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I am experienced with Photoshop, I already have designs and a target market in mind, and I want to start selling T shirts/merch.

What are your thoughts on this? I know in general it's probably completely oversaturated, but have you had any experience with sites like Shopify/Teespring/Amazon Merch, and would you recommend them to start off with? Am I being an idiot?

>> No.11230104

>>11230048
shopify combined with printify
gl mate
planned on launching one but never did cause i wanted to partner up with someone else

>> No.11230186

if you want to do it all yourself is the best method a heat press and self weading transfer paper?

>> No.11230242
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11230242

Use apliiq haven't used them yet but it looks like they got some good stuff coming out of there. They have a very helpful and informative series on their YouTube channel, I too have a some designs and potential market but not computer of Photoshop skills.

>> No.11230265

Designing and making them is the easy part. Marketing and selling them is a whole different story.

>> No.11230284

>>11230104
would it be worth creating stores on as many platforms as i can? any ideas on marketing and getting the word out there?

>>11230186
ive only looked into drop-ship orders from online vendors that do all that stuff for you, since it costs nothing

>>11230242
will check it out. suppose you can outsource the designs

>> No.11230324

>>11230265
what are some of the obvious plans of attack then?

social media pages (insta, facebook, twitter)
advertising yourself through niche facebook groups (allowed?)
paying for banners/social media shoutouts (expensive?)

>> No.11230431

>>11230048
I do this. Merch By Amazon, also on Shopify + POD sites and a few as a Amazon seller but with different Merch than shirts.

>> No.11230492

>>11230431
very cool
as a side hustle or do you spend a lot of time on it? ballpark of earnings?
how did you go about marketing your merch?

>> No.11230516

>>11230492
Side hustle. Main business is mobile apps.
Merch by Amazon = $600/month profit
Shopify + POD = $1-2k/month profit
Most design is outsourced for about $1/design. I could make more but I’m lazy and uploading designs gets tedious for me and I’m mostly focused on my app business at the moment.

>> No.11230759

>>11230516
have you done anything in the way of marketing, or just stick them on your shop and wait?

>> No.11230796

>>11230759
Mba is all organic. Shopify is marketed on Instagram only.