plants’, gnomes, skeletons, and holiday mashups such as Cinco de Mayo. He demonstrates Merch Informer’s trademark check and the USPTO lookup to vet phrases. Third is safari, driven by group purchases: safari squad / zoo crew shirts, family vacations, field trips and themed birthday parties (‘mama/dad/grandma of the wild one’), plus sub-niching into individual animals like giraffe, elephant, lion and tiger. Fourth is the LGBT niche ahead of Pride Month in June, with ‘proud mom/dad/brother/sister/auntie’ designs, statement and funny sayings, and rainbow-coloured cats and hearts, again stressing trademark checks. Fifth is Las Vegas girls’/birthday trips, including 21st birthdays, anniversaries, and gambling sub-niches like poker and blackjack; he warns against using protected sports-team imagery such as Vegas hockey, which can get an account in trouble. Throughout, the method is to let research spark new sub-niche combinations.

Key takeaways

• Use Merch Informer Movers and Shakers to spot niches, then Merch Hunter to see which evergreen designs in them consistently sell
• Custom illustrations are presented as the key differentiator that lets a design stand out and become a consistent seller
• Cross-mixing a main niche with animals, hobbies or holidays (e.g. chess + cats, gardening + Cinco de Mayo) creates lower-competition angles
• Group-buying themes — safari squad, zoo crew, birthday parties, girls’ trips — sell multiples per order
• Always run trademark checks (Merch Informer and USPTO) and avoid protected team/branded imagery before uploading

Episode details: published March 12, 2022 · 21:48 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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