Hey guys, for anyone looking to do t-shirts signup for Amazon Merch. The benefit of Amazon Merch over the other sites is say I put up a "Yoga" tshirt on Amazon. People who search for Yoga on amazon be it mats, gloves, socks, etc I have a chance of showing up.
When people use Teespring, TeeChip, etc nobody is going to those sites searching for stuff which means your totally on your own in terms of driving traffic to your shirts. Same is true of setting up your own Shopify site.
Amazon Merch had been closed to new members for a while but recently opened back up. It's by invitation only but you basically just go on the site and request an invitation and shoudl hear back within a couple weeks. I think it helps if youhave a blog or website to attach to your application.
I like the t-shirt business as it's pretty hands off but at the same time it's somewhat saturated, if you got in two years ago it would be a different story but unless your pretty clever with marketing, find a great niche or are really good with fb ads I think its going to be tough to make any real money.
I had considered doing a shopify site but to me at this point the effort isn't worth the return so I'm just doing merch and then I do sell some of my merch shirts on Etsy and eBay as well.
When people use Teespring, TeeChip, etc nobody is going to those sites searching for stuff which means your totally on your own in terms of driving traffic to your shirts. Same is true of setting up your own Shopify site.
Amazon Merch had been closed to new members for a while but recently opened back up. It's by invitation only but you basically just go on the site and request an invitation and shoudl hear back within a couple weeks. I think it helps if youhave a blog or website to attach to your application.
I like the t-shirt business as it's pretty hands off but at the same time it's somewhat saturated, if you got in two years ago it would be a different story but unless your pretty clever with marketing, find a great niche or are really good with fb ads I think its going to be tough to make any real money.
I had considered doing a shopify site but to me at this point the effort isn't worth the return so I'm just doing merch and then I do sell some of my merch shirts on Etsy and eBay as well.