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How To Buy Yourself Out Of Tier 10 (As a Non US Resident)

August 27, 2018 Merch Informer Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 7 comments

Almost every single person I have talked to over the few years that Merch by Amazon has been around (and is serious about growing their business) has bought at least one of their t-shirts to test the quality. Lots of people want to hit the ground running as soon as they are approved but you slowly start to realize that Merch forces you to SLOW DOWN! You get 10 slots and can only upload a single design per day. So what does the serious mercher do? They buy their way out of tier 10 of course! This practice used to require 10 shirt sales to get to the next tier of 25, and to get from tier 25 to the […]

Announcing Merch Informer International Search + Merch Hunter PopSockets

August 22, 2018 Merch Informer Merch Informer News 7 comments

Today I am excited to announce two big updates to Merch Informer out of a long list of things we have been working on for everyone. Ever since Merch Informer launched, the promise to the community has always been that we will grow right alongside MBA. These updates are in an effort to fulfill that promise which is why international search has been added to the product search, and PopSockets have been added to the Merch Hunter. In order to make sure everyone understands how best to use these tools, let’s go over a quick recap of how everything works. Merch Informer International Search Once you log in to Merch Informer, head over to the Product Search module in the […]

Merch Momentum Strategy Guide (Merch Informer Special Edition)

August 21, 2018 Merch Informer Amazon 2 comments

[toc] Today I have a very special post from none other than our good friend Michael Essany! You may know his name from our interview here (which at this point is almost a year old!), or maybe because he has showed up in the media multiple times. We know him because he covered Merch Informer on a news website before we really got going and started our conversation early. However, the main reason you probably have heard of him is because he has one of the most raved about Merch weekly guides out there called the Merch Momentum Strategy Guide. With such a following, and being interviewed for the guide in the early days ourselves, we kept seeing mentions of […]

Keyword Spinner Added To The Merch Informer Lister

August 13, 2018 Merch Informer Merch Informer News 7 comments

SEO or “search engine optimization” is one of the most important aspects of Merch by Amazon that often gets overlooked. After all, Amazon is just a big search engine that happens to sell a bunch of awesome products. Making sure you get all the relevant keywords into your listing and getting your product in front of potential buyers is the name of the game. This often becomes difficult when you have more than just a few uploads each day, and USUALLY the first thing to go out the door are your titles and bullet points (quality wise). We copy and paste the same bullets over and over in an attempt to just SAVE TIME! Saving time and having more products […]

The Deadline Is Approaching – Merch Checker Review

August 7, 2018 Merch Informer Amazon 62 comments

The time has come to finally address the elephant in the room, or something I have been meaning to address here on the Merch Informer blog! Shipping and fulfillment (and sizing)! A few months ago, we all got this update in our dashboards: Then we got an update to this update: This is the not the first time that the Content Policy has changed and it certainly will not be the last. That being said, the biggest issue I see here is that We have 30 days to fix all of our listings and That 30 days is about to come to a close. If you read the first update on 6/8, it mentions that they are no longer going […]

Merch Informer Designer Just Got Better – Upload Your Own Fonts

July 23, 2018 Merch Informer Merch Informer News 6 comments

When it comes to design, designers LOVE fonts! Can they be blamed? The right font can bring all the design elements together to evoke the right emotion and “punch”. This is why we are happy to announce that you can now upload your very own fonts to the Merch Informer Products Designer! This was probably one of the most requested features since we released the popular designer, and for good reason. Now, any of the hundreds or thousands of fonts that are saved on your computer can be uploaded and used in your design work. The products designer is included in EVERY Merch Informer subscription as an extra value to our subscribers. Let’s get into how it works. How To […]

Announcing Merch Informer Lister Launch + Massive Keyword Finder Update

July 2, 2018 Merch Informer Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon, Merch Informer News 8 comments

Today we are happy to announce two MASSIVE updates to Merch Informer! As of 5 minutes ago, The Merch Informer Lister Chrome Plugin is now live in the Google store (which is free for all Merch Informer subscribers) as well as a complete overhaul to the backend of the keyword finder. So… what exactly are these updates and what do they mean to you? It means you are about to get a whole lot more productive throughout your day. Get ready to produce more in less time, here is how it works! Merch Informer Lister Chrome Plugin Put simply, the Informer Lister is a Chrome Plugin that acts as a macro recorder. What this means is that you can set […]

Introducing OpenClipArt, Pixabay, Unsplash Merch Designer Integration

June 26, 2018 Merch Informer Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 16 comments

Merch Informer just added UNLIMITED clipart use to the Merch Informer Products Designer. This includes 144,871 new images that you can use in your Merch by Amazon designs and is available in every single MI subscription. NOT ONLY THAT, but we also integrated Pixabay and Unsplash so you can quickly and easily create 100’s if not 1000’s of PopSocket images in any niche. No no, we did not add all of these by hand, but instead integrated openclipart.org which gives you unlimited commercial use for the clipart pretty much everywhere and anywhere you can think of. How To Use The Merch Designer Integration Step 1: Sign up for MI or log in with your login credentials. Step 2: Click on […]

UPDATE: How To Resize Popsockets For Merch By Amazon

June 16, 2018 Merch Informer Amazon, Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 32 comments

UPDATE! This script has been turned into a web based tool for FREE that you can use without any hangups with coding: https://merchresize.com/ Popsockets have been released on the Merch by Amazon platform and people are starting to have their accounts activated for these new products. However, these are all a different size than we are used to for t-shirts and hoodies, and also have a bit of a learning curve with the bleed area. For those who have 100s or even 1000’s of images, resizing these is a seriously daunting task. Since we knew about popsockets WELL in advance and also added them to the product search module within the Merch Informer software, our good friend Greg Hesp has put […]

How To Turn Google Calendars Into A Merch Calendar

June 11, 2018 Merch Informer Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon, Merch Holidays 4 comments

There has been a lot of talk in the Merch Community lately about trends and holidays and for good reason. They are a GREAT way to tier up your account and what a lot of big sellers recommend that newer sellers focus on when first starting out. So many people focus on holidays and calendar events that someone came up with the idea to charge people a monthly fee to use a calendar. The idea is to keep track of different events that might sell well on the Merch by Amazon platform, but with a monthly fee attached. Josh Brown brought this to our attention a few days ago, and it is something we care deeply about. In fact, this […]