so am I reading your graph right? you made 40 on average a month for the first month with 19 designs posted correct? that doesnt seem right to me. im a little lost
For an artist starting out with POD, this video is a breath of fresh air when it comes to all those vids on youtube by youngsters saying they’re making $700 a day with POD, or one t-shirt that made them $70,000. For people starting out those numbers a really demotivating and I don’t even click on those vids anymore. I’m sure it’s a good strategy, but even looking for niches and making designs for just that niche isn’t something I’m wasting time on. Because if I do that, all the fun of making designs is out the window. So however long it is going to take me, I’m just making designs I want to make and putting them on all sorts of products and if it takes a couple years to reach a certain amount of designs or income, then that is fine. I just want to be creative. Of course, a decent income is great, but I’d rather do what makes me happy. Creating art isn’t supposed to give me stress, but relaxation 😁 Thanks for the honest and motivating video.
I just pick up Redbubble again and have not made a sale yet. I tried designing by jumping on a trend after watching all those videos you mentioned. I must admit that doesn't feel satisfying as an artist. But I can't deny that those trends are what people are searching for. So I now try to strike a balance, continuing drawing what I like, but keep a look out for what's trending. Combine them once in a while when I feel inspired by the trend. This humble video is very encouraging for me. Actually if you are consistent enough, once you start making one or two sales, the Redbubble alogarithm will start showing your designs to more people. So your sales will eventually snowball.
$4000 is four months of rent THATS BIG MONEY baby!!! Hey I made $9 on society6 and I was beaming! you just gotta make it fun and keep a positive attitude!!
Fantastic...£500 a month is great! Pays for a lot of things and nobody should sneer at that. You are doing really well..keep doing it and keep making your videos as they are really helpful!
Don't know about others but if I could make this much money in whole year I can live pretty decent life... Blessings of living in a "third world country"... 😊...
Honestly, here in the US is not a "first world country" it probably was but currently poverty can be seen no matter what presidents say. I stopped using such negative term because every country has it own beauty and issues to solve. Given the fact that US has a "decent" economy that does not give ANYONE to degrade other people by calling them "third world country" My respect and admiration to your country and your people my friend.
Hate to burst your bubble but many of your competitors are Americans who live with their parents so they have like no overhead and all the benefits of living in a trendsetting society. Third world benefits are imaginary in this game buddy. It only works for the big companies that are exploiting your labor for pennies on the dollar. 🤷🏾♂️
It was not passive at all. Creating 200+ designs takes dozens of hourse through the year. And do you know how time consuming it is to upload your designs to different platforms? A lot of hard work and time spent through the year.
@@Zyphon400 You misunderstand the concept of passive income, it does not mean no work or easy work or anything like that, i think all passive incomes usally need alot of work upfront, but they pay out over time and if you use amazon or redbubble, you generated income once the work is done without any further efforts. Yes of course most people will constantly create new designs and therefore have more work but technically you could stop uploading for a month or two or you can stop in general and you would still generate money, how much and for how long will of course depend on how much effort was spend in the beginning. With a 9 to 5 Job its unimaginable to just stop working for 2 months and still get paid and thats the difference between active and passive income, neither means chilling all day while your bankaccount is overfloating with money.
The most realistic video I’ve seen thus far. It takes time and lots of hard work. Thank you for this video and congrats on being able to become a freelancer!
Shaking my head thinking "wow, i love the positivity". Not just for me watching but for each person who has and will watch this. Oh, and I really like the graphics. Well done.
The best saying i've ever heard: YOU WILL NEVER BE CRITISIZED BY SOMEONE DOING MORE THAN YOU! Let it sink in ^^^ You're doing wonderful and if you can have pots of different income streams they add up! People want the quick win in life from one source, not realising they can have it all little and it will all accumulate
You are a real gem 💎 You are not like other RU-vid gurus who make us just fantasize, but not giving us the reality. You are a very genuine person I can see. I really wanted to learn from a person who doesn't sugar coat and I'm glad I found you. Very excited to learn from you, I'm ready for any failure and success. 💜 I have joined redbubble some days ago hope it works out for me, got kicked out from my parent's house even though they knew my condition. I know I worked really hard but that was not my platform, now I have found one.
I've made $0.16 on my second month, but that 0.16 made me proud and hopeful. It's not about instant gratification, small extra income streams here and there build up! Especially when most of my time and energy is gone to my full time job already, this is a great little possible cushion and wonderful creative outlet
@@HapHapHappyHomes 1 year $25. I'm not very aggressive though, only a couple of uploads each month after the first couple of months. 83 designs in total. Did some Pinterest shares at the beginning but stopped once redbubble made it hard to quickly share. Not really any marketing. Bubble partners designs do well
Great vid. Refreshing to see a real life earnings review and not a "earn £50,000 in 1 month" style clickbait vid. I'm in this for the long term and like you, any extra cash is only a bonus to my income whether that's £5 or £500! Keep up the good work.
I almost gave up after seeing tons of youtube videos of people making $100K USD a month. I managed to make 12 USD in one month and this video is definitely making me feel better and push forward. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Thank you for your honesty. Actual numbers showing a realistic experience is encouraging and goes much further than vague unrealistic-sounding numbers. You're so right about these amounts of money meaning so much to some people. Making $3000 a month on Redbubble means nothing to me if I can't make my first sale. When you're starting out, $5 sounds as impossible to make as $5000. This was a great video.
That was exactly my point Rebecca! I wanted to see more people reporting honest earnings on smaller stores, and I was finding it difficult. So wanted to share my own numbers as much more realistic motivation for smaller stores 👍
Thank you for this! So many other videos focus on outrageous earnings so it's nice to see an honest & realistic video. I set up my RB a few months ago, have a handful of designs up so far, many designs in the works & actually made $30 in my 1st month. Not much since then, but it's still a good sign, I think! I set up an Instagram & surprisingly got 40 followers with just the few designs I shared in a couple days. Been considering branching out to other sites & after watching this, I think I will.
ive been looking for actual good and realistic advice in the design community for so long and its so tough sometimes to have just started this journey, i barely have 2 years in the field and most times it feels like everybody talks but no useful, valuable and honest information is being delivered. I'm super glad i came across your channel, love your vibe, and thank you so much!
I wanna start my Print-On-Demand and all these youtube videos gave me infos but intimidated me so much. I watched your video and all I wanna say is thank you for being very very honest about your earnings and your message in the end. You don’t even know how much it helped me. 🥰
Hey, this is awesome, Love to see the all the journey of your print on demand, everyone starts at some point, and you are doing more than 99% of the people out there. So congrats!!!! I been a freelance for the past 10 years, always been did fine. but I am really getting intereted in to getting in to print on demand as a side, and your videos really help. So thank you! and Congrats!!!!
Thank you for sharing your financial journey. Every cent matters when you are an entrepreneur, working and putting great energy into your business🙂 Best wishes to more success in your business🙏🏾
Just stumbled on this video....absolutely fantastic and well done £3,000 plus is not to be sniffed can’t understand the people who are saying it’s not worth bothering with for those amounts. Everyone has to start somewhere.....I do some investing, imagine if you had a full time job and you put that extra £3,000 into investments it could make a big difference. £3,000 invested in Tesla in March 2020 would now in December 2020 would be worth about £15,000 - £3,000 invested in NIO in March 2020 would now in December 2020 be worth about £60,000. So yes £3,000 can be worth having for all types for reason.
This is sooo refreshing to see an HONEST video on making money online and not overhyping figures and it needs saying that a couple of hundred quid IS substantial to some people including myself. Thank you so much for this video. Keep up the hard work 👍🏻
For me, it's more what I can leave to my children. After having my own inheritance suffer the market quirks in 2007 (half was gone in less than a month), and now the current climate, I need to make sure that I don't leave them with only the bills to pay! And it gives me a new way to be creative, which is always intriguing. Thank you, your "reality check" was of great value to me.
Love the video. I started Redbubble a month ago and have 72 designs up so far. Sold one sticker so far. Trying to work out where to promote and how it all works. Your videos have been so insightful.
every day post design and video and pic in different social media then u get audience its take 2 hours then after 6 month u will get sells regularly ok boss
I subscribed immediately to your channel because of one statement 1:20. You really have people like me in mind. I am 19 and hope to start a print on demand business and this was so helpful. Thanks for making this video
Thank you so much! I really needed this. I been trying side hustles for a few years now and I can’t find it in me to quit. I’m trying to get my wife to mess with pod, and I’ll try myself as well, but it’s so refreshing to see a video with a more realistic take on money. In a sea of “millionaire” vids, this is far more relatable. Last year, I made $45 on teespring, and I’m trying out etsy this year. One thing I know is that I need all the help and encouragement I can get. Thank you, thank you!
Let me tell you why I’m subscribing. It’s for the good information, sure, but also because you’re just so refreshingly authentic. Real. The super hyped up and mugging youtubers get exhausting. They typically aren’t people you feel like you could have a coffee and real conversation with. Thank you. You and your energy, are lovely. I look forward to more videos.
That means a lot, thank you so much coffee 🙌 I used to think that's what I had to be if I wanted to be on RU-vid, but I'm glad I can be myself and still be appreciated by you guys. It's great to have you here 💪🤘
I’m subscribing because I like your attitude to money and how just making a little can help a lot! You are inspiring people who have nothing to little and who just maybe want to make something for themselves by just trying and starting. Seeing what is possible. Thank you for sharing this. I’m glad it wasn’t the sometimes boasting RU-vidr who proclaimes they do 100k in a month because honestly I think they are just click bait and moneytizing by misleading people, and giving unrealistic hope and promises. I have been doing print on demand for about 8 months and have probably only made about £1500 profit after tax during 2020. I’m happy for that. For me it was my side hustle aswell, and I learnt a lot and proved to myself if I can do it anybody can do it. Keep pushing everybody x
Such a great attitude to have Steven 🙌 And 1500.00 for 8 months on POD? That's an incredible achievement! I think a lot of us may have been duped thinking POD is some kind of get rich scheme. When really it's something that takes time and patience, like everything else. All the best for 2021!
u are awesome. I can not imagine any other person to be the first showing me the world of print on the demand. I have not search for this but this helped me so much to get started with my business.
Please dont stop showing your income report like that. It is very very inspiring as I can relate to that. Making $1540 on Redbubble is still a dream for me. You inspire me a lot and you teach me a lot of things. Thank you for what you do. YOU ARE GREAT. I BLESS YOU BE PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY.
I just wanna say thank you for the video, I started a POD business around 3 weeks and it's really hard push through, when you people being negative around it. Personally I started because I began doing a digital marketing course and I thought trying out marketing for myself would great practical experience. Who knew I'd fall on love with the design aspect of it 😁
I really needed this. I was getting depressed of having zero sales for 2 weeks with 40 designs. Thank you for the motivation. I'm on board on your channel now :) See you again!
This is some great insight. POD is currently sought after to earn extra income, and honest review like this is really refreshing. My channel is about my journey to earning 1M dollars in 2 years, and I look forward to exploring POD among other options
If I could like this video more than once I would. It’s nice to hear someone understand the value of an income or extra income and how much it can mean to someone.
This is wonderful! I'm glad I stumbled upon you here! Thats amazing! I think that something that you just throw out and it comes back like little chips at a time...? those chips JUMP to begin making a mountain. Esp. With skills thats... thats substantial to this INTERNET world we are in now. Thank you for sharing this. I'm happy that you shared this! thank you!
Whether you make $10 a month or $10 000 a month - it all is a success compared to that guy that's all talk and mouthy but have not made a single dollar online to show for it. Or at least you are not draping yourself over your latest Corvette and sipping on cocktails in your swimming pool, showing off your millions, ew! Keep on and love your videos, you are an inspiration.
Just opened my store on Teepublic. I have a lot more success on Society6 vs. Redbubble. Redbubble purchased TeePublic so I am interested to see how it goes. Then I might too make a video and compare my earnings across different platforms. Thank you so much for the content. You’re very inspiring. Thank you !
To search for your designs on TeePublic go to "My Store Front", under "Manage My Store" click on "Sort All Designs" . Go to the bottom of the page and click on "Open More Pages" until you have all your pages open. Use the browser search tool to find the design you're looking for (Ctrl+F).
Just found your channel & I loved the message of this video: celebrate the progress & earnings, no matter how little or much, it all builds over time. I'm here for more & wish you a successful & happy new year. Cheers!
Thank you for the honesty. I see so many gimmicks saying they have made thousands of dollars on this one design. I am just starting my POD journey and it is refreshing to know you can actually make passive income with POD. I have decided that I am not going to set my expectations to high. I feel your journey is more realistic.
You've got exactly the right attitude. Keeping things realistic and getting steady sales. Sure, you can be lucky and one design can trend and you can do really well with it, but that shouldn't be your whole strategy. All the best! 🙌
You're right, "not another one of" these videos... BUT it's probably the BEST one of I've watched EVER. This was very realistic, it wasn't trying to be like the others where they make you feel like you're gonna make MILLIONS. I'd LOVE an extra 2k - 3k a year that came out of nowhere. Thanks for this.
That means alot Obed, thank you. Every sale counts, and they can really start adding up. I think 2 to 3k is a realistic goal for most small stores that don't have hundreds of hours per month to spend on new designs. All the best :)
I have so much respect for what you're doing. It's so easy to get disheartened when you're just starting out, as your earnings can be so low; and everyone on RU-vid is talking about hw they're killing it on Print on Demand. I love seeing genuine progress and feel more motivated than ever to keep going. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us! ❥
Thanks for being real and realistic. Just came across your video as I'm weighing options. $4K would make a huge impact on my income. Thank you for seeing the need for those of us on a fixed income who need hope. I'm not looking for the millions, but a few thousand would be nice. I hope yours only goes up and you find what you need and want.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm just getting started in the wacky world of print on demand and your "real-life" information you so graciously give your viewers is invaluable. Consider me subscribed! Cheers from the other side of the pond.
This is amazing! Like you said, we need to learn the value of money. Someone that's working full time and they're on £20,000 a year, an extra £4000 goes a long way. You don't have to work extra hard at work to get that promotion because this takes care of that for you.
Well done, Im also on my pod journey, started in may last year, Im doing well on redbubble and amazon merch. Its always a learning process. Thank you for your videos, inspiring to people just starting off.
So refreshing, I watched another video a few days ago where a woman claimed to have made $20k in an unknown time frame on Redbubble and gave the most basic tips on what to do, like use tags...??? All the comments were like, I started my store today, or last week with the expectation of a 20k payday straightaway.. just keep it real with people. Thanks for doing that. Just found your channel and subscribed 😊
I know right?! Those types of videos were so frustrating for me when I first started. You have no idea if it's worth it because you keep getting fed super unrealistic expectations.
Wow,thanks for the honest and down to earth vid,i needed that!I'm just trying to get into POD and get pushed away after i see all those vids of people making it rain with money.Thanks to you i was able to get a first hand view on the reality of POD.I'll be watching more videos so keep up the good work.
Thankyou for being realistic. I’m so sick of these vids that say anyone can make 100$ per day simply posting stuff to red bubble. They’re really taking people for a ride
That’s how business goes, pod or otherwise. My first year of doing vendor shows, I averaged $90 a show. Wasn’t a lot but it helped and I kept plugging away. The next year, we averaged $600 a week, huge difference. Then, well, the shut downs hit, now it’s all online. On a good note, I had already started online. This year, I’m adding POD too. Not expecting big riches right off the bat but every dollar counts and I’d rather work smart than hard.
I wasn't sure if it were a good idea to sell my merchandise to a lot of print-on-demand platforms at first. But, watching your video really inspired me to do so. Actually, that is my marketing strategy to sell my goods and merch. Thanks for sharing! And as always let's make, and keep making something awesome!
Thank you for such honest figures. I just started Print on demand and uploading my designs. Every little penny I can make from home is better then nothing. but I also did not want to have unrealistic expectations
I put almost everything I do on redbubble onto teepublic because it's so quick to upload onto teepublic so might as well. For me I find different things have sold across the two so I guess it's different for different people. Teepublic is so quick to add stuff it feels like a waste not to add to it! I'm still learning the basics really so thanks for the video. It's good to see a more realistic journey into POD 👍😁
Hi! I really appreciate this video. I am going through a rough time because this is my third week on teespring and I was starting to get slightly disappointing that I have not landed any sales. I was not sure what type of numbers I should be looking for, so this is eye opening. And yes, you are right! When I started making my first few buck online as a freelancer, I realised that things are possible! I have made around 6 thousand working online, that is 3 months I don't have to worry about my mortgage. I haven't fully understand how this print on demand works but I will continue watching your videos for insights :D
I agree with the “small” amounts being important. What I really think should be the focus, is the joy of creating and sharing. This video is a celebration of that too… so 🙏!
Grateful to you for this. I’ve been doing research for a while and this is the first video that’s actually open about sales and how these websites work. *subscribed*
you're great! Nothing better than keeping it real - money isn't everything and every little bit helps - very helpful content and will look forward to your future vids x
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Congrats, I'm happy you reach that level. I've just started out print on demand. I hope in one month I can see some results.
People who don't realize the power of extra income just haven't played around with an investment calculator enough. If you earn 10% ROI on $50 a month for 40 years, you end up with $316,000! Just investing a little bit of extra money every month will build wealth over time, but first you need to find a way to earn a little extra money.
@@depressedessendonfan5702 That's lower than the average return of the S&P 500 over it's lifetime. If you put money in a 0 fee account, and invest that in a low-fee index fund, you'll likely beat 10% over the long term. Once you've established a sizeable pool to draw from, you can consider things like real estate, small business investing, music royalties, website assets, etc. These all provide a good income, but carry more risk than the S&P, although all investments involve some level of risk.
This is great! I totally respect your modest take on print on demand. An extra 4k a year is a nice little chunk of change if you are saving for something special.
This is super inspiring and was great to watch, thank you so much for this, because it's true, every little thing does add up and when you put them together, you have more in your pocket than you started off with for sure, and usually more than you thought you would have, and even if money seems low, if you're doing something you love, something you would supposedly be doing anyway, why not take it? I'll be watching more from you, thanks again :)
Absolutely LOVE the message. Great progress. Congratulations !!!! I'm sure you're doing so so so much better the last 6 months since this video. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK =)
Thank you for being so real! I agree with you 100% that money might not be much for someone but it might be exactly what someone else needed to get them by! I appreciate this video!❤
Awesome vid, u hit the nail on the head also 3000 pound of print on demand is worth more than 3000 pound working ur arse off in a factory shop or warehouse for somebody else, keep up the good work and I wish u luck in all ur endeavours x
It’s so refreshing to find such an authentic channel! 🌸 Great video, and waaaaay more inspiring than all those overblown youtube gurus flaunting their supposed successes and offering very little actual value. I definitely needed a video like this right now, so thank you for sharing it! Best wishes 🙂
Love your refreshing, honest approach! This sounds like a great first year you had! I used to have an Etsy shop several years ago and it took me 4 months to even get my 1st sale. It's not as easy as the "millionaire" videos make it seem (because all those "millionaire sellers" just want you to buy/subscribe to their "classes", that's why). This person just sounds honest and realistic.
Good on you; I appreciate your honesty. Well done and wishing you a very bright future.....I'm about to start POD .... so this video is very encouraging.🌟🌸
So appreciate this video and offering the realistic picture of what to expect in first year if youvwork at it. I wish there were more of these sort of videos out there. Thank you.
Thanks so much for this. I appreciate how you frame your earnings and give a realistic assessment of freelancing life -- it can be tough. Showing your real earnings helps to give a realistic gauge to how to start selling POD. I've started, using many of your tips as a guide. Thanks!
