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I Stopped Selling On RedBubble & Here’s Why

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Julian Adams

Julian Adams

6 ай бұрын

Is it the end of RedBubble? Is RedBubble worth it anymore?
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So for the past few years, I have been quite involved with RedBubble, and not just as a seller of the platform, but also as someone who has in some ways promoted them through the content I’ve posted here on my channel.
And in no way have I ever been affiliated with RedBubble or paid by them to talk about their website. So everything I have ever said about them has always been from my own personal opinion and experience. And for the most part, I have always had good things to say about the platform, and generally recommend it for people to try and sell their own designs through RedBubble.
But gradually over the past year or so, they’ve been making it harder and harder for me to continue supporting them, especially when it comes to me talking about them here on my channel and essentially promoting them to the people who watch my videos.
And the reason it’s becoming harder, is that they seem to have lost track of what made their business successful in the first place. Which is of course the sellers and artists who have contributed millions of designs and pieces of artwork to the website, in order for RedBubble to profit from.
And to me, it seems as if they no longer care for these sellers and artists who actually make their business function and thrive. As every couple of months or at least every year, they've been introducing some sort of new policy or making some sudden changes that go against sellers of the platform.

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@lespaul8617
@lespaul8617 4 ай бұрын
I agree 100%. I was making $700 a month. My check last month was $32. Unbelievable. Their greed is going to kill their company.
@elmorbah9836
@elmorbah9836 3 ай бұрын
Where do you get new niches and what site do you use to make your designs?
@EnglischLernenMitDerek
@EnglischLernenMitDerek 5 ай бұрын
Rather than deleting all that hard work, I just configured all my items to have a 200% mark-up. Should RB ever (re)discover their brains, I can reconfigure it all back again. If not, so what - strangely enough, I still get sales at 200% - I don't know why.
@vernaolympiad
@vernaolympiad 3 ай бұрын
I also have a markup of 250% Did redbubble put your stuff on sale? Even though i have a mark up of 250%, you'll be expecting that the items will be expensive but no. Redbubble put my items on sale. So its not expensive when the buyers buy my stuff.
@starlightidoru
@starlightidoru 3 ай бұрын
Ah that's why they literally suspeded my account and I had just created it, with my own art! What a filth.
@Bo23481
@Bo23481 21 күн бұрын
I was about to open an account. Thanks for info.
@zzurmzp
@zzurmzp 5 ай бұрын
They have fallen from 24 million to 20 million in just ten months, and this trend is continuing. 4-5 years ago you could still make decent money with them. But then the founder announced that he was retiring and leaving the business to his partner. And that was the beginning of the RB decline and it seems it will not stop until they hit bottom!
@Parsley7-7-7
@Parsley7-7-7 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for leading me away from a dark hole ☺
@mondoprime
@mondoprime 2 күн бұрын
I used to buy so many t-shirts off redbubble. They were great quality, properly printed garments that have lasted until today. I still wear those. A couple of years ago I bought one and it had the cheapest, nastiest, plasticky transfer graphic on it. It didn't last one wash before starting to flake. I've not used redbubble since.
@ChrisLKF
@ChrisLKF 5 ай бұрын
I didn't even need to close mine, it got suspended for no reason
@HelmetVanga
@HelmetVanga 3 ай бұрын
You violated copyrights?
@JanBechtum
@JanBechtum 2 ай бұрын
Same here. Really no clue why. Not violating copyrights BTW. I made sure of that. The most awful thing about this is that there is no appeal possible nor do they give you the reason.
@AhsanRajPut_
@AhsanRajPut_ 2 күн бұрын
SAME HAPPENED WITH ME
@therocknsanta
@therocknsanta 5 ай бұрын
thank you. I was about to open an account.
@ketybagwalla
@ketybagwalla 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this eye opening video Julian. In fact I signed up with RedBubble a few days ago and uploaded a design yesterday but regrettably neither do I see my shop nor my product (I uploaded only one for trial). I think this is it then, for RedBubble and me.
@thewaffler8916
@thewaffler8916 3 ай бұрын
You have to upload 5 designs before the shop actually goes live on their website. I was confused about this too and then I found out on their FAQs.
@Captaint2015
@Captaint2015 Ай бұрын
for new seller, After you complete all dash board you will wait for 5 day for show you design.
@maryjade9805
@maryjade9805 4 ай бұрын
Can you please recommend other places to look?
@GARTEN-SCHNACK
@GARTEN-SCHNACK 6 ай бұрын
i ve the same view on redbubble , i also will be off soon, greets from GER😎
@toptennismerch
@toptennismerch 6 ай бұрын
Just closed my account. Good-bye Redbubble and good riddance. :-)
@na27000
@na27000 5 ай бұрын
They closed my most profitable account.. . It was set as standard but was making me around 200 profit each month. Not anymore after that policy. Anyways, they banned me anyways.
@HelmetVanga
@HelmetVanga 3 ай бұрын
you violated Copyrights?
@na27000
@na27000 3 ай бұрын
@@HelmetVanga I was selling designs from memes that were allowed in the platform, then they said I didnt do the designs. They clearly allow other people to sell tha dame stuff there but they punished only me... after I made them a lot of money for a year.
@JBaddour-xz2ps
@JBaddour-xz2ps 3 ай бұрын
They really need to be sued for many millions of dollars in a successful class action lawsuit.
@na27000
@na27000 Ай бұрын
same happened to me. my most profitable account suspended...and people still sell the same stuff on RB. They even advertised similar art, then why my art is ilegal if you advertise it in your own RD social media? lol
@jimhamilton8775
@jimhamilton8775 6 ай бұрын
I also closed my account. Glad to be rid of them
@JBaddour-xz2ps
@JBaddour-xz2ps 3 ай бұрын
Amen!
@rampad111
@rampad111 5 ай бұрын
A lot of big sellers are in standard, I am, i use to earn $500 a month, and i'm in standard, i don't upload to RB anymore...alot of my work is stolen anyway.... its utter rubbish..
@elijahnyendwa2281
@elijahnyendwa2281 4 ай бұрын
Any good alternatives?
@elmorbah9836
@elmorbah9836 3 ай бұрын
How to avoid trademark ?😂
@Roya_lty
@Roya_lty 5 ай бұрын
What about Shopify
@nyctilia
@nyctilia Ай бұрын
I had started Redbubble a while ago with very few designs and found the percentage they were taking too high already (before 2023) and also realised that many of their products are very low quality. I started learning more about sustainability and realised that I don’t want to support them anymore and then, what what was the final straw for me, was when I participated in a thing that was a collab with an animated series I was not only excluded but also got a warning when I forgot to put the logo of the series on one of the designs I uploaded. I contacted them and tried to correct that (mistakes happen!) but they didn’t even answer and just stated that if I try uploading for that project again my whole account will be closed down. That made me realise they don’t care about the designers at all!
@matigregov65
@matigregov65 5 ай бұрын
any alternative?
@Business_Improvementt
@Business_Improvementt 4 ай бұрын
Etsy + Amazon + shopify
@vkookloveislove7856
@vkookloveislove7856 3 ай бұрын
This was very helpful. Thanks.
@Julian_Adams
@Julian_Adams 3 ай бұрын
No problem, glad it helped!
@WilhelmLyons
@WilhelmLyons 6 ай бұрын
Small clarification - If you're making high quality designs and followed their guidelines, your account WILL NOT be in a Standard tier, and you can request a review to change your tier too
@Julian_Adams
@Julian_Adams 5 ай бұрын
Can you point me in the direction of an article or announcement from Redbubble stating this?
@WilhelmLyons
@WilhelmLyons 5 ай бұрын
@@Julian_Adams KZfaq doesn't like links, but you can easily google "redbubble tiers" and read their blog posts. Personally I received an email with a form to request a review and in a few days get an account upgrade
@WilhelmLyons
@WilhelmLyons 5 ай бұрын
@@Julian_Adams let me know if you received a reply, because it looks like the Glorious Gods of KZfaq hid it
@thewebheadgt
@thewebheadgt 5 ай бұрын
From what i have heard they just dont respond to your review request.
@WilhelmLyons
@WilhelmLyons 5 ай бұрын
@@thewebheadgt I got my account tiered up in a few days after submitting the form. Can't say for other people
@AshlandThomas
@AshlandThomas 16 күн бұрын
They have become absolutely disgusting. I closed all three of my shops, and it's really sad. It was such a great storefront until a little over a year ago.
@SinothiPhoswa
@SinothiPhoswa Ай бұрын
I think I'm gonna stop uploading too. Their search engine in the website no longer works properly. I relied on it to look for unsaturated niches by searching what I'm inspired to create, but since AI has been intergrated to the search engine it has gotten tough to see which niches are saturated and which aren't.
@intrepid.traveller
@intrepid.traveller Ай бұрын
All valid points. So many unhappy creators out there walking away from RB.
@MrMick560
@MrMick560 5 ай бұрын
They don't have any respect for artists, I was with them around 5 years, built up around 400 followers and had just started getting some decent sales when they suspended me, I never copied or made any copywrited artwork, I believe the suspension was because of a purge where thousands of artists were just thrown away to save on server costs.
@JBaddour-xz2ps
@JBaddour-xz2ps 3 ай бұрын
Wow! They need to be held accountable. Think of the massive amount of money that they make off of sellers and then they turn around and abuse some of us like this. It truly is unconscionable.
@Fahdlevrai
@Fahdlevrai 6 ай бұрын
Please Julian can you GIve me a alternative platform without application process with Good result i'm a Good designer using Illustrator and i want to make some INCOME ( My etsy account was suspendend within 3 day so i don't want to use etsy another time )
@cupidok2768
@cupidok2768 5 ай бұрын
how can i make money
@na27000
@na27000 5 ай бұрын
Hey, why Etsy closed your store? Sometimes is automatic, you can contact them and they will review the case to seenif was a mistake.
@RuneDailyOfficial
@RuneDailyOfficial 3 ай бұрын
I can't even get ahold of support. I submitted a few more works of art, mostly political since it's a hot topic and they banned my account over them. I believe they claimed someone had copyright when I created all the designs myself out of thin air. Awful company.
@JBaddour-xz2ps
@JBaddour-xz2ps 3 ай бұрын
Awful company! So true! They can go out of business in this capitalist system. Survival of the fittest applies, you know.
@wendyon4517
@wendyon4517 6 ай бұрын
Wait. I get walking away from a store and leaving it open. Did you really CLOSE your account and cut off any money that would have come from leaving it open? If the designs are up why not just take whatever money comes from it.
@Julian_Adams
@Julian_Adams 5 ай бұрын
I have kept the stores created from my Redbubble challenge videos open for viewers to checkout, but besides that, my personal stores have been closed. For me, keeping them open isn’t even worth the headspace anymore. Sure I could have kept them open, but then that’s one more thing/platform I feel the need to post on to keep it from declining when I could be spending that time elsewhere and seeing 10-20x better results. But I do agree, in most cases people should just keep them open and receive payouts here and there.
@fatisummer9106
@fatisummer9106 4 ай бұрын
Now they have increased their gee to even higher than half, I close my store , I feel pain like I am being robbed and hate that feeling, those few dollars are not worth it
@Rabbit23
@Rabbit23 2 ай бұрын
Plus redbubble is getting money off a seller who goes against their morals. They suck.
@anthonycadette
@anthonycadette 13 күн бұрын
and that's why you don't put all your eggs in one basket.
@SYN30STM
@SYN30STM 3 ай бұрын
So its better to do tee springs since people wont be recommended your products when purchasing other peoples clothing? Your sales will come from promoting. If theres issues with people copying your designs amazon wont be good either then? Cause your items will be promoted when people buy other peoples clothing?
@helenehavard
@helenehavard Ай бұрын
I also closed my account as i thought they look more like a scam than anything else. Thanks to inform people.
@Big_Elly
@Big_Elly 10 күн бұрын
Redbubble is losing money. Their stocks are taking a dive and continuing laying off employees. I don't see them being around much longer.
@AhsanRajPut_
@AhsanRajPut_ 2 күн бұрын
and they suspended my account without given any reason
@Rabbit23
@Rabbit23 2 ай бұрын
Etsy is all about pleasing the customers, not the sellers, but their fees are reasonable. I've been selling (not POD) for 5 yrs.
@dollarproduction24
@dollarproduction24 6 ай бұрын
What about Teespring? Should I work as a t-shirt designer on Teespring?
@Julian_Adams
@Julian_Adams 6 ай бұрын
I can't comment on Teespring I'm afraid, I haven't tried it
@Pyxelles
@Pyxelles 6 ай бұрын
Spring got rid of their marketplace hence, have zero traffic. You'll have to drive 100% of the traffic to ur shop yourself.
@imadgraphx7860
@imadgraphx7860 4 ай бұрын
Teespring is just a thing like hosting and website which you can upload your designs in a way to sell.. They have no organic traffic and you have to bring traffic like with advertisings and more
@user-hj9oz9eu7l
@user-hj9oz9eu7l 2 ай бұрын
Please suggest this type of any other app
@lesliejoy7057
@lesliejoy7057 4 ай бұрын
Can you make a video on printful and eBay
@Rabbit23
@Rabbit23 2 ай бұрын
I just started a store, I didn't know about the tier thing. Sooo lame. Like why bother. It is such a HUGE a cut it is insane. They are being stupid.
@belindaschafer1593
@belindaschafer1593 Ай бұрын
I had nine thousand designs, then I was blocked. I made a silly mistake ,then I was gone.I can only think that someone is enjoying my nine thousand designs
@HelmetVanga
@HelmetVanga 2 күн бұрын
@@belindaschafer1593 what was the silly mistake?
@NickDavies100
@NickDavies100 25 күн бұрын
I closed my account. Said screw it.
@goodman9122
@goodman9122 2 ай бұрын
What a wonderful video. Hi, I want to start a print on demand as a side hustle. Please, which platforms would you recommend
@Julian_Adams
@Julian_Adams 2 ай бұрын
Personally, I think Etsy is the best place to start for POD. Then maybe think about Amazon once you’ve got the hang of Etsy or even a Shopify website and sell directly to your own customers
@user-iz9sj1nn5q
@user-iz9sj1nn5q 5 күн бұрын
7:19
@neeteshofftosee6811
@neeteshofftosee6811 Ай бұрын
As soon as you start selling hard, they will eventually find some ways to suspend your account.
@Hello-id8mf
@Hello-id8mf Ай бұрын
What about tee public
@Julian_Adams
@Julian_Adams Ай бұрын
I'm afraid I can't comment on them as I've never used that site
@owenmg83
@owenmg83 3 ай бұрын
They suck!! Worst quality ever!!!
@happygiftideas1095
@happygiftideas1095 Ай бұрын
ITS BOT and AI RUN Via Mexico
@4Realones-
@4Realones- 6 күн бұрын
Redbubble sucks ✊🏼
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