Who else is making money on Amazon Merch?

Ly Hang Phong

7 years ago

How did you sell your T-shirt before your account is approved for Merch?

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awledd

7 years ago

You can not create designs before you are approved. Approval happens anywhere from a month to several months. Mine 4 months.

But of course you can be prepared by creating designs with Photoshop or other software and start uploading once you get your account.

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DanielBlue

7 years ago

In my opinion it works great. Some time ago I uploaded four
or five designs and forgot about them. Then a few weeks later
they send me $30. But it's drying out because I don't have time
for Merch.

If you are a good designer with some nice ideas it may be
money printer!

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awledd

7 years ago

Yes some people are absolutely crushing it for no money on advertisement which means their profit is 100% profit. but there is a small catch here. They will deduct 30% of your earnings for tax if you are living outside of USA. Anyways I believe it is good money.

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DanielBlue 7 years ago

Originally Posted by awledd

but there is a small catch here. They will deduct 30% of your earnings for tax if you are living outside of USA.

No.

I'm outside the US.
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Blue Horizons

7 years ago

Originally Posted by awledd

Yes some people are absolutely crushing it for no money on advertisement which means their profit is 100% profit. but there is a small catch here. They will deduct 30% of your earnings for tax if you are living outside of USA. Anyways I believe it is good money.

Many countries have tax treaties with the U.S. for a reduced tax rate.If you live in a country that does,you can apply for this reduced rate when filling out your W-8BEN form.See the link below for the countries and rates this applies to:

https://submit.shutterstock.com/lega...eaty_countries

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VictorValhalla

7 years ago

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VictorValhalla

7 years ago

I registered in merch a few months ago on the recommendation of a friend ... I still await approval. Any special tactics to receive approval or should I just sit and wait?

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DanielBlue

7 years ago

Originally Posted by VictorValhalla

I registered in merch a few months ago on the recommendation of a friend ... I still await approval. Any special tactics to receive approval or should I just sit and wait?

It just takes some time... I am sure I did not get any notification
at all from amazon. About one o two months after I applied I tried
to login just for fun and the account was there.....

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awledd

7 years ago

Originally Posted by VictorValhalla

I registered in merch a few months ago on the recommendation of a friend ... I still await approval. Any special tactics to receive approval or should I just sit and wait?

There is nothing you can do on your part. Just wait. As I said, mine took about 4 months. it can take more or less than that. I am sure they are getting hundreds of applications per day and sooner or later the market may saturate. Now they have reduced the daily upload limit from 5 to 2 (for lower tiers) which shows some type of limitations or saturation. Though there still is a space I believe.