Top 7 T-Shirt Design Niche Research Ideas That Will Skyrocket Your Sales #34
About this video
The creator presents seven t-shirt niche ideas of the week found with Merch Informer BSR charts, stressing they are ideas to adapt — not designs to copy — and to always double-check trademarks and copyright. 1) ‘I love my cougar girlfriend’ in an ‘I love my…’ layout; he says it first sold July 25th, passed 5K BSR, and was around 8K BSR after about three weeks with one rating. 2) ‘My boat doesn’t run on thanks’ with a gas symbol for boat owners; he suggests thinking of funny boat-owner sayings generally and switching black text to white for dark shirts, noting a first sale July 29th and about 56K BSR. 3) ‘In my first grade era’ for back-to-school, cross-niching the popular ‘in my era’ saying — he says he is unsure which popular singer it comes from. 4) ‘It’s me hi I’m the teacher it’s me,’ another back-to-school/teacher design to scale into other niches. 5) A Riverboat brawl in Alabama viral design, ‘when the hat goes up the chairs come down / I survived the Riverboat brawl,’ which he says was uploaded and made its first sale the same day two days earlier. 6) ‘In my boy mom era,’ scalable to girl mom and many colours. 7) A groovy/retro Halloween ’trick or treat’ floral ghost teacher design priced at $13.99, uploaded July 5th, pitched as getting ahead for October. Mid-video he unboxes Ninja Transfers DTF transfers (10 by 10 examples), praising the colours, and describes their offer as no setup fee, no art fees, no minimum orders, and printing/shipping within 24 to 48 hours.
Key takeaways
- Adapt trending layouts and sayings into your own niche; do not copy the design, and always trademark/copyright-check
- Use Merch Informer BSR charts and upload/first-sale dates to spot designs trending within weeks of upload
- Cross-niche proven phrases: ‘in my [first grade / boy mom] era’ and ‘It’s me hi I’m the teacher it’s me’
- Viral/current-event and seasonal designs can sell fast: Riverboat brawl Alabama, and Halloween uploaded in July ahead of October
- Boat-owner example: ‘My boat doesn’t run on thanks’ — brainstorm funny sayings for the audience, not just that phrase
Episode details: published August 14, 2023 · 12:42 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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