*Every family has a person who breaks the chain of poverty. I hope you will be that person!!*

If you are going to buy your own merch, next time find a few famous Tik Tokers who have P.O. boxes. Send them a shirt that matches their style for free and maybe, just maybe, if one of them features the merch in an unboxing or wears it in one of their videos, you probably could pick up a few more sales.

Hi Sarah, thank you for your honesty. I appreciate it when you openly talk about your failures.

This review is a rare gem, highlighting various pain-points in the process which is realistic. Sarah deserves more subscribers for her honest, down-to-earth reviews. Most 'get-rich' schemes are usually lop-sided reviews.

Love your honesty throughout the video. Many content creators falsely make it look like they were successful for the clicks. I watched all the way thru and was relieved when you were honest, shared what you thought could prove to make it work (unique designs), and followed that up with your wisdom. Nice job! and thanks for sharing

That was AMAZING. And also the simplest explanation of Amazon Merch. I am encouraged. Thank You 🙏

You either win or you learn, both are equally valuable. Thanks for the breakdown

Great video Sarah. You are fortunate to have the resources of time and money (and skills) to do an experiment like this one. I think your talent with making videos and presentation AND your sharp analysis of business opportunities AND your obvious business smarts is FAR more valuable to any of your viewers, than any of the designs or services that were sold to you by the Fiver "artists" who appeared to have simply used copies of typical/common designs. From what I can see, many you tubers may pitch "get rich quick" ideas, or make "how to POD" videos, but they don't have the sharp eye, business savvy, and skills you have. That's why I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work!

Thank You for walking us through this and for your honesty. I'm a beginner and I'm looking for some work from home alternatives. There are many people on here who claim that it's really effortless to make loads of money on here not that is not true. That is why I joined your channel. You seem more honest than most.

That was a great video. Thanks for spending money on the shirts to test the theory. That might have been a pain for you, but gold for your subscribers!

Sarah, I've been following you for a while. You've been consistent and I admire that. Consistency is my hardest task. The follow up that you do is amazing. Keep smiling like you always do!❤

Queenn1 is my favorite Fiverr t-shirt designer! So nice to see her gig in your video!

I was depressed before I discovered ur videos. It's just the perfect amount of sunshine to add to my other side hustle as a podcaster. I've lost some of my closest friends these last 2.5 years. I loved what you shared about ur own struggles and the hedonic treadmill. It's so true, we always return to baseline. 😃

Thanks Sarah! This is great information when I'm ready to expand (current ecom clubhouse member growing and working out kinks on first shop) ;-). Your videos always get me PUMPED UP!!

I think in order to move to the next level you need to have maxed your product submissions AND sell up to your tier. I'm on the 500 tier but have sold more than 3000 products (over a few years) but only have 136 published products so my daily limit is 25 and have not been bumped to higher tiers yet. I'm just really slow since I choose to make all the artwork myself 😅

So glad I found you ! A real person ✨👏🙏- The bist ❗️

Thanks for posting this video Sarah, very clear and illustrative. I think this video really helps show that if you want to create a successful (and hopefully sustainable) stream of income, you have to find a genuine gap in the market and serve the customers in that niche something of real value. Throwing money at "out of the box" sellers on Fiverr and spending little or no effort selling copy cat designs into a saturated marketplace is not really going to net a decent (or any) return. The amount effort you are willing to put in is generally in direct proportion to your success. And Amazon doesn't care - it makes money in aggregate of the 100,000s of sellers uploading...

I'm disabled trying to make a nice passive income.. ted I being following you. Im ready 🙏🙏💜

The only most honest youtuber. Most people would just say anything to get view and not tell the truth. Any business has its ups and downs. It is good to do your research before starting any business. Give it a try and if it works good and if not, try something else. Thanks for your honesty.

Thanks for your honesty. Most KZfaq "guru's" try to only show you their successes and make the process seem like it's so easy. However, once tried and applied, results are not the same...

I didn't watch your videos since 2019 I think. Happy to see you healthy this time. Greetings from Morocco. I miss watching your enthusiastic videos. Thank you

Great Video! Your honesty and integrity on this experiment was spot on and you've uncovered a passive income method that I have never heard of before yet, also opened the doors to other possible routes ripe for exploration! Thank you for taking the time posting this eye opening content!

Great experiment. Thanks for all the good info. I would like to see a follow up video in a month or so and see how sales are.

You could make your money back over time and through trying different prints or coming up with original ideas you could hit on a niche market and find a winner

Wow how sneaky Sarah 😂 here’s a diamond like for your hard work 👍 💎

I think you are the only person i see who is very honest in this social media platform. Thank you for being honest

Sarah: Ah my lazy friends... Me: I was attacked

Short, and sweet answer for anyone who just wants to know if she made any money or not doing this...17:12

..... EVERYONE fails!!! Sarah is very honest and transparent in her passion for making a great passive income. Thank you Sarah!

Thanks Sarah! Let this video be proof that there's no such thing as easy money, or earning passive income "FOR FREE". It requires a lot of hard work and little bit of upfront investment (even just to buy your own merch), which many KZfaqrs and people selling training courses ignore. Appreciate a doze of reality :)

My concern with buying designs (specifically using ideas that I came up with) from freelancers is: what's stopping the freelancer from simply uploading the design to their own print on demand sites before handing them over to me? If they do that, I can't prove that the copyright belongs to me because I paid for it.

Here's the problem. The create your own printed shirt thing on Amazon is saturated. Just like the print your own book/pdf thing on Amazon is saturated. I see videos on how to print and sell your own low content books/calenders/notebook s on Amazon. Nope. Water has flowed already to all the cracks and low lying areas as everyone rushes to do them. You have to come up with something new and be first and have it take off. Like the people that invented and patiented "Life's a Beach." My friend knew them and pointed out the big house with tennis courts they had near Riverwoods north shore Chicago. They came up with it in the late 70s/early 80s and by the late 80s shirts saying that were in stores all over the country. Be original and be first with something that is amazing. This was a good honest video.

When you live in the UK and get anxiety when you hear "And we moved from tier 2 to tier 3"

Finally a KZfaqr that can pronounce NICHE correctly!

I'm very creative when it comes to making phrases and quotes. I also used to be very artistic so I'm pretty sure I could create my own designs for products. I'm hoping to start trying this out soon.

i clicked to see this 500$ fiverr experience you had, but you also gave me along the way a tutorial for MBA! and without clickbating me to it! that's what i call a good video!

You're so genuinely unique and goofy - it's great. Stay you! And keep up the awesome content.

Did you notice the one design that said "Just a girl that loves TRUTLES" versus TURTLES? Those designers apparently don't use spell check. ;-)

Thanks Sarah! You are the best ! So , I did not know I could by my own T-shirt to speed up 🆙 the Tier change ! I will give it a try . I got accepted by MBA.

I gave up selling on Amazon years ago. Its difficult to be noticed in a sea of copycats unless your product is truly unique. That and amazon closing my listings for one thing or another 😅. I prefer my own store on shopify where my competition isn’t a finger scroll away and im not at the mercy of amazon. Great video showing your actual results though.

*Who else likes the video before watching* 🤚

A couple of thoughts on this video: The words "gift" and "birthday" are already banned in MBA. So be careful with these words! Don't include them in your listings. On the other hand, as I can understand, one of the Fiverr sellers send you designs with copyright issues that are not so professional as I can imagine. And last but not least, the "strategy" to buy your own designs to boost them and to upscale your level on MBA it's a good move, but it's not so good if you are a broke guy like me, trying to make some sales without profit and without any money for ads. Well done!

Thank you for being our POD Guinea pig! Your videos are very inspiring and helpful!

Would love to see a video on how you manage business expenses and taxes if you can. Love your videos, you're such an inspiration!

This was the best 10 minutes I spent on KZfaq today!

I really love this video! Thanks for trying out the experiment and pointing out the pitfalls of taking the easy way out in online business. Great video 👍

If the tshirts were selling, the designers would actualy be selling the designs themselves and generate passive income, instead of offering to sell the designs ;)

The only person who seems to make any money from Amazon is Jeff Bezos.

Thank you for sharing this. I'm a newbie in freelancing and I really wanted to get more into doing things for passive income. More blessings to you Sarah! Love from the Philippines!

I tried fiver in my earlier days in merch by amazon. .. very minimal sales. Then i change and do my own (without any design skill) using mostly free tools and web base. Only then the sales start to roll.

New drinking game: Take a shot every time Sarah says "The result? Well..." :D

It really makes you question all those glowing reviews on Fiverr.

always wondered when I saw those fivers gigs, if they were worth the money, why wouldn't they sell the designs themselves instead of selling them on Fiverr for a cheap buck

An absolutely stunning video , every single detail was made accurately , this is something must people need to follow in order to be ready for what’s to come in the future

Hi Sarah! can you upload a video about how to create an amazon seller account as an international seller in 2021

The shirts designs that sell for me are the ones I would wear. Tons of funny or cool designs but would I actually wear it. I design what I know And would want to wear. Don’t just copy for inspiration unless you see a better solution that you can contribute. Niche- I have a shirt that I made in 2015 that sells each month. I make about 50-100 royalties on each month. I cannot tell exactly why it sells. It’s not even a great design but it’s a niche to youth sports. The purchases are usually in two or threes at once. The whole family must wear the same shirt for an event or youth sports is my thinking. Stay simple with your thinking. Design like your gonna wear it or a gift for a family or friend. It makes a difference.

I've got up about 20 tshirt designs and made about $50 this entire year. Need to really figure out my keywording

I paid someone 20 for SEO optimization and Instagram management and had great results. It was prolly the item you picked. To make money on Amazon u need a niche product that aren't many vendors selling so you actually pop up on the search... Graphic tees is never gonna work wayyy too saturated

I hope you keep us updated on how these continue to sell for you over time. I would imagine everyone has slow sales in the beginning until some of the designs can get traction & reviews. It's possible you'll make your investment back by the end of the year perhaps? and then all sales going forward would be profit!

After years of trying to find the right type of side business for me, I've decided that it's just easier to setup my own shopping site and use a card processor to take payments. This way I don't have to worry about any companies' rules to follow and it's easier to get the product to my customer. Also, no money out of pocket in most cases. My only problem now is getting creative enough to make some products that sell.

06:13 Viewer: "Well, gee, Sarah, that's great and all, but how can I get these three key things right with minimal effort?" Sarah: "And ah, my lazy friends, ah .." i don't know why it cracks me up, but I guess it's probably because it's funny how she knows us way too well 😂😂

You sold one t-shirt and made 70 cents... it'll take a long time to make back your $500. Thanks for sharing and showing it's not a get rich quick scheme!

Siven!! : ) Thanks Seerah!

Sarah. it has been 1 week i have been watching your videos. I really love your content and because they are full of Facts that others don't tell us. Thank you so much

It would be interesting to see a follow-up on these sales six months later

I appreciate your honesty Sarah. You win some and you lose some, but at least you tried. And with Amazon, the profit margins are slim after their fees.

Is there any update to this, after few weeks/months to let them run first?

Some other gurus would have said that they have made close to 6 figures with this experiment. Thanks for your honesty Sarah.

The genius of this is that she made her money back via the youtube video revenue ;)

HUGE TYPO - in one of the designs lol ! - just a girl who loves “Trutles” love it

tier 9 gets you a personal call from Bezos

Such a great video and interesting showcase of actually testing the idea. appreciate the honesty.

I had no idea Amazon Merch was a thing. I'm already an FBA seller looking into creating a print on demand store, this is huge lol.

Funny, when you showed that yo were not making any money on the submissions, I actually became more interested in the video since it was "honest". So refreshing!!

OMG, it's like you're reading my story... But I gave up after months of this. Good for you for sticking with it!

Thank you Sarah for doing that experiment. Was really hoping that would have worked out.

Thank you. I have wanted to make some T shirts on a theme for a while now but am clueless to design. I’d heard of Fiver but didn’t know you could get designs made fairly cheaply. I’m off to take a look. Shame your experiment didn’t work but if you leave them up on Amazon maybe one day one will take off!

Ha, one of those shirts "Just a girl who loves TRUTLES"!!!

Thank you for that tutorial I am consistently watching your videos and deciding which Avenue I want to take. I'm giving up 34 years on this job to take an online position and passive income. I have so many questions

Well, this was an eye-opener, Sarah. Thank you for your honesty.

I will never ever use them again. They screwed up my etsy store so bad, I went from 50 to 60 visitors a day, down to nothing with zero sales. I finally went in and it looked like some uneducated fool changed all my keywords. Non of them matched any of the products I was selling. I changed everything back to what I had, which took me almost 8 hours, and now i have visitors and sales again. I no longer trust them. Buyer beware.

Thanks for the honest video! Testing testing testing👍🏾

If those fiverr artist can make those design and grantee to sell well on Amazon why don’t they just sell it on Amazon themselves? It’s more profit then create bunch of design just for 30 bucks 🤷🤷🤷

Great tutorial and experiment. I love how you explain and provide training. Very engaging and pleasant to watch. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for all the fabulous videos Sarah!! 🎉

Love all your videos, one of my favorite channels to watch you give great information! Thank you

Great content and GREAT experiment. What did I learn from this video? That Fiverr gigs are low quality and once they're off with your money, you're left holding the EMPTY bag.

Do you have a pilot’s license? I can tell you’re an AvGeek and if not you should get one :) I did mine a couple of years ago and absolutely love it.

I'm just wondering what you thought of the quality from Amazon and whether you might be able to do a comparison/unpackaging vid. :) Love your content!

Please upload a follow up video, that would be interesting

You seem super cool, for an ecommerce guru, wish you the best. Good luck 👍

Thank you for being honest regarding your journey... You even made me giggle when you got to your last "WELL" I could only be grateful to you for your journey in trying to help us. So thank you again! Eventually, I will find that work-from-anywhere niche that helps me provide for my family. The search is tiring.

Thank you for doing what you did. That's pretty awesome of you!

If you are reading this, I hope you have an amazing day and I hope that you find the inspiration to pursue your passions and your dreams. I believe in you❤️❤️❤️

Thanks so much for doing this Sarah, I was doing 😱 as you were going through all of that and having to buy your own tshirt listings 😂 but this was a very powerful example! I'm definitely trying to do the same as that artist did for my niche!👌🏼

Those Fivver guys know the secret: selling shovels in a gold rush :)

Finally, an honest experiment of what happens. Gotta love that.

I'm in 10 Tier for4 months now and no sales yet, I'm trying to do a better job and use designs no one is using, keep moving forward and I am hearing a lot of stories on FB lately that people are wearing the shirt they bought for an event, then they send it back they want a refund and this one shirt had bleach stains on it and MBA excepted it back, anyways I did make 2 sales on Etsy.. thanks for making video

I tried to start with Merch, and after waiting for 10 days for their reply, they didn’t approve me without providing any reason :)

Thanks, Sara, for this interesting video. Thank you, Sara, for sharing what you have learned.