
Learn how non-designers can create profitable Amazon t-shirt designs by following Amazon guidelines and technical parameters, using Merch by Amazon templates, and choosing designs that sell well.
Master best practices for Merch by Amazon designs by setting up artwork to 15 by 18 inches at 300 dpi, in CMYK, and exporting a transparent PNG under 25 MB.
Use the Merch by Amazon template in Photoshop or Illustrator to place your t-shirt design in the smart object, save as PNG at 4500 by 5400 px, then upload.
Create a custom Photoshop template as an alternative to Mirch by Amazon template to preview designs on shirt colors using a 4500x5400 pixel, 300 dpi CMYK canvas with color layers.
Learn how non-designers can create sellable Amazon t-shirt designs by leveraging simple graphics, bold colors, and strategic placement within the top 12 inches of the canvas, plus template tips.
Discover why text based t shirt designs perform well on Merch by Amazon, emphasizing trend responsiveness, rapid production, and careful typography, font choices, and kerning for non designers.
Discover how typography shapes text on t-shirt designs by selecting the right typeface, and applying kerning, tracking, and leading to enhance readability and brand fit.
Identify a font from a t-shirt design by sampling a word, cropping the screenshot, and using that sample to identify the typeface for future designs, while avoiding copying.
Identify the font from your sample by uploading it to whatfontis.com, splitting the image into letters, and reviewing close matches, including free or commercial options for your t-shirt design.
Learn where to source fonts for Merch by Amazon designs, compare commercial licenses and free fonts across fonts.com, Creative Market, fontbundles.net, and other bundles, and choose affordable options.
Learn how to quickly create simple text-based designs for Merch by Amazon using the Over app, including setting up a custom artboard, templates, and key tools.
Master simple text design in Over by typing text, choosing fonts, adjusting size, color, shadow, curved text, and exporting a transparent png ready for Merch by Amazon upload.
Design a text-based T-shirt in Affinity Designer by converting text to curves, styling letters with a color palette, adjusting kerning, and exporting a transparent PNG for multiple shirt colors.
Explore creating word cloud t-shirt designs with word clouds dot com, selecting shapes, masks, and fonts with commercial rights, and preparing high-resolution files suitable for Merch by Amazon.
Source a CC0 public domain unicorn silhouette from public domain pictures dot net for commercial use; download the free high-resolution image and prepare your mask design for Amazon.
Crop unicorn image to head, erase background with magic eraser, and export a transparent 800 by 800 pixel PNG at 300 dots per inch for a word cloud mask.
Change the theme to a dark background, swap the heart shape for a unicorn silhouette, and apply a mask image to tailor the word cloud for dark tees.
Add a mask to your word cloud, customize the outline color, and make the background transparent before downloading the image as a png for Merch by Amazon t-shirt design.
Incorporate a word cloud into the Merch by Amazon t-shirt template in Photoshop, resize and align it on the front, test colors on dark fabrics, and export a transparent png.
Shape based t-shirt designs outsell text based styles on Amazon and other platforms; create original designs from simple shapes like squares, circles, triangles, cones, and ellipses.
Learn to build shape-based t-shirt designs in assembly using pre-made shapes and stickers. Explore the home screen, stickers, and pro tools, including exporting scalable vector graphics for commercial use.
Explore how to manipulate pre-made shapes in assembly, resize, rotate, flip, and duplicate them, manage layers, and use a variety of shape categories for professional wilderness and design elements.
Style and group shapes in assembly by adjusting fill with color wheels and palettes, outline and shadow, and drag-select for group edits; save to library with pro features.
Learn how to create a lion-themed t-shirt for Merch by Amazon, tailored for non-designers, from concept to finished design and listing considerations.
Amazon outlines strategies to avoid the Christmas freeze by extending fulfillment times by preserving product availability, and urges designers to push top designs on hoodies, long-sleeve tees, and UK/Germany markets.
Learn where to source fonts for t-shirt designs and print on demand, including fonts.com, Creative Market, and font bundles, while checking commercial licenses to protect your merch business.
Expand your merch business beyond t-shirts by using more Amazon platforms and other pod sites, resizing designs for new products, and embracing a product- and platform-agnostic approach.
If you are in any way creative and have not checked out the incredible opportunity that is Merch by Amazon then my advice to you would be to stop whatever it is you are doing now and spend the next 3 hours or so watching this masterclass, which is specifically aimed at non-graphic designers, who would like to supplement their online income by designing t-shirts for sale on Amazon.
- A Look at Best Practices, Design Templates and Which Types of T Shirt Design Sells Best on Merch by Amazon
The course begins by taking a look at the Best Practices when creating t-shirt designs for Amazon, including the recommended guidelines suggested by Amazon themselves, as well as the technical parameters necessary to ensure a quality t-shirt design.
The class then looks at how to correctly use the Merch by Amazon template before taking a look at how to create your own custom template, for those of you who do not work within Photoshop, Illustrator or GIMP and thus cannot use the aforementioned template, or indeed for those of you that feel the Merch by Amazon template is a little bit too crowded and complicated.
Then the class looks at the different types of designs that sell well on Amazon and the good news here is that for the most part these seem to be simple designs that non-designers, that is to say those creatives amongst you who are not graphic designers and do not have any formal training in graphic design, are more than capable of creating !!!
The remaining modules in the course are t-shirt design tutorials that show you step-by-step how to create the type of designs that sell well on Amazon.
Currently these modules are as follows:
- How To Create A Text-Based TShirt Design For Merch By Amazon
In this Module, I explain exactly why you should be creating Text Based T Shirt Designs for Merch by Amazon and I also take a look at basic typography and where you can source the fonts that you will use on your t-shirt designs.
The Module then goes on to show you how you can easily identify fonts that you like the look of, before finally creating some text-based t shirt design from scratch:
- How To Create A Word Cloud TShirt Design For Merch By Amazon
In this Module, I am going to walk you through step-by-step how to create a Word Cloud t-shirt design from scratch, which you can then sell on Merch by Amazon.
The Module begins with an overview of the website where we will be creating the Word Cloud design and then takes a look at how to source the silhouette, which we shall use as the Image Mask for our Word Cloud.
The Module then goes on to show how you will need to prepare your image mask for use in your Word Cloud Design and also how you can both generate and then add the word list for your Word Cloud.
Finally, the Module shows you exactly how to create your Word Cloud Design from your mask image and word list, as well as how to correctly incorporate the Word Cloud into a suitable t-shirt design that it is ready to upload for sale on Merch By Amazon.
So why not join me in this course today and discover how easy it is for us non-designers to create the type of t-shirt designs that sell well and make a great new side income through the Merch by Amazon T-Shirt Business.