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Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica for print on demand designs—you can buy bundles, fonts, graphics and so much more. There’s a great feature called “The Craft Club”, and in this video there’s a contest for three months subscription! Contest ends June 30, 2022. For details on how to apply, watch the video! If… Continue reading Creative Fabrica CRAFT CLUB CONTEST!

Post Content We all want to make sales on print-on-demand sites like Redbubble, Teepublic and Merch by Amazon. A common question that I get online is “why do you give away niche ideas for print on demand”. In this video, I attempt to give an answer! Timestamps: 00:00 Why? 00:52 Reason #1 03:59 Reason #2… Continue reading WHY I GIVE AWAY PRINT ON DEMAND NICHE IDEAS (And How You Can Find Niches Too)

Post Content If you are a print-on-demand artist or graphic design artist, Vexels might be a great fit for you. Vexels is next level (it is not free). It is a professionally designed serviced for t-shirts, mugs, apparel and high-end poster prints. In this video, I do a walkthrough of the website, the features and… Continue reading Print on Demand: VEXELS Explained (How It Works)

Post Content If you’re a new Redbubble artist or new to print on demand in general, it can be frustrating to do a whole lot of work and not see any results early on. In this video, I review the Redbubble store “”Lilsonline”. This artist also has a Shopify store called Lilly’s Artwork” at https://lillysartwork.com/.… Continue reading Redbubble + Shopify: How to GROW

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica for print on demand designs—you can buy bundles, fonts, graphics and so much more. They are having a great sale right now where you can grab bundles for 50-90% off! In this video, I cover 5 big bundles that are awesome. I also have links below to the… Continue reading Creative Fabrica SUMMER SALE – Up to 90% Off Bundles!

Post Content Print on demand is really competitive. Instead of spending countless hours uploading designs to Redbubble, Teepublic or other print-on-demand sites, a winning strategy is to hunt down best-selling designs and make better versions of those designs. In this video, I break down three easy methods that you can use to find best-selling designs… Continue reading Redbubble/Print on Demand: 3 Easy Ways To Find Best-Selling Designs

Post Content I found a neat little website that offers some really high-end graphics, illustrations, fonts and more. These are great for print-on-demand artists, designers or anyone looking to sell t-shirts or other print-on-demand products. They advertise worry-free commercial licensing. Tom Chalky has a freebie section so you can check them out! I also purchased… Continue reading FREE DOWNLOADS For Personal or Commercial Use (Print on Demand)

Post Content You don’t need to spend countless hours creating and designing complex, detailed designs to make some sales. In this video, I walk through 10 EXTREMELY SIMPLE design ideas that I have personally used to make sales on sites like Redbubble, Merch by Amazon, Displate, Teepublic and more. In many cases, you don’t even… Continue reading 10 Simple Print on Demand Ideas That SELL

Post Content Kittl is a great website that enables designers to create amazing graphics in seconds. In this video I cover STICKERS (which can be different than T-SHIRTS) on Redbubble. There are a couple of tips and tricks you can use to make your stickers stand out and make sales!! Kittl works right in your… Continue reading Use KITTL To Create STICKERS on REDBUBBLE

Post Content If you are designing products for sale on print-on-demand sites like Redbubble or Teepublic, there is an under-serviced niche that has massive potential. Here is a walkthrough on how you can take advantage of that niche. WARNING: this strategy involves more work. However, the payoff could be greater because you would ultimately have… Continue reading Print on Demand: Underserviced NICHE

Post Content Occasionally I get some critical comments about public domain resources. Are we actually stealing when we use public domain pictures or artwork? In this video I break down the concept of public domain, have 3 big-picture thoughts and also rant a little bit. Timestamps: 00:00 The Accusation 01:53 Thought #1 02:52 Thought #2… Continue reading Are You STEALING Public Domain Images? Zen Rant (Print on Demand)

Post Content Print on demand is difficult enough, but what should you do if you get a design rejected by Merch by Amazon, but you feel like the design should have been rejected? In this video, I actually do get a t-shirt design rejected by Merch by Amazon, and I go through the steps I… Continue reading My Design Was Rejected by Merch by Amazon – SO I DID THIS

Post Content There’s a great free site that has thousands of public domain paintings and artworks that you can use for print on demand. In this video, I do a walkthrough of a site called “Wikiart” and have a few examples of how you can use this artwork to make sales. This is a relatively… Continue reading Print on Demand: Make Sales With Public Domain Artwork (Wikiart)

Post Content Here’s a quick walkthrough on how to use a completely free niche research tool called Insight Factory. There’s a paid membership level, but in this video I’m going through the free stuff only. Everyone loves free! There are tools to help with niche research for shirts, hoodies, and platform-specific niche research like Redbubble,… Continue reading FREE Print on Demand Niche Research Tool (Insight Factory)

Post Content If you’re a print on demand artist on Redbubble, Etsy, Displate, Teepublic, Merch by Amazon or any other print on demand platform, you might be worrying every time you upload a design. Is this the design that will get my account banned? How do copyright strikes and trademark strikes work? In this video,… Continue reading 5 WAYS To Get A STRIKE (Print on Demand)

Post Content Here’s a great site where you can get some really great print-on-demand resources like vectors, illustrations, backgrounds and even Photoshop brushes. There are over 1,000 free offerings on this site! In this video I pick 3 freebies and show an example of how you can download and use the elements in print-on-demand designs.… Continue reading FREE Print on Demand Elements (Graphics/Brushes/Vectors)

Post Content Redbubble is really competitive. Newer designers (and some veteran designers) will sometimes make these mistakes, and they can hurt your chances of making print-on-demand sales on sites like Redbubble, Teepublic and Merch by Amazon. In this video, I cover 5 “rookie mistakes” that will often hurt your chances of making sales. DISCLAIMER: Art… Continue reading Redbubble: 5 Easy Mistakes To AVOID

Post Content Displate is a print on demand shop based out of Europe. They sell metal signs that feature high-end artwork designed and uploaded by artists from all other the world. If you are an artist or graphic designer and want to make some passive income from selling your art online, this has been a… Continue reading 15,000 SALES on Displate – How I Did It (5 Tips)

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica for print on demand designs—you can buy bundles, fonts, graphics and so much more. Once in a while a truly awesome deal comes along, like $5,000+ worth of free FONTS and GRAPHICS! Beautiful Fonts Mega Bundle Watercolor Spring Easter Bundle Creative Font Bundle Big Bundle Graphics If you… Continue reading LIMITED TIME: 4 MASSIVE Free Bundles on Creative Fabrica

Post Content There’s a great new website called KITTL that has hundreds of editable templates. These are great for print on demand, graphic design or any art project! This app works right in your web browser (no software is needed). It is complete with fonts, an illustration library high-quality templates and much more without the… Continue reading Create a T-Shirt Design with Kittl (No Design Experience Needed)

Post Content A common piece of feedback that I get is “that Redbubble niche is overcrowded” or “that print-on-demand niche is too competitive.” It is true that Redbubble, Merch by Amazon and Teepublic all have a lot of designs, but there are ways to compete, even in highly competitive niches. In this video, I break… Continue reading Print on Demand: How To MAKE SALES in COMPETITIVE Niches

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica for print on demand designs—you can buy bundles, fonts, graphics and so much more. Once in a while a truly awesome deal comes along, like $2,000 worth of free fonts! The Dreamink Collection Font Bundle The Free Funky Fonts Bundle The Free Magical Fonts Bundle The Free Cute… Continue reading LIMITED TIME: 5 MASSIVE Free Font Bundles on Creative Fabrica

Post Content I get a few comments on the channel from people who think that using public domain artwork, text designs and buying commercial licenses for pre-existing designs to sell on sites like Redbubble, Teepublic and Merch by Amazon are making “low art”, and that they are somehow less than “real” artists. In this video,… Continue reading Are You An ART SNOB? PRINT ON DEMAND Rant

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica for print on demand designs—you can buy bundles, fonts, graphics and so much more. But the best value in my opinion is the monthly “all access” subscription. In this video I break down 5 benefits on why a monthly subscription may be right for you and your print-on-demand… Continue reading Why You Need A Creative Fabrica Subscription: 5 Benefits

Post Content In this video I cover what I think is the single biggest underserviced niche of them all in print on demand. If you are a new artist on sites like Redbubble, Teepublic or Merch by Amazon, this is a really easy way to create a few hundred simple designs that actually have the… Continue reading The Biggest Underserviced Print-on-Demand Niche of ALL?