The reason for me doing POD is to learn about online business and marketing in a risk-free environment (Theoretically free). However, I am looking to expand onto FBA and/or dropshipping later on as the potential for profit seems way bigger.
I'm a designer - but I have a lot of experience in marketing, about 8-ish years. I'm learning and getting into print on demand because I used to work in a design house that did a lot of print on demand, and I loved it! One of my favorite, low-stress positions I ever held. I'm wanting to recreate that and just get some additional pocket money, sharpen my skills, maybe get some freelance work out of it, and definitely attempt to break into my local merch scene to support my favorite local artists.
Another Bob here! I’m a designer at my 9-5 job and enjoy designing fun stuff after hours. My goal is to eventually have enough money coming in with the side hustles to be able to go down to part time corporate work. I also run a successful Etsy business and am thinking about what it would take to scale that up to a wholesale operation. I’d love to see some quality TH-cam content to help me think through that! Thanks for your awesome, brutally honest videos, Shimmy!
Awesome!! I love that goal! It's great. Scaling up is a tough one, for my business it involves launching new products and also launching them in new marketplaces for example, Amazon Germany/France, etc
that is the best starting point. If you don't enjoy being creative then don't start pod. Just keep enjoying it and people will start to notice and appreciate what you do.
@@shimmymorris1 I have a condition called dyspraxia so I could never do crafts, never draw never do art and yet there was an artist inside me so I"ve been really loving "making designs" using Be Funky altering photos, using placeit just being really creative making beautiful art and cool designs and using some things that should be popular without any copyright infringement. I've been working flat out and I have like 42 designs that I've put up on Redbubble, Tee Public, Societyt6 and Etsy and guess how many sales......You guessed it zero sales. I'm a writer as well and my books from 2018 still make money but lol I can't sell a single design so far. :-( I mean I know it's only 42 designs but I have them up on four good platforms. lol
Another greatly simple and honestly straightforward video with concise info and tips about the long and winding road of POD'ing (and eCommerce in general). Cheers, Shimmy.
I’m currently 16 and for the past two summers I’ve been trying to create passive income. But of all the online business, print on demand was the only one that caught my attention. It’s simple and easy to start with no up front cost. I think I resemble Tom, I’m still pretty new to graphic design and marketing. But I have tshirt ideas and a great logo design concepts to create a successful print on demand business! However I’m still new to this business. Time will tell if I fail or succeed
Lol, I think I'm Tom! Just trying POD for fun but you really are honest it is not as easy as so many other youtuber's make you believe I know my weaknesses and strengths. I would like to know more about affiliate marketing if you have a chance. Thanks and stay safe.
@@shimmymorris1 Thank you that sounds great! I keep watching your other videos on POD although I have decided long ago not to rely on those sales (POD) it is an excellent way to learn persistence. Have an amazing day.
I appreciate you being real. I feel all businesses are hard - it may take 4 years before one reaches amazing money. I agree with you though because the best you can do is 100k a year right? with a t-shirt? but with the right products on Amazon you can be millionaires- I am in POD for creative purpose. I am the last guy - and I am good at marketing. My products were purchased the first time it was seen by someone. So I know I have to find ways to get them seen as my design is good enough. Your Fb ad course was awesome. Still, I must watch it again :) as I was stumbling on creating ads. I am more into marketing with SEO and Etsy SEO is sucked big time. The only way to be on the first page is to pay someone inside the company and it's not even last for 3 days. Thank you for being very honest. Please don't change who you are- for fear of offending someone.
Thanks! I really appreciate that. Theres no cap with POD. You can earn more than 100k a year, you could earn 100k a month, everyone is different. I just feel amazon is more stable, more scalable and more likely to succeed. I'm so happy you liked the faceook ads course.
Great video Shimmy, love the way you tell it like it is. Appreciate your honesty and the way you explain the situation. If it's not working tweak it then move on to something else. Cheers buddy, l hope your wedding planning is going well? Stay safe.
I am definitely Bob but am still willing to give it a go. I am about to launch my website for art/pet portraits but am adding Printful to the site to try and have my pet portraits led into printed products. Time will tell but am very appreciative of your advice Shimmy. Thank you
I am Bob. I've been at it for 2 months now still no sales. I am optimistic he'll pick up. I do have my niche on Facebook and Instagram. I have run Facebook ads and Instagram ads. Keep your fingers crossed.
I started out because I found myself with a bit of extra time (due to the reduced commute etc.) and I was looking for extra ways to make money, but I’ve really found the creative side of it fulfilling. I’m now moving away from churning out text designs and spending more time on quality
Ur wrong on all that This video comes across too negative Ur prety much saying POD is a waste of time unless ur a designer or an advertiser or both.. No true *ANYONE CAN MAKE MONEY* *FROM THIS* As u keep doing it U keep getting better by default and thats how it works. Ive seen terrible designs do well Not only great designs.. The more u upload The more ur designs get seen and u will make sales guaranteed. Dont get discouraged by this video. You Only need to be consistant and keep uploading designs Eventually it will work 100% Try uploading all ur images to different POD sites too to increase ur chances cause it does work.
I know it can work and i've said in many videos it can work, however, I'm being realistic. It could take 10x longer than people are thinking. I never said the designs have to be amazing, I've sold simple one line of text
I'm afraid I'm a Tom as of now, but I do have a keen eye for good designs so I'm gonna keep at it. I've been working on going live for a month almost. Thanks for the video!
I fell into POD as way initially to sell photos i took. Then after a while i wanted to be more creative, the photo market seemed saturated, so i decided to learn to design and put those online. Print on demand is the only option i could see to earn money online and reach a wide audience..
Shimmy honestly thank you so much for these videos! You've inspired me to open up a teespring store, and ill work my way up! I will surely inform you when I get big! I don't know if I can link the store here, but if you want to give it a small review, please let me know! (( if you reply of course hah)) I think I'm more of a bob guy, but it's too early to assume if my designs are good or not. Again thank you for the inspiration Shimmy!
I'm closets to Bob, but I'm also like Tom because I'm new to everything POD. Nonetheless, I'm smart, strategic and when I'm determined, I study hard, and that's how I found your videos Shimmy!
Hi Shimmy, fairly new subscriber here :-) Do you have a video on affiliate marketing unfortunately, I think I am more of the 3rd type of person. I have been going in circles about what I should focus on. Thanks and nice video!
For me, passive income is nice, but I'm using print on demand to get enough capital for a "proper" ecom business, without being tied down to a non remote 9-5.
I'm a ton but I don't want to give up because I need to try and I'm a single dad so trying to teach my son to try just because it's hard at the beginning
I am Bob, print on demand allows me to combine my passion in fashion and design together. I always dreamed about having my own clothing line since working in retail. I just need to find a marketer to get this thing going.
I love painting. And I think Print on demand is exactly what I should do. All I need to do is find my niche. I just started 3 weeks ago at Etsy and at Redbubble 5 days ago. Fingers cross..need to put more products then I can see the progress. I know there is going to be a long journey. But I am here to stay...and learn.
@shimmy tho as a business doesnt always take just one type of skillset it takes multiple to learn a business unless you ve got a partner but if you wish to go as a solo enterpreneur that isnt starting a big company but doing small passive/semi passive-active/active businesses it takes multiple skills to run it so why not just keep updating our knoweledge and whether we apply it in print or demand or not knoweledge has lot of ways of applying in different ways than just print on demand (like you suggested multiple ways bob and sam could use their skills so if they decide to create multiple incomes they could do two different sets of incomes at a time so even if print on demand takes time bob can sell art via other platforms and sam can market in other ways such as affiliate marketing while they both also do print on deman as well and they could also keep learning skills they dont have bit by bit such as bob learning a bit of marketing,sam learning bit of designing and applying it. Ofcourse not everyone will wish to make that effort so regular stick with what you can do is ok too but i just suggested this possibility that some may be willing to do..
@@shimmymorris1 cool 😊..and thanks for responding to my comments its really engaging here though as your channel grows at one point you wont be able to respond to our messages so is there any way to solve that so its easier on you and everyone? (I am also asking this in general for my own knoweledge so in case i start a youtube channel (since i am working with an organisation on theirs) or even just another business social media account for social media marketing that idea would be helpful for keeping things passive and focusing more on creation than just responding to tonnes of messages), a youtuber i watch has a discord group for his audience engagement but again we cant be personally available when everything gets so big and we cant say what we want to each and every person. Ik silfer bots and other bots,automated replies,faqs,live streams (but again lot of chats so cant answer em all) help pages/articles/videos (generic questions can be solved with a video but what about very specific ones) are some solutions though but just in case you ve got other ideas...or if you've got any video on it (tho i ll check your channel later anyway) or if you could make a video on this (communicating with your audience thats specific) And again because i value both our time i really trying to be short but it gets long at one point so i hope its fine..
I feel like, unless you can smash out and upload thousands of designs over multiple platforms, t-shirts are impossible to make money on. But, POD covers more than t-shirts right? Maybe higher priced items are a better use of talent and time?
I'm the good designer but I also happen to have a big following on Facebook of just the type of people who will want my wolf and husky paintings on hoodies. so I think I'm pretty well set up for this. I'm still listening to a bunch of videos so I can catch mistakes, but I have built my audience up after years of selling pet portraits.
I'm mostly Bob, but less designer and more artist. But I have been trying to find ways to make money off of my art. I've just been hesitant with looking at pros & cons of POD platforms.
Everything is hard lol, but just try it, we will never know if we didn't do it. As a univ student, I don't have money to do other bussiness, so I choose POD.
Hey shimmy love the video. So I'm a fashion designer I do t shirt graphics and I'm trying to start a small POD business to start my brand. What advice do you have for me . Um good as designing and I run a small marketing business so I'm a bit of both , I really want to do this and I'm willing to put in the work.
thanks so much for watching, if you're a fashion designer you may want to source the materials yourself rather than use a big company like redbubble or amazon as the quality of their clothing isn't very good...
Can you please mention some other options other than POD? Since I am new to business I was hoping this was the best business model for me with not much upfront costs .
There's too many Toms trying to sell shirts that it makes it harder for Bobs to be seen. Definitely a Bob with a 1/8 Sam. Always loved the creativity of streetwear and the idea of having your favorite art piece that you created on a shirt canvas. Just looking for the right platforms and outlets to get my work out there.
I am neither. I can’t design that well and suck at marketing, but I have creative and funny ideas for T-shirts. I end up having to get somebody else to design them and rely on Redbubble and Teespring to promote them. Is there a chance of being successful this way you think?
@@shimmymorris1 I have over 400 designs already, but am spending more on designs than they are making at the moment. If Redbubble or Teespring don't end up promoting the designs then is it worth putting up so many designs or would I be better off focussing on fewer designs? There are designs that are better than others of course, but how can you get Redbubble to promote your 'Best' designs?
I'm Bob and I really want to work on POD for many reasons: 1- I was miserable working for other people as an illustrator. I want to design MY things, I want to draw MY ideas and be in charge of my own business. 2- I think POD teach a lot about marketing, clients, design, sale, business and it's a valuable way to learn those topics. 3- I have no money to invest for now, like NONE. I have to begin somewhere, create some money. I have some skills and I think POD gives me the opportunity to use them. I start this week, I've been accepted in Merch by Amazon last saturday so I give it a shot. I'm struggling with the marketing part tho but I'm learning.
@shimmy i m a mix of 30%bob (designer with normal skills) + 20% sam (marketer with little bit of knoweledge) + 25% new learner : a person who doesnt know everything about this business or designing and marketing but is willing to learn. 25% inexperienced but willing to gain experience and improve not just for print on demand but because i wish to pursue creative businesses eg. I m average but improving and learning about and at mobile photography,designing,art,craft,marketing etc.
I started with teespring in late April and I ordered the first t-shirt for myself on May 4. I just received the t-shirt in Los Angeles this week, 3 months later, and it was the wrong size. I ordered a medium. The label on the t-shirt says: Eu-M, US-S. The shirt was sent from the Netherlands. The t-shirt was very lightweight cotton, which is nice, but it still doesn't fit. I won't be selling from teespring again. Luckily, I'm on Merch by Amazon.
Hi there. I’m a POD seller and I wanna pay a little amount of money to promote my Teespring products ( I actually already got about 10 sales). But I don’t know if I should use ads or buy shoutouts on instagram. What do you suggest?
What if I'm not good at graphic design but creative enough at coming up with concepts. Do you recommend I focus learning marketing and audience building?
So I am like Bob and Sam’s child! I am kinda good at design and kinda good at marketing. But despite all, I have been doing this for a few weeks, with about 20 designs up on at least three sites, and besides the sales I have personally driven, I have not had any sales. I am on Etsy, Teespring, Redbubble and Teepublic. Any suggestions? Right now I have a called placed into a “Sam” that I know to find out if my head is up my #$% on keywording :)
I like to think I'm Bob but probably more Tom 😂 but being someone with a full time job I just do POD for some side pocket money and having some fun playing with designs in a risk free way. Thanks for a other great video 😊
When you are listed as a pure "freelancer" here in Germany you are legally not allowed to do marketing stuff. Just Services. Selling licenses via print-on-demand is a niche for those people, because this is concidered as "artistic output" and can be performed by freelancers. If you want to market your "art" you would have to sign up for a "trade".
I’m sue, just like Bob lol, love your honesty Shimmy, I’d love art but not all will love my designs, into home design. Love your you tube channel and your blunt but nice really honesty, because at the end of the day your a nice honest person, I’m older and can tell,
Wow you hurt my heart ! But thanks for being honest ! :") , I learnt basics in graphic design and thought I can create my business , but I think now it is really a hard road , I am lost now haha :") what should I do lol ?
Hello Shimmy, I have storefronts on REDBUBBLE, TEESPRING, TEEPUBLIC and SPREADSHIRT but was turned down (with no explanation) by AMAZON. My question is, couldn't someone who is already on AMAZON simply steal designs from those who were not on AMAZON and upload them as his/her own? I'm asuming that Amazon only searches their own database for copycats. What are your thoughts? Thanks.
Hey Shimmy, im little confused by all this 😂 Recently i have been watching videos on youtube, expecially about print on demand, and all of you, youtubers, are saying that it is worth a try. But seeing this video, does not make me so optimistic about all this 😅 I have watched some of your older videos and you kinda tried to me us believe that it is not that hard and worth a try back then, but now i feel like i am not watching the same person i watched in old videos... Did your whole expresion about print of demand changed and if so, why is that?
i feel it's got a lot harder, and i think there is much better opportunity out there for everyone, however, i always stand by, if you are passionate about designing and you love creating tshirts then do POD, but don't do it for the money. Hopefully the money will come but that shouldn't be the aim
@@shimmymorris1 Thank you for responding! Can you please tell me what should i be focusing on if i wanna make some money online? I can put some money, 100e-500e(if i really see that it is worth trying) in the beginning, maybe it is not that much, but that is the best i can put into my "trying" due to the fact that i am 21 y.o. student for Serbia and i have some free time learning about that new branch. :)
hey shimmy , i think theres a 4th person as well who is average in both marketing and designing..isnt that a best fit for POD? ps;. im the 4th type as well
@shimmy how about people that are combination of multiple characters you showed?.... Combo 2 Eg. If its a combination of bob(designer) and sam(marketer).. Combo 2 Or they are tom but they are a learner with interest in tasks of both bob(design) and sam(marketing) so they decide to learn ofcourse not just for print on demand but in general learn these skills for any business they can apply to while also applying it to print on demand.. Combo 3. Or they have a slight mix of bob,sam,tom in them i.e they know little bit or lot of design + lil or lot of marketing + theres a lot or some they dont know so they are willing to improve and learn. Combo 4 What if they have the little or more knowledge of mix of multiple character bob + sam but have no experience in it but they are willing to get the experience by getting into print on demand and other businesses with things they know and also improving by learning things they dont know... Regardless i believe we know that world is very diverse ofcourse there will be lot of people who have 1 main best skill or personality such as bob,sam,tom but there are people who have lot of different skillsets of these 3 general characters with different amount of expertise in it.
for sure! a lot of people will be a mix of the 3 and that's fine. the point is to use your skillsets for work that suits it best. whatever the skillset may be
@@shimmymorris1 yep thanks😊 (and i m not saying that i know or can do everything that i wish to learn either cuz i dont have that much of time in my life left (22 yrs old already so thats old,not in general way but a feeling) since lot of time goes on functioning by sleeping,daily chores,eating etc already that leaves me lot less time) So i d like to pick a skill i am best/good at + is suitable for my psychological, physical, financial etc circumstances + im actually interested + have a potential to grow in regardless of what level of skill i have first eg. Creative skills (art,design, music, photography,craft,dancing etc ik it sounds a lot like jack of all trades but there are lot of creative skills than what i have, and i eliminating what i my last choice of main business would be eg. Singing,dancing (dont want to be a celebrity) and another skill i need (eg. Business skills are necessary for anyone who wants financial freedom and we cant leave that to a partner all the time since partnerships may or may not work) Also i could hire different ppl for each particular work eventually but thats an option when the business is at a bigger level so starters have to do as many things as they can + lil bit of support from other people + temporary affordable hires if possible than full time.. (And since you ve confirmed it already that its ok and we agree the above stuff is just an explanation so theres no misunderstanding so you can just ok it if you agree)... But i wanted to know i plan a lot of stuff and check stuff like copyright infringement about fonts (which are legal to use etc n i found em), accidental trademark infringements etc so i dont have a problem later on and i do wish to take action but i m sort of safe person that checks atleast basic legalities first and then enters the market so i wanted to know if its ok to take a bit of time to review the basics and then upload stuff instead of rushing (as long as i dont keep procrastinating it and theres a healthy balance between consuming the knoweledge,planning, applying it in action)
Hi Shimi, thanks for everything! You have a video (that I can't find...) where you compare all 13 (or 30) sales platforms. But you did not mentioned Etsy as a selling platform, what about it? :)
I have a totally separate video on etsy where I interviewed an expert and asked them all the etsy questions. i haven't used etsy so didn't want to create false information
@@shimmymorris1 yes absolutely. I have always wanted to do it for some time already. So irrespective of the results, I will be contented I gave it a try. Will let you know the results in few weeks. 😊
Hi Shimmy. I’ve got a question for you but I’d rather private message you instead of put it in the comments here. Is there any way for me to do that through maybe fb, Instagram or email? Thanks
Hey Shimmy! Bob here (lol) my plan was to upload my designs across many platforms that do marketing for us like redbubble, and just keep making and uploading to let's say 5 to 10 different sites if there are that many! On Tee spring to kick start the trust score I'd just give some $$ to friends across the world to go through my IG link and buy a tshirt. Maybe drive some paid traffic too, so that it looks a little more legit statistic-wise! My main income comes from elsewhere, but I have high hopes for 3-4 designs per week. Does this plan suck hard or so? Please your honest opinion
I just don't know how well it will do thats the truth. I think you'll have to build up a big audience to sell your designs. But there's no harm in giving it a go
Awesome tips Shimmy🍺🍺🍺 Those are exactly the 2 companies I went with: RedBubble and Merch by Amazon!👍 (Amazon very restrictive and hard to get approved though. I got approved but my wife's aplication got rejected🤷♂️)
Hi, shimmy I am sam kind of person who loves to market people looking for some business from where I can earn Lil bit apart from my salary and over the time will expand the business so got an interest in POD business while researching about POD I landed to your video so Plz suggests me that which is better Amazon of POD Business. Which should I go for?
What if you're a bit of a Sam and a bit of a Bob? I'm a Copywriter but have a design background. A jack of two trades if you will. This is kind of why I'm drawn to print on demand as it combines my two skillsets. But would it be smarter to pick a skillset and double down on being either a Sam or a Bob?
I am both Sam the marketing guy and Tom the one who puts most the capital for the business to operate. My business partner would be Bob he is really good with designs.
@shimmy and idk if you will be able to read my 3 big msgs since comments will probably go above 200 and its harder to read the more they increase but just wanted to put it there 😅 But if you can read them then hats off to you
Hey Shimmy. You genuinely have solid content. Bravo mate! Just launched my POD business and wanted to ask you sth. I wanna partner with a superb "Bob" type of designer. Kindly give me some direction to how and maybe where I could get one? Thanks, your response will mean a lot.
I am new to all of this but I really love funny t-shirts and I have a lot of good ideas for them and I am starting to learn how to make my own t shirts and sell them so that's why I would really love to do this because of my love for funny t-shirts I wear them all the time. I've been watching a lot of your videos and other videos and yes I can see that it is very difficult and time-consuming so the other thing is everybody is charging money that I don't have to try to learn the systems so do you have any suggestions for me. Thank you very much for your time
Neither of the 3....I can see a great design....I can bastardise that great design and make it my own...simply by using Canva or my true love PlaceIt....Hence my desire to enter Print On Demand. I have income from Web Design ....Seo....Dropshipping and the like....But would love to see my designs on a T Shirt or the like...I dont know if I will succeed but if I fail I will pick myself up and start it again....
I am the tom , I already find a designer and I begen to sell by redbubble but I want to sell them by amazon merch, amazon dosnt accept everybody, I will try to make a lot of follovers on facebook page 10,000 followers must be enoegh I think. So hoopfuly amazon gonna think I am seriously busy and already followers to bring to amazon and accept me, do you think is it good strategy?
yes its great but you really don't need to go this far. You don't need 10,000 followers to get accepted to merch. Apply now and see what happens, if you don't get in apply again...
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The reason for me doing POD is to learn about online business and marketing in a risk-free environment (Theoretically free).
However, I am looking to expand onto FBA and/or dropshipping later on as the potential for profit seems way bigger.
Definitely get into FBA, it's awesome!
What’s fba?
I'm a designer - but I have a lot of experience in marketing, about 8-ish years. I'm learning and getting into print on demand because I used to work in a design house that did a lot of print on demand, and I loved it! One of my favorite, low-stress positions I ever held. I'm wanting to recreate that and just get some additional pocket money, sharpen my skills, maybe get some freelance work out of it, and definitely attempt to break into my local merch scene to support my favorite local artists.
That’s such an awesome idea!! Definitely go for it!!
Another Bob here! I’m a designer at my 9-5 job and enjoy designing fun stuff after hours. My goal is to eventually have enough money coming in with the side hustles to be able to go down to part time corporate work. I also run a successful Etsy business and am thinking about what it would take to scale that up to a wholesale operation. I’d love to see some quality TH-cam content to help me think through that! Thanks for your awesome, brutally honest videos, Shimmy!
Awesome!! I love that goal! It's great. Scaling up is a tough one, for my business it involves launching new products and also launching them in new marketplaces for example, Amazon Germany/France, etc
I’m 100% Tom. I’m new to POD and I haven’t made a sale yet. I’m not giving up, it’s fun to be creative and design the items.
that is the best starting point. If you don't enjoy being creative then don't start pod. Just keep enjoying it and people will start to notice and appreciate what you do.
I'm bob lmao, but I got my first POD sale a day ago and im optimistic
ah awesome!!! Bob is a solid guy, congrats on your sale
Congrats !! I got my first sale on redbubble for a sticker and got 14 cents :)
Go Bob!!!
how's it going?
@@shimmymorris1 I have a condition called dyspraxia so I could never do crafts, never draw never do art and yet there was an artist inside me so I"ve been really loving "making designs" using Be Funky altering photos, using placeit just being really creative making beautiful art and cool designs and using some things that should be popular without any copyright infringement. I've been working flat out and I have like 42 designs that I've put up on Redbubble, Tee Public, Societyt6 and Etsy and guess how many sales......You guessed it zero sales. I'm a writer as well and my books from 2018 still make money but lol I can't sell a single design so far. :-( I mean I know it's only 42 designs but I have them up on four good platforms. lol
Thanks Shimmy! I'm the Bob who felt like I could be Sam,
but when I saw the reality I began to think I was Tom
love you man!
haha, maybe a mixture of all 3
Another greatly simple and honestly straightforward video with concise info and tips about the long and winding road of POD'ing (and eCommerce in general). Cheers, Shimmy.
thanks so much! glad you liked it!
I'm right now a dropshipper but i love Pod business model i found it amazing specially the design research ♥️♥️
That's really good that you enjoy it, that's the most important thing
@@shimmymorris1 Thank you dear ♥️ 🙏
I’m currently 16 and for the past two summers I’ve been trying to create passive income. But of all the online business, print on demand was the only one that caught my attention. It’s simple and easy to start with no up front cost. I think I resemble Tom, I’m still pretty new to graphic design and marketing. But I have tshirt ideas and a great logo design concepts to create a successful print on demand business! However I’m still new to this business. Time will tell if I fail or succeed
that's awesome that your thinking about this at 16! def keep it up, there's so much opportunity out there
Lol, I think I'm Tom! Just trying POD for fun but you really are honest it is not as easy as so many other youtuber's make you believe I know my weaknesses and strengths. I would like to know more about affiliate marketing if you have a chance. Thanks and stay safe.
Yes! I really want to talk about affiliate marketing. I have a whole bunch of videos planned out for affiliate marketing.
@@shimmymorris1 Thank you that sounds great! I keep watching your other videos on POD although I have decided long ago not to rely on those sales (POD) it is an excellent way to learn persistence. Have an amazing day.
I appreciate you being real. I feel all businesses are hard - it may take 4 years before one reaches amazing money. I agree with you though because the best you can do is 100k a year right? with a t-shirt? but with the right products on Amazon you can be millionaires- I am in POD for creative purpose. I am the last guy - and I am good at marketing. My products were purchased the first time it was seen by someone. So I know I have to find ways to get them seen as my design is good enough.
Your Fb ad course was awesome. Still, I must watch it again :) as I was stumbling on creating ads. I am more into marketing with SEO and Etsy SEO is sucked big time. The only way to be on the first page is to pay someone inside the company and it's not even last for 3 days. Thank you for being very honest. Please don't change who you are- for fear of offending someone.
Thanks! I really appreciate that. Theres no cap with POD. You can earn more than 100k a year, you could earn 100k a month, everyone is different. I just feel amazon is more stable, more scalable and more likely to succeed.
I'm so happy you liked the faceook ads course.
Great video Shimmy, love the way you tell it like it is. Appreciate your honesty and the way you explain the situation. If it's not working tweak it then move on to something else. Cheers buddy, l hope your wedding planning is going well? Stay safe.
thanks, only way to say it is to just say it how it is. Wedding planning is going good. Got plan A all the way to Z! haha
I am definitely Bob but am still willing to give it a go. I am about to launch my website for art/pet portraits but am adding Printful to the site to try and have my pet portraits led into printed products. Time will tell but am very appreciative of your advice Shimmy. Thank you
good luck!!!
I am Bob. I've been at it for 2 months now still no sales. I am optimistic he'll pick up. I do have my niche on Facebook and Instagram. I have run Facebook ads and Instagram ads. Keep your fingers crossed.
good luck!! keep us updated how it goes!
I started out because I found myself with a bit of extra time (due to the reduced commute etc.) and I was looking for extra ways to make money, but I’ve really found the creative side of it fulfilling. I’m now moving away from churning out text designs and spending more time on quality
nice!! That's what drew me to it originally, I loved creating the designs. As long as you enjoy it, that's the most important thing
Ur wrong on all that
This video comes across too negative
Ur prety much saying POD is a waste
of time unless ur a designer or an advertiser or both..
No true
*ANYONE CAN MAKE MONEY*
*FROM THIS*
As u keep doing it
U keep getting better by default
and thats how it works.
Ive seen terrible designs do well
Not only great designs..
The more u upload
The more ur designs get seen
and u will make sales guaranteed.
Dont get discouraged by this video.
You Only need to be consistant
and keep uploading designs
Eventually it will work 100%
Try uploading all ur images to different
POD sites too to increase ur chances
cause it does work.
I know it can work and i've said in many videos it can work, however, I'm being realistic. It could take 10x longer than people are thinking. I never said the designs have to be amazing, I've sold simple one line of text
please tell us your story how much have you sold how long did it take you etc?
Oh shit, i'm the marketing guy! 😂 Great video Shimmy!
nice! he's the best one!!! Thanks so much
I'm afraid I'm a Tom as of now, but I do have a keen eye for good designs so I'm gonna keep at it. I've been working on going live for a month almost. Thanks for the video!
theres nothing wrong with tom! he has plenty of potential. keep learning :D
I fell into POD as way initially to sell photos i took. Then after a while i wanted to be more creative, the photo market seemed saturated, so i decided to learn to design and put those online. Print on demand is the only option i could see to earn money online and reach a wide audience..
If you love it that's awesome and I really hope you succeed with it!
Shimmy honestly thank you so much for these videos! You've inspired me to open up a teespring store, and ill work my way up!
I will surely inform you when I get big!
I don't know if I can link the store here, but if you want to give it a small review, please let me know! (( if you reply of course hah))
I think I'm more of a bob guy, but it's too early to assume if my designs are good or not.
Again thank you for the inspiration Shimmy!
I'm so happy you're liking my videos! Reall makes me happy that I've been able to inspire you. Keep pushing through and let me know how it goes!!
@@shimmymorris1 Will do for sure!
Appreciate your openness and transparency - very much. Thank you!!!
I'm closets to Bob, but I'm also like Tom because I'm new to everything POD. Nonetheless, I'm smart, strategic and when I'm determined, I study hard, and that's how I found your videos Shimmy!
nice! that's really good
I'm a No4 type of guy... Something of everything and willing to learn...
nice!
Hi Shimmy, fairly new subscriber here :-) Do you have a video on affiliate marketing unfortunately, I think I am more of the 3rd type of person. I have been going in circles about what I should focus on. Thanks and nice video!
awesome! welcome to the channel. I don't have many videos on affiliate marketing, but I have quite a few planned and should be coming out soon
For me, passive income is nice, but I'm using print on demand to get enough capital for a "proper" ecom business, without being tied down to a non remote 9-5.
that's smart and the best way to go
Me too! Print on demand is a stepping stone not an actual destination
I'm a ton but I don't want to give up because I need to try and I'm a single dad so trying to teach my son to try just because it's hard at the beginning
I'm not good at marketing, that's for sure. And I don't know if I'm a good designer....I'll discover it soon, I want to try!
nothing that can't be learnt!
I am Bob, print on demand allows me to combine my passion in fashion and design together. I always dreamed about having my own clothing line since working in retail. I just need to find a marketer to get this thing going.
awesome!! if you want your own clothing brand, work on branding and getting your name out there
Thank you for the advice !! I am trying
I love painting. And I think Print on demand is exactly what I should do. All I need to do is find my niche. I just started 3 weeks ago at Etsy and at Redbubble 5 days ago. Fingers cross..need to put more products then I can see the progress. I know there is going to be a long journey. But I am here to stay...and learn.
nice!!! good luck, I hope it works out well for you :D
@@shimmymorris1 Thank you.
A Bob here. I want a passive income source so I chose pod. Created my website and designs. Now doing marketing. It's slow going but it's worth it.
good luck!
@@shimmymorris1 Thanks Shimmy for sharing your knowledge. You are one of them who inspired me to do pod!
@shimmy tho as a business doesnt always take just one type of skillset it takes multiple to learn a business unless you ve got a partner but if you wish to go as a solo enterpreneur
that isnt starting a big company but doing small passive/semi passive-active/active businesses it takes multiple skills to run it so why not just keep updating our knoweledge and whether we apply it in print or demand or
not knoweledge has lot of ways of applying in different ways than just print on demand (like you suggested multiple ways bob and sam could use their skills so if they decide to create multiple incomes they could do two different sets of incomes at a time so even if print on demand takes time bob can sell art via other platforms and sam can market in other ways such as affiliate marketing while they both also do print on deman
as well and they could also keep learning skills they dont have bit by bit such as bob learning a bit of marketing,sam learning bit of designing and applying it.
Ofcourse not everyone will wish to make that effort so regular stick with what you can do is ok too but i just suggested this possibility that some may be willing to do..
of course, but theres no reason why 1 person can't learn a few skillsets :D
@@shimmymorris1 cool 😊..and thanks for responding to my comments its really engaging here though as your
channel grows at one point you wont be able to respond to our messages so is there any way to solve that so its easier on
you and everyone? (I am also asking this in general for my
own knoweledge so in case i start a youtube channel (since i am working with an organisation on theirs) or even
just another business social media account for social media marketing that idea would be helpful for keeping things
passive and focusing more on creation than just responding to tonnes of messages), a youtuber i watch has a discord group for his
audience engagement but again we cant be personally available when everything gets so big and we cant say what we want to each and every person.
Ik silfer bots and other bots,automated replies,faqs,live streams (but again lot of chats so cant answer em all)
help pages/articles/videos (generic
questions can be solved with a video but what about very specific ones)
are some solutions though but just in case you ve got other ideas...or if you've got any video on it (tho i ll check your channel
later anyway) or if you could make a video on this (communicating with your audience thats specific)
And again because i value both our time i really trying to be short but it gets long at one point so i hope its fine..
I feel like, unless you can smash out and upload thousands of designs over multiple platforms, t-shirts are impossible to make money on. But, POD covers more than t-shirts right? Maybe higher priced items are a better use of talent and time?
yes, t-shirts is the only way. Stickers seem to be the highest selling item at the moment
I'm the good designer but I also happen to have a big following on Facebook of just the type of people who will want my wolf and husky paintings on hoodies. so I think I'm pretty well set up for this. I'm still listening to a bunch of videos so I can catch mistakes, but I have built my audience up after years of selling pet portraits.
that's amazing!!! they sound like the perfect audience for this! Good luck
I'm mostly Bob, but less designer and more artist. But I have been trying to find ways to make money off of my art. I've just been hesitant with looking at pros & cons of POD platforms.
Depending on what type of art. You could try etsy. For POD I would say try redbubble or merch by amazon
Great video! Insightful and practical! The best out there
I appreciate that!
Everything is hard lol, but just try it, we will never know if we didn't do it. As a univ student, I don't have money to do other bussiness, so I choose POD.
Awesome! I agree, we may as well try
Hey shimmy love the video. So I'm a fashion designer I do t shirt graphics and I'm trying to start a small POD business to start my brand. What advice do you have for me . Um good as designing and I run a small marketing business so I'm a bit of both , I really want to do this and I'm willing to put in the work.
thanks so much for watching, if you're a fashion designer you may want to source the materials yourself rather than use a big company like redbubble or amazon as the quality of their clothing isn't very good...
Can you please mention some other options other than POD? Since I am new to business I was hoping this was the best business model for me with not much upfront costs .
Yes! I've just started creating content in other areas so people have options
There's too many Toms trying to sell shirts that it makes it harder for Bobs to be seen.
Definitely a Bob with a 1/8 Sam. Always loved the creativity of streetwear and the idea of having your favorite art piece that you created on a shirt canvas.
Just looking for the right platforms and outlets to get my work out there.
ye probably! There's a lot of platforms to choose from. I've done quite a few videos comparing lots of them
I'm the design person, learning about marketing and SEO from scratch! ;)
that's awesome! nice!!
I am neither. I can’t design that well and suck at marketing, but I have creative and funny ideas for T-shirts. I end up having to get somebody else to design them and rely on Redbubble and Teespring to promote them. Is there a chance of being successful this way you think?
It certainly wont be easy and I feel you'll just end up waiting for a one hit wonder, but i don't see a big business being created this way
@@shimmymorris1 I have over 400 designs already, but am spending more on designs than they are making at the moment. If Redbubble or Teespring don't end up promoting the designs then is it worth putting up so many designs or would I be better off focussing on fewer designs? There are designs that are better than others of course, but how can you get Redbubble to promote your 'Best' designs?
I'm Tom trying to be the (metaphorical) son of Bob and Sam. Lol
hahaha!
@@jagannathishere Do you have a link to your shop?
I'm Bob and I really want to work on POD for many reasons:
1- I was miserable working for other people as an illustrator. I want to design MY things, I want to draw MY ideas and be in charge of my own business.
2- I think POD teach a lot about marketing, clients, design, sale, business and it's a valuable way to learn those topics.
3- I have no money to invest for now, like NONE. I have to begin somewhere, create some money. I have some skills and I think POD gives me the opportunity to use them. I start this week, I've been accepted in Merch by Amazon last saturday so I give it a shot.
I'm struggling with the marketing part tho but I'm learning.
Thanks for the insight. (I'm the Bob type...) I use to draw a lot, growing up, now I'm learning how to use vector.
thats awesome! good luck with it
@shimmy i m a mix of 30%bob (designer with normal skills) + 20% sam (marketer with little bit of knoweledge) + 25% new learner : a person who doesnt know everything about this business or designing and marketing but is willing to learn.
25% inexperienced but willing to gain experience and improve not just for print on demand but because i wish to pursue creative businesses eg. I m average but improving and learning about and at mobile photography,designing,art,craft,marketing etc.
nice! that's good!
"Hi I am Bob, and I'am Bob"Thanks!
haha, Double Bob
I started with teespring in late April and I ordered the first t-shirt for myself on May 4. I just received the t-shirt in Los Angeles this week, 3 months later, and it was the wrong size. I ordered a medium. The label on the t-shirt says: Eu-M, US-S. The shirt was sent from the Netherlands. The t-shirt was very lightweight cotton, which is nice, but it still doesn't fit. I won't be selling from teespring again. Luckily, I'm on Merch by Amazon.
gosh, that sounds awful. That shipping time is atrocious!
Hi there. I’m a POD seller and I wanna pay a little amount of money to promote my Teespring products ( I actually already got about 10 sales). But I don’t know if I should use ads or buy shoutouts on instagram. What do you suggest?
If your able to stay in profit then for sure go for ads
Probably Bob as far as marketing goes. Got my first few sales on etsy (I use printify) but it's hard to stay optimistic during these times.
nice! that's really good. keep it up
What if I'm not good at graphic design but creative enough at coming up with concepts. Do you recommend I focus learning marketing and audience building?
marketing and building audiences will be the best thing you ever learn!
I'm subconsciously starting to really crave a Harvard sweater...
hahaha i have to say, it's my most comfortable jumper! I've gotten more out of it than the Business lecture I went to haha
Me too. I googled Harvard online lectures today, allthough it was before I saw this video. I just really want to go to Harvard all of a sudden
So I am like Bob and Sam’s child! I am kinda good at design and kinda good at marketing. But despite all, I have been doing this for a few weeks, with about 20 designs up on at least three sites, and besides the sales I have personally driven, I have not had any sales. I am on Etsy, Teespring, Redbubble and Teepublic. Any suggestions? Right now I have a called placed into a “Sam” that I know to find out if my head is up my #$% on keywording :)
wait a bit longer. You might need many many more designs before you start seeing sales come in.
@@shimmymorris1 thanks so much for answering! I’ll be patient and keep desiring! Thanks
I like to think I'm Bob but probably more Tom 😂 but being someone with a full time job I just do POD for some side pocket money and having some fun playing with designs in a risk free way. Thanks for a other great video 😊
that's awesome, doing it for fun is the best way to do it
When you are listed as a pure "freelancer" here in Germany you are legally not allowed to do marketing stuff. Just Services. Selling licenses via print-on-demand is a niche for those people, because this is concidered as "artistic output" and can be performed by freelancers. If you want to market your "art" you would have to sign up for a "trade".
interesting, i didn't realise it worked like that for you guys
I'm definitely a Tom but I'm also not a quitter. I want to push myself to be a bob and/or a sam. However, I understand your stance.
Tom is perfectly well suited for many business, nothing wrong with Tom
I’m sue, just like Bob lol, love your honesty Shimmy, I’d love art but not all will love my designs, into home design. Love your you tube channel and your blunt but nice really honesty, because at the end of the day your a nice honest person, I’m older and can tell,
I mean honest critisum in a nice way.
Ice to a Eskimo lol
thank you! appreciate that! Same, really into home design... maybe an insta channel is the way forward for you
Wow you hurt my heart ! But thanks for being honest ! :") , I learnt basics in graphic design and thought I can create my business , but I think now it is really a hard road , I am lost now haha :") what should I do lol ?
You should be fine. You could stick to text based designs or you can use a platform like vexels or canva to get some good graphics
Hello Shimmy, I have storefronts on REDBUBBLE, TEESPRING, TEEPUBLIC and SPREADSHIRT but was turned down (with no explanation) by AMAZON. My question is, couldn't someone who is already on AMAZON simply steal designs from those who were not on AMAZON and upload them as his/her own? I'm asuming that Amazon only searches their own database for copycats. What are your thoughts? Thanks.
they can still get taken down and caught out. you don't need to be on amazon to complain or sue...
I’m a Bob. I appreciate your videos very much.
awesome! thanks for watching
Hey Shimmy, im little confused by all this 😂 Recently i have been watching videos on youtube, expecially about print on demand, and all of you, youtubers, are saying that it is worth a try. But seeing this video, does not make me so optimistic about all this 😅 I have watched some of your older videos and you kinda tried to me us believe that it is not that hard and worth a try back then, but now i feel like i am not watching the same person i watched in old videos... Did your whole expresion about print of demand changed and if so, why is that?
i feel it's got a lot harder, and i think there is much better opportunity out there for everyone, however, i always stand by, if you are passionate about designing and you love creating tshirts then do POD, but don't do it for the money. Hopefully the money will come but that shouldn't be the aim
@@shimmymorris1 Thank you for responding! Can you please tell me what should i be focusing on if i wanna make some money online? I can put some money, 100e-500e(if i really see that it is worth trying) in the beginning, maybe it is not that much, but that is the best i can put into my "trying" due to the fact that i am 21 y.o. student for Serbia and i have some free time learning about that new branch. :)
hey shimmy , i think theres a 4th person as well who is average in both marketing and designing..isnt that a best fit for POD?
ps;. im the 4th type as well
my redbubble store is the cake series
on insta gram is the.cake.series
my niiche is about cake bakers and cake lovers
you're right. that would be quite a good fit for pod
I'm Tom :) but I love POD. What should I do?
if you love it do it! just do it for the enjoyment, hopefully the money will follow
I started last week I submitted design but it's mix and no niche, do I have to make another redbubble account and upload with the same niche?
I'm Tom, but I already sells some shirt
nice!
If I'm a mix of both Bob and Sam does that make me a BAM?
Hahaha maybe
@shimmy how about people that are combination of multiple characters you showed?....
Combo 2
Eg. If its a combination of bob(designer) and sam(marketer)..
Combo 2
Or they are tom but they are a learner with interest in tasks of both bob(design) and
sam(marketing) so they decide to learn ofcourse not just for print on demand but in general learn these skills for any
business they can apply to while also applying it to print on demand..
Combo 3.
Or they have a slight mix of bob,sam,tom in them i.e they know little bit or lot of design + lil or lot of marketing + theres a lot or some they dont know so they are willing to improve and learn.
Combo 4
What if they have the little or more knowledge of mix of multiple character bob + sam but have no experience in it but they are willing to get the experience by getting into print on demand and other businesses with things they know and also improving by learning things they dont know...
Regardless i believe we know that world is very diverse ofcourse there will be lot of people who have 1 main best skill or personality such as bob,sam,tom but there are people who have lot of different
skillsets of these 3 general characters with different amount of expertise in it.
for sure! a lot of people will be a mix of the 3 and that's fine. the point is to use your skillsets for work that suits it best. whatever the skillset may be
@@shimmymorris1 yep thanks😊 (and i m not saying that i know or can do everything that i wish to learn either cuz i dont have
that much of time in my life left (22 yrs old already so thats old,not in general way but a feeling)
since lot of time goes on functioning by sleeping,daily chores,eating etc already that leaves me lot less time)
So i d like to pick a skill i am best/good at + is suitable for my psychological, physical, financial etc circumstances + im actually interested + have a potential to grow in regardless of what level of skill i have first eg. Creative skills (art,design, music, photography,craft,dancing etc ik it sounds a lot like jack of all trades but there are lot of
creative skills than what i have, and i eliminating what i my last choice of main business would be eg. Singing,dancing (dont want to be a celebrity)
and another skill i need (eg. Business skills are necessary for anyone who wants financial freedom and we cant leave that to a partner all the time since partnerships may or may not work)
Also i could hire different ppl for each particular work eventually but thats an option when the business is at a bigger level so starters have to do as many things as they can
+ lil bit of support from other people + temporary affordable hires if possible than full time..
(And since you ve confirmed it already that its ok and we agree the above stuff is just an explanation so theres no misunderstanding so you can just ok it if you agree)...
But i wanted to know i plan a lot of stuff and check stuff like copyright infringement about fonts (which are legal to use etc n i found em), accidental
trademark infringements etc so i dont have a problem later on and i do wish
to take action but i m sort of safe person that checks atleast basic legalities first and then enters the market so i wanted to know if its ok to take a bit of time to review the basics and
then upload stuff instead of rushing (as long as i dont keep procrastinating it and theres a healthy balance between consuming the knoweledge,planning, applying it in action)
Love you man!
cheers
I've been in research mode and I hope and believe I am none of these
Good luck! keep us updated
Hi Shimi, thanks for everything!
You have a video (that I can't find...) where you compare all 13 (or 30) sales platforms.
But you did not mentioned Etsy as a selling platform, what about it? :)
I have a totally separate video on etsy where I interviewed an expert and asked them all the etsy questions. i haven't used etsy so didn't want to create false information
@@shimmymorris1 thaxxx
Very good and fun video!!
thanks!
What's the best app you would say for designs?
I like photoshop
Thanks for the advices
No problem!
Haha nice Video Shimmy. Getting started. Hopefully it goes well.
good luck!! Remember, only do it if you want to, not because everyone else is
@@shimmymorris1 yes absolutely. I have always wanted to do it for some time already. So irrespective of the results, I will be contented I gave it a try. Will let you know the results in few weeks. 😊
I am a mixture of both Bob and Sam
Is print on demand good for me ?
Good information!👍
Thank you!
@@shimmymorris1 You're welcome!😊
Thanks Shimmy! I think I'm Tom 😭 but I'm going to keep going.
tom is the best! don't give up
I just want it to make my capital to start FBA or Dropshipping.
You're going to love the next few videos coming out then. I really do think FBA is an awesome business to start! Still one of my faves
@@shimmymorris1 to start FBA you need a money ,,, a lot of money !!!
Love your videos. Can you make a video talking about how to market for your niche for free?
i believe i have a few on this
Hi Shimmy. I’ve got a question for you but I’d rather private message you instead of put it in the comments here. Is there any way for me to do that through maybe fb, Instagram or email? Thanks
Hey Shimmy! Bob here (lol)
my plan was to upload my designs across many platforms that do marketing for us like redbubble, and just keep making and uploading to let's say 5 to 10 different sites if there are that many! On Tee spring to kick start the trust score I'd just give some $$ to friends across the world to go through my IG link and buy a tshirt. Maybe drive some paid traffic too, so that it looks a little more legit statistic-wise!
My main income comes from elsewhere, but I have high hopes for 3-4 designs per week. Does this plan suck hard or so? Please your honest opinion
I just don't know how well it will do thats the truth. I think you'll have to build up a big audience to sell your designs. But there's no harm in giving it a go
@@shimmymorris1 shishio arigatou! Building and audience must be more crucial than I grasp I guess. Thanks btw, it means a lot that you reply!
Awesome tips Shimmy🍺🍺🍺
Those are exactly the 2 companies I went with: RedBubble and Merch by Amazon!👍 (Amazon very restrictive and hard to get approved though. I got approved but my wife's aplication got rejected🤷♂️)
Thanks! Yes, it's a tough one, she can apply again. Let me know how it goes with sales
@@shimmymorris1 will do mate 100% 😊 btw, what's the best way to get in touch with you?
Cheers,
*Adrian*
Hi, shimmy I am sam kind of person who loves to market people looking for some business from where I can earn Lil bit apart from my salary and over the time will expand the business so got an interest in POD business while researching about POD I landed to your video so Plz suggests me that which is better Amazon of POD Business. Which should I go for?
What if you're a bit of a Sam and a bit of a Bob? I'm a Copywriter but have a design background. A jack of two trades if you will. This is kind of why I'm drawn to print on demand as it combines my two skillsets. But would it be smarter to pick a skillset and double down on being either a Sam or a Bob?
that's a very cool and unique skill! I think you should combine them and stand out from most other people
@@shimmymorris1 Thanks man
thank you
you're welcome
i'm probably sam, but people love my humor so hopefully i will have enough designs eventually so some will be good
Put that humour on shirts and try and sell them, see how they do
@@shimmymorris1 that's the plan. i don't need one big seller but lots of small sellers
O.k. yah. If you have a sense of humor. It's like, (Put the slogans and right jokes in the right places) it becomes a numbers game. Happy hunting
I'm just a Bob, looking for a Sam..
Haha same... Not that easy...
Keep looking, you may get your sam somewhere in the dropshipping forums, videos, fb groups. Waqt to lagta hi h
wanna partner up?
@@gaschneidr how can I get in touch?
I'm mostly a Bob looking to become more of Sam!
nice!!
hey shimmy ! its me bobker :)
hi :D
I am both Sam the marketing guy and Tom the one who puts most the capital for the business to operate. My business partner would be Bob he is really good with designs.
nice!
Hey Shimmy, we're trying to contact you for business inquiries, where can we contact you at? Thank you!
Hey, you can contact me at azonuniversity@gmail.com Thank you
i've actually just seen your email. I'll respond now
May I ask why did you say that Teespring is a waste of time? I'm just starting on POD and I just want to know why did you say that. Thank you.
Teespring doesn't offer affiliate marketing, Shimmy has a video comparing several pod stores and it'll help you understand why he said that.
@@godlovesusall8115 Thank you very much for the helpful information mam.
@shimmy and idk if you will be able to read my 3 big msgs since comments will probably go above 200 and its harder to
read the more they increase but just wanted to put it there 😅
But if you can read them then hats off to you
Hi can you speak in easier viable optons?
Hey Shimmy. You genuinely have solid content. Bravo mate! Just launched my POD business and wanted to ask you sth. I wanna partner with a superb "Bob" type of designer. Kindly give me some direction to how and maybe where I could get one? Thanks, your response will mean a lot.
thanks so much! really appreciate that. You could potentially find one on upwork, maybe even fiverr. but you'll have to ask someone around.
@@shimmymorris1 Sure thing, thank you!
I am new to all of this but I really love funny t-shirts and I have a lot of good ideas for them and I am starting to learn how to make my own t shirts and sell them so that's why I would really love to do this because of my love for funny t-shirts I wear them all the time. I've been watching a lot of your videos and other videos and yes I can see that it is very difficult and time-consuming so the other thing is everybody is charging money that I don't have to try to learn the systems so do you have any suggestions for me. Thank you very much for your time
Neither of the 3....I can see a great design....I can bastardise that great design and make it my own...simply by using Canva or my true love PlaceIt....Hence my desire to enter Print On Demand. I have income from Web Design ....Seo....Dropshipping and the like....But would love to see my designs on a T Shirt or the like...I dont know if I will succeed but if I fail I will pick myself up and start it again....
That's awesome!! Definitely give it a go then! Keep persevering :D
I am the tom , I already find a designer and I begen to sell by redbubble but I want to sell them by amazon merch, amazon dosnt accept everybody, I will try to make a lot of follovers on facebook page 10,000 followers must be enoegh I think. So hoopfuly amazon gonna think I am seriously busy and already followers to bring to amazon and accept me, do you think is it good strategy?
yes its great but you really don't need to go this far. You don't need 10,000 followers to get accepted to merch. Apply now and see what happens, if you don't get in apply again...
@@shimmymorris1 thank you very much for your motivation and advise.
ok, what else can i do besides of print on demand
amazon fba, affiliate marketing, youtube...
I’m probably closest to Bob 😂
Nice! I'm the same
@@shimmymorris1 so am I, how can we meet our Sam ?
What if you're a little Bob and a little marketing guy? And.. What is the best "type" of person that succeeds?
There's no best type of person. Everyone will exceed at their own thing. A little of both could be perfect from POD