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Only 5 minutes in and already there’s important reminders - fill out ALL the info to sign up, AND write good descriptions, and use good tags! Always good info from Mey.
Hi Mey! I followed your advice from this video quite closely and managed to get into premium tier as well :) Made a video on it, hope everyone else can learn from it too.
And btw, i did not spend spend a single cent with redbubble and i still got into premium, so the $600 you spent on the buyer account may not have made a difference haha
Anyway, have been following you ever since i started POD, thank you for always sharing useful advices! 😊
I think they saw your social presence and knew that you are a gem. Great work Mey!
I personally think that if RB knew it was me they'd block me, as I have spoken out against them many times LOL
I don't think that social presence helped much, as the IG link I placed there was to an account that is private- so they can't even see it...
Honestly? I think they placed me at a higher tier since I am not making any money- no money to take from a new seller, or maybe- they are trying to fight off all the bad rep they have gotten, so they make new accounts premium - to not demotivate them LOL
@@MeyTribe Ya, there's no telling what motivates these people other than $. It's too bad they can't just be straight up with ppl. Keep up the great work, you are an inspiration. :)
I had a 3 yr old shop, 200 plus designs, sales, social media acc, completed all my info.......standard. So I left one shirt with typography “Shit Happens” I also updated my about me section to include why. ✌️ Thanks for all your valuable information ❤
I'm not going to delete my account because I am in a bad place financially and any money helps but I am disappointed in how Redbubble handled this change and has not given us information about what makes you reach each tier. I have done everything the same as you have except I opened my store in 2019 but they've put me in standard tier instead of premium, It is very confusing.
Hey, I think I figured out the whole best seller badge thing. I started randomly clicking on different products in my shop until I found one with the best seller badge. Like you, it was a design that I'd never sold before. The particular product was a poster, but other products with the same design didn't say best seller. I looked at several other posters on my account and all of them had the best seller badge. Then I did a general search for posters and clicked on the first 12 designs that came up in the search. All of them had the best seller badge. Also every sticker I've clicked on has a top rated badge.
From this I think I can conclude that these badges are about the type of product and not about our specific designs. So posters specifically are best sellers and stickers specifically are top rated. I think the way they did these badges is really misleading though because it really does come across as a rating about the particular design rather than the type of product.
Thanks, I have had other people send that to me as well :)
I wonder why they decided to take that move...
I did the same research when I saw a Top Rated badge on one of my designs that had never sold - turns out it is put on ALL stickers.
Love your videos ❤ always authentic and transparent
Thanks :)
Maybe Premium means something different on RB then we think it does. I did all the fill out stuff with Social platforms and great designs also my photos. I am Standard.
Your accent is great and clear and I like it lol
That's my "fake" one... I make my accent far less heavy on youtube... My natural accent can confuse people at times LOL
Great video, tons of info!!! 👍 👍
Happy to hear you liked it.
I launched my shop 2 weeks ago and was surprised to find myself in the premium tier right away. I thought it was nice, but I'm not sure why. I did fill in lots of information and connected social media accounts as well as reaching the design upload threshold for the first days (different designs, no similar copy paste stuff). I thought of it as a confirmation that I was doing well setting up my shop as a new seller.
I also got Premium Tier after few days for my new account. Filling lots of information is the one thing that i didn't experienced in few other POD sites.
Thank you for this!! I've been waiting for 4 days and nothing! Hopefully tomorrow I've been looking for info and nothing very clear anywhere but here. I appreciate all your content ❤
such amazing view behind you Mey! :)
Happy you like it ! (I like it too :))
Greatings from South Afrika, thanks for the wonderful content!
Greetings back from Bulgaria! Happy you like this video!
Looking forward to seeing you wearing your new merch by Liesel (hope I spelled that correctly) and wish you wonderful rest and relaxation on your break from YT, etc.
Me too !!!
I just need to decide where to ship it to, to my temp location or to my fixed address
@@MeyTribe - decisions, decisions! Flip a coin?
@@pvg1236 I know !
I think I will order it to my fixed one and hope reception contacts me when the package arrives LOL
At first I thought this was just a normal update to optimize their system. But then I realized that my account with 700 sales and 5k likes is classified as standard.
I contacted to many Redbubble artists. And the truth is that all high-selling successful artists are classified as standard. Even accounts with 2 designs are premium.
You did not hear wrong. Redbubble steals money by making standard accounts of all its high-paying artists.
They are stupid enough to think that this disgrace goes unnoticed.
Today is the day that Redbubble was declared a fraudulent company.
I invite everyone to announce this on all their social media accounts. They must pay for this disgrace.
Ahhh so much nuance, thank you. I got Premium after a few days, too. Wondering what is means, and your plethora of theories is very helpful
How i can get premium to :(
@@user-wj8zc1ls9c I don't know. I don't know what to do with it. I have premium, but no one has ever liked any of my designs. So I'm not sure how to increase traffic
Redbubble has a minimum amount of 4 uploads for your store to be made public. If you open a new store and just upload one design, it will never be made public.
Yeah, people have mentioned that. I didn't know it as the only time I opened a shop before was in 2017 when that rule didn't apply.
I used to check every product like that and created collections to add them too. I had just two sales and both my shops were tiered, 'Standard', before I closed both.
It's funny my store follows your steps but still in Standard. I remember making a new niche store in January/February for metal print and immediately closed 2-3 days later. Even following the verification, bios, not spamming tags, upload limit, etc.
While nobody can debunk your opinion, and remembering everyone butcher redbubble before this, I would love to see another new account experiment for this. Maybe to add some credibility that the tier is not a 'bug' for someone.
Thank you for your input 👍👍👍😊😊😊😊😊
Did I miss this as a Premiere? Darn! Oh, well, watching replay now.
we missed you too :)
People totally need to look at what “White Trash” really is. I’m sorry that there are trolls out there. I’m definitely more “white trash” than anybody, being from the Us, and having grown up living in a mobile home, on welfare! 😂
Anyway, this is the first time I’ve commented, as I’m usually driving while listening to your videos. It’s so refreshing to have found someone so blunt and forward about the POD business, and what to expect. I’ve wanted to do something with my art for a long time, and have only had access to a drawing tablet for the last 5 years, and still building up my skills. I just recently learned about Print on demand in the last few months after just considering making stickers. I knew about KDP from working at an Amazon facility in Denver, Colorado, US, but hadn’t seen all of what was available with print on demand, until recently. So, now I’m just trying to decide what to sell on which platforms, and learn marketing. As always, Mey, you are amazing and much appreciated. Thank you for being such an authentic person.
That flower can look good on anything.
Awww thanks :) I miss creating in that style, maybe during my break I will return to it a bit more:)
I opened a new redbubble shop, and not even 24 hours later I got an email stating my account was upgraded to premium tier.
I saw many people saying that... but recently also a few others stating that their new shops are standard, so- who's to say how RB is calculating their tiers (as they themselves haven't explained it )
I am from Portugal and opened a store 5 days ago and was put on premium tier. I guess I was lucky, I never bought anything there either. Also I followed everything that you mentioned and I think it makes a difference
Also, side note for shipping I can tell you as someone that works in logistics for shipping for a Fortune 500 transportation company, the cost of shipping is crazy atm, a mix of not enough drivers wanting to drive due to much lower pay for that transportation due to the much higher cost in diesel. So alot of it is the fact alot of drivers are turning dow the lower jobs and sitting out for the ones they deem worth it also, we have an amazing amount of loads we struggle to get drives to accept due to the "low cost" and with gas honestly still being above 3$ and some ever over 4$ the drivers are just doing what they got to do. so remember shipping generally is essentially has fees on it 5 times and trading hands at least 3 times, (The maker of the goods, The Company accepting the product for the initial shipment, (depending on the distance may move between 2-5 forms of transportation, not each transportation is getting paid too) and the vendor, and if no vender generally shipped directly to the buyer) So assuming the lowest generally 3-4 people get a payment of some kind to get from point a to be, high end i have seen up to 10 changes of hands, again each getting a payment
They are outraged because they are emotional and some content creators are just adding to it. People mass deleting their accounts, driving up their cost thinking it will hurt Redbubble, raging for no reason. All of this is child-like behavior. I don't care at all about the randomness or anything. This doesn't stop anyone from being successful on RB at all. The max fee is $92 if you make less than $500 on a standard account. If you make a little on RB, you're still going to make a little because if you make $20, they take $10 which is 50% but at $500 they take $92 FROM YOUR PROFIT not your pocket.
The Tier new system is just an outlet to RB Rage at the fact people are not good already on RB and give up RB. Someone in this comment section said they had 3 shops and deleted everything because they feel RB is trying to rip us off. There is no way someone would delete a fully successful business because of this tiny thing. You mean to tell me if you're making $2000 a month on RB, you'd close your shop for this small additional fee? Get real. As they say I was born at night but not last night.
No mature person would throw finances like that away. It's equivalent to quitting your job because they decided to up your health insurance by $92 but yet you can afford it or change coverage or such. Nobody would throw out annual income like that. If you have 3 shops and each make $1000, you're not going to toss out $36,000 a year. The reason people are closing their shops is because the income was insignificant to them in the first place due to their own lack of effort and knowledge to get to those higher income levels on RB combined with just being emotional about this all. That's the truth they will never admit. And if everyone looks at their RB income, they'll see why they feel it's so easy to close shop. You're already not successful on the platform that was 100% free so now you're mad at a new potential fee that's taking some crumbs from your small stack of crumbs. This new structure made me want to make MORE RB stuff because people quitting leaves open spaces for others.
I remember when I made my 2nd RB store there was a screen saying to upload five products before the store would be live. So I guess that is what happened to you too.
As a buyer first it makes total sense. It proves you're a more valuable user and not just one who will spam uploads. I feel these marketplaces like to see us as buyers as well as sellers. Puts them in a more favorable mood. Whenever I see someone say they were banned for just opening a shop I ask did you purchase anything before with your account?
I think that could be a part of it too,... Maybe they also wanna see that we buy from ourselves to do quality tests or marketing... But who knows.
I have heard from artists who have constant sales, buy from themselves and other, still getting tier standard, hoping it's not just a money grab tier assignment...
Love the cricket in the background❤
Only cause you don't have to try and sleep while they are " singing " LOL
@@MeyTribe 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I hear you
This is encouraging Mey. Lots of awesome information based on previous experiences and what you have noticed what works and doesn't work with this. I personally love Skillshare as well. It is always good to learn anything new or to improve what we may already know.
and NOW TeePublic has come out with tiers too, but their reveal is a bit more clear.. Philip Anders has a great video on this..
I have a STANDARD RB store, my shop is over a year old, I am from the US, entered in all info, have the banner, and also create unique images , I also upload images specific for Cards and stickers where necessary or turning off ones that suck, so not just spam uploads of CF stuff. I have collections and also sales, I know people with LESS sales and also don't have collections and have crappy tags and they are Premium.. so it really is NOT clear.
It gives them a sense of importance, they are not making sales so RB has nothing to lose.
Im from Hungary and I was also put on prémium tier.
I think it's not random. If you have a new shop with a few designs and never had copyright / trademark issues or product reviews your shop will be classified as premium.
No, I’ve had a few copyright issues with RB (completely ridiculous ones, by the way) and I am in Premium.
I have a store with more than 300 designs, not one is copyrighted, and I sold one sticker in 3 years. I’m Standard.
I opened a new store, uploaded 5 designs, all patterns, and I’m Premium.
It does seem like it's random or weird.
I actually also heard people who opened a store now and are standard, and people with copyright strikes in the past who are on premium.
The biggest shock to me was seeing artists who sell daily from the fan art program- being on standard, meaning- they won't have access to that anymore?
@@MeyTribe Wow, that’s crazy.
Nope, got premium tier right away even though I had 2 copyright issues (that I totally couldn't foresee)
This was a pretty interesting experiment you did. I was put in premium even though I haven't sold much, but I think I went about setting things up in a fairly similar way to how you did it. The main difference is that I used the maximum number of tags because that was the advice that I received at the time I created the shop, but I tried to make sure they were all relevant tags as much as possible. Ironically I had issues with trying to set up an account on Fine Art American where they deactivated my account because I put links in my bio before I uploaded any designs and they thought that was a sign of a spammy bot.
I will admit to being curious about your accent as it seems to change around at times so it was very interesting to hear a bit more about your background. I'm not sure why you try to make your accent neutral, but I'm sure your natural speaking voice is lovely and it would be nice to hear it in some of your future videos.
I have to say- this is the first time I am hearing someone being banned or deactivated from FAA...
Maybe their algorithm is somehow backwards?
My accent- originally very south african... But I modified it as a child cause I was bullied because of it.
I have lived in so many countries, and I "catch" accents from people. I try to neutralize my accent on TH-cam, but on my earlier videos, when I was filming myself I was using a neutral accent, but when filming the screen my natural one came out.
Sometimes I even start speaking with an Eastern European accent if i spoke Bulgarian that day LOL
@@MeyTribe Yeah, I don't know. They did reactivate my account after contacting them but told me it would be deactivated again if I didn't upload any designs in two days because it was an automated thing. I wasn't pleased as that's not a lot of time if you're busy and trying to learn how a new product creator works. I managed to get it done, but didn't do too much with the site after that as I've been debating whether I want to pay the subscription fee for unlimited designs, and it doesn't help that the only payment methods they offer aren't convenient for me.
Sorry to hear about the childhood bullies. I've had to deal with that myself for other reasons and children can be so cruel sometimes. I think I know what you meant about the catching accents thing. I've experienced that on occasion myself just from watching television! LOL
Well, have a great day and keep being amazing!
Great advice as always, thanks 😀
Not sure there was much advice here, cause after all- it is possible they gave me a premium account since they can't take money from fees from a shop that sells nothing LOL
The content is confusing 😂. Not really. But RedBubble is scrambling! I should open a shop. I have some good designs!
It's so random !! And yeah, if you love your designs - open a shop !
Man, is this a random thing? I totally expected my store to be put on standard, I just checked and its Premium. I have had my shop about a year, have maybe 30 designs and haven't done much with it. I made one organic sale a few weeks back, that is my only sale. No idea why they made me premium but I'll take it.
I have 125 designs , shop is on since 2020 and I got tier standard..
if you love newyork city then visit my shop and buy t-shirt--
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/146395959
I made my account like 5 months ago and I started on a Premium account, that was weird to me.
From what im seeing they are placing high sellers in standard tier, just to get a portion of their sales. Its about money.
I kinda think so too... Heard Juna was placed as standard... Crazy !!
No they're not. I am a high seller and got Premium.
@@quickpstuts412 ok, but there's no such thing as "no they're not".
@@eprahs1 Huh? No "they're not" is a contraction for "no they are not". As in "no they are not placing all high sellers on standard. Am I misunderstanding your reply?
@@quickpstuts412 i see
My 3-year-old shop has sales every day. It's Standard. (from a non-English speaking country) 🤦
There are a lot of people saying that RB placed people who sell on standard- so that they can charge the fees...
I opened my shop in 2015 and sold only a couple of stickers before putting it in a hiatus for years. Just started uploading something every now and then since last december and I'm not even been put in a tier yet. I don't know.
I've got a similar story with my shop - opened in 2017, have uploaded and engaged there occasionally, sold a couple of cards, and haven't been put in a tier yet either.
It is no geolocation or age My son and I have each a Redbubble same Year 2020 and same home I have more sales than he does, he got premium and I got standard
I think so too... I feel like when there was the mass banning 2 years ago people blamed geo-location, but when looking at their actual social media accounts- they all were promoting products with copyright infringements LOL
I always appreciate your videos. I have 3 RB stores and the main one was set to premium but I deleted everything because even if they're not ripping me off, they showed they have no problem taking another cut of your cut. That's sleazy and I don't want to do business with people like that. Plus RB wasn't going anywhere for me anyway so I'm putting that time into etsy and Deviant Art where I make most of my income from art. Keep up the great work and I hope you enjoy your upcoming break.
I opened my shop about three weeks ago, loaded about two to four designs a day mainly that were already on my Etsy shop. One sale so far and I’m Premium too. I heard that higher sales shops might be Standard as they will get more money from sellers with higher sales volumes.
❤That was fun! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it :)
7:35 This has been happening to me too
Multiple listings of mine that have little or no sales say "popular style" or "best seller"
lesson learned from RB: the more you care the more things are getting worse 😂
i have a sister who had only two designs and 5 folowers but her store tiered Premium !! my store is older and i posted 150 high quality designs and have many followers and sales but I'm still a standard!!!! weird!!!!!!!!
Life is random ?
also, their marketplace, their rules.
But it does feel tricky seeing that this tier system has no actual information - especially when you compare it to other platforms who have tiers.
From what I have seen on all social media the number one reason someone gets out in Premium is that they AREN'T making sales.
This is the penalty for all of these POD sites becoming so widely popular due to TH-cam videos. Too bad the tiers weren't in place from the beginning on these sites. That would have helped everyone so much because you'd have to earn your spot from day 1. That would have made everything so much more fair and ensured better quality overall.
At least Teepublic tiers are fair. I was already Artisan tier so I won’t see much change from what I saw. So their system makes sense.
artisans will now make $4 when selling apparel- that means if you sell a hoodie you'll make the same amount as a tshirt...
They cut down fees for everyone.
@@MeyTribe yes. Apprentice gets less. So they are actually trying to get rid of spammers. The only bad hung is you cannot adjust your commission like in Redbubble and Society6 to make up for it so there is that. They are gonna get you one way or another.
Thanks for sharing Mey! I am wondering if it is a Redbubble publicity stunt as well, some things are not making sense at all! Oh something else, I actually think there must have been a copyright claim go against someone somewhere because of the amount of "free" sites, Pixabay, Pexels, limit how many items can be downloaded BUT get this...Rawpixel is now membership only!! You cannot download anything without paying a yearly fee, or at least that is what I found last night.
I'm a bit confused about the rawpixels thing...
Literally just downloaded something from there that is 7000 pixels.
the public domain art is still available to download, and they always had a membership plan to download other items...
@@MeyTribe ...must have just been me!! From what I could see it was supposed to be Public Domain - Free license but when I went to download a couple of things it came up that I had to pay a membership...odd!!??
@@BELINDASPIRIT I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say it was supposed to be public domain... they have a public domain category... maybe you somehow migrated from that when looking at photos?
Well, I am premium too, no sales ans on the first day I uploaded 12 products.
You have to have at least 5 designs before they let a shop go live (unless they changed that) I never realised that initially.
Yeah, people mentioned it in the comments here... I didn't know that as when I started with RB they didn't have this "threshold"
Here’s what’s up with the tier system: RB makes almost no money from low selling accounts (i.e. mine) and they put those in Premium. The good sellers make lots of money for RB and now they are put into Standard so that RB gets to gouge those sellers for a bigger cut of those profits. Simple as that. I’d be willing to bet that many of the accounts that use bots are also in Standard. The vast majority of sellers on RB make next to no money. If they told those artists that they were going to penalize them more with higher fees then said artists would be jumping ship even more than they are now. I know for sure I would have done. The fact that they put me in Premium means I’ll stick around for a bit longer and see what plays put.
Nope. I had multiple RB accounts. The ones with hardly no sales got Standard, the higher selling account with daily sales got Premium. I draw a lot of my own traffic and have a branded store. A guy I know that makes $2000/mo got Pro.
While I will admit, there seems to be a bit of randomness and uncertainty here, we can't assume that's the case for everyone. For some they got it right, for others they didn't. We'll never know the real story.
I got standard, despite doing a lot of the right things, as far as we know what "right" means. The lack of transparency on tier attribution and on what to do to change tiers is upsetting. I have about 350 sales, making 20-50$ per month in the last 12 months. I have 124 designs, mostly text-based, and upload new one(s) every other month. My storefront and collections are properly set. I use high resolution, costumise for certain products and only activate products in which the designs look good. I sell to an underrepresented niche and a few of my designs are high up on the keyword search. I have over 2k favorited on RB and new likes everyday. And I have social media accounts linked (IG, FB, TW, Pinterest).
I’m not sure about that because I have one account on RB that is Premium but my biggest account is Standard and I have 140K Pinterest followers.
Totally random ? I honestly don't know anymore.
@@MeyTribe I really don’t know. My premium account doesn’t make as much sales as much Standard shop…which is a bummer. And I know it’s crazy but it even cross my mind to move all my designs to my premium shop. Insane thought🤯 more work, algorithmic issue…not worth it.
I opened a store in Sept 2022 - I earn about $40 a month, around 700 designs with mix of original stuff, graphic design and memes. & my store/account is still not classified.
I created a redbubble account today without even knowing the existence of the premium account. I just received that email telling me that my email is now premium and i'm watching this video to figure out what is that supposed to mean. You want to see what my store look like ?
Why is it impossible to increase or decrease font size on kittl. Yes the feature is there but it does nothing. Pressing the arrows up and down don't work.
Not sure why you're having this bug, as I can adjust the font size always...
Have you tried contacting their support ? (or maybe clean cached on browser?)
I've done all the things you highlighted and am still in Standard - I'm tempted to do a new account and start from scratch and see what happens
They just increased fees, they are now taking over half of artists income
Mey Teepublic did the same thing today as Redbubble did 2 weeks ago I'm thinking that will be the domino effect for all print on demand companies. They all will be having tier sections.
Teepublic belongs to Redbubble, that’s why.
Anyway, Society6 made some changes but not as dramatic as RB’s.
Oh south african that is pretty cool.
@MeyAroyo, the "best seller" badge relates to the product type (poster), not to your specific design. Just like the "popular style" badge is related to classic t-shirts (as appeared on one of the RB-protest t-shirts you showed in your previos video). RB seems to try to promote with these new badges the products that are the best performing / most profitable for them
you can see ALL posters have this badge. Even the newest.
Thanks for helping me see that, it was so weird for me LOL so many people DMd me that yesterday LOL
That's exactly what happened to me after my general store fell in the standard tier and after I decided to build a new store to see what would happen. I did the exact same steps you did and got my newly created niche store in the premium tier.
Although I decided to go with other alternatives and spread the eggs on several baskets, I am still trying to figure out whether it is still worth investing time on RB.
I am def putting my eggs in other baskets... this store was an experiment for me, I have made an order from Liesl now, and waiting for it to arrive so I can delete my account again LOL
I'm on RedBubble Premium. I wish RB made new product people actually want
They put in standard those who earn enough to give RB profit from those crazy taxes and can't run away so easly. It's not random
It does starting to look that way... total d!ck move on their part.
I’m a real artist on RedBubble and have all my info and links on my store and have uploaded designs slowly over several years. Haven’t sold much. Have purchased quite a bit of products. Just checked and I am a Standard Tier. Wonder if it is worth removing all my designs, closing my store and trying to set up a new one? Has anyone tried this?
It is starting to look like their system is either RANDOM or just against people with sales...
as for removing your designs... Only you can decide if it's worth it for you or not.
If you have already so many pins and posts referring to your shop- maybe removing the designs will hurt potential earnings in the future?
Also- removing the designs is "work", you can just stop uploading if you don't like to try in with the new system... But if you wanna remove your account cause you dislike the company's behaviour- no one will blame you.
I have closed my shop over a year ago, for my own moral reasons, and only opened this shop as viewers wanted to see what happens with a new shop opened from a None-native English speaking country, as many were thinking this tier system is a geo-location thing.
I made an order from Liesl's shop for that anti-RB merch, and as soon as I get it- I am closing my shop as well...
If your goals is to close the shop and open a new one, I am not sure how their algorithm will fee about that... mind you- my shop was closed for over a year...
And regardless of what you do... Never put all your eggs in one basket!
There are so many other websites to upload your art to, and you should have multiple sources for revenue!
Hello. I would like to add some experiment. I made new redbubble account with ai art only. And they put me to be premium. I added 60 works
Nope. I just checked my RB for the first time in over a year, and I’m premium. I only have 14 designs up and have made a whopping total of 4 sales in the 4 or 5 years I’ve had this account. I have hardly any info in my profile and I’ve never purchased from this account. However, I’ve got a nice storefront, nice branding and my art is all original (not that they could tell these days). So who knows. I think it’s because I don’t make sales and they don’t have to worry about needing to pay me much.
yeah, when I hear all those things I regret that I pick this platform. As far as I sold there one item. I just upload stuff there because you never know but now I see that this is totally pointless to sell there. I will never earn there even pocket money.
Streaming on TV and commenting with iPad and different ads are playing on each simultaneously. Weird.
Nothing strange with RB’s strategy. It’s messed up, but there’s a method.
RB artist that sells get standard so RB can get more money.
RB artist who just created their account gets Premium so newcomers will feel special and will stay on the platform.
Remember that even being Premium RB gets a good amount of profit.
It looks like less money then Standard, but new accounts don’t sell anyway.
Why this strategy is going to fail? Because there are so many other platforms out there, because people who sell a lot are already leaving RB.
New accounts will stay for a while until they see that they don’t sell anything, and even they are going to either abandon their stores or delete everything and go away.
I think that they are heading for a fall with that one too, there's way too much competition out there.
On the other hand- Society6 is issuing membership fees in the fall, art of where just closed their marketplace, so a lot of "competition" is being taken out of the equation as well.
I had 2 shops, on RB, one old one from 2020, one brand new one, both shops have just been suspended, I didn't copy other sellers, or mass produce, so yeah, IDK why, Question: can I try to open a new shop??? Or will I get suspended again right away,
Nice video, but I think that it’s possibility that Redbubble give you premium because so many artists closed their stores after Redbubble change politics about payment and % that that take from you
I literally wrote a sentence about school and now they are checking my art. Insane!
What was the sentence? Maybe something in the tags was a copyright thing you were not aware of ? (people trademark the dumbest things and I had friends and viewers blocked from these marketplace not knowing someone trademarked something like "girl dad" )
@@MeyTribe funny sexy bunny. My sentence thought it will look cute with retro letters and bunny ears
@@didi-bc1xs did you mark it as adult content ?
@@MeyTribe i think i didnt
Hi Mey, on what section of the account does it indicated if you are premium? Is it the red beta icon?
But have you ever been working from Bulgaria? if you open a new account its very likely they know where you come from, not just your current location. In fact they probably know you were a good designer and what your account was the last time. So is this experiment really valid?
When I opened my first ever account I was from Israel, a non-native-English speaking country, and they didn't know I was a good designer- as I had no public info on myself. That account was used when i was uploading art to RB from Romania, Thailand , Laos & Bulgaria.
This current account was opened from Bulgaria.
I don't know how redbubble would know someone is a good designer from them uploading 2-3 designs. (they didn't know my name on the first time FOR SURE as I didn't have a TH-cam channel back in 2017).
I think any experiment is valid, but it does show they are not banning or demoting people just from having accounts that are not in native English speaking countries- as a lot of people said is the case.
As for anything else? it's speculation. it's also an option that maybe RB just started giving people a premium account when opening the shop just to get off the bad reputation they got from the tier system.
Also, I don't think that i am getting any special treatment from them... even when I contacted them with certain questions from my personal IG or FB accounts- where you can clearly see I'm a POD youtuber, the answers were vague, weird, and telling me to contact support.
When I did contact support I also got vague answers after waiting a good 4-5 days for a reply. I do not think I get any special treatment with them.
In fact- my only concern was to be placed in a lower tier, or be automatically suspended- as I have spoken out against them in many occasions, and the fist thing I did with my new account is to buy anti-redbubble merch LOL
@@MeyTribe Thanks for the long reply. I think RB surely has an algorithm to do this. I made an account in 2017, from Mexico, with less than 20 designs and sold $20 worth of commissions in all that time, which only recently discovered because I logged back in by chance. I am tiered as Premium, because I guess the bar is not very high. I decided to open another store for a different niche and it also got tiered Premium, because they already know who I am, which is my point, they already know who you are today from all your history with them, it doesn't matter if its in a different country unless you change the name, email, paypal, maybe even erase the computer cookies, etc. Your history is part of the algorithm, it couldnt ever be simply the country you are located. Israel with so many english speakers is also part of the algorithm, just like it would be the case with european countries. Premium is just a small jump ahead, a way to delete accounts or make people lose them, because they probably waste a lot of system resources to have dormant accounts with thousands of bad designs eating resources, and that way they can keep the money from that. I bet they have millions in uncollected commissions.
I'm almost afraid to ask, but why is making white stickers on Redbubble dumb?
Cause white text with white background of the sticker is a white blob that no one will buy
It might be from the change on. I did all that at the beginning but that was at various times in the past.
So random. we don't actually have answers, only theories LOL
@@MeyTribe You're right. We just have to do what we need to from here.
You shouldn't blame people for not doing any of the things you are talking about. Redbubble should require verification, bio filled out, ect. be completed before you can even upload a product. It's not difficult at all for them to do that so ALL of the blame is on them. They certainly shouldn't punish people for not doing these things because they are not required. This sounds super shady - 'Look! We have 10,000,000 sellers', when a lot of them are unverified and aren't allowed to sell anything. Let's also not forget their new pricing fees that leaves a lot of sellers with 10% or LESS of the profit.
Redbubble is sticking a "Top Rated" badge on my new listings. It's like what in the world? I just uploaded it.
TeePublic is also doing the tier system now!
I know, saw the email !
I got mine too.
It seems like most new accounts or those with few sales/products get the higher tiers.
Yeah, feels like it... such an immoral thing to do if that's the case.
From all I have seen, the tier placement it almost seems totally random. That debunks any rumors for reasoning, because there is none.
I am starting to think that the tier placement is kinda backwards with people who sell being placed on standard to take their fees, and accounts that don't sell are premium.
I am confused as i have open my new store should i close it and switch to any other platform or is there a hope of something good with redbubble? Plz reply meyo?
Hope for something good? I don't know.
I don't know your design style & marketing plan to say if RB is for you, or any other platform for that matter.
Every single platform has rules we must play by- its their HOUSE and we are GUESTS there, and the rules can change, as they did now with RB.
Closing down a shop, if you wish to do that for moral reasons- go ahead. if you have no moral stake in this game- keep your shop.
Did you try to contact their BOT auto reply help desk to ask? Waste of time I know but worth a try. I have 3 stores and have been on RB since 2017 and sell..... all stores in Standard WTF?? No logic.
Yeah, starting to look like it's just a money-grab tier system. and no, I never tried chatting with their bot...
Just had some run-ins with CS on emails, as a buyer- they were always like "here's your refund or a coupon code that is worth more money than what you've spent"
I have done all those things and have optimized every product but I don't deactivate any products. I was a buyer. I did get a copyright strike because Albert Einstein is trademarked apparently. BUT a new seller who only had sic sales and had had a copyright strike and she is Premium
I mean I'm on Standard having sold nearly 500 products.
I have no idea how they are calculating this... Have you made any sales? heard from a lot of people that they think that a shop that makes sales will be standard so RB can take fees. which is beyond immoral
now I think about deleting my shop as well. I am definitely an artist. Cool that instead of promoting me the want to charge me more.
Many thanks for this informative video. Since watching this video I have accepted RedBubble's new Terms & Conditions, logged out and logged back in and I have been placed as Premium Tier. I have very few sales!
Hi :) Can you advise where did you find the new terms and conditions?
@@eva_p The new stuff is at Account >Account Settings > Account Tiers & Fees For the other important stuff, scroll to bottom of page to find user agreement, privacy policy & cookie policy. Hope this helps.
Criei um anúncio tornei ele público mais não consigo localizar meu anúncio fasso a pesquisa com o titulo do meu anúncio e pelas tags e não aparece na loja ,oque tenho que fazer para localizar meu produto?
I'm sorry, i don't understand where you made that ad...
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I thought i was nuts but you do have a South African Israeli accent. I want to hear that story
Ohhh I have told that story in about 3 Q&A videos I think.. Might do another "ask me anything" video when I return from my break LOL
The Skillshare class you mentioned was teacher by Brenda Bakker, right?
I am not 100% sure, it was a really long time ago. But her name does sound familiar
And in the video linked where I show this technique there is a link to the class itself.
Is connecting Paybal account very important for just a start? Cuz i still don't have one and I'm worried it'll effect my store 💔
I will assume you meant Paypal... it is crucial to connect the shop to paypal, or to any other acceptable payment method, as these companies are not legally allowed to let you sell without having the option to pay you.
@@MeyTribe I see, Thank you for responding 🥰🥰
Hi Mey. I have a question. When you open a Paypal account as a seller in POD platforms, do you open a personal account or a business account. Thanks for the information.
To my knowledge you don't need a business account for that.
However, that could also be a geo matter, as my Paypal account is Israeli, and differs from other paypal accounts.
(for example, my friend who has a paypal account in France can take out money from Paypal to a bank in the EU, which I can't)
@@MeyTribe Hey Mey. Thanks for the prompt response. I think I will go into paypal and read their information on the matter as I live in Latin America and as you say, there might be a difference by region. I really didn´t think of doing that before. Thanks again.
Can't get my phone number verified, been weeks (Anyone here has an idea about this) -- SOLUTION?
The only people who would have solutions for you are employees of RedBubble (if the code isn't sending) or the employees who work for your phone provider (if the problem is with receiving the text)
Even zazzle and spreadshirt will do the same thing if the big boys are doing it then the dominos will fall on all platforms.
I'm not sure Zazzle would look at RedBubble as the "big boy" - especially when Zazzle has existed longer and has so many more products.
They have added extra fees if you price your commission higher though. that was about 2-3 months ago.
Are you not just proving they give premium to those who shouldn't whilst large sellers get screwed with standard. Everyone should boycott them until they stop cheating people