@@spencerhastings5523 In many parts of the world, they use a period in numbers where we would use a comma. Therefore, he probably meant $70,000 and not $70.
What UA-camrs Don't Tell You About AI Art: 1.Approval required: To sell on most major Print on Demand (POD) platforms, you need to be accepted as a seller or artist beforehand, which can take a significant amount of time depending on demand. 2.High competition: There is an immense amount of competition, and AI-generated art is not as profitable as it may seem, since the market is saturated and professional designers are earning their living in the same space. 3.Clickbait videos: UA-camrs who create videos with thumbnails displaying specific numbers like '$7748.39' are selling a dream and making money off your clicks. 4.Passive income potential: cmon be real here, the market is saturated hope of selling anything, or else your pieces will be lost among the countless others. 5. Competition: and lack of promotion on side of platforms, i have uploaded 1000 full fledges designs with perfectly optimized SEO. Guess what i have zero sales. why, because anyone can do it nowadays. 6. Research: Plus, they skip the research part which is the very first step and the foundation of all your actions.
110% true. All big youtubers are rich anyways. They try to make these click-bait videos viral and making even more money. And sometimes they even offer Affiliate-Links etc. ALL this is totally unrealistic. If u could make 200 Bucks a month of this "idea", it would be STUNNING!
Well of course you must advertise your product if you want to sell 🤷🏻♀️ Basically, you have to create a whole separate business to push your stuff via TikTok, Insta etc
Thanks to Sarah for clarifying that POD, profit margins are usually somewhere between 15-50% and so the headline revenue figure of $10,413 a month at 2:45 translates to a likely profit somewhere between $1,562 and $5,207 a month.
Just FYI - The background removal tools like 'Remove Background' and 'Photoroom' online *DO NOT* allow you to use any content that you upload using their tool, like removing white backgrounds from midjourney, you cannot then use that content with the background removed for commercial use. Personal use only. If you upload to Photoroom, they also take it a step further and allow other people who use their platform to also use your images as they wish and Photoroom also can do it as well. See their Terms: "you grant us the right and license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content on and through the Service. You retain any and all of your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights. You agree that this license includes the right for us to make your Content available to other users of the Service, who may also use your Content subject to these Terms." And from Remove.bg terms: "2.1. The User may use the platform which is accessible under remove.bg exclusively for non-commercial purposes. This means that all results from the platform (hereinafter: the Platform) may only be used privately. Use for (direct or indirect) commercial purposes is excluded." So I personally would avoid those background removal tools for commercial purposes or you could get yourself into legal trouble.
Appreciate your nods to what software you're using to do each of the steps. Big help for old school designers to step away from the older, MUCH slower ways of doing things like outlining and upresing images.
Tried setting up my own POD tshirt business a little while back. Problem is that the margins are tiny. Nobody buys listings of over £20 or so for a tshirt even if its unique. Lowering the price to say £15 got me sales but after fees I was left with about £1. One single return wipes out 15 sales
People do indeed buy t-shirts priced at £20 or higher. I and others sell our t-shirts for above those prices every day. It's about how you position yourself. Most people try to race to the bottom with prices, assuming that price is what stops people from buying, when in reality, having the lowest price can actually hurt your sales. I discuss that in this video here: ua-cam.com/video/JL3njtFTRG4/v-deo.html
Great content! I'm new to space but on researching AI seems not only great for creating art/design but also blogging. So connecting your store/products to professional and numerous blogs in your niche that rank high on SEO seems a good bet for the future.
Hey Sarah, is there any other AI tool that has a free plan? I believe by the time you made the video maybe Midjourney was still free, but it isn't the case anymore.
Creating the design is "easy", getting the sales if you're just starting is really hard. But if you're consistent, you'll definitely get sales. Improve your SEO and look for more tutorials. Don't think that you've uploaded 10 shirts you'll get $10K/week.
Im just getting into it. Im not listening to the naysaysers. They say i have made no money!! But did they only have 10 shirt designs. I plan on not going active until i have 10,000 designs
I've been watching all this channel endeavors for a minute. Ted has to be a multi billionaire by now. & still manages to find time to make you tube videos
Unfortunately I've given up on affiliate marketing and starting an online business, I've not the time or money to invest in. I've no doubt works as I've got 2 friends that have an online business one affiliate marketing one is making good money with AI images. To late for me though. Affiliate marketing and AI business ain't for me, I prefer to make money from gold prospecting and metal detecting and hunting expensive antiques and artifacts. I STILL support this channel as Sarah is helping many ppl sort out their financial issues 😇
I like the video (as i do all of them) but you have got some incorrect details regarding the creation of images. the biggest mistake is that midjourney does not give unlimited free images, there are a number of free trial images yes but once these are used up you need to purchase a plan. The plan(s) give you a certain amount of time on the GPU's that Midjourney use, you can have 'fast' and 'slow', yes the 'slow' option is unlimited but will take longer to generate images compared to the fast method, the fast method gives you 5hours of time p/m and takes approx 1;30 minutes per image and if you choose the high quality setting it will cost you double - X2. I feel it important to highlight these facts as from being a MidJourney user i know that there are limits, even to the paid subscriptions and whilst i dont think you mean to mis-inform (and i dont for one moment!), from the video i got the impression that midjourney had lots of 'free' settings and i think this might confuse newbies. Your vids are awesome Sarah, keep them coming ❤
Nobody ever makes money using her videos - she makes stacks of money by us clicking - these ideas won’t make you anything I promise- over saturated methods now
@@creativeinspiration5672 Do you know any other you tube Chanell to able to make money, I would like to know 😊 Nevertheless I love her possitive vibe🙋♀️
@@creativeinspiration5672 I mean, the process is not as simple as some of you make it seem. There are several apps and services that you must use to copy this method, not to mention the upfront cost and time spent generating and editing images. The barrier to entry in terms of time and knowledge and payment for said services seems high enough to create enough opportunity for someone to break in and create their own corner of the market. Tshirt designs after all almost nearly infinite.
So many haters in the house... LMAO! They are so obviously in the "no effort" or "no skills" or "no knowledge" camps while the rest of us are grinding our way to success one sale at a time! No worries... your 9-5 job awaits you!! Thanks for all you do Sarah!
Hi Sarah! I heard from another UA-camr that in order to use Midjourney pictures for commercial use, you need the paid plan. You didn't mention that. I can't imagine you can use everything to sell for free..
@@WholesaleTed Hi, thank you for explaining this! Do you have a video that goes further into the rights with these AI image generators? Big fan of your channel! Cheers!
Hey everyone, sorry, it's been pointed out to me that the free plan is now CC with no commercial use. Regardless, I do think that everyone should be using the paid plans which is why I say it has a flat monthly fee in the video. Sorry for the confusion! Details on each plan are here: docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans
Just a couple of days ago, copyrights court in the United States said ai artwork cannot have copyright protections because they were not made by a human. I would suggest you google it because idk how to post links to articles in the comments.
Midjourney all images are free to use commercially even going through the Midjourney channel any image you find you are allowed to use as no one owns the copyright or trademark as these images are created from pieces from millions of ideas this is part of the brilliant part of it. Of course not obvious images based on marvel or disney characters Ive been through all the information on trademarks and copyright to avoid that theres some brilliant images on there if you get your ar correct it comes out perfectly
This video is a nice tour of what you can do with AI tools, but the title is dishonest clickbait. There is nothing “easy” about scaling up to $10,000 per week in sales. Whether you use AI, hire an artist, make your own artwork, etc., images are just images. Creating products, setting up a store, and finding your audience takes work.
Can you have more than one Etsy account if you have more than one niche? I imagine you wouldn't sell each niche on the same shop as so far what I'm learning is that might defeat the purpose of having a niche?
Hi Sarah, I just want to tell you how thankful I am to finally have someone with so much clarity to follow and learn from, I switch on your videos everyday to give me the drive and inspiration to earn passively 🙏 one question pls how do i set-up an etsy store if my country it doesnt appear on the shop country list (Thailand)? I see others have managed to do it, but am not sure how?
Sarah after reading these comments lol its a wonder people stopped writing books after the invention of the guttneburgh printing press. Dont get put off by the comments active debate leads to better knowledge. I make jewelry in the oversaturated jewelry market and i have tons of fans in that oversaturated jewelry market
Hiii. Long time follower here. Question for you…. What about marketing? I do not want to become an influencer and people because of me. A face less store. How can I get people to know about my store or even Etsy store. Or any platform. Thanks. I personally print my own shirts and have pod. Any help would be amazing. Thanks!!!!
Sarah, I am in the clubhouse, the Midjourney with Mars was rather poor (Terrible actually). If you re did it with Bohemian Watercolor Flowers such as these it would be much better. Just sayin...
Hey Sarah, please let us know your views on the new and sudden decision from RedBubble to charge a tiered account fee. What's your take on this? Is it the final nail in the RedBubble coffin? What would be the next best platform? My first impressions suggest that these new fees account for 30-40% of profits.
I think it's a real shame for new artists. I suspect it will be a good decision for them, company wise though. They will make more profits and so they probably come out ahead. But it's a big blow to new artists that they make less money now!
I barely write on UA-cam videos but I thought to share my experience. I firstly have to say that you have inspired my to create an etsy store and I've got 200 sales over 2 years and I'm now actively pursuing this more. However, I do have to say that whilst you are sharing valuable insights and tips and are a great presenter I can't help but feel irritated at your recent videos claiming 10k sales in a week or similar. Yes etsy can go viral for some but it's rare. Let's break down 10k sales / 30 usd is 333 order per week. Say 1k orders per month. Do you know how unrealistic these figures are for viewers? Etsy ain't a sprint its a marathon and tons of obstacles for new shop owners. Even POD stores, etsy fees etc from 30 usd leaves the owner about 10 usd, so your claim at receiving 10k is way overrated. Plus there are many people doing this making the market competitive and anyone with a bit of knowledge do all of this themselves. Again, I really do admire your videos and they have helped me but I feel at this stage UA-cam is now for clicks.
I will be honest: I don't think that this is fair. It is an expectation these days to have exciting, interesting, curiosity driven titles. If I didn't have them, nobody would click. I think we should all understand that any content creator needs to have exciting, curiosity driven titles and if they don't, then they would get no views, and would stop making videos. I would stop making videos, and stop sharing my content, because nobody would watch it anymore. So unless I can continue to use interesting, curiosity driven titles - I will have to stop making videos. Secondly, I also don't think it is fair because this video is not a video discussing average timelines for success. That is not the topic of this video. The topic is that AI art can match the quality of art seen in top selling designs. And it's true that some of my viewers DO have fast success. It does not have to take time. That is a strange myth that people have: that success HAS to take "time." I have had plenty of subscribers like Skuu Digital (see comments on this video: " ua-cam.com/video/7ZlZFPBWC74/v-deo.html ") who have had overnight success. However, that is obviously not the norm, and this video does NOT talk about timelines for building a successful store. That is a separate video, for a separate discussion. This video is all about creating great t-shirt designs using AI art & showing you can create similar quality to top-selling t-shirt designs using it. I would just ask that people allow me to make videos on different topics. I have videos that discuss normal timelines & discuss why some people have fast success, but most don't. You can watch my entire video on that one specific subject here: ua-cam.com/video/A-bQFXWppoA/v-deo.html 🙏
@Wholesale Ted I appreciate the reply but there are a few things. You've stated in the title that you could get 10k/week, most people who click are trying to make extra income and get rich quick which is fair enough, but it's an extremely unrealistic point. I personally watch videos with the idea to build overtime, if it happens quick then cool but I know from experience this doesn't happen. Most of your audience, without sounding bad, are looking for this stuff. I'm saying that sure you can make titles, thumbnails to get people to click and be entertaining but you can be much more valued if it was more realistic. Its like saying 'hey, in 1 week you could earn enough to buy this brand new car', which we know most people couldn't even achieve it. I subscribe to channels who have 30k subs and they are very realistic.
I'm with Ted. Every situation is different. I'm making designs then I'll dump money into ads and influencers. Maybe it kicks butt or maybe it doesn't but I'm in control of the outcome. We all are in control of our own outcomes :) good luck everybody ❤
@@WholesaleTed would you mind making a video along those lines in the future? Given your honesty in this reply - I highly doubt it would hurt you. It would definitely help your viewers and I believe most of us would even appreciate it. All in all, I think most of us tend to often be critical to others rather to ourselves. And I definitely do not think we should put ourselves down etc ... but simply - if we see that our approach hasn't worked for a month or two - why not change it? Maybe entirely, maybe partially? Etsy not working for me - let me try a different platform, a different product ... Also, success definitely requires some level of perfection (time invested in doing things well, trying things out for ourselves. How many people never order a single T-Shirt they're selling, for example, just to see how it actually turns out ...)
Midjourney is cool but users must pay to utilize the site after a brief period of free use. I've also experimented with Blue Willow and I'm really amazed to use it
There are as many such businesses as water in Niagara. As a beginner, there is no chance of profit, and the costs (design, production, postage, Etsy fees) are high.
Do we have to sell on Etsy? I am doing a Podcast I want to keep free but am desiring to sell things like this on my own web page. Is that doable? I really appreciate you! You are such an inspiration! Thank you.
Yes you absolutely can sell merch on your own website and it's absolutely something I recommend & do. I have a video that discusses how I do it here: ua-cam.com/video/3SigfkatIuk/v-deo.html
omgosh did you see Redbubbles new fees!!! I just followed all your vids made my first sale and boom. Just fyi. Thank you for all the great videos, I learned so much.
@@WholesaleTed just so grateful that I found your channel. I can't wait to tell you how it is going in a few months. I really thank you for the easy to follow help. I never knew or tried anything like this and I love using canva and designing. Thank you for wanting us to achieve success like you. Like the Science of Getting Rich says, what I want for myself I want for everyone. God bless you!
Awesome video, thanks for all the great info. Just one little thing, and it's just a small thing, but it's South African Rand or Rands (pronounced just like ran), we don't have dollars here.
Hi Sara, thank you very much for your videos!! I have a very important question - how do you increase the resolution of the pictures that you get from Midjourney, so you can use them for posters? I have tried AI image enlarger, but its not enough :(
I wouldn't bother with Etsy at all. Even if your niche research, P.O.D products,SEO and marketing are all on point people just scroll and don't buy. I'd say Amazon is better because the buyer's mindset is completey different. People go there with a definite intention to buy.
Whoa... this video quality.... Awesome! Did I miss watching your videos? Watching this eh, the quality is so much different and higher quality than usual.
Hi Sarah, great informative , Creative info here. Just wondering about the bad rap about Ali Express with long delivery times and poor quality, and how that would affect our business, refunds etc? And all the other software we would likely use to create products, am guessing would add up costs initially. GO KIWI'S !!! aren't we awesome :o)......
Damn this would be such a nice side gig! I am really struggling financially right now so I am trying to put my eggs in a few baskets (okay that sounded weird lol). Ill be trying this out this week and seeing if I can get a ROI. Even something small right now would give me hope! Thanks for the video and the tips!
It didn't work for me it sadly I do love the idea though. It won't let me use the image selection I believe I have to sign up and pay unless I'm missing something?
Hi Sarah, can you make video with ETSY Seo, ideal show multiple products with one niche. I think the trickiest thing to have right SEO for all Etsy products. It is easy to make Seo for one products, but if you have nich for example graphic shirt with baseball niche. Thank you
Hi Sarah! I'm in a bit of a situation, I'm planning to try out a POD business and have my eyes on Teespring (I don't have starting money for Printify/Printful). But I do want to branch out to Etsy and/or my own website someday. My question is, where would I redirect my customers, on my social media platforms, once I have these three shops set up? The obvious answer is definitely my own website, but what about the two, do i just ditch them and let SEO do its thing? Wouldn't people following my social media accounts be confused that I have a lot of links to different shops?
Worth doing if you're bored I guess, could get a few lucky sales with some unqiue ones like I did, but honestly 90% of them don't get touched. My problem is that I don't care, I just get a few lucky hits every now and then, and honestly I doubt I'm the minority. You just have to keep firing designs and see what sticks. Note, AI images cannot be copyrighted in anyway shape or form.
You can create your own unique images, by combining pictures/elements together, including AI art. I'll be making more t-shirt designs in my next video and the unique designs I'll be creating will be copyrighted, even though the individual AI pictures I use themselves don't meet the copyright standard as they are computer generated. It's also important to note that unless you state it is AI art, no one knows it is an AI generated picture.
@@WholesaleTed I feel like an idiot creating my own designs by myself from scratch when plenty of people now just generates images thanks to Ai, add something else so they can claim it’s theirs (I mean, just add some copyright free elements and edit on Canva) and skip the copyright thing by not saying it’s Ai generated art. Guys, SO SMART! Problem is UA-cam keeps showing me this shitty videos on how to earn 10000dollars a month with 10% of the skills actually needed to actually MAKE something, create 50 designs in 10 minutes and be an “artist”. For sure, you can generate great stuff but I am totally against this kind of use of Ai, sorry but not sorry. I guess this kind of business is not really for companies as clients (you should recreate you Ai motif to be really copyrighted if you are able to) but for who wants to purchase a whatever product which is ok. If someone knows or spots it’s Ai generated, why don’t just take advantage like you guys are doing? Pretty fair!
Ah yes it is not free, that is why in this video I state that it costs money. At 5:20 I show the subscription plans, and at 7:11 I call it a paid app, not a free app. As the subscription plans at 5:20 show, Midjourney do have a free trial, and I did get to use it, but comments on this video indicate they may have temporarily closed the free trial due to overly high demand. However, as I stated at 7:11 I consider this a paid app, not a free app, and so I recommend treating it as requiring a monthly fee even if they do reopen free trials, since as I showed at 5:20 the free trial accounts don't have the same features as the paid plans.
I get it. Just wish I had of realised before I had to figure it all out with discord that I’d never even heard of before. I just want to play around with it as an artist very new to AI.
Good video Sarah! Midjourney and Discord are both not very user friendly. You can feel their attitude problem when you read the terms and conditions. It's only a matter of time before another platform solves that problem and adds other tools like background remover. It's nuts having to jump onto another platform to do simple stuff.
Hi! Thanks for your awesome content! I've been doing print on demand for a few years now. I'm thinking of trying Kawaii with help of AI. Do you have any suggestion for what would be good to sell to this crowd? I think stickers and SVGs has too little profit. Thanks
@oldskool1355 she's been doing this for about as long as it's been an option so yes she has scaled up enough that she makes a lot of money off POD with her extremely un-original ideas. People who haven't been doing it for a while would never be able to sell the designs she sells.
Love the video but in the Midjourney Terms and conditions the free account does not let you generate for commercial licence which is very misleading in your video.
I just want to clarify this video, I never called Midjourney free and I did not imply it was free: 1) At 7:11 I directly call it a paid membership. I say it costs money, not that it is free. 2) At 5:20 I show the pricing plans. 3) Nowhere in my title/description does it state that Midjourney is free. At 5:20 the subscription plans do show a free trial. That trial is, however, shown to not come with the same features as the paid plans. I can see from the comments that some people have tried to register for the free trial, but it is now temporarily closed due to high demand (this was not stated on the website when I made the video, otherwise I would have shown that too). However, as 5:20 shows it doesn't have the same features as the paid plans, I therefore do not consider the app free, which is why at 7:11 I directly call it a paid app. One of those missing features being, of course, the commercial license. I do understand that in this video, while I did not call it free, I did not directly state it isn't free either in the title and only discuss the paid plans half way through the video. Perhaps because I make a lot of videos on free apps, people assume that all apps I discuss are free. That is an understandable interpretation given how many videos on free apps I have in this library. From my perspective, in my UA-cam dashboard, it shows me what other videos my subscribers are watching, and it showed that a majority of them are watching Midjourney videos. And so I also made the assumption that my subscribers knew what Midjourney already was, and therefore had to know it is not free, which is why I don't directly state it's price, I thought it was well-known information at this point. I did not want to bore people going over it's price in detail, since I thought people already knew this, and instead just wanted a tutorial to directly help them with an app they are already using and paying for. I can see the confusion on both sides: my subscribers being confused because I make so many videos about free apps, and me being confused because I can see so many subscribers are using the app already. On a personal note, I do wish that the people who assumed I didn't discuss the price until half way through was for malicious reasons, would give me the benefit of the doubt. Some people have assumed I was purposefully misleading. Whereas in reality, I didn't discuss the price until half way through, because I was trying to be empathetic and not bore people with information I assumed they already knew. I went into this with good intentions. There is often an innocent reason for why people make decisions and I was surprised more people assumed that I did it to maliciously be deceptive 🙏 I will take this into account and be more careful next time I make a video about a new app/website to ensure that it is clarified that any app/website I use that isn't free, is directly stated to not be free 🙏🙏🙏
Is there a way in Canva to stretch text in a single direction? Such as want to make the lettering taller but not wider. Everything I keep seeing is that Canva only allows you to enlarge or reduce the font. I find this very annoying with Canva's editing capabilities. Am I missing something on how to accomplish what I want?
Great videos. Question, I've been working on canva but want to be sure how to make stickers.cant seem to find your video on it. Can u enlighten me. Thanks
If you change the opacity of something you want to print on a shirt, does it come out as desaturated as much as you have the opacity set to? Or does it not change how vibrant the actual products colors will be?
Opacity doesn't print amazing with DTG printers, it prints as less vibrant and can be fuzzy . For some art styles it's impossible to avoid and I do have designs that use it and customers for those don't mind, but where possible, I print with full opacity.
I earned 70.000usd on Esty by your video guide last year. I watched them everyday. Now I want to say thank you to you.😊
Wow
which video is it? can u link
inspiring
70 dollars that's crazy
@@spencerhastings5523 In many parts of the world, they use a period in numbers where we would use a comma. Therefore, he probably meant $70,000 and not $70.
My New Zealand accent translation for those of you that are new here 🤭
Itsey = Etsy
Midjounie = Midjourney
Yis = Yes
What other ones did I miss? 😜
Can I please connect with you??? Offline??🙏🏽🙏🏽
💜💜You are delightful to listen to, Lol such a sweetheart!!
@@leadhersking9501 don't be a creep
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@@KaitouKaiju He may be talking about business. Don't automatically assume a request for a private contact is always weird.
What UA-camrs Don't Tell You About AI Art:
1.Approval required: To sell on most major Print on Demand (POD) platforms, you need to be accepted as a seller or artist beforehand, which can take a significant amount of time depending on demand.
2.High competition: There is an immense amount of competition, and AI-generated art is not as profitable as it may seem, since the market is saturated and professional designers are earning their living in the same space.
3.Clickbait videos: UA-camrs who create videos with thumbnails displaying specific numbers like '$7748.39' are selling a dream and making money off your clicks.
4.Passive income potential: cmon be real here, the market is saturated hope of selling anything, or else your pieces will be lost among the countless others.
5. Competition: and lack of promotion on side of platforms, i have uploaded 1000 full fledges designs with perfectly optimized SEO. Guess what i have zero sales. why, because anyone can do it nowadays.
6. Research: Plus, they skip the research part which is the very first step and the foundation of all your actions.
social media cant be trusted, this shit is all for views
110% true. All big youtubers are rich anyways. They try to make these click-bait videos viral and making even more money. And sometimes they even offer Affiliate-Links etc. ALL this is totally unrealistic. If u could make 200 Bucks a month of this "idea", it would be STUNNING!
Everyone here should read your common, this is so true!!! Things are not as easy as it sounds.
Did you advertise on any social media platforms? Instagram, tik tok, Facebook, pinterest?
Well of course you must advertise your product if you want to sell 🤷🏻♀️ Basically, you have to create a whole separate business to push your stuff via TikTok, Insta etc
Thanks to Sarah for clarifying that POD, profit margins are usually somewhere between 15-50% and so the headline revenue figure of $10,413 a month at 2:45 translates to a likely profit somewhere between $1,562 and $5,207 a month.
Yesss
It is per week, not month
That sounds good. I would like to hear part 2... You know, SEO, competition, thumbnail and video, tags etc. Please 👍
Just FYI - The background removal tools like 'Remove Background' and 'Photoroom' online *DO NOT* allow you to use any content that you upload using their tool, like removing white backgrounds from midjourney, you cannot then use that content with the background removed for commercial use.
Personal use only.
If you upload to Photoroom, they also take it a step further and allow other people who use their platform to also use your images as they wish and Photoroom also can do it as well. See their Terms: "you grant us the right and license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content on and through the Service. You retain any and all of your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights. You agree that this license includes the right for us to make your Content available to other users of the Service, who may also use your Content subject to these Terms."
And from Remove.bg terms: "2.1. The User may use the platform which is accessible under remove.bg exclusively for non-commercial purposes. This means that all results from the platform (hereinafter: the Platform) may only be used privately. Use for (direct or indirect) commercial purposes is excluded."
So I personally would avoid those background removal tools for commercial purposes or you could get yourself into legal trouble.
Appreciate your nods to what software you're using to do each of the steps. Big help for old school designers to step away from the older, MUCH slower ways of doing things like outlining and upresing images.
For business AI art is fantastic because you can almost always expect it to be unique.
Tried setting up my own POD tshirt business a little while back. Problem is that the margins are tiny. Nobody buys listings of over £20 or so for a tshirt even if its unique. Lowering the price to say £15 got me sales but after fees I was left with about £1. One single return wipes out 15 sales
People do indeed buy t-shirts priced at £20 or higher. I and others sell our t-shirts for above those prices every day. It's about how you position yourself. Most people try to race to the bottom with prices, assuming that price is what stops people from buying, when in reality, having the lowest price can actually hurt your sales. I discuss that in this video here: ua-cam.com/video/JL3njtFTRG4/v-deo.html
@@WholesaleTed thanks, I’ll give it a look 🫡
POD in the UK ain't great. You get about 6 GBP if your lucky and lose out if customer wants to return which under UK law they can.
Great content! I'm new to space but on researching AI seems not only great for creating art/design but also blogging. So connecting your store/products to professional and numerous blogs in your niche that rank high on SEO seems a good bet for the future.
@Ande Glenderson how do you connect your store to those numerous blogs?
This is the most comprehensive guide on the internet!
Thank you for doing these videos and sharing your seemingly endless about of knowledge. ☺️
Hey Sarah, is there any other AI tool that has a free plan? I believe by the time you made the video maybe Midjourney was still free, but it isn't the case anymore.
Creating the design is "easy", getting the sales if you're just starting is really hard. But if you're consistent, you'll definitely get sales. Improve your SEO and look for more tutorials. Don't think that you've uploaded 10 shirts you'll get $10K/week.
You'll be lucky to get $10 per week!
Im just getting into it. Im not listening to the naysaysers. They say i have made no money!! But did they only have 10 shirt designs. I plan on not going active until i have 10,000 designs
I've been watching all this channel endeavors for a minute. Ted has to be a multi billionaire by now. & still manages to find time to make you tube videos
Unfortunately I've given up on affiliate marketing and starting an online business, I've not the time or money to invest in. I've no doubt works as I've got 2 friends that have an online business one affiliate marketing one is making good money with AI images. To late for me though. Affiliate marketing and AI business ain't for me, I prefer to make money from gold prospecting and metal detecting and hunting expensive antiques and artifacts. I STILL support this channel as Sarah is helping many ppl sort out their financial issues 😇
How well does gold prospecting work, a century plus after the gold rush?
I like the video (as i do all of them) but you have got some incorrect details regarding the creation of images. the biggest mistake is that midjourney does not give unlimited free images, there are a number of free trial images yes but once these are used up you need to purchase a plan. The plan(s) give you a certain amount of time on the GPU's that Midjourney use, you can have 'fast' and 'slow', yes the 'slow' option is unlimited but will take longer to generate images compared to the fast method, the fast method gives you 5hours of time p/m and takes approx 1;30 minutes per image and if you choose the high quality setting it will cost you double - X2.
I feel it important to highlight these facts as from being a MidJourney user i know that there are limits, even to the paid subscriptions and whilst i dont think you mean to mis-inform (and i dont for one moment!), from the video i got the impression that midjourney had lots of 'free' settings and i think this might confuse newbies.
Your vids are awesome Sarah, keep them coming ❤
You always say pho-to-PEE-uh, when I'm pretty sure it's pronounced pho-TOH-pee-uh (like "utopia"). Love your vids
How could be a person so generous about her skills. I'm really envy you😊💐 you re such a good and talented person. thanks a bunch
Don't be so gullible. It's to get clicks and pay from UA-cam.
Nobody ever makes money using her videos - she makes stacks of money by us clicking - these ideas won’t make you anything I promise- over saturated methods now
@@creativeinspiration5672 Thank you! That is exactly what I said. I don't know how people are so gullible.
@@creativeinspiration5672 Do you know any other you tube Chanell to able to make money, I would like to know 😊 Nevertheless I love her possitive vibe🙋♀️
@@creativeinspiration5672 I mean, the process is not as simple as some of you make it seem. There are several apps and services that you must use to copy this method, not to mention the upfront cost and time spent generating and editing images. The barrier to entry in terms of time and knowledge and payment for said services seems high enough to create enough opportunity for someone to break in and create their own corner of the market. Tshirt designs after all almost nearly infinite.
So many haters in the house... LMAO! They are so obviously in the "no effort" or "no skills" or "no knowledge" camps while the rest of us are grinding our way to success one sale at a time! No worries... your 9-5 job awaits you!! Thanks for all you do Sarah!
After i get 50 sales im starting my own youtube channel lol
i love how all youtubers are making millions each year
Hi Sarah! I heard from another UA-camr that in order to use Midjourney pictures for commercial use, you need the paid plan. You didn't mention that. I can't imagine you can use everything to sell for free..
@@WholesaleTed Thanks for explaining!
$60+ 😂
@@WholesaleTed Hi, thank you for explaining this! Do you have a video that goes further into the rights with these AI image generators? Big fan of your channel! Cheers!
Hey everyone, sorry, it's been pointed out to me that the free plan is now CC with no commercial use. Regardless, I do think that everyone should be using the paid plans which is why I say it has a flat monthly fee in the video. Sorry for the confusion! Details on each plan are here: docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans
Just a couple of days ago, copyrights court in the United States said ai artwork cannot have copyright protections because they were not made by a human. I would suggest you google it because idk how to post links to articles in the comments.
Midjourney all images are free to use commercially even going through the Midjourney channel any image you find you are allowed to use as no one owns the copyright or trademark as these images are created from pieces from millions of ideas this is part of the brilliant part of it. Of course not obvious images based on marvel or disney characters Ive been through all the information on trademarks and copyright to avoid that theres some brilliant images on there if you get your ar correct it comes out perfectly
Thank you so much! I have just strated my journey and this was so helpful. So direct and o the point
they are charging for memberships now, there is no free option
This video is a nice tour of what you can do with AI tools, but the title is dishonest clickbait. There is nothing “easy” about scaling up to $10,000 per week in sales. Whether you use AI, hire an artist, make your own artwork, etc., images are just images. Creating products, setting up a store, and finding your audience takes work.
I've watched a lot of your videos and I've been following you for a long time. Your videos are great
Can you have more than one Etsy account if you have more than one niche? I imagine you wouldn't sell each niche on the same shop as so far what I'm learning is that might defeat the purpose of having a niche?
I have a question. How does Etsy work exactly? Simply give a design and people will have the option to purchase it? Money goes to me correct?
Hi Sarah, I just want to tell you how thankful I am to finally have someone with so much clarity to follow and learn from, I switch on your videos everyday to give me the drive and inspiration to earn passively 🙏 one question pls how do i set-up an etsy store if my country it doesnt appear on the shop country list (Thailand)? I see others have managed to do it, but am not sure how?
Sarah after reading these comments lol its a wonder people stopped writing books after the invention of the guttneburgh printing press. Dont get put off by the comments active debate leads to better knowledge. I make jewelry in the oversaturated jewelry market and i have tons of fans in that oversaturated jewelry market
For some reason when I click on the items in my Etsy store it says they aren’t available?
Thanks girl you are our smart daughter.....
Hiii. Long time follower here. Question for you…. What about marketing? I do not want to become an influencer and people because of me. A face less store. How can I get people to know about my store or even Etsy store. Or any platform. Thanks. I personally print my own shirts and have pod. Any help would be amazing. Thanks!!!!
I'm also wondering about that! These videos don't explain a few points
Exactly the video I was looking for - thank you!!
Sarah, I am in the clubhouse, the Midjourney with Mars was rather poor (Terrible actually). If you re did it with Bohemian Watercolor Flowers such as these it would be much better. Just sayin...
Thanks for all your help Sarah. I'll be getting to work now.
Hey Sarah, please let us know your views on the new and sudden decision from RedBubble to charge a tiered account fee. What's your take on this? Is it the final nail in the RedBubble coffin? What would be the next best platform? My first impressions suggest that these new fees account for 30-40% of profits.
I think it's a real shame for new artists. I suspect it will be a good decision for them, company wise though. They will make more profits and so they probably come out ahead. But it's a big blow to new artists that they make less money now!
@Wholesale Ted you don't give a crap don't make me laugh.
I barely write on UA-cam videos but I thought to share my experience. I firstly have to say that you have inspired my to create an etsy store and I've got 200 sales over 2 years and I'm now actively pursuing this more. However, I do have to say that whilst you are sharing valuable insights and tips and are a great presenter I can't help but feel irritated at your recent videos claiming 10k sales in a week or similar. Yes etsy can go viral for some but it's rare. Let's break down 10k sales / 30 usd is 333 order per week. Say 1k orders per month. Do you know how unrealistic these figures are for viewers? Etsy ain't a sprint its a marathon and tons of obstacles for new shop owners. Even POD stores, etsy fees etc from 30 usd leaves the owner about 10 usd, so your claim at receiving 10k is way overrated. Plus there are many people doing this making the market competitive and anyone with a bit of knowledge do all of this themselves. Again, I really do admire your videos and they have helped me but I feel at this stage UA-cam is now for clicks.
I will be honest: I don't think that this is fair. It is an expectation these days to have exciting, interesting, curiosity driven titles. If I didn't have them, nobody would click. I think we should all understand that any content creator needs to have exciting, curiosity driven titles and if they don't, then they would get no views, and would stop making videos. I would stop making videos, and stop sharing my content, because nobody would watch it anymore. So unless I can continue to use interesting, curiosity driven titles - I will have to stop making videos.
Secondly, I also don't think it is fair because this video is not a video discussing average timelines for success. That is not the topic of this video. The topic is that AI art can match the quality of art seen in top selling designs. And it's true that some of my viewers DO have fast success. It does not have to take time. That is a strange myth that people have: that success HAS to take "time." I have had plenty of subscribers like Skuu Digital (see comments on this video: " ua-cam.com/video/7ZlZFPBWC74/v-deo.html ") who have had overnight success. However, that is obviously not the norm, and this video does NOT talk about timelines for building a successful store. That is a separate video, for a separate discussion. This video is all about creating great t-shirt designs using AI art & showing you can create similar quality to top-selling t-shirt designs using it. I would just ask that people allow me to make videos on different topics. I have videos that discuss normal timelines & discuss why some people have fast success, but most don't. You can watch my entire video on that one specific subject here: ua-cam.com/video/A-bQFXWppoA/v-deo.html 🙏
@Wholesale Ted I appreciate the reply but there are a few things. You've stated in the title that you could get 10k/week, most people who click are trying to make extra income and get rich quick which is fair enough, but it's an extremely unrealistic point. I personally watch videos with the idea to build overtime, if it happens quick then cool but I know from experience this doesn't happen. Most of your audience, without sounding bad, are looking for this stuff. I'm saying that sure you can make titles, thumbnails to get people to click and be entertaining but you can be much more valued if it was more realistic. Its like saying 'hey, in 1 week you could earn enough to buy this brand new car', which we know most people couldn't even achieve it. I subscribe to channels who have 30k subs and they are very realistic.
I'm with Ted. Every situation is different. I'm making designs then I'll dump money into ads and influencers. Maybe it kicks butt or maybe it doesn't but I'm in control of the outcome. We all are in control of our own outcomes :) good luck everybody ❤
@@WholesaleTed would you mind making a video along those lines in the future? Given your honesty in this reply - I highly doubt it would hurt you. It would definitely help your viewers and I believe most of us would even appreciate it.
All in all, I think most of us tend to often be critical to others rather to ourselves. And I definitely do not think we should put ourselves down etc ... but simply - if we see that our approach hasn't worked for a month or two - why not change it? Maybe entirely, maybe partially? Etsy not working for me - let me try a different platform, a different product ... Also, success definitely requires some level of perfection (time invested in doing things well, trying things out for ourselves. How many people never order a single T-Shirt they're selling, for example, just to see how it actually turns out ...)
You barely write on UA-cam videos? Must have been saving up for that long comment 🤪
Midjourney is cool but users must pay to utilize the site after a brief period of free use. I've also experimented with Blue Willow and I'm really amazed to use it
There are as many such businesses as water in Niagara. As a beginner, there is no chance of profit, and the costs (design, production, postage, Etsy fees) are high.
You can do it.
Hi Please help, midjourney is telling me that i have to a subscriber first in order to gain access to changing my settings commands
Do we have to sell on Etsy? I am doing a Podcast I want to keep free but am desiring to sell things like this on my own web page. Is that doable? I really appreciate you! You are such an inspiration! Thank you.
Yes you absolutely can sell merch on your own website and it's absolutely something I recommend & do. I have a video that discusses how I do it here: ua-cam.com/video/3SigfkatIuk/v-deo.html
Thanks again for another helpful and encouraging vid, Sarah!
Where do you find the listing details on Etsy please?
How can people get to know about the etsy store without running ads?
omgosh did you see Redbubbles new fees!!! I just followed all your vids made my first sale and boom. Just fyi. Thank you for all the great videos, I learned so much.
Thank you! Yes, the fees are pretty substantial! More incentive to cross upload, don't just sell your designs on RedBubble. List them elsewhere too!
@@WholesaleTed just so grateful that I found your channel. I can't wait to tell you how it is going in a few months. I really thank you for the easy to follow help. I never knew or tried anything like this and I love using canva and designing. Thank you for wanting us to achieve success like you.
Like the Science of Getting Rich says, what I want for myself I want for everyone. God bless you!
Awesome video, thanks for all the great info. Just one little thing, and it's just a small thing, but it's South African Rand or Rands (pronounced just like ran), we don't have dollars here.
Nice video, Thanks for sharing
You can def use AI to generate a weirdly specific click bait headline.
@Wholesale Ted, did you try this out your self? What was your revenue after 1 week? 2 weeks? 1 month? 2 months?
Now that I have some extra free time and need some money I might give this is a try!
Thank you for this video.
Hi Sara, thank you very much for your videos!! I have a very important question - how do you increase the resolution of the pictures that you get from Midjourney, so you can use them for posters? I have tried AI image enlarger, but its not enough :(
What size do you recommend each flower image to be before you enhance the resolution?
I wouldn't bother with Etsy at all. Even if your niche research, P.O.D products,SEO and marketing are all on point people just scroll and don't buy. I'd say Amazon is better because the buyer's mindset is completey different. People go there with a definite intention to buy.
Fantastic lady with fantastic Ideas. Clap for you
Whoa... this video quality.... Awesome!
Did I miss watching your videos? Watching this eh, the quality is so much different and higher quality than usual.
I was just looking for photo editing AI resources today! Thanks Sarah!!!
How much of a float would I need in my bank account as I believe you are first charged for the t-shirts before etsy will pay you?
Oberlo's not working in Canada. Suggestions?
Hi Sarah, great informative , Creative info here. Just wondering about the bad rap about Ali Express with long delivery times and poor quality, and how that would affect our business, refunds etc?
And all the other software we would likely use to create products, am guessing would add up costs initially.
GO KIWI'S !!! aren't we awesome :o)......
Your videos are always great. Thank you.
But now Midjourney requires subscription so how can we keep using it for free???????
Damn this would be such a nice side gig! I am really struggling financially right now so I am trying to put my eggs in a few baskets (okay that sounded weird lol). Ill be trying this out this week and seeing if I can get a ROI. Even something small right now would give me hope!
Thanks for the video and the tips!
How’s it going for you? I’m looking to start mine too
Thats great!!!
Love and respect from Pakistan.
mejor settings para IA y arreglar errores de imagen de IA
you seem like someone i can trust so i'm willing to purchase this course LOL
YOU ARE A BOSSLADY ... love your way love your contect love your accent
As usual, great information1 Thanks Sarah
I still don't understand what is the strong point for this AI image?
It didn't work for me it sadly I do love the idea though. It won't let me use the image selection I believe I have to sign up and pay unless I'm missing something?
find out if you can use other types of software.
Hi Sarah, can you make video with ETSY Seo, ideal show multiple products with one niche. I think the trickiest thing to have right SEO for all Etsy products. It is easy to make Seo for one products, but if you have nich for example graphic shirt with baseball niche. Thank you
It is really useful good video for POD Business ,.. Thanks
Interesting ❤, So how many persons took your prompt course? Any conversion rate from video views? 🤔
Advice don't waste your time on this kind of videos. Only they can earn with this method + they need youtube income too
Good one Sarah. Yay!
Hi Sarah! I'm in a bit of a situation, I'm planning to try out a POD business and have my eyes on Teespring (I don't have starting money for Printify/Printful). But I do want to branch out to Etsy and/or my own website someday. My question is, where would I redirect my customers, on my social media platforms, once I have these three shops set up? The obvious answer is definitely my own website, but what about the two, do i just ditch them and let SEO do its thing? Wouldn't people following my social media accounts be confused that I have a lot of links to different shops?
Start with Etsy I would say.
@WholesaleTed can you do one for Dalle-2 please
Worth doing if you're bored I guess, could get a few lucky sales with some unqiue ones like I did, but honestly 90% of them don't get touched. My problem is that I don't care, I just get a few lucky hits every now and then, and honestly I doubt I'm the minority. You just have to keep firing designs and see what sticks. Note, AI images cannot be copyrighted in anyway shape or form.
You can create your own unique images, by combining pictures/elements together, including AI art. I'll be making more t-shirt designs in my next video and the unique designs I'll be creating will be copyrighted, even though the individual AI pictures I use themselves don't meet the copyright standard as they are computer generated.
It's also important to note that unless you state it is AI art, no one knows it is an AI generated picture.
@@WholesaleTed I feel like an idiot creating my own designs by myself from scratch when plenty of people now just generates images thanks to Ai, add something else so they can claim it’s theirs (I mean, just add some copyright free elements and edit on Canva) and skip the copyright thing by not saying it’s Ai generated art. Guys, SO SMART! Problem is UA-cam keeps showing me this shitty videos on how to earn 10000dollars a month with 10% of the skills actually needed to actually MAKE something, create 50 designs in 10 minutes and be an “artist”. For sure, you can generate great stuff but I am totally against this kind of use of Ai, sorry but not sorry. I guess this kind of business is not really for companies as clients (you should recreate you Ai motif to be really copyrighted if you are able to) but for who wants to purchase a whatever product which is ok. If someone knows or spots it’s Ai generated, why don’t just take advantage like you guys are doing? Pretty fair!
Hey Sarah! What tool are you using to see monthly sales/revenue in the video? Thanks!
I’ve just gone thru all the steps to get midjourney, only to find out it’s not free and you have to buy a subscription 😢. 🇦🇺❤️
Ah yes it is not free, that is why in this video I state that it costs money. At 5:20 I show the subscription plans, and at 7:11 I call it a paid app, not a free app. As the subscription plans at 5:20 show, Midjourney do have a free trial, and I did get to use it, but comments on this video indicate they may have temporarily closed the free trial due to overly high demand. However, as I stated at 7:11 I consider this a paid app, not a free app, and so I recommend treating it as requiring a monthly fee even if they do reopen free trials, since as I showed at 5:20 the free trial accounts don't have the same features as the paid plans.
I get it. Just wish I had of realised before I had to figure it all out with discord that I’d never even heard of before. I just want to play around with it as an artist very new to AI.
Which software should be learned if you want to do dollaring?
I tried to sign up for Midjourney to try it out. It keeps directing me to an app called “Discord” which looks like a friends app.
How do you know if you NEED to change resolution?
Great video. Thanks!❤
I’m using an iPad. Am I still able to download high res images from Midjourney onto my iPad? Thanks!
Good video Sarah! Midjourney and Discord are both not very user friendly. You can feel their attitude problem when you read the terms and conditions. It's only a matter of time before another platform solves that problem and adds other tools like background remover. It's nuts having to jump onto another platform to do simple stuff.
Hi! Thanks for your awesome content! I've been doing print on demand for a few years now. I'm thinking of trying Kawaii with help of AI. Do you have any suggestion for what would be good to sell to this crowd? I think stickers and SVGs has too little profit. Thanks
Hi I’m thinking about starting POD, I know everyone’s different but how long did it take you to make profits. Thank yiu
Yr my favorite etsy coach
If I choose the Setting > Relax Mode, and then it will said " You must be a subscriber to use this command "
How do I subscribe this Chanel?
That's a LIE. Tshirt doesn't have all that profit. Y'all just fudging numbers to get clicks.
That's ridiculous, she's sharing stats from a tool but also she makes tons of money from T-shirts. You must be new here.
@@johnmartinez9220 I think you are new here, she makes money from clicking on her youtube channel. Mabe, you are new here.
@@johnmartinez9220 You're junior to the game of these online scams.
@@johnmartinez9220 She may make a couple bucks here & there, but no where near $10K per week, that's simply rediculous!! 😂 😂 😂
@oldskool1355 she's been doing this for about as long as it's been an option so yes she has scaled up enough that she makes a lot of money off POD with her extremely un-original ideas. People who haven't been doing it for a while would never be able to sell the designs she sells.
Awesome video having an issue with Etsy and placing shipping details what do I need to do now?
Love the video but in the Midjourney Terms and conditions the free account does not let you generate for commercial licence which is very misleading in your video.
I just want to clarify this video, I never called Midjourney free and I did not imply it was free:
1) At 7:11 I directly call it a paid membership. I say it costs money, not that it is free.
2) At 5:20 I show the pricing plans.
3) Nowhere in my title/description does it state that Midjourney is free.
At 5:20 the subscription plans do show a free trial. That trial is, however, shown to not come with the same features as the paid plans. I can see from the comments that some people have tried to register for the free trial, but it is now temporarily closed due to high demand (this was not stated on the website when I made the video, otherwise I would have shown that too). However, as 5:20 shows it doesn't have the same features as the paid plans, I therefore do not consider the app free, which is why at 7:11 I directly call it a paid app. One of those missing features being, of course, the commercial license.
I do understand that in this video, while I did not call it free, I did not directly state it isn't free either in the title and only discuss the paid plans half way through the video.
Perhaps because I make a lot of videos on free apps, people assume that all apps I discuss are free. That is an understandable interpretation given how many videos on free apps I have in this library.
From my perspective, in my UA-cam dashboard, it shows me what other videos my subscribers are watching, and it showed that a majority of them are watching Midjourney videos. And so I also made the assumption that my subscribers knew what Midjourney already was, and therefore had to know it is not free, which is why I don't directly state it's price, I thought it was well-known information at this point. I did not want to bore people going over it's price in detail, since I thought people already knew this, and instead just wanted a tutorial to directly help them with an app they are already using and paying for.
I can see the confusion on both sides: my subscribers being confused because I make so many videos about free apps, and me being confused because I can see so many subscribers are using the app already.
On a personal note, I do wish that the people who assumed I didn't discuss the price until half way through was for malicious reasons, would give me the benefit of the doubt. Some people have assumed I was purposefully misleading. Whereas in reality, I didn't discuss the price until half way through, because I was trying to be empathetic and not bore people with information I assumed they already knew. I went into this with good intentions. There is often an innocent reason for why people make decisions and I was surprised more people assumed that I did it to maliciously be deceptive 🙏
I will take this into account and be more careful next time I make a video about a new app/website to ensure that it is clarified that any app/website I use that isn't free, is directly stated to not be free 🙏🙏🙏
I'm guessing you should purchase your own Tshirt from printify to make sure the image quality is good?
Why are lots of youtubers promoting Printify? Is it better than Printful?
Thanks for your great content
Is there a way in Canva to stretch text in a single direction? Such as want to make the lettering taller but not wider. Everything I keep seeing is that Canva only allows you to enlarge or reduce the font. I find this very annoying with Canva's editing capabilities. Am I missing something on how to accomplish what I want?
How do get the box your design is on in Canva not to print on the shirt in printify?
Great videos. Question, I've been working on canva but want to be sure how to make stickers.cant seem to find your video on it. Can u enlighten me. Thanks
If you change the opacity of something you want to print on a shirt, does it come out as desaturated as much as you have the opacity set to? Or does it not change how vibrant the actual products colors will be?
Opacity doesn't print amazing with DTG printers, it prints as less vibrant and can be fuzzy . For some art styles it's impossible to avoid and I do have designs that use it and customers for those don't mind, but where possible, I print with full opacity.