Tip #0: Just skip to the numbers if you are already in bed with Amazon and doing Merch now.
Intro:
Merch by Amazon is a print on demand platform where you upload your graphic designs and if the Amazon shirt with that design sells, you get paid a royalty. You can find dozens of other platforms where you can upload designs and earn a royalty, but Amazon has the best organic traffic. That means opportunity when it comes to Merch by Amazon.
You have to apply to Merch by Amazon (a.k.a “Merch” or “MBA”) and wait to get accepted which can take between a day and a year or more depending upon how much livestock you sacrificed to the Merch Gods. More on applying in some other article, though.
#1: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. You shouldn’t have been downsized before you were making real bank.
#2: Cry yourself to sleep at night. You need your beauty rest.
#3: Outsource it all. Just sit back on sip margaritas on the beach.
#4: Okay, get your shit together. Your old strategy was crap. Pull yourself together, or just go all in on the Uber driver gig.
#5: Diversify:
A)Niches
--Evergreen
This is the bread and butter of the business. These designs will sell anytime and nickel and dime all your small problems away.
--Trending
You need trending designs these days. How else will you get your rush? You really want to win some big pots a few times per year to keep you afloat.
--Private - B2B
Get off your ass and cold call every shop and company in your town. Make a mockup on spec and do a real sales presentation.
B)Keywords
Make a list of several keyword phrases in a particular niche to target as the main keyword for a given listing. Do you really want to scale up to 50 designs in a niche with identical titties and descriptions, Alex?
C)Platforms
Upload to many. Spend the most time where you make the most money.
#6: Volume
A) Launch more niches
--Think outside the bun. Try some new subjects.
B) Scale your niches
--If it sells, make 50 more.
C) Upload the same designs to many platforms
--Because… money.
#7: Don’t write “Shit” instead of “Shirt” by accident in your listing title.
BONUS TIP: Meh.