I report the sh*t out of stolen designs. Even those “copycats” that do a slightly different version. Unoriginal copycat “designers” are the scum of POD.
After watching your video I started looking up my designs. I have 15,000 products on merch and almost ever design is being copied pixel for pixel on multiple websites. It took me hours just to write a few companies about copyright infringement of my designs. Can you give me advice about how I can speed up the process of getting these copyrighted designs down. I feel overwhelmed and upset that all my hard work is being copied.
Thanks for going over this. It is very frustrating and I lost a lot of time being angry and chasing art thieves. 😕 I actually had a real person write me back once and just laugh at me threatening to sue him for infringement. He said he didn't care and he was hosted in a DMCA Ignored Country and I couldn't touch him. So I followed some steps in the comment link below to get his page delisted and banned from Paypal cuz he pissed me off. I don't waste my time doing this anymore. I just go forward.
Thanks for this video, as someone who is more into the graphics and hoping to start earning an income from doing it, I rather naively didn't give this aspect of the business side a thought. I will now definitely be checking out the rest of your resources.
You are SO right! One of pieces I've had stolen, the person selling it on Ebay even included in the description basically "if you report me I'll come after you." They're not in the US.
Someone stole my best seller design on Redbubble and upload it on a Shopify store the worst part is I can't do something about it and I was afraid that they will report me if I report them
Well, i say fight fire with fire right? So they use bots to replicate and report you and all, so someone should make a bot as a service (weather they make it for free or not) and make it look for your designs online and when it finds one it reports it right away. It wouldn't be 100% effective but i assume it'll probably be 90% effective. Sometimes they will report u faster, sure, but you'll win mostly. I assume they will try to combat reporting u even faster and the same will happen at the defensive service.. will be ongoing war that at least will improve your side somewhat. If someone breaks into your house he only get rewarded for it then it will only increase rather than stopping. Must make it harder and less profitable for them. Now all it takes is a programmer to understand the monetary potential in making such software. Money on the floor.
Well, something that people still don't get, especially artists, is that the moment something hits the internet is GOING to be stolen. Everything. And you can't stop it. Same with piracy. But you can use it to your advantage instead. Piracy has been proven to increase the sales of original products. So see those thieves as promotioners. People will go to you as you have a certain style.
This just happened to us, pixel for pixel. We had our logos on the designs too! Amazon still hasn't taken down the copycats. How long does it take to hear back from Amazon?
My designs were stolen twice and Amazon took them down in less than 24hs. Maybe you did something wrong when reporting it. Sometimes they would send you an email asking for further information before taking down the designs. I followed a tutorial from Lisa Irby.
Amazon was no help at all to me. Not to mention all five Amazpn Sellers that copied my entire listing didn't fulfill their orders right, or at all, and got horrible reviews. It killed my listing and the $500 per week I'd been earning on it.
Hey Ryan I have an Amazon FBA interview today. Should I tell them that I will sell POD merch eg shirts and mugs ( I already have a trademark and want to focus on a noche when I start) if they ask or should I just say general stuff. Can you pleaseeee give me some tips? I'm so nervous lol
Ryan you mentioned that if you report someone they might retaliate. How do they know? Does it say who reported them on Etsy or Redbubble for example? Thanks!
