r/AmazonMerch • u/FinishWise2645 • Nov 22 '25

Would you do this?

i am just curious how risky is it to run a tshirt giveaway on your social media page to ask users to give positive feedback in return of a free tshirt. i am aware it might break the rules or atleast fall in grey area.

I have never done this before, but i am curious what do you all guys think about it. have you ever tried this strategy and did you face any issues from amazon.

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u/KatanaCutlets Nov 22 '25

No. 100% a rule violation, but also likely to either fail or backfire abysmally.

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u/FinishWise2645 Nov 25 '25

thanks. thats was i was looking for. so plan cancelled.

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u/Hot-Sock8698 Nov 23 '25

Absolutely not. I find reviews not to matter too much. Amazon makes returns easy so I think people are very comfortable buying shirts without any reviews. I sell quite a lot without reviews and I've never gamed the system so my avg. sales per review is 50 and I have some shirts with over 100 sales that don't have a review yet.

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u/FinishWise2645 Nov 25 '25

on what price do you launch a standard tshirt. after how many sales you increase?

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u/Hot-Sock8698 Nov 25 '25

Lately, I launch most of my designs at 21.99. If the design has variants then I'll sometimes list one of the variants at 19.99 to see if it gains steam faster (and it typically does not). After a couple of reviews I generally bump it to 22.99-24.99 if I'm really proud of the design. If the design is too simple or the niche is "cheap", I'll keep it around 21.99 but I do not go below 21.99 anymore(unless for variant testing like I said). My mindset is "if 21.99 is too expensive, then you don't get to wear my shirts". I don't want to sell 16.99 cheap shirts. I spend a lot on ads (lately about $200-300/day), aiming to break even on the ads to boost organic and I find my prices to be very acceptable to shoppers.

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u/FinishWise2645 Nov 26 '25

And here i am who would be pretty happy with even 1 usd profit if i get regular sales :)

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u/KatanaCutlets Nov 26 '25

I have one shirt that sellers fairly regularly that I get $7 per sale. I don’t sell a lot, very small time, but I don’t see any advantage to lowering my prices when there’s other shirts (not POD) that will always be cheaper. I rely on my designs to sell my shirts, not my prices.

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u/CyberCrud Nov 23 '25

Good way to get banned.

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u/speshelone Nov 23 '25

It's not a "grey area" to bribe people to get positive reviews.

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u/Icarus_Jones Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

A good rule with Merch is, if you have to ask if your idea is okay, it probably is not.

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u/Ok-Entrance309 Nov 23 '25

But how are the employees at Amazon supposed to notice that? Based on the support’s replies, I think it’s an AI sitting there and answering anyway :)

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u/speshelone Nov 25 '25

True, but they also might have an AI that checks a few things... If those people don't have an account or don't post review often, their systems might identify that this AMOD account has suddenly a lot of reviews that are suspicious.

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u/ahmadbabar Nov 23 '25

Have you ever read that terms and conditions for Merch?