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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 […]

Merch by Amazon Ignoring Counter DMCA Notices

October 25, 2017 Merch Informer Amazon 11 comments

Since late 2015, Merch by Amazon has been one, if not THE biggest opportunity for content creators and graphic artists to turn their hard work into cash by selling print on demand t-shirts (and soon other products!). Since the launch of the program, a lot has changed and almost all of it for the better. Pixel for Pixel copycats are now at a minimum, fulfillment capacity has increased, and tiers have also increased (although slowly). One of the biggest problems on the platform though has been the blatant abuse of the copyright system. If someone copied your design (and remember, Amazon is getting a lot better at detecting this with the release of their image recognition software on the backend) […]

Design Rotation While Waiting To Tier Up

October 23, 2017 Merch Informer Beginners Guide To Merch by Amazon 13 comments

Amazon Merch can sometimes be very confusing and often times frustrating when you have figured out what is going on. With all the faults that the program has, we all love it, and for good reason. We can all take advantage of the biggest marketplace in the world and sell to all their customers with no up front investment. With all the tier ups that went on yesterday (congrats to each and every one of you!), there are still a lot of people out there feeling frustrated. Here we are in Q4, sales are picking up, and many of the lower tier accounts that have far outsold their tier level, got passed up for a tier up. Do we know […]