Print on Demand YouTubers are Lying to You!
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There is a big problem with people spreading misinformation about POD, Etsy, Amazon KDP, and Audible lately who have little to no experience in those fields. Thank you for making this video. When I started out, I fell for a lot of bad advice from those people.
you're welcome!
Not only in POD, they lie in every business, the ones about affiliate marketing are the worst, big time liars
Because it's a grift, just like these crypto youtubers, or course sellers. Most of these guys have never even done pod. They copy from other youtubers about pod, and share fake income screen shots. It's all fake
Mark immediately lost me when he said he's run/sold million-dollar companies, yet he makes videos about POD. I suppose many folks DO have million-dollar POD businesses. But for a man with that apparent level of business skill, POD seems like small potatoes and wouldn't be worth his time.
My thoughts exactly!!!!
I don't think there's an issue with that. Lots of people have million dollar businesses and just enjoy the world of RUclips. I don't think I'll ever give up with RUclips, however rich I get. I don't get why he made this video for Gelato though, that confuses me
Agree!
@@shimmymorris1 I think he made the video because it was a big payday. That's the problem with the whole influencer game. Look at the way they work. A couple of years ago pitching crypto was the big thing, then it was NFTs, and lately it's AI. How many videos have you seen saying that you can make $10,000 or more per month by using AI to write a blog, create affiliate pitches, or even produce POD products, Total BS.
Bingo.
If they all have such great businesses they wouldnt bother makimg youtube videos.
i hear you but sometimes people love making videos, i don't think the amount of money i have in my bank will stop me from making videos. I enjoy it, he might too. I don't doubt he's a multi millionaire, i just don't think he has a pod business
@@shimmymorris1I hear you. I love making content and teaching too ❤
☝🏽
Great Video - just wanting to sell printed artwork and looking into it. Yeah the AI , sloppy design - it needs to be cool but its not. I am looking at some more of your vids to save some time and head in the right direction. Thanks for your honesty!
great video. honest reviews. you've gained a subs
Wow thank you!
I'm having problems with Gelato, not directly with Gelato (they kindly reordered for free for the third time) but with the Italian courier GLS, that is one of the top player, very strange, my first order had no problems
I like aluminum posters
Excessive promises of easy wealth and glamour are an instant HUGE red flag for me.
Yup if only it was this easy
Amen
Same with how to become RUclipsr so many wrong information and things has been changed some people the older RUclipsr give advice that not right for people who start today and a lot of them just keep saying the same thing again and again
yup, times change!
I also saw someone claim pod could save your marriage too
Hahahaa!
Another thing a lot of RUclipsrs want you to do is purchase their course which reveals the real secrets of how they got so successful. So I’m like all of the things that you’ve been putting here on RUclips is not the truth and I have to pay money to find out the real secrets?
I don't think there's a problem with courses, just as long as they're genuine. If Mark made a POD course, having never done the business then yes, that would be very wrong!
Mark's business is, I seem to remember, physical. As in, model shop, warehouse etc. He talks in very general terms in his videos, and while he does talk a lot of sense, it's too superficial. I stopped watching him last year for this reason.
Ye I do actually
Like a lot of his content
Crap I'm using the Gildan 5000 🫣 I haven't had many sales but I haven't had issues and I thought it was okay with my shirts I've ordered but looks like I need to switch over. 😔 Does it matter what print provider you get the Gildan 5000 from, quality wise? Because I use Printify not Gelato
Printify is great. I use them too. I use swiftpod with printify. And I use the 64000
Shimmy thank you for calling out the lies. Ive lost faith in most YTers. They constantly say "Use this marketing program for free or this platform for free" and you cannot do the features they say for free. I'm also sick of hearing the phrase "that being said." Thank you for your clear honesty and sharing useful info. I know its a lot of work. Thank you for being honest about that.
hahaa, we all know who says "that being said" 100s of times in his videos 😂
It drives me insane that people say Make $10,000 a month, but they never tell you what their net is. If you aren't making a profit after all expenses then you aren't making money. I'm also a Real Estate agent and the same thing there. I want to see a P&L!!! Great video thank you so much for shinning light on this!
Right! It’s like gworl 10k before taxes, before fees, before costs… leaves you with like 1k lol I rather keep my health care job. I’m just tryna sell stickers for fun
Most of these pod/drop ship youtubers don't even do it themselves, and they just screen shot fake income statements
For what i have seen so far from people who share the information with reliable data from gross the net is at most 20%, so if someone states he makes 10k Gross, they should get around 2k Net on average.
Thank you Shimmy for your honesty! I watched quite a few videos that preach the passive income and almost a year ago opened a shop. I've worked most days, a couple of hours a day and had no
sales. Then I watched some of yours and a couple of other true POD sellers. I even had you do a shop audit. I gleaned the truth, implemented some of your suggestions, started working on my shop for many hours a day, sometimes 12-15hrs and finally started seeing sales. Now my shop is making sales, getting 5 star reviews and Etsy is finally showing my listings without ads! It takes WORK! And anyone that tells you otherwise is lying. Thank you again for telling it like it is! ❤
THAT'S AMAZING!!! woohoo. So happy for you. Nice work
"she smiles and gives a curtsy" Thanks Shimmy 😊
i would to know something please ?
what did you do during 12/15h a day on etsy ? i mean i try to post 1-2 listings a day and i don’t go over 2h on etsy per day.
so if you can give me some advice please i’m interested !
I work on designing, mockups, my SEO. I do a lot of research as well. Each day I focus on something different. One day I spend researching, next designing, then publishing. Divide your days up and focus on one thing at a time. I also published 4-6 products a week and I put my designs on multiple products. That seemed to please the algorithm on Etsy and I started getting views. Main thing is, don't give up!! I almost did several times but now I see a future.
@@gypsyqueen2u wow okay thanks a lot for you’re advices !!!! i will follow them tanks !
Shimmmmmmmmy! Thank you for your video. I'm a new POD seller on Etsy and the struggle is real. Finding RUclips content that doesn't try to sell you on false hope with POD is a struggle to find, especially when just looking for answers to simple questions. Your channel has been great for me. It keeps me motivated, but realistic which I think is key for POD. Thanks!
That really means a lot! Thank you so much! I hope you find the answers you’re looking for
bro go watch the mark tillbury video yourself...he is completely not true
I’m starting to disbelieve things on RUclips now
:(
I think you eventually understand who is transparent and who's not
Ya think? 😆
It's a damn cesspool!
There's lots and lots of lies out there 😢
Nice video, some solid points. Transparency is extremely important to me, I do everything I can to be as thorough as possible and avoid making big unrealistic claims. I'll endeavour to be even more analytical in the future.
Thank you for responding Mark I appreciate you seeing my points.
Honestly I’d like to talk print on demand with you. Or business in general. I’ve been watching a long time now.
My main concern with your video and the reason I made this was because of the inexperienced advice that would cause people to make a ton of blunders. It’s hard for me as I’ve been in this business for so long, I hate seeing people come into it with unrealistic expectations because they watched yours or someone else’s video where the facts just weren’t laid out.
(On a side note. You should really have sponsored content ticked for your video as we all know it was sponsored by gelato) considering transparency is so important.
I would suggest getting an expert on for your next POD video to give some advice regarding the business. It’ll give you a lot of integrity
you should start by clearly disclosing any sponsors of your videos
I’ve had a bunch of quick niche money making websites, products, and other stuff. I would never tell anyone my secrets. No one with business sense would either. They’ll tell you once it’s dried up for affiliate income.
Hmm I dunno though. I watch and know a lot of people who make a ton of money and share it in videos because they just love making content and teaching
There is that too.
I agree which is why restaurants do have secret ingredients. However, secret and misleading/minformation are two different things.
Great video Shimmy, I have nothing against Mark, I love generally his content and I know he is a great businessman but when it comes to POD he doesn't have enough experience to teach anyone. I am a POD seller myself, on Amazon, Etsy, Shopify, and all the rest and I cannot agree more with what you said in this video. It's clear that Mark was paid to say what he said, and it's a shame. I hope he understands that if he continues like that he might risk losing his audience.
yes i hope he does because I do really enjoy his content!
Great video Shimmy. It got me watching the whole thing wanting to see what other wrong thing he was going to say next. Great job man! Thanks for letting people know what’s real.
thanks Juna! appreciate that :D
What drives me nuts is they always assume any one Etsy seller who is making even a conservative 5% profit at 4k net per month has no other overhead and it's just pure profit.
We don't know how much of that profit goes to taxes or to paid ads.
Just because a listing does not appear as sponsored this "guru" has zero clue if the seller is running Google ads, Facebook ads, Pinterest ads or any combination thereof.
Many times when you see that volume of sales it's because you are either running ads and driving lots of traffic to your listings or you have built up a large audience over time through your own site and have collected tons of emails.
After factoring in ad spend that 4k he calculated could be down to 1k or less.
Nobody ever talks about the possibility of ad spend. 🤦♀️
Can't stand most of them. Funny you have Greg Gottfried as another so called guru in your thumbnail pic. Never liked him either. He always gushed over that garbage platform Teespring. Gave him constructive criticism a couple years ago on his videos, he blocked and ghosted my comments.
He's not just someone who doesn't know what he's talking about, he's a literal con, and I was one of his victims. Given how well he does of keeping truthful comments about him hidden, I actually wonder if he's using bots or some kind of feature RUclips has to automatically hide certain types of comments.
Oh gosh, I didn't realise it was so bad! I only put him there because he's been ignoring all my comments and pushing Redbubble and Teepublic really hard, which baffles me as they're the worst platforms for sellers. They literally rip off artists every day!
@@shimmymorris1 Your comments probably aren't even there anymore. If I can know which videos specifically you left comments on I can go check. If I don't see them, it proves that he's muzzled you too like the rest of us.
@@DroidDude-jz8yz Screw that guy! Never liked him from day one. Shame on youtube for allowing him to have over 500k subscribers.
@@shimmymorris1 He's a sneaky scammer. AND very annoying!
I have given up with print on demand and one by one I've closed most of my accounts and the only one I have now is shopify but eventually I may close that one too . There's so much miss information about POD and bad advice , I have fallen for a lot of it myself and I'm exhausted with it .
Great video! RUclips needs more creators who are honest and ethical. You’ve probably saved someone £100s worth of mistakes when embarking on this business.
Thank you! I really hope so
Great video! I also like Mark but it is pretty clear he doesn't have much of a clue about pod
ye same! I really enjoy his stuff, but this video just frustrated me! people see through BS so easily these days
Unfollowing mark😉
I hope more creators will begin to expose false info on youtube
Me too!
It’s rampant.
I love that you did this I haven’t been in the biz for years but it’s more work than I was lead to believe. It’s annoying. Expose all those phonies.
Thank you being upfront about Gelato. I think it's better to just do your own website then using Etsy or Amazon if you are using POD. I don't believe in over saturating any platform with a bunch of garbage that wastes peoples time. Integrity is definitely one of the most important things in any business or life.
you're one of the VERY FEW youtubers i respect anymore because 98% of them lie in one way or another just for the ad revenue 😭
thank you!
Mark will do anything for views, hence earn more money from google. Excellent analysis on him. His not doing videos to help people, his only doing it to help himself.
Tbh his videos in general are very good. I’ve always like his content. I just think this POD one strayed a bit from what he usually does.
You are the first and only RUclipsr I have heard say honestly in plain language that these print on demand providers do not offer free as advertised. Yes, it is free to make listings but once you get a sale like you said, if you don’t have money in your bank to cover the sales you’ve made, then you’re up the creek. But as many people as I have watched, talk about print on demand and how much money they make, they never ever say this. I simply learned by experience and I wondered how come all of the people who talk about all these sales that they have never talk about what it actually takes to get into the business.
Everything should be uncovered with this business so there's no surprises
Guy also did a complete scam video in the KDP niche also. Was tempted to make a similar video - thanks for creating this!
KDP?
@@LetsGoChaseThatTrain Kindle Direct Publishing - was quite the thing for the "Easy Money" Gurus a few years back.
@@LetsGoChaseThatTrainAmazon Kindle Direct Publishing. Bits it not just Kindle publications. They print paperbacks and hardback books on demand. Like POD but with books. I'm working on a colouring book for kdp now.
@@LetsGoChaseThatTrain Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. It's POD for paperbacks and hardbacks. I'm working on my first colouring book to publish on Amazon kdp.
There’s a lot unfortunately
I started this video a bit annoyed that you'd targeted Mark and assumed that you just misunderstood but now I've seen you break it down you make some great points, amazing content and well-presented
Thank you for your honesty! I have been doing POD for almost 3 years, and everything you say in this video is true. It is NOT passive for the most part, it is NOT easy and most of us will not make big money with it. But I am having fun with it and making a somewhat of a profit. And good designs DO matter!
Hi, after 3 years working in POD, how much money do you make a month and how much time do you work on it every day ? I'd like to start but I want to know if it's worth it
Thanks for being so realistic, im currently starting a blog, trying to sell on ebay, and made a ebook on Amazon. Starting these income streams are hard, im still in High School and have a job as a CNA. However if I get more videos like these, it would make the process a whole lot smoother.
thank you!! i'll make sure to do that
My fellow highschool grinder 🔥🔥
I actually did watch the video, and I did not get this impression at all. He was not saying that his POD stores made millions; he was saying that he knows a thing or two about business (and he does), so certain tips that he gives are from some kind of knowledge. I think some of the clips used in this video are out of context.
But, I also learned many things from you, too, so I appreciate your help.
yes i agree, but some of his POD "tips" were wrong and misleading which can confuse people
Its always 10k per month, and always AI/Etsy 🤣🤣🤣 Oh, or “stickers”, Ridiculous.
This is the most honest conversation. You all speak honestly. I know it. I did this business. It's not an easy business
totally
I’ve been watching you for 4+ years and love your content. Thank you for maintaining your integrity as you grow. I hope you find all the success bro. Keep up the good work.
thank you so much! really appreciate that
Tillbury always seems to have gaps and preaches things he himself hasn’t done. I’ve never seen him back up anything.
I realised a while ago that all these "Make $10,000 a month with POD using Etsy" videos are a con. I'd be happy with a grand a month!
It’s possible! But a lot harder than his video suggests
I'd be happy with a sale. 🤣
Actually I had a 10k per month Etsy POD store but I worked like crazy. I mean like 20 hour days when I was off work from my part time job. All of the customer service expectations were crazy. I ended up closing my store because it was too much work.
@@howtoandwhatsnew couldn't you sell the store or get a business partner? 10k is money that may do not make on 9 to 5 jobs and would be happy to buy from you.
@@Nicole9_ He's obviously lying.
AFTER ALL THIS IN THIS VIDEO I EARLY STARTED TOO WITH THIS POD ON ETSY, WITH A 30 LISTINGS NOW AND HARDWORK TO GET MY SALES, I FELT BAD NOW BECAUSE OF SOME TRUTH CAN YOU SHOW ME CLEARLY, IS THIS BUSINESS DESERVE THE HARD WORK AND GIVE IT A TIME TO GET THE PASSIVE INCOME FINALY OR NOT, AM WORKING ON ETSY ?
thanks! I am having a problem with POD you tubers having conflicting advise. Not knowing who to trust at this point.
I hear you. There’s a lot of voices. It’s tough
Stay away from anyone talking about passive income bugattis, island retirement, dubai and stuff like that hhhhh
Haha exactly. They need to watch Coffeezillas early expose circa 2020 when coffee was exposing fake gurus
That guys a hero. He's still doing it but now he's focused on crypto scammers
Thanks for this @Shimmy! I love how honest you are. I am so disappointed to hear about Gelato and will think twice about using them from now on. But I have your Hub training to look forward to so I’m sure that all will be revealed!!
awesome!! Yes everything will be! Thanks for joining :D
Does he disclose that he gets paid by gelato? He clearly is a fraud if he's not disclosing it.
I work from 7 am til at least 7 pm EVERYDAY of the week, that's not passive lol-April
If you do a reaction video, then at least try an be honest about the content you are reacting to, rather than skipping and choosing the bits that you feel you can kind of work an argument around that fits your narative. If anything it feels like you are merely attempting to draw views from his clout. Now, having watched his video as well, after watching yours, a couple of things stand out:
1) he doesn't claim that PoD is a simple setup-and-forget-about-it project. Had you shown it in your video, your viewers would have seen that he has put together a fairly extensive list of things to do and look out for, to research, the work you need to put into it, etc. But that wouldn't have fit your narrative.
2) you claim he doesn't back up his claim that he has done PoD in the past (ie. his wall art reference), however, if you actually watch his video, he actually overlays his old video where he talks about that exact project. I don't think he has any links to those videos in his description but then again a quick look through his channel and those videos are easy enough to find.
3) You say that he doesn't dive into the "hidden costs" such as shipping, payment processing, fees, and so on... but then you skip directly over the section in the video where he talks about exactly that.
There are many more points but over and over it feels like you are merely just trying to fit something around your narrative. I find that considerably more misleading than his video.
Sorry you feel this way.
His last pod video was also just a sponsored ad. He has never done pod before and he’ll admit that if questioned.
His entire video was a giant ad for gelato. Which he didn’t disclose which is actually illegal.
I watched his entire video and not only did he claim it’s simple, but by missing out most the steps he made it look a lot more simple than it was.
I’m not even gna go into all the misinformation in his video as he clearly has never done it and was reading a script.
I know this as well because gelato have reached out to me on many occasions to make them videos and when I don’t say exactly what they want. They pull the promo.
He also very much does not dive into all the costs and that’s because he doesn’t know them.
Look at the end of the day I like marks
Content. I think it’s usually very valuable I just think he strayed far from his lane in this one all for a big payday from gelato.
Just don’t try and fool anyone especially someone who’s been knee deep in pod for 10 years.
thank you............. far too much b.s online
Thanks for pointing this out with certain RUclipsrs I would not watch that anyway, but I know a lot of people do and they might believe that this is possible but good to know. I am thinking of doing print on demand really soon here as well.
This is a well done video, Shimmy! It can be exhaustive, and frustrating to fight back against the unrealistic expectations and oversimplified narrative some of the 'guru's' put out there.
Thank you! I spend so much time telling people who ask me why it’s not working that the videos they’ve seen aren’t realistic representations of POD at all!
I think you saved me a lot of hassle here brother. I’ve been following Mark for the last few months and like you mention in the video his content is enjoyable. I’m an amateur photographer who loves heading out and snapping beautiful landscapes and after watching Mr Tilbury he had the dollar (GBP 😅) signs rolling in my eyes. Here I am with a few print ideas uploaded to Gelato and in the process of linking my Etsy I just completely gave up. His timelapse clips make everything look so straight forward when uploading to websites etc. anyways I’ve already had second thoughts and this vid has confirmed that I’m just not cut out for the hassle of POD. I feel like I should research Shopify before completely giving up but thank you so much for the insight about Mark. I defo’s felt the ‘paid sponsor’ vibe with those passive income videos.
Nb 1 Guru Mark Tilbury I watch his video say $30k on print on demand than show up a Affiliate product which his main reason for making video 😅
it was a shame that he felt he needed to make the video
@@shimmymorris1 yes bro
3:26 ive never come across this gentleman, but I would have stopped watching after implying you can get a Bugatti with "passive income"... 🤣
he does have good videos in general to be fair
This is the exact comment I just came hear to write. Thankfully, Mr Mark has never made it to my feed (absolute miracle becasue there are plenty more like him). What's even worse, than the things you've pointed out in this video, is that if Mark does actually sell POD and is making money (unlikely) and still making videos like this one...how doubly despicable.
@@TreehouseChimp i reckon his whole script was AI generated. and I agree.. one could expect this from someone young and naive, but person of his age should know better.
In fairness, he doesn't imply that you can get a bugatti with passive income... he's mocking the idea that a lot of youtubers open with, how they are driving around in their supercars and swimming in money from passive income.
I think a major problem is also that the average person does not have a lot of business sense (I.e running a business, hidden costs, taxes, etc), simply because they aren’t exposed to how a business runs, and so they fall into the trap of these videos and think these methods are easy/passive. It’s very easy to fall into this trap, especially if someone is unhappy with their current job.
I just started with POD and you are right that it's not a passive income as there is a lot of research you need to do for every design and quote you use. The biggest obstacle will be traffic, no traffic no sales no matter how great your designs are and that is where I am stuck, no traffic. I promote on other SM platforms and I get very little if any traffic. At the moment paid traffic is out of the question.
Open your own website
Finally. Someone with some common sense
Thank you for making this! I see more and more people on RUclips now whose only goal is to get views (and therefore $$) as a 'trusted expert'. They don't seem to care if they're misleading viewers, just make it seem as easy as possible. Fortunately, the more I learn, the easier it becomes to see the difference between those out for themselves and those who really want to help others.
yes totally!
Me and some other members was just talking about this in the hub. glad you made a video on it. as someone that just started my store in the last week, this has been one of the biggest issues, everyone says there making all this money but no one shows there store or stats on sales. no one goes into details about the hidden cost or shows all the programs you need to pay for in order to make designs. took me 100s of videos before i learned about SEO how much shipping is based on your location ect.
Ye it’s a lot more complicated than a 30 min video
@@shimmymorris1 agreed. but its better then nothing. atleast someone ppl will know more now.
1000 listings on Etsy is $200 min. Why is he not mentioning that? You are right he is being dishonest.
He does mention it after. But it’s certainly not free to start as he claims
@@shimmymorris1he suckers people in and then after the spiel he quietly points out you need to drop a couple hundred bucks. He is a content creator now not a business adviser guru.
Bravo! I'm glad you're out there shining a light on the reality of POD. So many people are being attracted to POD thinking it's a get-rich-quick avenue that requires no effort, no time, and no talent. I think this video will save people from getting into POD with the wrong idea. Thanks!
it's definitely not a get rich quick business. but it does have a lot of potential. it's just hard and time consuming
Thank you so much for illustrating the profit margin nonsense. I wish people understood how much it actually costs with product price, shipping, fees, etc. Everyone thinks you make so much profit... it's frustrating. You explained it well. I subscribed to your channel because of that. Good work. I look forward to seeing more of your content.
Thank you!! Really appreciate that ☺️
Kudos to you for making this 👏
Thank you for this.
i'm a few seconds into your video... not sure who you're referring to but some of these guys are blatantly lying in their videos. one of them, not sure if the same one you are planning to react to, has a video where he clearly pretends he publishes an article and an hour later he has three sales... it's can be very misleading to the less experienced.
I don't know if that's Mark but yes that would be very misleading!
BTW Mark doesn't really give a damn. Socialblade list that Mark is making 230k potentially a month from his 2.7m subscribers on you tube...guess he doesn't care 🤷🏼♀️
In his defence he never said own a bugatti he said drive lol😅
I am disgusted by how many of these people advocate using AI to generate designs, or using AI to generate books to spam on KDP. It's disgusting and shameful to tell people to spam AI-stolen slop online for a quick buck by scamming people with low effort AI crap you didn't make.
There's also the point to be made this probably won't make you money anyways, since if it *was* profitable, anyone with two braincells would keep their mouth zipped tightly shut, to avoid having new competitors in their niche. They're only saying it now because it's more profitable to rake in ad revenue telling people all about your "side hustle" than the actual side hustle actually is. (And maybe sell some "course" or "book" in the description.)
I recently looked into starting an etsy shop and did a “free” consult. At the end of the 15 minutes of her employee sitting in what looked like a dorm room selling her course, she asked me was I ready to buy her $12,000 course. Oh, and to make it convenient for me, I could break it down into one of her payment plans…
Scammers… 🙄
Btw I m watching this topic on and off on YT for more then 10 years and oh my I never seen such a dush* video and he has millions of subscribers? Why I havent seen this channel? Oh ye, fortunately YT still have dislike button and I m quite sure I m perticipating on Bugatti, Porsche and Ferrarri race who will faster get a dislike (ye, Im not watching car related bussiness videos:)
Very smart im so glad you air this guy out 😂 I respect you buddy Im subscribing to your channel to be watching every single video you put out great content
I appreciate that! Thank you
On merch since 2015. That’s at least a few Bugatti’s. Lol
Idk man. I never see a video now a days without a fake guru.
Good video. Honestly, seeing this so called businessman sets all my alarms on fire as he notoriously uses the tactic of brain disablement with "dream life/situation" projection (driving Bugatti in Dubai) as from that point it's highly probable that people watching that would stop thinking and would believe this nonsense. It reminds me of Herbalife seller presentation or any pyramid schemes business models that would lie to incomers just to force them with such psychological tricks to pour the money in so the people on the top of the pyramid would benefit.
I don't understand the need to make videos of what you do because you end up ruining your own business. Like all the idiots opening detailing their business and you tubing it. Then a year later they're shutting down because so many are opening around them and they're wondering why. I'm going to make video about POD and tell everyone everything I don't know and see how much YT will pay me. 😅
Its very scummy of him. He knows what he’s doing. selling is audience away for some extra cash
A lot of people will act on his video and loose money
Im sure most videos of POD on youtube are like this, they don’t make money on POD they make it off the back of youtube and affiliate commission
I like your content as well as Mark's. Right at the beginning you are intentionally cutting his video after like 8 seconds when he is actually saying what you are saying here, that the Bugatti reference is preciselly the hook many youtubers use. He is not telling you that POD is passive income that will make you rich but quite the opposite.
You are actually saying the same, and in a sense, estating similar pros and cons. He claims he is only telling you how to start on the bussiness, just like some of your "How To videos". The rest is just his roadmap, that may be different to yours or other POD seller. All valid (or irrelevant).
he states his video is all you need to start making money with POD and then references 30% profit margins, 10k a moth doing this specific method, methods that don't work, and elements that are actually just wrong... In actuality it's really not that simple.
I have made simple how-to videos yes, but that's because my whole channel is dedicated to POD. So one can see a simple how to video on my channel then go and find in-depth tutorials, or even a totally free course.
With Mark, this is a one of sporadic video claiming he has a successful POD business. If I went to his channel he'll have 1 or 2 other POD videos, also both sponsored by Gelato. Which is why it feels more of a money grab than actually wanting to create POD content .
But I do like his content, it's usually really valuable and entertaining!
Wow, that is so disingenuous. Thanks for sharing.
And the fact that the youtube thumbnail has 2 other youtubers and the plural of "youtuber", but no mention of them in the video also isn't a good look. Ironic. @shimmy, you may want to consider putting "part 1" in the title and making a part 2 and 3... or just changing the thumbnail and title. Otherwise, just seems like you're using other people's faces and following to increase your own sub/viewer count.
Cheers, mate.
Very important realistic perspective video!
That's the one thing that pisses me off most about youtube, you should be required to say if your video is being sponsored by a company
100%... I hate the Gildan 5000 ... if you can use AS colour, try the Staple tee, and see the difference!
So, pretty much all the pod ds am....it's all bs! So I can stop wasting my time looking for something legit.
He, like others, realises that you can feed your audience whatever and they will believe it....Not only they will believe it but they won't question and the easier you present it to them the more they think it'sall possible and true!!! People don't even use their mind to think anymore.
Go on with this good work. There are too many people in the internet who do not tell the plain truth and push others to make wrong decisions
Who is that weird guy? I never heard of him before.
He does have good content tbf
THANK YOU SO MUCH for being honest!! 🙏
That video of his popped up in my feed. I didn't watch it. I'm starting to realize there's a lot of BS being spread about POD. Having been doing it for the past 6 months and watching the so called gurus, I can say it's not like they proclaim. I've been weeding out those I think are full of it. Some popular youtubers I've stopped watching.
there's a lot unfortunately
Can you please recommend the top ones you trust? ❤
I live in the UAE and have done for 30 years and I can tell you that this is seriously not possible! Thank you for pointing out the pit falls!
you're welcome!
bro Mark Tillbury said in that video he's not selling those dreams., he never said it was easy or whatsoever. You don't like old folks wtf. This video was a waste
I just got a Gelato advert on your midroll. Right as you said "there is a problem with them doing dodgy youtube sponsors" hahahahahaha
The longer your video continues, the more irritating it gets. I never knew that youtuber until now. I am grateful I found you Shimmy Morris and I have subscribed. Thank you for your honesty and hope you can help many many people understand the truth and the efforts it takes to go into POD.
thank you! really appreciate that :D
Why did you ment about him saying passive income ect when I watched that video and he states the he doesn’t claim that to happen with print on demand 2:33 confused
mark has millions of views, if those are his buyers then perhaps he makes a buck
If you set up your payment on etsy daily you will be paid next day so no upfront koney needed.The only thing is on weekends for ex if you have an order Friday etsy will pay you Monday
Shimmy thanks for the content. I literally just finished watching his video and am now a new subscriber to your channel. My wife and I would love to start a print-on-demand business but have a couple questions. Should we start by first creating an LLC? What POD options would you recommend?
You're welcome! Thanks for subbing! You don't need an LLC, but it is helpful if you want to ake this further. I would stay with some training of some sort so you know what to do. Then it's finding a niche, finding designs, connecting to a printing partner, making a brand, uploading designs to a store front, driving traffic and getting sales... this is very simply put
@shimmymorris1 thanks for the reply. We appreciate the guidance! Eager to get started.
YES...this! They have almost cost me my shop and I'm LIVID! None will reply to you either when they misinform you and you question them about it.-April
no course they wont! they never respond
Is there any advice you could give from your struggles? What was the mistake that almost cost you your shop?
Thanks for your content! Do you have a review for Hello Custom?
He have million dollars companies what is he doing about POD amd Etsy 😁😁😁 millionaires dont have time to make videos for Etsy or POD
I’m not sure. People make RUclips videos because they love it. I don’t think I’d ever stop regardless of money
I loved this commentary. Definitely entertaining and and educational 💯
thank you for the transparency!
That thumbnail sure was pretty misleading though...