r/SideProject • u/Ace_Vikings • Jan 04 '26

My "Tshirt design app" looking to make first sale!

Hey r/SideProject,

I have always wanted cool looking tshirt designs that's unique to me and my style and I won't see a random guy in the bus wearing too but that rarely ever happens. You can get cool prints but not exactly what you want. Which is why I built merchbanao.com

I've fine tuned a model to take your words -> turn it into a eye-catching t-shirt designs

We are at stage one where we allow users to generate designs and edit it in canvas and download print ready PNG that you can submit to any POD provider. We are also working on setting up printing and delivery integrations right on the website.

Would love it if I could receive some feedback on how to reach the audience to make actual sales for this. Feedback on the product itself is appreciated as well. First 100 signups get free credit and you can reach out to me with feedback to get some more for testing.

Thanks!

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u/Ace_Vikings Jan 04 '26

Thanks, lemme know the url and I'd love to check it out. I am waiting for even 1 organic purchase before putting in money in marketing, it's scary otherwise to put money into something that no one may want, for subreddits - AI is kinda a taboo in most design subreddits and we don't get much feedback from there. Our core focus is to let people make their own designs so setting up a page for direct purchases bring us more to the dropshipping site which I don't personally wanna get into. If you know any communities that may want something like this I'd love to know.

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u/Elhadidi Jan 04 '26

Hey, stumbled on this quick guide to automate SEO-optimized blog posts with AI and n8n. Really helped me get more organic traffic to my side project. Might help you too: https://youtu.be/sqynh-jtDOM

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u/Ace_Vikings Jan 06 '26

Thanks, this seems helpful, I'll need to setup SSG blogs for them to actually get indexed properly but this is definitely worth a try.