[Method] How to make amazing designs and sell them in bulk.

There are less than 90 days till Black Friday, or make fucking money day. I have been quiet for awhile since my last post about merch, im still going strong on merch but never updated it as im a busy father of a 3 year old boy and Co-own a local marketing agency so whenever i do have freetime, i work on side projects.

Sorry, not home so no fancy images in this post lol If people ask i can edit and post example images later.

Heres my old Post for anyone needing additional help with merch:

https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/method-journey-how-to-make-a-print-on-demand-empire.985393/


This is a method iv been using for a few months now, its totally legit and copyright free but could be used for less legit things as well.

Im gonna drop so many hidden gems in this article that I'm probably gonna screw myself over, but everyone says, only 1% will take action and only 1/10th will stay with it, so I'm not scared haha.

This method has a few working parts but the end product can be adapted to whatever you desire.

Things you'll need:

An IOS or Android Phone of decent quality (Currently using Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus)

Pro version of the app Painnt 9/year (Not affiliated, just the best design app i found for androids)

A Desktop Computer

Gmail account

Photoshop whatever version ( Best if you have access to actions)

Here we go:

1. Go to Pixabay or Wiki Commons on your phone and find public domain images or CC of the niche you want, This method works mainly with real images, not vectors as much. Download these Images on your phone.

2. Open up the Painnt app, make sure to get the pro verison unless you want extra work photoshopping out their trademark. Now, pick your image and look at the different filters that you see. Crop what you want in the image and then add the filter, mess with settings if needed. Each Filter turns the image into a work of art and is also much easier to size being that it is now a painting or cartoon. Iv had even low quality images work well.

3. This part is about where to place your design, Theyre are many places this can work for, here are a few iv bein going hard on.

Redbubble: These designs are perfect for many products on this platform, create an account and resize your image to 5400 x 4500. If you're not scared, Look up "Imacros reddit" for this site, itll make life easier , Beware tho, iv had several accounts banned for automation so iv stopped doing this. Accounts i have still tho make decent amounts.

Createspace: This one i have just started but this requires a bit more effort,

1. First, do some research and find the perfect sized book for your niche.

2. Open the File in photoshop

3. Stretch your main image into the front cover section

4. Add a big rectangle for the back cover, make the rectangle a color that complements the cover

5. Make sure the template is sized correctly with your main image and back cover.

6. Add title on the spine or front cover (Required by Createspace, to save you days of annoyance, make sure that the title on the book is what your title of the book will be listed as, otherwise, they wont greenlight it)

6. Save As Photoshop PDF (Name it something Organized)

7. Upload Your PDF Cover Image and the interior.
(Do your research for keywords and titles, it isn't that hard and is similar to any onsite SEO, I use etsy rank and merchantwords to find good ideas, but don't over think it)

8. Rinse and Repeat till your eyeballs bleed.

Tip. Use photoshop actions and record how you size it and place everything, use youtube to learn it, it will save time on bulk projects. Iv made 10,000s of designs in days rather than months using this photoshop method alone. also for anyone wondering about the interior, journals make great gifts , use google slides to make the interior.

-Ways to improve: Find a way to auto-populate CreateSpace titles, descri, keywords. Also using google drive and sheets to keep all designs, original images, covers and listing info all organized.


FineArtAmerica: This one requires a 30/year subscription, but its a good print on demand company that goes for a more artistic approach. Pretty self explanatory, use the same methods from redbubble or my old merch journey, its all the same.

Printful: This will open up some doors to a lot of different things, they are a print on demand company, they have a lot of products perfect for this type of design or image. The best part, it gives access to Amazon, Etsy, and Ebay Integration.

Hmm finally some different and somewhat original method. Might actually try it myself just for fun

Just for remembering us that in 90 days will be the Black Friday, this thread is worth it.
Thank you.

Generating designs the super bulk way!

Awesome!

Excellent method. Thanks for reminding us of Black Friday. It's time to start planning

Wonderful. I like the app very much - it’s also available for IOS since I’m using an iphone

Thanks for letting me know that! I updated the thread for that haha, I love the painnt app, its pretty cool and the best one i could find for Android, IOS users always get the better design software lol

Great stuff OP. I just read your merch thread too. I recently got approved there and still haven't uploaded any designs lol. Hopefully this will help

@Paukerin keep up thx feedback!

@lostchoas no problem, I think the premium version is really worth it

@Neon thx my little spicy vegetable

We would Love to see one your design if it's possible... I woudnt mind an old one. the original picture and the edited one. Thank you

So how much do you make? Just curious.

ilais said:

We would Love to see one your design if it's possible... I woudnt mind an old one. the original picture and the edited one. Thank you

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Here Is an Example:
Old Image i got from pixabay

New Image - Using Udnie theme in Painnt

Scrfc said:

So how much do you make? Just curious.

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Honestly, i don't make enough right now to live off it thats for sure hahah

I make about 80-300/ month from redbubble on average - I have about 5k designs on there, each on 35+ Products. I make random but consistent sales.

80 -130/ month on merch by Amazon on average - Just got to Tier 1000 so im planning to hit this black Friday hard

Just started Createspace, so time will tell.

20-40$ on Etsy a month

This would be higher but most just require more effort. My biggest weakness in this whole journey is that if i focused more on niches, and get my designs out there, i will make much more. Keep a eye on etsy. If you can make a great niche store, promoting it with paid ads is cheaper than anywhere else for traffic. I make 11$ commission on shirts uploaded that i couldn't get sales for on merch by Amazon.

Painnt is also availble for your Windows Desktop:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/painnt-pro-art-filters/9nblggh4sdbw?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab#

Keep it going bro. Well done and congratz for your journey.

Thanks for the post (I will read your Merch journey later). I realize you used public domain or CC photos, but I'm curious if anyone knows or has any experience with other photos. I know many won't care, but for someone who wants to follow copyright laws, I wonder if you take a copyrighted photo and change it into a paint design can you avoid breaking any copyright laws. I thought about this a while back with an app that changes a photo to a drawing. Would that make this a new different work of art that does not break copyright laws? Some will maybe say yes and some will maybe say no, and a lot may say who cares, and maybe no one knows until something like this is litigated if it hasn't been already. I'm probably like most who would say why take the chance, just do like you did and use a public domain or CC photo, but sometimes you find that one photo that you just want to use.

A little pro tip; run an android emulator on your computer and download the cracked apk for painnt.

The main thing – don't use celebrities photos

whathat said:

Thanks for the post (I will read your Merch journey later). I realize you used public domain or CC photos, but I'm curious if anyone knows or has any experience with other photos. I know many won't care, but for someone who wants to follow copyright laws, I wonder if you take a copyrighted photo and change it into a paint design can you avoid breaking any copyright laws. I thought about this a while back with an app that changes a photo to a drawing. Would that make this a new different work of art that does not break copyright laws? Some will maybe say yes and some will maybe say no, and a lot may say who cares, and maybe no one knows until something like this is litigated if it hasn't been already. I'm probably like most who would say why take the chance, just do like you did and use a public domain or CC photo, but sometimes you find that one photo that you just want to use.

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I mean this is the blackhatforums, if you want to try it, be my guest. But i like longevity for these mainly cause its a pain in the ass to upload everything, so i dont wanna lose my accounts. You can try it by from what iv read, its a grey subject, some says its acceptable while others say because its software changing the image, copyrights might apply as its not an original expression or interruption of the copyright image.

But isn't it difficult (or should i say annoying?) everytime to add a title and description and keywords to each design?

namelessalfaz said:

But isn't it difficult (or should i say annoying?) everytime to add a title and description and keywords to each design?

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no, its more tedious if ur doing bulk. thats why imacros and other automation can help but must be used sparingly for the longevity of the account