Merch By Amazon: Sell Shirts on Amazon (no investment required)

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I love Merch By Amazon but those monthly payouts are a bytch so im starting my own Shopify website....the facebook page i made to promote it got 346 new follows this week (all organic) and it's still going up :whoo:

when i get my banner and logo back next week it's lit
 

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I love Merch By Amazon but those monthly payouts are a bytch so im starting my own Shopify website....the facebook page i made to promote it got 346 new follows this week (all organic) and it's still going up :whoo:

when i get my banner and logo back next week it's lit

Good shyt!:salute: I've heard great things about selling on Etsy with Printful integration as the dropshipper, but haven't looked into it much. Etsy costs 20 cents per listing, but I'm told existing sellers can give you a code that can give you 40 free listings, but you'd have to Google to find how to get that
 

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I love Merch By Amazon but those monthly payouts are a bytch so im starting my own Shopify website....the facebook page i made to promote it got 346 new follows this week (all organic) and it's still going up :whoo:

when i get my banner and logo back next week it's lit
What is Shopify exactly?

I've been hearing ads about it on podcasts lately
 

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what's you guys keyword strategy? :jbhmm: @0xLaTeX @loki

there is a big debate in a lot of these Merch groups on whether it's better to use the "keyword stuffing" method where you just put keywords in the bullet points (ie halloween tshirt, women halloween tshirt, mens halloween tee shirt) or using complete sentences with 3-4 keywords in there?

ive used both of these methods and have gotten on the first page with both....ive also used a mix of both where i put keywords in the first bullet point and actual coherent sentences in the second with some success...i've seen brands like Marvel use straight up keyword stuffing on some of their shirts....what's you guys thoughts on it?
 

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and how do yall feel about putting all your stuff under one brand name?

on one hand i dont want all of my stuff to be in one place so copycats can just steal all my designs at their leisure...on the other hand if you get a bestseller customers can click on your brand name and cop more of your shyt..it might be harder to rank initially without having any keyword included in the brand name too...decisions
 

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what's you guys keyword strategy? :jbhmm: @0xLaTeX @loki

there is a big debate in a lot of these Merch groups on whether it's better to use the "keyword stuffing" method where you just put keywords in the bullet points (ie halloween tshirt, women halloween tshirt, mens halloween tee shirt) or using complete sentences with 3-4 keywords in there?

ive used both of these methods and have gotten on the first page with both....ive also used a mix of both where i put keywords in the first bullet point and actual coherent sentences in the second with some success...i've seen brands like Marvel use straight up keyword stuffing on some of their shirts....what's you guys thoughts on it?

Find similar shirts, copy their bullet points and slightly rearrange order of sentences and replace a few words has worked fine for me:lolbron:

and how do yall feel about putting all your stuff under one brand name?

on one hand i dont want all of my stuff to be in one place so copycats can just steal all my designs at their leisure...on the other hand if you get a bestseller customers can click on your brand name and cop more of your shyt..it might be harder to rank initially without having any keyword included in the brand name too...decisions

I think it's a good idea, if you're in a high enough tier, to group related shirts under a single brand. Like 'Awesome Dog Tees'. I've seen plenty of shirts ranked highly for certain keywords without the keyword in their brand name, so I suspect the benefit of having your other brand tees promoted as 'stuff you might also like' outweighs the benefit of having the keyword in the title. Also, pure speculation, but perhaps there is some carryover from one shirt in your brand being ranked highly to other shirts in your brand also having their rank increased.
 

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My update: 19 sales almost entirely off one shirt but I'm still stuck in tier 10 (meaning I can only have 10 for sale) almost entirely off one shirt. Waiting to be upgraded to tier 25. It's a quote, and there's about 20 other shirts but I'm the lowest priced, and I've been selling about one or two per day. I'm just focused on tiering up so I can sell more shirts. By next week I should be eligible to sell 100 shirts at a time instead of 10.
 

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How do you find out your tier? Besides FB and Reddit, what are other good sites to promote
 
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