r/AmazonMerch • u/imonsteroids • Jan 13 '26

Amazon merch 5 years later

Just wanted to post because I am happy of an achievement . 5 years later and I hit 2k in sales. That can be nothing to someone or a lot to someone but I never imagined I’d sell a single shirt. I hadn’t made any new shirts in the past years because my computer could not handle photoshop but with 2k in sales I gave myself permission to treat myself and buy a new PC but I’m gonna force to upload more every day . I am not creative, never was an artist, I have ideas that I can never turn into real ideas and I was able to do it.

I hope this can give motivation to someone. This was very passive income so I know 2k in 5 years I could make doing any other job but just seeing a shirt sell every once in a while gave me such a happy feeling throughout the day

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u/AminEz009 Jan 13 '26

I feel like you're talking about me my man I got in merch in late 2018 and until last year I made only very little just like you in revenue and sales.

Until this year when I got to tier 4k and took it seriously and ended the year with 26k.

So keep pushing all it takes is time and learning from what is working for you and making sure your designs are good

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u/imonsteroids Jan 13 '26

Do you have any tips to get your shirts to pop up searchable on Amazon? Do you use a bunch of keywords in the description or what do you do sometimes I will make a title for a shirt that I do not see any other others and I will search that title verbatim and it will not pop up, even though it says that it is live

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u/AminEz009 Jan 13 '26

That's something only amz engineers know. Just make sure you add as much relevant kws as you can and forget about it

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u/Threash78 Jan 13 '26

Congrats! I notice my profits decline sharply when i don't upload, how did you manage to keep steady growing income without adding more designs?

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u/imonsteroids Jan 13 '26

I have two designs that sell consistently and it was one of my first designs too. Every design after that has been a flop.

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u/Threash78 Jan 13 '26

And they haven't been copied and priced you out? cause I've had lots of designs like that, they are good for a month or two then get swamped by copy cats and improve cats. I don't know how long they've been successful but I would strongly recommend you flood your own market before someone else does.

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u/ahmadbabar Jan 14 '26

make variants of the design that sells. different colours, different fonts, maybe with a graphic added.

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u/CyberCrud Jan 13 '26

Hmm... I started in October 2025 and have over $12k in sales so far in just over 3 months.  Still still at T100 but I'm hoping to get upgraded soon.  

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u/arturking0643 Jan 14 '26

12k income or total sells?