Exposing Print on Demand Gurus Strategies 

Can you explain why?

Can you explain why?

I had a call with one of her assistants for the course. He asked for $12,000 on the phone that day for the full course if I signed up and paid that day. Otherwise, it was $15,000! Not much catches me by surprise anymore these days, but I was at a loss for words for a good solid two minutes. He thought my video froze because I was silent and still. Lol

@@monikatamasi2717 Shes got a bad rep if you look deep into reviews on Google and Reddit. Apparently shes a scammer offering basic info at extortion prices.

@@monikatamasi2717 Are you serious?

Course!! Honestly you got there because your videos are next level helpful!

I may be biased because you’re one of the channels I leaned on when starting my POD journey, but for all of your knowledge and the clear honest way you break things down, I think Shimmy got it right.

Juna you have been placed where you should be 💯

And Juna’s response, 💯% confirms why he's sat next to Chris Heckman who should be on a Cloud ☁️ above this Chart!!! (BTW)

Juna and Chris are doing the lords work, can't get any more transparent than how they're doing it, and Chris releasing a behemoth 21 hour straight course absolutely free on RU-vid lol

Wholesale Ted is good I listen to her content and she has good videos.

Oh god etsy consultant 🙄 every single video " get to 100 listings, one a day, have good pictures, get to 100 listings, one a day, have good pictures, get to 100 listings, one a day, have good pictures". On repeat. every single. . Video. I dont know how he doesn't bore himself. And then he always bitches about other channels and they're "not like him, he's the real deal". If you have to repeat that youre the real deal it's a problem. Don't trust him. He's not someone I would go for a pint with.

WTF 😂😂😂 Do we all watch the same creators 😍😍😍 Actually if you are good with picking gems of information from each creator you wouldn't spend a coin on a course.

Thank you!!! I think a round 2 will be happening!

@@adelefarmer629 who?

Totally!

Thank you so much

I've learned a lot watching his channel!

@@shimmymorris1just grab a ton of his downloads yesterday. Ready to dig in and grow.

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Thank you so much

Thank you!! Appreciate you watching and commenting!

Second hell no to Dylan. The course is complete rip off

I would have put anyone as aggressively pushing an outrageously expensive course in the hell to the no.

Good to hear!!! Hopefully that was a WeScale decision haha. If so I’ll see you there ☺️

@@shimmymorris1 How did you guess? 😉

Me 75! If I get the last spot 😂

I thought it was $2500 or was that the last course... Feel free to email, i'd love to hear your story.

I thought it was $9000?

@@shimmymorris1 $2500 is for lifetime access to her video courses (which you can view with no expiration date). It goes up if you want unlimited coaching for a limited time. For example, $6K for 10 weeks of unlimited coaching, etc...

6k!!!! 🤯🤯🤯

me too. The free videos are worth more than what you pay for her class. she' does help, but i think that's where she makes her money.

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I agree and he always going over niches. I like his new videos on using ideogram

Cassiy Johnson actually gained momentum for her shop by using trademarked items like Disney etc so her success was not done honestly and certainly she isn't one to emulate.

Gosh yes that’s a ludicrous amount of for a course!!!

@@ifeifesi BINGO SHIMMY!!! see...

Wow. That's not cool charging that amount, 🤬 I agree.

Simply Shawna is wonderful!

Woohoo! I’m so happy! Yea Chris is awesome!! We just partnered up for the Print on Demand Hub community ☺️☺️

I’ll add to the list

@@shimmymorris1 what’s nice about Mandy and Shawna as well as cassiy is that they address the emotional hurdles around starting this type of business and the tenacity you need to succeed. This is something that many you tubers forget about, but it is essential for the process to reach your goals. I was a teacher myself so I appreciate that these people make mention of this, mindset, overcoming hurdles, etc, bc success in business isn’t just abt following the steps, it’s also about challenging your own demons and insecurities when stuff gets hard and figuring out a way around them. I don’t think is a coincidence that these you tubers are women also.

I like her too

Absolutely, one of the best for sure!!

Thank you!! There are quite a few but I missed a lot out of this one

exactly!!!

oh awesome, good to know!

Ye that’s crazy!

The reason you are getting various reports for her course is she has a typical high ticket sales model and you have to call in. Based on your resources during that discovery call you get an offer that "fits" your situation 😉

OMG THIS!!! Thank god someone else said it 😂. I find her stuff useful too, but I legit cannot stand her cadence. I was THISCLOSE to asking her the other day if she took broadcasting in school

Gotta have some viral videos lol

Thank you! Appreciate the support!

It's called business. You move slow, you'll get left behind. It's not about being first, it's about doing it right with respect to your driving incentives, e.g good product Vs profit... Etc people should expect competition. Amazon's own branded goods, are from doing the same thing!!! Stealing profitable ideas.

@@dan-dv2tn There is a big difference from seeing a great idea and using aspects of the concept in a different way than just taking someones idea and stealing all of their customers. If you think that just stealing an idea and stealing customers is great for you then you may want to reconsider, because one day you could find yourself in a lawsuit that could cost you a lot of money. Be original, get a trade mark, get a copyright and warn anyone who decides to infringe on your product. If they don't listen sue them for all of the money they were making off of your product plus damages to your product brand. Never lie, never steal, never think that you are better then the guy who came up with the original idea. Never take advantage of anyone. If you do it will cost you sooner or later.

Yes, I completely agree about AI. It should be banned because of the theft of people's original art under the guise of "training" the developer's software. But I have to disagree about the idea or concept use. Ideas are NOT able to become registered with the US Copyright Office. And there is a good reason for that. Anyone can have an idea. Whether the act on it, or not, and if they do a terrible job at expressing their idea or a great one, they cannot gate-keep an "idea" or concept and do not own it. IP (Intellectual Property) on the other hand, is tangible, and can be registered with the US Copyright Office, so that if it is copied or misused and abused by a lazy thief, the artist or Copyright holder can demand their copied work be deleted from a store or platform and go after monetary compensation. There would be no competition in any products if gate-keeping of ideas was somehow enforced, which would not be even possible. Everything we use everyday started as an idea. Cars, furniture, clothing, cell phones, airplanes, films, recipes, books, paint colors, etc., the list is endless and all these things started with an idea. Many people have ideas, but don't develop them, or do so poorly. No industry, whether it is a product or service, can grow without people building upon past ideas and coming up with new ones that they and others add their own take onto it. I do hate when people are lazy and cheap and outright steal other artist's, designer's and companies' IP, but as I said earlier, that is a Copyright theft.

ye i'll add her :D

Agreed. I think Shawna has surpassed cassiy in quality in my opinion since cassiy blew up.

Oh awesome il check out her stuff

@@shimmymorris1 Shawna is in a word "Amazing".

Love Shawna. The perfect balance of practical application and motivational content.

Agreed. Shawna's content is very "actionable" and perfect for a beginner. It makes sense that she'd be great at teaching POD since she was a teacher. She kinda feels like a POD big sister which I love.

Thank you!

Holy shit that’s an insane amount of money 8000!!!! If it’s been 2 weeks surely you can refund no?

@@shimmymorris1no refunds from first second she will send you to collections if you stop payments

​@shimmymorris1 lol I doubt it. According to more than 20+ people I've seen on the Etsy subreddit, she's sent almost everyone to collections when they've tried to pull out. She's a god tier SCAM ARTIST.

@@shimmymorris1 You can’t get a refund. They make you sign a pile of documents for it. It’s very scary!

@@shimmymorris1 She does not permit refunds, no. I believe that the company she has who runs credit checks on potential students and handles the financing options also is the company that does her collections (although I don't know if they handle the court filings to recoup the money). The whole bit about not sharing the price of her course online (except for her "how to set up an Etsy shop" $1000 Quickstart) and the aggressive sales tactics with her "free call" remind me a lot of timeshare pitches. But because I enjoy data analysis, I was able to take videos that she shared on Instagram/RU-vid/Facebook, comments from her students, and looking over her students' shops and actually piece together the key things she loves to promote from her course (7 types of products was accidentally shared on an IG live; FB strategy can be figured out by looking at the pages for her students; aggressive pricing strategy can be pieced together by observing her students' shops; etc.). It probably took me about 20 hours over the course of a year to put it all together, but that was a much better investment than the $3000 course for me!

Thank you!! I’ll check them out

My opinion of Brand Creator 👎

She doesn’t do as much with pod really but she’s great.

I’ll check her content out

Starlas is extremely transparent she and her husband will tell you the course price straight up and with 30 days money back

@@P-Funk69 I follow Starla and I'm pretty sure she has a POD shop on Etsy now, sells hoodies and shirts and other items.

He's very good but he has a stubborn streak that causes him to say silly things at times. Like his constant dissing of Etsy, even though he hasn't tried it. The reasons he gives are just what he's heard others say, and largely untrue.

Nice!! Ye he does have good content

​@shimmymorris1 I was put off him as he always says, "Don't sell t-shirts with silly sayings on" and then he did a video for Kittl using their slogan generator on... yup, t-shirts. EDIT: I did pay for Joe's course, about $500, and it does have good content, but said content is now freely available, albeit for t-shirts, but you can apply the same principles to the sort of products Joe sells.

I’d like to know more about FB ads. Thanks will check him out

​@SpeedbirdHeavy I agree with you about him being stubborn. I've stopped watching him. Some content was good, but tends to repeat the same course

Yes for sure!

Yes I think personalised on Etsy is the way to go

Hello Custom is working on an integration with Amazon - will give Etsy a run for their money! I also love Jay's Way! He's going to be one of the teachers for the Hello Custom/Amazon integration.

HelloCustom and Jesse Teaches seem to have great strategies. Could you look into reviewing them in Round 2?

I second Jay. However, you may have trouble finding his RU-vid videos because he only just started doing them more. I have been utilizing his tips and coaching since 2020 when he and RJ had a mastermind with someone else.

Yes! True

I agree Starla and Shawna are fantastic. Caring and legitimately doing what they teach.

nice!

Did you launch already? How’s everything going?

Oh nice! Facebook ads mainly

Yup. More handmade stuff

She also tells you to buy supplies from Amazon and Temu to sell on Etsy. She has even said if they don't sell, return them to Amazon and Temu.

Thank you! Appreciate that a lot

awesome

nice one

He hasn’t focused on spring in a longgggg time. But ye spring was very dead when he was talking about it

Not at all. I don’t even think about Temu.

I’ll look him up

It was mainly about their current strategies. And personal opinions. I’m not the biggest fan of metal signs. I don’t think they’re that scalable. That’s why. He’s got great content though

for sure! thank you

Whether the people mentioned are good or bad I think the least that should be done is to include a link to their channel.

I found them by typing in their names into youtube's search bar.

Ye I can… but also a simple search of their name and they’ll pop up too ☺️

Ye strange that. But there are lots of different strategies so it does make sense

a Shopify shop? Not yet on RU-vid. In our community I do. I'll be adding something to RU-vid in the future

Haha

Thank you for saying “if” I appreciate the benefit of the doubt

Aw thank you!

i'm going to add her to the next one :D

Yes!!! I forgot

thank you so much

thankss!

@@shimmymorris1 you're welcome!

awesome

oh awesome!! yea we do t-shirts as they're the most scalable and the profit margins are really fine with them

oh cool i'll add her to the next video

Cool

Agreed. Juna is top notch.

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Yeah. I duno. The last 6 months ALL his designs look the same. He relies on GPT.

You guys are way too nice. Thank you

@@yackablejohnson1485 he does but only cuz AI is the future , but u can always learn from his techniques too 😁

I'll be putting Starla Moore in part 2 :D

I guess people will always buy T-shirts no matter the living crisis.

Oh true I forgot them!!! And thank you. That’s very kind

Ye it’s hard. Theres so many people in this field now!

Enjoy!

@Stunnaz84 He'll save you A LOT of time! I wish I had this info when I started 🤗

@@jen3849 too late for me also... 😔

Hi! I’m a Dylan student too :) I’m sorry you didn’t love the coaching, to me it was the best part! But yes I agree that she teaches so much more than Etsy, she teaches BUSINESS, which is pretty awesome

@@rachaelwelch123 I am a complete beginner and I didn’t have a shop or an idea of what to sell. I talked to her before joining the course and asked about that part specifically she said they will help me find my ideal customer and things to sell but that is not true. They just gave me general ideas and nothing for me to start with. I am really disappointed. 2.5 months into the program and I’m still scrambling. I feel like this course is designed for people who already have a handmade business and want to grow it. Not for beginners. I politely sent them my feedback hopefully they can change something

you're welcome!