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How To Resize Hoodies For Merch By Amazon

January 13, 2018 Merch Informer Amazon, Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 37 comments

Now that almost everyone has access to sweatshirts and hoodies, you have probably noticed that hoodies take a different dimension image! Of course, Amazon has not given us an easy way to resize these within the Merch program, so we are stuck figuring out the most efficient way to do it ourselves. For those that only have 10-25 designs, you could easily just resize them yourself in whatever image processing program you use. For those of us that have thousands or even tens of thousands of images to resize, resizing can become a much bigger chore. There has been a lot of different methods and tools created for the community and each of them seems to have their flaws. My […]

100k School Debt to Financial Freedom – Merch by Amazon Update 8

January 8, 2018 Merch Informer Case Study 13 comments

Now that everyone should be back at home and ready to get back to work on Merch, I thought I would finally release this update. Q4 is finally done and December was an exciting but bumpy ride. My girlfriend’s account crushed some goals, did well from some advice we received, and is in a position to have an incredible 2018! Q4 is finally over when you are all going to be reading this. For some it lived up to the hype, and others it did not. This is something I will dive into in another article, but for us, Q4 was a mix of both which I will explain below. In case you missed it, here is last month’s case […]

Real Time Search Added! – Long Sleeves, Hoodies, Sweatshirts, T-shirts – Merch Informer Update!

December 11, 2017 Merch Informer Merch Informer News 9 comments

Hey everyone! Today I just wanted to do a quick post on some of the changes we have made to Merch Informer from reintroducing real time search, adding long sleeves, hoodies, sweatshirts, FBA t-shirts, and how we changed some back end code to enable more shirts to be indexed in our system at a much faster rate. Before I get into it though, just so everyone is aware, we are running a massive 12 Days of Christmas promotion where Merch Informer is FREE without a credit card needed for the next 12 days to new subscribers. If you are interested in what Merch Informer has to offer, make sure you jump on that here: https://members.merchinformer.com/christmas-special. Real Time Search Reintroduced One of […]

100k School Debt to Financial Freedom – Merch by Amazon Update 7

December 8, 2017 Merch Informer Case Study 30 comments

It looks like we all have a bunch of free time on our hands now that the great freeze of 2017 is in full swing (just kidding, upload to more platforms!). I finally have some time to sit down and write this update which I am pretty excited about. We more than DOUBLED the previous months earnings in November, and we are well on our way to double December earnings for next month. To be honest, I was getting a tad bit worried as Q4 that everyone had hyped up (myself included), just did not seem to be happening for many people. Yes, sales were up last month, but they were not as high as I would have expcted. However, […]

Tired As A Mercher – How Merch Informer Trademark Alerts Can Mean The Difference Between Sales And Amazon Dogs

December 2, 2017 Merch Informer Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 32 comments

Merch by Amazon users, it is time we had a talk about an issue I see time and time again yet no one is doing anything about. Maybe it is my fault for not posting something like this earlier, but I am sick and tired of seeing people have their Merch by Amazon accounts get strikes for trademark infringement when it is all avoidable! You see, another trademark has been applied for and granted. You may have gotten a strike against your account recently and that is just not okay! The phrase in question is: “Tired As A Mother”. Here is the email that people are getting: When we first started Merch Informer a little over a year ago to […]

Merch by Amazon Black Friday – Cyber Monday Roundup

November 24, 2017 Merch Informer Amazon 4 comments

**Updated Deals For Cyber Monday! It is that time again! The time of the year where savings are in the air, and every company and service is running the hottest sales of the year! We wanted to help you round up all those deals into a single post to help you grab the biggest savings that will help you propel your Merch by Amazon business in the right direction. Remember to write down your purchases in any area of your business so that you can write them off on your taxes when the time comes! Let’s get into the best deals we have found so far! (This will be edited throughout the day as more deals come to our attention. […]

Merch by Amazon Success: Interview with Michael Essany

November 13, 2017 Merch Informer Interview Series 4 comments

Today’s guest on our interview series is someone I have never actually met in person but I feel like I almost know since we have been corresponding for so long. This is none other than Michael Essany. The first time I actually came in contact with Michael was fairly soon after we released Merch Informer! It just so happens that Michael is a very prolific writer and always has a ton to say. On that specific day, one of the websites that he writes for, decided to cover our platform. Essany’s claim to fame so to speak is in scaled designs. It boils down to finding a winner, and spinning off that winner in other directions to capture more sales. […]

100k School Debt to Financial Freedom – Merch by Amazon Update 6

November 6, 2017 Merch Informer Case Study 21 comments

It looks like I might finally get this article out before a week has passed into the next month! There has been some consistent work being done this month, but first I need to address the image that I use for this case study series. I have had numerous people ask me about the image used, if it was my girlfriend, if it was supposed to “motivate” them, or if it was family friendly. It is NOT my girlfriend, and I have no idea if it will motivate you or not. Family friendly is up to you to decide, but I can tell you one thing. It gets a very high CTR (click through rate) and that is exactly why […]

Avoid The 30% Tax Witholding For Non-US Amazon Sellers

November 3, 2017 Merch Informer Amazon 51 comments

When it comes to US Tax Law, a lot can be really confusing. Putting it simply, the law requires companies such as Amazon to withhold 30% of any non-US sellers royalties. If you are an American, then there is really no point in reading this article. However, if you are not an America and have just got accepted to the Merch by Amazon program, you have probably just filled out the tax form and got hit with Amazon automatically keeping 30% of your earnings for tax purposes. Keep in mind that this is not the portion of each shirt that Amazon keeps (base cost + 15%), but 30% of your total royalties that you have earned that you will never […]

Merch by Amazon Success: Interview with Yong Chong

November 1, 2017 Merch Informer Interview Series 8 comments

Today we are bringing back the interview series with none other than the Yong Chong! I have had the pleasure of both meeting Yong on multiple occasions both in Seattle and at a conference in Denver Colorado where I gave a speech on how to essentially “franchise” a Merch by Amazon business. The names Yong and Glen might sound familiar to you if you have been around in the Merch space for any amount of time as these are the guys who started the ever popular (and first!), Merch by Amazon podcast! You can check out their podcast here: http://merchminds.libsyn.com/ where they discuss their Merch business and interview authority figures in the space (many of which you have seen in our […]