Advanced: Make and Sell Custom Shirts Using Merch by Amazon

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Merch By Amazon

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Merch by Amazon is Still Developing!

Lecture 3: 10/24/15 Merch by Amazon Changes

Chapter 2: QuickStart Guide – Creating a Shirt with Merch By Amazon

Lecture 1: QuickStart Video

Chapter 3: Merch By Amazon – Dashboard

Lecture 1: Setting Up Your Account

Lecture 2: Merch By Amazon – Dashboard

Chapter 4: Merch By Amazon – Resources

Lecture 1: Merch By Amazon – Resources

Lecture 2: Merch By Amazon – Best Practices

Lecture 3: Merch By Amazon – Royalty Calculations

Lecture 4: Merch By Amazon – Content Policy

Lecture 5: Merch By Amazon – Promotions Policy

Chapter 5: Merch By Amazon – FAQs

Lecture 1: Merch By Amazon – FAQs

Chapter 6: Using the Merch By Amazon Image Template

Lecture 1: Amazon Template VIDEO

Lecture 2: Shirt dimensions

Chapter 7: Creating Shirts on Merch by Amazon

Lecture 1: Uploading a Shirt Design – Detailed Process

Lecture 2: Shirt Design Best Practices – 12" x 12" Image Size

Lecture 3: Amazon PRIME and a Powerful Example – GDFR

Chapter 8: Advanced: Creating a Branded Website

Lecture 1: Domain Forwarding vs. Domain Masking

Lecture 2: Domain Name Forwarding

Lecture 3: AStore, Amazon Associates

Lecture 4: Domain Masking

Lecture 5: Adding a Website to your Shirt Designs

Chapter 9: Sharing a Specific Amazon Link

Lecture 1: Sharing a Specific Link for a Shirt Design, Size, and Color

Chapter 10: Additional Resources to Create Designs

Lecture 1: Fiverr and DollarPhotoClub

Lecture 2: Stock Photos – Adobe Stock

Lecture 3: Buying Fonts and Designs

Chapter 11: Idea Creation – Getting an Idea and Turning into a Finished Product

Lecture 1: Game of Loans Shirts from a Buzzfeed List

Lecture 2: Game of Loans – Next Morning Follow Up

Chapter 12: Developing Shirt Design Ideas – Searching Amazon

Lecture 1: Amazon Sales Rank

Lecture 2: Amazon Keyword Search + Reviews: Fantasy Football

Lecture 3: Amazon Alphabet Search

Lecture 4: Halloween/Seasonal Shirts – Getting Ideas

Lecture 5: Viewing Designs and Gauging Popularity from other Sellers

Lecture 6: Spotting other Merch by Amazon Shirts

Lecture 7: Branding Your Shirts on Amazon – Pros and Cons

Chapter 13: Developing Shirt Design Ideas – Pop Culture and Trends

Lecture 1: Searching Amazon for Existing Merch Designs

Lecture 2: Other Funny Graphic T Shirt Sites

Lecture 3: Pop Culture – Buzzfeed and Yahoo

Lecture 4: Shirt Idea Goldmine – Buzzfeed Lists and Search "Shirts"

Lecture 5: Trends – Facebook

Lecture 6: Trends – Twitter

Lecture 7: News & Politics

Lecture 8: Democratic Debate Recap – Damn Emails

Lecture 9: Damn Emails Shirt – Late Night Hustle

Lecture 10: Democratic Debate Recap – No Is A Complete Sentence Shirt

Lecture 11: Trends – Google

Lecture 12: Sports – ESPN

Lecture 13: Sports Recap – ESPN, Chicago Cubs

Lecture 14: Making the Blue W Shirt

Lecture 15: Blue W Shirt Approval Process

Lecture 16: Internet Memes

Lecture 17: Bacon Jalapeno Mac N Cheese Shirt

Lecture 18: Hashtag Shirts – Example #LGM

Chapter 14: Promotions – Ad Campaigns

Lecture 1: Seasonal Facebook Campaign Example from TeeChip

Lecture 2: Getting your Merch By Amazon Shirts on Deal Sites

Chapter 15: More Updates Coming Soon!

Lecture 1: Updates on Chrome Extensions and Paid Ad Campaigns (Twitter, Facebook, Google)

Lecture 2: Shirt Ideas and Designs – Bacon, Drake, Ramblings

Chapter 16: Photo Editing Programs

Lecture 1: Photoshop CC, Paint.net, GIMP

Chapter 17: Learning Photoshop and other Photo Editing Programs

Lecture 1: YouTube, Lynda, Udemy

Chapter 18: Photoshop Tutorials

Lecture 1: Get Photoshop CS2 (older version) for free?

Lecture 2: Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud)

Lecture 3: Using the Magic Wand & Layers

Lecture 4: Removing the Background

Lecture 5: Fonts – Choosing, Resizing, Changing Color, Outlining

Lecture 6: Resizing Images, Cutting, Pasting, Transforming

Lecture 7: Screen Capture & Cropping

Lecture 8: Take the Crown Shirt – Full Example

Chapter 19: Merch by Amazon Business Ideas

Lecture 1: Creatively Using the Merch By Amazon Platform

Lecture 2: Music Bands

Lecture 3: Restaurants

Lecture 4: Fundraisers

Lecture 5: Businesses

Lecture 6: "Hitting the Streets with merch By Amazon" with Mike Gual

Chapter 20: Trademarks & Copyrights

Lecture 1: Researching Trademarks on USPTO.gov