Posts archive for March, 2019

Merch Informer Design Feature: Vexels Graphic Stock

March 29, 2019 Outsourcing 8 comments

This is a guest post by Gero Silva Pereira from Vexels.com I was always fascinated by graphic tees. You see, I’m a product of the latter half of the 80s, so my 90s’ youth was booming with bright colors, popular brands and the dawn of Internet and home gaming. It was all about these patterns and colors back in the day… At some point in my late teens, some form of raw adulthood kicked-in, and with it, the need to earn money. Yes, of course I thought about selling t-shirts, but at the time I had to either order shirts upfront to then print them, or print them one by one, all of which demanded a way higher cost of […]

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Knowing Your Print on Demand Numbers Is Crucial

March 27, 2019 Optimization No comments yet

Lots of people in the POD (print on demand) community are spreading out to other print on demand services. This is a great way to increase the amount of revenue streams you have for your business and is something that you SHOULD be doing. For most, one of the biggest steps is moving onto Etsy! However, there is one GLARING problem I keep seeing pop up over and over again…. No one knows their numbers! This is apparent with both AMS ads (with sales on Merch by Amazon) and running ads on Etsy. You see big number screenshots, think you are doing great, making sales… life is good. Or so you thought! I was talking to an Etsy seller the […]

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Pinterest Research Is The Most Underused Merch by Amazon Method

March 23, 2019 Merch Informer News 2 comments

Ever since the very beginning of Merch by Amazon, doing the right research and making sure that you can gain search visibility for designs people ACTUALLY want to buy has been the differentiating factor between those who see success and those who don’t. As the Merch landscape has changed over the years, we have taken to expanding our research from just Amazon, to covering multiple platforms. If you can find niches where there is customer demand, there is social proof and people are active in that niche, and you can create something unique that will stand out, you will make sales. It really is as simple as that, but is so often overlooked. In the very beginning, we heavily used […]

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3 Ways To Stay Competitive In Merch by Amazon

March 14, 2019 Amazon 2 comments

It has been a while since we last posted an article here on the Merch Informer blog but this not without good reason. We are working on some really exciting updates to Merch Informer that will help everyone really deep dive their research and get a competitive edge in Merch. If you have not checked out our latest update where we added the social hunter, make sure you check that out! Before we release that though, we thought it would be a good idea to go over the three best ways to stay competitive in the Merch environment. It’s true, Merch has changed A LOT over the past few years. When it comes to running a business, you have to […]

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