bruv, one dude I spoke with, didn't even know what a Facebook pixel is....... most if not all of these guys, have never once made a single store. they are given a pitch by other fake gurus
@@shimmymorris1 I started a store withg Redbubble a year ago and they blocked my content, as I wasnt an experienced seller.. so my uploads were inconsisten and I deleted few uploads myself, because I was just introducing myself to their upload system and trying to upload the perfect size, each product has different size so its quite too much editing work... more complicated than uploading one video that takes few minutes. probably they blocked the profile because of some copyright, or something like that ..thye send an email about it. ...but I wasnt copying anybody just trying to do various ideas.... as begginer its normal if you are just looking for ideas in your own mind, doing things with text or without text... because there are different topics for t-shirts, and different topics for animals etc. so its obvious at beginning you can not be the best seller....if they have 65 types of products, you are just trying to understand their system. Why they dont make "upload editing" by editors...who approve the content, why they block the seller because they dont like one picture. It just shows how thye have no respect for any content creator and their time with the website. If thye would at least explain the specific problem, one could understand.....their explaination is very general and quite clueless. Its like throwing a thourist from a bus, because he forgot the proper deodorant spray at home... they dont even communicate with you... to ecxplain the real problem. Its just luck if the redbubble doesnt kick you out, after several years of hard work. because the upload system takes a lot of work and editing.....you have to specifically edit every t-sghirt every pillow every bag etc. because each of them has different size. its not like you upload a video or photo to a stock website and you edsit it for few minutes.
@zigmundo having and charging for a course doesn't mean he's a scammer though does it? He does appear to be an actual POD business owner which is infinitely more of an authority with the ability to charge that for a course.
AI is becoming the biggest online scam in e-commerce. How many videos have been posted to RUclips promoting the idea that all you need to do is plug a few words into an image generator, then take the output and put it on a T-Shirt and before you know it, you'll be making $10,381 a month. The whole influencer thing is pissing me off.
AI isn't the problem--it's the people making videos like the one being described here, and convincing people that they can make money overnight. There are LOTS of people (myself included) who use AI and are aware enough to know that nothing comes easy. Hard work is always required in order to achieve the level of success they claim to have.
@@shimmymorris1 I think it would be hard to argue that influencer marketing isn't getting out of hand. People are being paid in five and even six figures to make IG and YT posts promoting products they don't own and have never used.
@@shimmymorris1dude, I think this video is amazing for people who are skeptical about starting. POD videos like these seem too good to be true, and they are, so thanks for pointing it out!
Yes you can make UP TO $24K in sales in a month. Your net profits can be as much as $4K a month. The stuff works. You just got to pay a lot in RUclips, Facebook ads for your sales lead generation.
haha yeah and then they show random stores and calculate revenue based on how many sales they made but don't talk about the money spent on ads, some of those high sales Etsy sellers have a budget of up to $1000 per day for ad spend, but the 'gurus' won't talk about that, they just wanna show big revenue numbers, pretend that its profit to entice you to buy their BS course.
the whole POD industry is destroying etsy. it's impossible to find anything made by a person with integrity any more, it's just the same endless POD t shirts and mugs with stolen designs. Hate it.
We ask you something do you find influencers? What makes a good influencer I asked this because I have tik tok followers. close to a thousand, I have never posted a video on tik tok, or RUclips. That's just from my comments, funny, positive, encouraging. A few troll attacks. But nothing mean. More I don't come to your house and harass your mom stuff. Im just tired of these vs gurus and influencers there just scam artists. I may not have some e-commerce solution. Half the time people in this world just need some positive encouragement. I was just wondering if maybe you had a word of encouragement for me. You know "shit or get off the pot" kind of thing. Am I delusional for even thinking that this is something that people need?
As a paid subscriber to Kittl, I believe it's time to go all "Karen" on them and suggest they do a better job of vetting their promoters. Thanks for shining a light on this one Shimmy!
I've tried to use Kittl more than once and truly don't like the platform. Maybe it's because of the lack of authenticity of some of the influencers they use.
@@BeeYouXOXOI use it as well and it’s pretty useful if you know what design you want or which pieces you want to take from other designs and put a twist on it
These kind of videos are necessary no matter how brutal they may seem. People who put out misleading content are majorly wasting time and possibly money for people who dont know. So I appreciate you exposing them. Thanks, Shimmy!
As an artist it's pretty infuriating to see other RUclipsr's shill AI for quick adsense. If you are too lazy to make your own/officially commission designs for a business, when many platforms have made designing things _very_ easy, then you probably are not equipped to run a business.
I’ve noticed Sarah Crisp from Wholesale Ted does the same exact thing on many of her videos on her RUclips channel and she has more than 1 million subscribers. Thank you so much for exposing these people. People who actually have tried something should be the ones giving an advice or an opinion.
I have seen a few Mayo videos and in almost every video he has a misleading ad! It’s so obvious and clear! Thank you for making this video, we need more people like you exposing this absolute fraud.
New subscriber! Excellent video. I’m 6 weeks in, 35 products on my Etsy store, zero sales, and several hundred spent on Canva Pro, Everbee, ordering samples and the list goes on. I’ve watched dozens of Josh’s videos, and while,like you said,they are well done he constantly over simplifies these businesses and side hustles. Also,the volume needed to even make $100/ month can be intimidating. Profit margins on apparel is skinny!
Well don’t listen to them. It’s like general knowledge that RUclipsrs are sugar coating the information. They’re sponsored or getting affiliate sign-ups. That’s the game & RUclips allows it. You have to take a lot of the information with a grain of salt.
This is a really helpful video for someone like me, an ACTUAL artist, who has considered starting an online business before. Thanks so much for calling out this guy’s bullshit
Thank you for this video. I recently started a print business and I’m exploring all options. I’ve avoided paying for those masterclasses because it seems a little too easy. You’ve gained a new subscriber.
Thank you for posting, it’s so easy to fall into the trap from all these “finance” RUclipsrs. I once heard “if there’s a gold rush, you’re gonna make the most money selling shovels”
I landed on your channel because I am an author who is just trying to find solid recs for shirts and other POD products so I can have some nice, quality items to giveaway at signings. Instead I have found one of the top channels when it comes to blending informative content that has real examples and explainations with hilarious entertainment. Your tone, your facial expressions, your reactions! You've got me laughing out loud with these exposing fake POD experts videos. SO glad I found your vids before I could accidentally choose a white shirt.
You know, I think a lot more people need to be doing this. There are so many "gurus" and "experts" out there doing this crap. It's so disheartening and honestly, rage-inducing. Thank you for doing this and I hope you continue to expose them.
Great exposing episode! There are too many influencers doing this... I know that many do sponsored vids but the ones that are up front are the ones I look for... Thanks for your effort on this one and you have a new subscriber! Cheers! 👍😎👍
I put a lot of effort into starting a pod business 2 years ago then 3 things happens around the same time. Etsy suspended my shop the first day with no reason given. While watching a different youtuber show their real revenue it said something like $3500 HOWEVER it also said $2000 spent in ads. What!? They never even mentioned it. That's fine still a profit but of the hundreds of hours of videos i watched not one said anything about paying for ads or how high the competition actually was. I was also rejected for Amazon merch. I was told repeatedly by these people you can reapply for Amazon in a few months. No you can not!
Nothing is more frustrating than the Amazon Merch stuff. No you gave them all your information the only way to reapply is with someone else's information and they reject so many accounts.
Alek (or Alex)Sheffield is another one! I brought a ”course” from him for $497 but the course was broken. After the first module it froze. I contacted him several times but crickets… can you do a video on him? He’s really f-ing people over and he’s all over RUclips!
Omg his videos almost got me. Then I saw one where he talked about how his success in POD was years ago. And we have no idea how much is really a success for him.
It's great that you are doing this. It's important to call people out that don't do POD and claim it's easy and free. Whyyyyy? It's neither. As a newbie on Etsy POD it is sooooo much work if you want to do it right. Not hard, it's easy to do, it's just alot of work. It also does cost money. Atleast for me, for the proper software, ads, fees, etc, it adds up. Thanks for another great vid!
Right! I used to watch him and try to implement certain things but a lot of things were left out. So I just quit! It's a shame people take advantage of others who are genuinely trying to succeed to just set us up for failure...
@@aishashaw6693their business is making RUclips videos about how to make money without having the foggiest clue what the fuck they’re doing because RUclips pays the most for financial education videos and then they affiliate market for the other shit 😂😂😂😂
There’s 2 types of people. Those who are successful and have a business and want to teach others. And those that make a business out of teaching others. Both are ok if done correctly. If you’re the second person then be honest and say you’re just giving advice but have no real life experience in it. Generally Joshua is a great guy I don’t think he means any harm and his videos are usually helpful. I just think he made a mistake with this one
@@shimmymorris1 I don't think Joshua is a great guy. He lies repeatedly, video after video. He knows that most of the advice he peddles is bs, he knows people won't make money off of it. A good person wouldn't make a business out of lying to people.
Thank you for this! A RUclipsr I’ve been watching as I consider starting my own POD business had said that she uses kittl to do the mockups for her Etsy store, so I was surprised to hear from you that that violates Etsy’s rules!
I laughed so much. I'm 1 week into my POD journey and have been bingeing on information as part of the research phase. I fully admit to being taken in by Joshua due to my inexperience. Thank you shimmy for putting me back on the path. You seem to know your stuff and have paid your dues. I will be joining the hub.
Thank you so much for being honest. Yes, building a store is NOT easy if you want to do it right! So many technical problems left out of the tutorials. But if you DO want to do it right, this is so much fun!!!!!!!
First of all, I have to start by saying that, having worked as both a graphic designer and a university professor for E-Commerce and Digital Marketing for more than 25 years now, I really appreciate your content and actually recommend it to my students. My belief is that scammers should be in jail, not on RUclips or any other social network. You have done perfect job exposing the lies in the current content under review. What I'd like to add is that (in minutes 5 to 7 of the present video) even though the author makes the point of making profit without investing anything, he shows the pictures of product "Ads by Etsy sellers", which obviously are paid promotion (not something you can get without spending money).
It’s about RUclips likes , subs ….the sad part all of these liars videos are ranking because of some uneducated people from villages seating behind the screen commenting: thank you sir, very good video sir, very helpful
There’s 2 types of people. Those who are successful and have a business and want to teach others. And those that make a business out of teaching others. Both are ok if done correctly. If you’re the second person then be honest and say you’re just giving advice but have no real life experience in it. Generally Joshua is a great guy I don’t think he means any harm and his videos are usually helpful. I just think he made a mistake with this one
@shimmymorris1 There’s a woman has more than 1m followers, she uploads a video everyday with : this company will pay you 1200 per day , that company will pay you 100 per hour bla bla bla … I tried few companies it doesn’t work as she claims , either you must be in us , and have experience, or other companies you have to write like many articles then they will decide if your articles are good. Some companies have bad reviews, she doesn’t care But the way she makes it sound, people think it’s just easy to make 100000000000 of money 😡
finally, someone calling these people out. how about Alek, Liam James Kay, the list is long ha. the list of genuine creators is much shorter. That being said, I watched a video recently that said "make 10k a month selling mugs" and I am wealthy now. just kidding.
Yeah I subscribe to Alek and it’s pretty bad cause his videos are just the same content with a new clickbait thumbnail. Really no new material. Plus they don’t talk about how terrible Printify’s print vendors are.
@@shimmymorris1Yes please do Alek! I feel like he started off genuine with his $100k challenge then when it wasn’t working and he started to grow he switched over to clickbaity videos.
Thank you for this!! I fell victim to this same issue. When I tried opening my own POD shop using their methods, I failed terribly 😅 This exposé was not only helpful but just unintentionally hilarious 😂
As someone who just started writing content in a specific niche, looking at the competition's content in the niche, and writing a ranting blog post about how the people in my niche are lying to you, I get your frustration. Ahh!
I use to watch so many of these gurus thinking that they were legit. That was years ago. Since then, I've lost all faith in RUclipsrs teaching anything.
Well done for the video, you have a new subscriber. I detest all the lies you find on RUclips about POD, Etsy, Amazon etc. they are all valid methods to make money but they all require lots of hard work and determination. They won't make you rich in a month. I have watched some of these videos and even followed some of the advice BUT all the products I sold on my POD Etsy shop were my own ideas when I followed my own instinct rather than some paid tools. I don't want to find what is selling and copy other people's ideas. 1000s of other people are doing exactly the same.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I deleted all of my POD items (most had never sold anyway) after a disastrous experience with Printify. I managed to sell 2 Solar Eclipsd water bottles to a really great customer. After telling me BS for a week that it hadn’t shipped due to poor quality of the printing requiring reprinting, they notified me the printer was out of stock until 4 days after the eclipse! I had long concluded that the majority of RUclips videos on selling on Etsy are the actual money-makers, not the products they are selling in their 6-figure-a-year shops. ❤ Shirley
glad you liked it! I'm sorry that happened to you, it's a real shame because POD can be such a rewarding business! It's a shame when RUclipsrs don't give the realistic view because then people get into the business with all the wrong expectations
I definitely think that it should be illegal to misguide people in this way. What these “influencers” don’t understand. Is that for some people that is literally their livelihood, and furthermore for some people that’s all they have left. And their taking advantage of that. It’s really sick
So refreshing to see someone speaking the truth. In POD you typically have three types of people. There are the “GET RICH QUICK LIKE ME AND HERES HOW!” RUclipsrs, then all the haters in the comments, and then the people like me who are just trying to legit figure out if this is a good opportunity. Thank you for riding that middle ground and giving such a good and honest understanding of the business.
1:59 "You don't need thousands of pounds worth of inventory..." that phrase works for both American and British audiences. Great wordplay, there. (OK... now I'll watch the rest of this video..)
This video pippednup in my feed at THE right time. I have a marketing company that i started 13 years ago and I've also launched 2 Etsy stores over the paat 5 years. Lately, I've been itching to add something else to the line up and POD has been in the back of my mind. After seeing this, and reading the cmments, I think I'm good. Back to the drawing board!! Lol
Yes someone real, honest and so refreshing (and British like myself)!. I think your future ideas on sellers who claim facts that are blatantly obvious to business sellers like yourself. First time on your channel and an easy subscriber, that's rare for me, I'm off to see more 👍.
As someone just starting out, I appreciate these videos. I’ve watched 2 so far and both were of videos I’ve actually watched and didn’t have the background knowledge to know what they said that was BS. As I started actually building a store I’ve noticed the inconsistencies you mentioned. So please, do keep doing these videos. Fortunately I have enough prior business sense to know it’s not an overnight success type business that I’ll be making thousands by Christmas since I just started a week before Thanksgiving 😂 but I do think it’ll be a fun & rewarding side business, until it’s not a side business anymore
There was a POD RUclipsr I used to follow, and the moment he made an AI design video, I left my 2¢, gave my thumbs down, and unsubscribed. Right off the bat, invading artists spaces to spam AI in direct competition with artists when the models are trained on artists' work... Absolutely despicable, deplorable, abhorrent. Behavior that needs to be condemned. It needs to stop.
I love your videos, they are honest! They're funny, (you calling people's BS) and did I mention HONEST! Thank you for taking the time to post these. They truly are needed, I wish more would do these. Thank you Shimmy🥰April
@@shimmymorris1 Your most welcome, I had people teach me when I started my shop. They would say you can't do this because it's an infringement, one day she was showing her orders of samples from different printers on Printify and she opened the bag's and they were actual VERY MUCH INFRINGEMENT"S yet she's telling us no do not do this, she would never reveal her shop name and I found someone that sent me a screenshot of her shop and it's full of infringements and she does videos on here PAID videos all over, makes you stop and go 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I finally unsubscribed from her page, I don't wanna fund someone that's a fraud! I appreciate you replying, keep up the amazing work🥰Sincerely, April
I pretty much don't watch the "guru" videos anymore. I go straight into the "what's wrong" with the process section and try to piece things together from there. It's a bit cringy to watch others getting exposed like that, but I appreciate your work, I've learned a lot.
Aspiring shop owners, entrepreneurs have a hard enough time as it is getting started, half the battle it seems is treading in a mine field of fake gurus and it is absolutely exhausting. Thank Shimmy for making this video.
The problem is that these aren't entrepreneurs, really. I think there really needs to be a distinction between these fast money scammers and actual entrepreneurs looking to develop a real e-commerce business. There's a lot of people who just hate their 9 to 5 and want to "make money on the Internet." They're not entrepreneurs either and typically have no business being in business.
Man this is fun and im learning some stuff from u , plus i didn't even know u can connect pritntful with Amazon 😅 this is actually surprisingly new to me since i only upload to MBA , but yeah thanks a lot man ❤
Thank you for these videos. It really helps those of us who want to stop Financially struggling. Especially trying to help my daughter, who loves graphic drawing get started.
Making money is hard work! For sure it is and what a great statement. I see these ads all the time and I kind of never believed that making thousands of dollars every very good work done by you and thank you from everybody
I love this video! As a beginner since 2020, I've learned the truth and wasted money on pointless courses. I made slightly under $700 on Etsy in 2023 after deducting fees and promotion after two years of no sales. The bright side for me is learning I love design, so I quit my hated career to pursue a career in design.
Can't stand that guy. Most of them are outrageous and don't do what they tell you to do. They are making money from selling 'dreams' not reality. How long will it take for the masses to know?
4:43 💯 agree with you. I sell on Etsy for years and most Etsy “gurus” on YT don’t even have Etsy shop 🤥 Sale on day 1 at Etsy is usually from your mom or your bestie 😀
There's a reason many of the so-called gurus never show you concrete proof of their claims of success.
It would’ve been fine if he just said, I heard about a cool business idea and wanted to share…
@@shimmymorris1this
some do. alek and bailey legit
bruv, one dude I spoke with, didn't even know what a Facebook pixel is....... most if not all of these guys, have never once made a single store. they are given a pitch by other fake gurus
@@shimmymorris1 I started a store withg Redbubble a year ago and they blocked my content, as I wasnt an experienced seller..
so my uploads were inconsisten and I deleted few uploads myself, because I was just introducing myself to their upload system
and trying to upload the perfect size, each product has different size so its quite too much editing work...
more complicated than uploading one video that takes few minutes.
probably they blocked the profile because of some copyright, or something like that ..thye send an email about it.
...but I wasnt copying anybody just trying to do various ideas.... as begginer its normal if you are just looking for ideas in your own mind, doing things with text or without text...
because there are different topics for t-shirts, and different topics for animals etc.
so its obvious at beginning you can not be the best seller....if they have 65 types of products, you are just trying to understand their system.
Why they dont make "upload editing" by editors...who approve the content, why they block the seller because they dont like one picture.
It just shows how thye have no respect for any content creator and their time with the website.
If thye would at least explain the specific problem, one could understand.....their explaination is very general and quite clueless.
Its like throwing a thourist from a bus, because he forgot the proper deodorant spray at home...
they dont even communicate with you... to ecxplain the real problem.
Its just luck if the redbubble doesnt kick you out, after several years of hard work.
because the upload system takes a lot of work and editing.....you have to specifically edit every t-sghirt every pillow every bag etc. because each of them has different size.
its not like you upload a video or photo to a stock website and you edsit it for few minutes.
Yup, I saw that video and looked up the Etsy shop ASAP when he slipped and showed his shop name. He had a whopping 11 sales… since 2015.
I noticed the same thing! SMH…
Omg wow. I had 11 sales today. 🤣
😂😂😂
@@beanz6795how can i pay you thousands to learn your onlinr sales secrets? 😂
Dammmmn!!! Hahaha called him out!😂😂
Shimmy has found the perfect niche: exposing fake POD gurus. Keep up the good work!
fake Guru niche is over saturated so maybe niche down! expose fake Guru's niche lols please do that wholesale ted next she is next level annoying
Expose the AI clipart Etsy scammers next.
While he has a $100 a month course himself lol
@@zigmundo yeah I figured that out same scam different angle
@zigmundo having and charging for a course doesn't mean he's a scammer though does it? He does appear to be an actual POD business owner which is infinitely more of an authority with the ability to charge that for a course.
AI is becoming the biggest online scam in e-commerce. How many videos have been posted to RUclips promoting the idea that all you need to do is plug a few words into an image generator, then take the output and put it on a T-Shirt and before you know it, you'll be making $10,381 a month. The whole influencer thing is pissing me off.
AI isn't the problem--it's the people making videos like the one being described here, and convincing people that they can make money overnight. There are LOTS of people (myself included) who use AI and are aware enough to know that nothing comes easy. Hard work is always required in order to achieve the level of success they claim to have.
I think ai is fine. It’s the people promoting it. Success is hard with or without ai
@@shimmymorris1 I think it would be hard to argue that influencer marketing isn't getting out of hand. People are being paid in five and even six figures to make IG and YT posts promoting products they don't own and have never used.
@@JWCinPDX it definitely is ! But I don’t think so is the scam though
@@shimmymorris1 I agree 100%!
We need more people like you exposing these POS gurus. Honestly getting tired of these RUclipsrs taking advantage of people.
thank you! I'll do my best
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID WHAT WE’VE ALL BEEN THINKING 🙌
I'm surprised to see you here chris😂
@@itsyaboiherman haha what's up Herman!
Nothing will change though 😞
@@shimmymorris1 with enough people pointing out the BS, I believe it will😀🤙
@@shimmymorris1dude, I think this video is amazing for people who are skeptical about starting. POD videos like these seem too good to be true, and they are, so thanks for pointing it out!
Oh oh oh. Do a video on RUclipsr's saying, "You can make $24k/mo with this mug design" 🤬
lol!
Yes!! That is a wonderful idea. TOO MANY people are doing this and it is so annoying.
Yes you can make UP TO $24K in sales in a month. Your net profits can be as much as $4K a month. The stuff works. You just got to pay a lot in RUclips, Facebook ads for your sales lead generation.
haha yeah and then they show random stores and calculate revenue based on how many sales they made but don't talk about the money spent on ads, some of those high sales Etsy sellers have a budget of up to $1000 per day for ad spend, but the 'gurus' won't talk about that, they just wanna show big revenue numbers, pretend that its profit to entice you to buy their BS course.
lol this is because they see people as the “🫖”. No emoji for a mug so a teapot will have to do. See what I did here. 🤧.
the whole POD industry is destroying etsy. it's impossible to find anything made by a person with integrity any more, it's just the same endless POD t shirts and mugs with stolen designs. Hate it.
100% agree here and from someone who actually runs an influencer agency. This is totally illegal.
Right!!!
We ask you something do you find influencers? What makes a good influencer I asked this because I have tik tok followers. close to a thousand, I have never posted a video on tik tok, or RUclips. That's just from my comments, funny, positive, encouraging. A few troll attacks. But nothing mean. More I don't come to your house and harass your mom stuff. Im just tired of these vs gurus and influencers there just scam artists. I may not have some e-commerce solution. Half the time people in this world just need some positive encouragement. I was just wondering if maybe you had a word of encouragement for me. You know "shit or get off the pot" kind of thing. Am I delusional for even thinking that this is something that people need?
FCC
As a paid subscriber to Kittl, I believe it's time to go all "Karen" on them and suggest they do a better job of vetting their promoters. Thanks for shining a light on this one Shimmy!
Yes I think so too!
I've tried to use Kittl more than once and truly don't like the platform. Maybe it's because of the lack of authenticity of some of the influencers they use.
@@BeeYouXOXOI use it as well and it’s pretty useful if you know what design you want or which pieces you want to take from other designs and put a twist on it
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@@BeeYouXOXOit’s a tool, that is how I look at it. I use the Kittl youtube channel and their blog & tutorials to learn. I like the free option.
Love this! You could make a whole career exposing crooked RUclipsrs.
probably yea! sad how many there are
Please expose these charlatans. Thank you, Shimmy.
You’re welcome
"Do you Joshua? Do you really?" 😂😂😂
There are so many times that I've wondered the same thing watching pod videos.
Allll the time!
Before finishing the video and reading this comment, I’m like: what I do now?!
Shimmy is the new Coffeezilla for POD :D
Haha gosh can you imagine! I loveeee his content
Shimmyzilla 😂 ☕️ 👕
Yes! That should be a new design 😂👏🏽
Thanks @Shimmy! Please get all of these POD LIARS and help people out that really want to succeed and make a difference in their lives...👌
I’ll try 🙏🏻
Joshua is the king of idea promotion with no follow-up or real world use. Sad to see him continue the trend.
I wonder when it'll end
Great for ADHD people. Get a plan, get excited and start, only to then just get bored with no instant results and move onto a new idea.
These kind of videos are necessary no matter how brutal they may seem. People who put out misleading content are majorly wasting time and possibly money for people who dont know. So I appreciate you exposing them. Thanks, Shimmy!
you're welcome! glad you liked it :D
As an artist it's pretty infuriating to see other RUclipsr's shill AI for quick adsense. If you are too lazy to make your own/officially commission designs for a business, when many platforms have made designing things _very_ easy, then you probably are not equipped to run a business.
I’ve noticed Sarah Crisp from Wholesale Ted does the same exact thing on many of her videos on her RUclips channel and she has more than 1 million subscribers. Thank you so much for exposing these people. People who actually have tried something should be the ones giving an advice or an opinion.
She's one of the original charlatans
You had me at "do you do you Joshua " !!! You said it with heart and so much sarcasm!! Love it
It’s my English sarcasm showing through haha
@@shimmymorris1 that's an English New Yorker!
glad to see you directing your energies towards taking down these POD scammers. keep up the good work.
And many other areas ☺️☺️
I have seen a few Mayo videos and in almost every video he has a misleading ad! It’s so obvious and clear! Thank you for making this video, we need more people like you exposing this absolute fraud.
Your honesty is appreciated... thanks for showing us what not to do with POD 👍
No problem 👍
Oh my... So many of these youtubers are popping every single day.. Finally someone to expose them. Thanks, Shimmy!
You’re welcome! There’s so many it’s crazy!
New subscriber! Excellent video. I’m 6 weeks in, 35 products on my Etsy store, zero sales, and several hundred spent on Canva Pro, Everbee, ordering samples and the list goes on. I’ve watched dozens of Josh’s videos, and while,like you said,they are well done he constantly over simplifies these businesses and side hustles. Also,the volume needed to even make $100/ month can be intimidating. Profit margins on apparel is skinny!
The moment he said one can connect Printify with RedBubble is probably the most embarrassing bit. Shame on Joshua Mayo.... So sad...
Ye that really got me
Thank you. I am trying to find a way out of poverty, and these people give people like me false hope.
Well don’t listen to them. It’s like general knowledge that RUclipsrs are sugar coating the information. They’re sponsored or getting affiliate sign-ups. That’s the game & RUclips allows it. You have to take a lot of the information with a grain of salt.
I’m new to the POD business and I follow a lot of his videos, so I really appreciate you making this. Really helps put things into perspective.
This is a really helpful video for someone like me, an ACTUAL artist, who has considered starting an online business before. Thanks so much for calling out this guy’s bullshit
Thank you for this video. I recently started a print business and I’m exploring all options. I’ve avoided paying for those masterclasses because it seems a little too easy. You’ve gained a new subscriber.
Thank you for posting, it’s so easy to fall into the trap from all these “finance” RUclipsrs.
I once heard “if there’s a gold rush, you’re gonna make the most money selling shovels”
The thing that’s wrong comes down to one word: transparency, or rather the lack of it. 😬
I appreciate you being fully honest about your previous practices. I got huge respect for you now.
thank you so much
I landed on your channel because I am an author who is just trying to find solid recs for shirts and other POD products so I can have some nice, quality items to giveaway at signings. Instead I have found one of the top channels when it comes to blending informative content that has real examples and explainations with hilarious entertainment. Your tone, your facial expressions, your reactions! You've got me laughing out loud with these exposing fake POD experts videos.
SO glad I found your vids before I could accidentally choose a white shirt.
You know, I think a lot more people need to be doing this. There are so many "gurus" and "experts" out there doing this crap. It's so disheartening and honestly, rage-inducing. Thank you for doing this and I hope you continue to expose them.
Your welcome! Thanks so much for watching! I hopefully will
Great exposing episode!
There are too many influencers doing this...
I know that many do sponsored vids but the ones that are up front are the ones I look for...
Thanks for your effort on this one and you have a new subscriber!
Cheers!
👍😎👍
awesomeeee thank you so much! :D
I put a lot of effort into starting a pod business 2 years ago then 3 things happens around the same time. Etsy suspended my shop the first day with no reason given. While watching a different youtuber show their real revenue it said something like $3500 HOWEVER it also said $2000 spent in ads. What!? They never even mentioned it. That's fine still a profit but of the hundreds of hours of videos i watched not one said anything about paying for ads or how high the competition actually was. I was also rejected for Amazon merch. I was told repeatedly by these people you can reapply for Amazon in a few months. No you can not!
Yea paying for ads is a biggggg element! Sorry your shop got suspended
Nothing is more frustrating than the Amazon Merch stuff. No you gave them all your information the only way to reapply is with someone else's information and they reject so many accounts.
The look of ancestral dissgust when you said "gold" 😂😂 Love this! Tell 'em boo
Alek (or Alex)Sheffield is another one! I brought a ”course” from him for $497 but the course was broken. After the first module it froze. I contacted him several times but crickets… can you do a video on him? He’s really f-ing people over and he’s all over RUclips!
He has been brought up a few times to me. But I think he does have a legit Etsy business
Contact your credit card company as what you ordered was not delivered.
Omg his videos almost got me. Then I saw one where he talked about how his success in POD was years ago. And we have no idea how much is really a success for him.
@@KC-ed1dj I did, and unfortunately they didn’t allow the dispute 😔
It's great that you are doing this. It's important to call people out that don't do POD and claim it's easy and free. Whyyyyy? It's neither. As a newbie on Etsy POD it is sooooo much work if you want to do it right. Not hard, it's easy to do, it's just alot of work. It also does cost money. Atleast for me, for the proper software, ads, fees, etc, it adds up. Thanks for another great vid!
Totally!!!
Man you got an instant subscriber calling out these liars. Please do more videos calling everyone out. That’s good NICHE
That's why some of us fail in online business 😭
Right! I used to watch him and try to implement certain things but a lot of things were left out. So I just quit! It's a shame people take advantage of others who are genuinely trying to succeed to just set us up for failure...
@@aishashaw6693their business is making RUclips videos about how to make money without having the foggiest clue what the fuck they’re doing because RUclips pays the most for financial education videos and then they affiliate market for the other shit 😂😂😂😂
There’s 2 types of people. Those who are successful and have a business and want to teach others. And those that make a business out of teaching others. Both are ok if done correctly.
If you’re the second person then be honest and say you’re just giving advice but have no real life experience in it.
Generally Joshua is a great guy I don’t think he means any harm and his videos are usually helpful. I just think he made a mistake with this one
@@shimmymorris1 I don't think Joshua is a great guy. He lies repeatedly, video after video. He knows that most of the advice he peddles is bs, he knows people won't make money off of it. A good person wouldn't make a business out of lying to people.
Thank you for this! A RUclipsr I’ve been watching as I consider starting my own POD business had said that she uses kittl to do the mockups for her Etsy store, so I was surprised to hear from you that that violates Etsy’s rules!
Thank you, it's nice to hear the truth.. good, bad or ugly.
You’re welcome
I laughed so much.
I'm 1 week into my POD journey and have been bingeing on information as part of the research phase.
I fully admit to being taken in by Joshua due to my inexperience.
Thank you shimmy for putting me back on the path.
You seem to know your stuff and have paid your dues.
I will be joining the hub.
Thanks for debunking all the BS that is being said about POD, it’s time someone stepped up and said a piece. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for being honest. Yes, building a store is NOT easy if you want to do it right! So many technical problems left out of the tutorials. But if you DO want to do it right, this is so much fun!!!!!!!
Found this cause my dogs woke me at 4 am. Fantastic stuff. Subscribed
Loved this vid! “Do you Joshua? Do you? Really?” 😂
haha, i was going to input a friends scene at one point but ran out of time
First of all, I have to start by saying that, having worked as both a graphic designer and a university professor for E-Commerce and Digital Marketing for more than 25 years now, I really appreciate your content and actually recommend it to my students. My belief is that scammers should be in jail, not on RUclips or any other social network. You have done perfect job exposing the lies in the current content under review. What I'd like to add is that (in minutes 5 to 7 of the present video) even though the author makes the point of making profit without investing anything, he shows the pictures of product "Ads by Etsy sellers", which obviously are paid promotion (not something you can get without spending money).
It’s about RUclips likes , subs ….the sad part all of these liars videos are ranking because of some uneducated people from villages seating behind the screen commenting: thank you sir, very good video sir, very helpful
There’s 2 types of people. Those who are successful and have a business and want to teach others. And those that make a business out of teaching others. Both are ok if done correctly.
If you’re the second person then be honest and say you’re just giving advice but have no real life experience in it.
Generally Joshua is a great guy I don’t think he means any harm and his videos are usually helpful. I just think he made a mistake with this one
@shimmymorris1 There’s a woman has more than 1m followers, she uploads a video everyday with : this company will pay you 1200 per day , that company will pay you 100 per hour bla bla bla … I tried few companies it doesn’t work as she claims , either you must be in us , and have experience, or other companies you have to write like many articles then they will decide if your articles are good. Some companies have bad reviews, she doesn’t care
But the way she makes it sound, people think it’s just easy to make 100000000000 of money 😡
finally, someone calling these people out. how about Alek, Liam James Kay, the list is long ha. the list of genuine creators is much shorter. That being said, I watched a video recently that said "make 10k a month selling mugs" and I am wealthy now. just kidding.
it makes me mad how silly that sounds people selling for years till they actually make decent amouth of money
Yeah I subscribe to Alek and it’s pretty bad cause his videos are just the same content with a new clickbait thumbnail. Really no new material. Plus they don’t talk about how terrible Printify’s print vendors are.
There’s unfortunately a looonnnng list of people!
@@shimmymorris1Yes please do Alek! I feel like he started off genuine with his $100k challenge then when it wasn’t working and he started to grow he switched over to clickbaity videos.
@@AlysonAsami i'll do some research
Thank you for this!! I fell victim to this same issue. When I tried opening my own POD shop using their methods, I failed terribly 😅 This exposé was not only helpful but just unintentionally hilarious 😂
As someone who just started writing content in a specific niche, looking at the competition's content in the niche, and writing a ranting blog post about how the people in my niche are lying to you, I get your frustration. Ahh!
yup!!! it's super annoying
This is how scary the digital footprints can be.
Love this. Fed up of seeing these BS "Guru's" making it seem easy. Well played Shimmy, keep up the crusade 🤘
Thanks, will do!
I use to watch so many of these gurus thinking that they were legit. That was years ago. Since then, I've lost all faith in RUclipsrs teaching anything.
What a great job Shimmy! Do they not think that people who do this for a living not gonna clock onto their lies. Mind blowing
thanks Addie! appreciate that. It's strange isn't it...
Thank you so much for this video. Sadly, that creator doesn’t respond to comments.
Many RUclipsrs sell dreams and take advantage of our greatest weakness....dopamine.
indeed
Well done for the video, you have a new subscriber. I detest all the lies you find on RUclips about POD, Etsy, Amazon etc. they are all valid methods to make money but they all require lots of hard work and determination. They won't make you rich in a month. I have watched some of these videos and even followed some of the advice BUT all the products I sold on my POD Etsy shop were my own ideas when I followed my own instinct rather than some paid tools. I don't want to find what is selling and copy other people's ideas. 1000s of other people are doing exactly the same.
thank you!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I deleted all of my POD items (most had never sold anyway) after a disastrous experience with Printify. I managed to sell 2 Solar Eclipsd water bottles to a really great customer. After telling me BS for a week that it hadn’t shipped due to poor quality of the printing requiring reprinting, they notified me the printer was out of stock until 4 days after the eclipse!
I had long concluded that the majority of RUclips videos on selling on Etsy are the actual money-makers, not the products they are selling in their 6-figure-a-year shops.
❤ Shirley
glad you liked it! I'm sorry that happened to you, it's a real shame because POD can be such a rewarding business! It's a shame when RUclipsrs don't give the realistic view because then people get into the business with all the wrong expectations
Loved the "little tangent"/ very pertinent illustration if the bs😂😂. High quality sarcasm👌
Thanks, Shimmy, for your transparency. It's quite rare to find people to trust in POD.
you're welcome!
I definitely think that it should be illegal to misguide people in this way. What these “influencers” don’t understand. Is that for some people that is literally their livelihood, and furthermore for some people that’s all they have left. And their taking advantage of that. It’s really sick
Those of us who are new are so grateful for someone who tells the truth! It won't put me off, but I appreciate the realism. Thanks!
Great! I don’t want to put anyone off. Just make sure they know what they’re getting into
So refreshing to see someone speaking the truth. In POD you typically have three types of people. There are the “GET RICH QUICK LIKE ME AND HERES HOW!” RUclipsrs, then all the haters in the comments, and then the people like me who are just trying to legit figure out if this is a good opportunity. Thank you for riding that middle ground and giving such a good and honest understanding of the business.
1:59 "You don't need thousands of pounds worth of inventory..." that phrase works for both American and British audiences. Great wordplay, there. (OK... now I'll watch the rest of this video..)
Haha enjoy!
Thank you exposing people, You have guts.
thanks for watching!
Thank you for pointing out the scam videos. It helps to know what to look for when watching these business-idea videos.
This video pippednup in my feed at THE right time. I have a marketing company that i started 13 years ago and I've also launched 2 Etsy stores over the paat 5 years. Lately, I've been itching to add something else to the line up and POD has been in the back of my mind. After seeing this, and reading the cmments, I think I'm good. Back to the drawing board!! Lol
Yes someone real, honest and so refreshing (and British like myself)!. I think your future ideas on sellers who claim facts that are blatantly obvious to business sellers like yourself. First time on your channel and an easy subscriber, that's rare for me, I'm off to see more 👍.
Thank you!! really appreciate that :D
As someone just starting out, I appreciate these videos. I’ve watched 2 so far and both were of videos I’ve actually watched and didn’t have the background knowledge to know what they said that was BS. As I started actually building a store I’ve noticed the inconsistencies you mentioned.
So please, do keep doing these videos.
Fortunately I have enough prior business sense to know it’s not an overnight success type business that I’ll be making thousands by Christmas since I just started a week before Thanksgiving 😂 but I do think it’ll be a fun & rewarding side business, until it’s not a side business anymore
There was a POD RUclipsr I used to follow, and the moment he made an AI design video, I left my 2¢, gave my thumbs down, and unsubscribed. Right off the bat, invading artists spaces to spam AI in direct competition with artists when the models are trained on artists' work... Absolutely despicable, deplorable, abhorrent.
Behavior that needs to be condemned. It needs to stop.
This is so enlightening, how do people have the nerve?
Bravo! This video is brilliant. Well done Shimmy.
Thank you so much!
I love your videos, they are honest! They're funny, (you calling people's BS) and did I mention HONEST! Thank you for taking the time to post these. They truly are needed, I wish more would do these. Thank you Shimmy🥰April
Thank you so much! Really appreciate that!
@@shimmymorris1 Your most welcome, I had people teach me when I started my shop. They would say you can't do this because it's an infringement, one day she was showing her orders of samples from different printers on Printify and she opened the bag's and they were actual VERY MUCH INFRINGEMENT"S yet she's telling us no do not do this, she would never reveal her shop name and I found someone that sent me a screenshot of her shop and it's full of infringements and she does videos on here PAID videos all over, makes you stop and go 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I finally unsubscribed from her page, I don't wanna fund someone that's a fraud! I appreciate you replying, keep up the amazing work🥰Sincerely, April
I pretty much don't watch the "guru" videos anymore. I go straight into the "what's wrong" with the process section and try to piece things together from there. It's a bit cringy to watch others getting exposed like that, but I appreciate your work, I've learned a lot.
AI “art” sucks and anyone who uses it to make a profit should be ashamed
Aspiring shop owners, entrepreneurs have a hard enough time as it is getting started, half the battle it seems is treading in a mine field of fake gurus and it is absolutely exhausting. Thank Shimmy for making this video.
you're welcome!
The problem is that these aren't entrepreneurs, really. I think there really needs to be a distinction between these fast money scammers and actual entrepreneurs looking to develop a real e-commerce business.
There's a lot of people who just hate their 9 to 5 and want to "make money on the Internet." They're not entrepreneurs either and typically have no business being in business.
Man this is fun and im learning some stuff from u , plus i didn't even know u can connect pritntful with Amazon 😅 this is actually surprisingly new to me since i only upload to MBA , but yeah thanks a lot man ❤
Glad I could help!
When I watched his video I thought, surely im not the only one seeing through this guy. Thank you for this video! Subbed
This kind of content is really appreciated. Great job!
*pops up on my home page* 🍿 ooow what happened? .. who’s this guy?? What’s print on demand?
Oooow juicy 1:19 straight to it. 😂
haha, glad you liked it
Remarkable truths always show up & HE is exposed 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻
LOLOL “Do you, Joshua? Do you really?” 😂😂
Thanks Shimmy we need more people like you
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Joshua needs to watch this video 😂
Thanks for your transparency shimmy
I subscribe immediately after watching this video
More quality content Shimmy. Keep going brother 👍🏻
Thank you 🙌
Whenever someone says “to be 100% honest” it just screams to me: “… because everything else I’ve already says was a lie”
Thank you for these videos. It really helps those of us who want to stop Financially struggling. Especially trying to help my daughter, who loves graphic drawing get started.
Making money is hard work! For sure it is and what a great statement. I see these ads all the time and I kind of never believed that making thousands of dollars every very good work done by you and thank you from everybody
I like your style man. You are not trying to tear him down reality is reality.
thank you!
I love this video! As a beginner since 2020, I've learned the truth and wasted money on pointless courses. I made slightly under $700 on Etsy in 2023 after deducting fees and promotion after two years of no sales. The bright side for me is learning I love design, so I quit my hated career to pursue a career in design.
Nice! It's definitely harder than people let off.
I literally almost fell off my chair when the keep growing showed up on screen. Thank you for exposing these slimeballs.
Can't stand that guy. Most of them are outrageous and don't do what they tell you to do. They are making money from selling 'dreams' not reality. How long will it take for the masses to know?
It's a real shame because it's actually a great business if you know what you're getting yourself into
Lmao. RUclips just played a kittl ad and I’ve literally never heard of this site till now 😂
Incredible job! This absolutely needs calling out.
4:43 💯 agree with you. I sell on Etsy for years and most Etsy “gurus” on YT don’t even have Etsy shop 🤥 Sale on day 1 at Etsy is usually from your mom or your bestie 😀
Thank you for telling me the truth. I’d love more videos like this. That’s why I subscribed.
thank you! really appreciate that