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The Best Free Merch by Amazon Plugin You Have Never Heard Of

September 27, 2019 Merch Informer Amazon 1 comment

Over the years, as new plugins are released for Merch by Amazon by independent creators, we have tested pretty much all of them. When it comes to Merch, TESTING is your biggest edge over every other seller on the platform. Anything that can give you any extra data about your business is great. Some of the plugins we have tested have been downright terrible, and some have been really good. A few months back, we stumbled across a plugin that was pretty much unheard of called: Productor. This plugin… is GREAT! Oh, and its free. The amount of tools and data this creator has packed into a single plugin is pretty much unheard of, especially being free. So today, I […]

Merch Informer Trademark Protection Now Live On Etsy

September 25, 2019 Merch Informer Merch Informer News No comments yet

Since Merch Informer launched the trademark protection plugin in September of 2018, it has saved tens of thousands of rejections on Merch by Amazon from our users. The fact of the matter is that there are LOTS of trademarks out there, many of them frivolous and they all pose a risk to your account. Going through the USPTO website is a pain, time consuming, and all around just not a fun time. You may end up using a word or phrase that is trademarked and you had NO idea. Well, the trademark extension put an end to that. Over the last few months we have started to get more and more requests for the trademark protection plugin to check listings […]

How To Use Rank Tracking To Optimize Merch by Amazon Listings

August 15, 2019 Merch Informer Amazon, Optimization 26 comments

The vast majority of Merchers use a spray and pray approach when it comes to uploading shirts. You upload your limit of shirts, and hope something sells. This CAN work, but over the years it has gotten hard and harder, making research even that more important. But… Let’s say that you went through all the research steps, found a good subniche where there are buyers for your shirt designs, and you know what makes up a good design! All that is left is to list it right? Yes and no! The first step is listing it, using keywords in your title, bullet points and description to make a great listing for a customer. However, if you want to have a […]

Evergreen Versus Trending and Seasonal Merch by Amazon Designs – Understanding The Difference

August 5, 2019 Merch Informer Amazon, Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 1 comment

When it comes to any print on demand business out there, and especially Merch by Amazon, there are 3 core areas on how to build your business: Evergreen, Trending, and Seasonal designs. While this seems pretty straight forward on the surface, there seems to be some confusion on each of these areas, where they overlap, and how Amazon works with each. Today we are going to go over each of these in detail, and why you might think you are going into a trending niche but really, you are no where to be found and finding it impossible to rank. Lets jump into it! Evergreen Merch Designs Evergreen at its core just means that something has enduring popularity. Put in […]

How To Scale Your Merch Account Through Amazon Advertising (AMS) Automation

June 26, 2019 Merch Informer Amazon, Paid Traffic 15 comments

It has been a while since we posted anything on the Merch Informer blog, and for good reason! The last few weeks we have been extensively testing one of the coolest tools that has JUST hit the market that anyone serious about Merch by Amazon will easily find the value in. This tool takes one of the only guaranteed ways to scale any business (advertising), and takes it to an entirely new level! I should have titled this blog post “how to scale your merch account through amazon advertising without losing your mind”. Lets face it, competition is increasing on Merch by Amazon. Using the proper keywords to get in front of the right audience is only a single piece […]

Create Scaled Design Variations With The New Merch Informer Designer Update

May 15, 2019 Merch Informer Merch Informer News 7 comments

Bulk designs on Merch by Amazon have been something that we have not talked much about. Sometimes they can do EXTREMELY well while other times they can just fill up your account with lots of shirts that come down and do not sell. However, if you have taken the time to do your research properly and know what niches a good design variation would do well in, then I have good news for you! Merch Informer just released a bulk design tool in the Merch Informer Designer! Previously, it would take a LONG time to go through and edit individual files to change out specific words in a design. Even if you were using Photoshop or Illustrator, this was a […]

Merch Informer Design Feature: Vexels Graphic Stock

March 29, 2019 Merch Informer 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 […]

Knowing Your Print on Demand Numbers Is Crucial

March 27, 2019 Merch Informer 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 […]

Pinterest Research Is The Most Underused Merch by Amazon Method

March 23, 2019 Merch Informer 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 […]

3 Ways To Stay Competitive In Merch by Amazon

March 14, 2019 Merch Informer 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 […]