@8.54 That's totally bogus info, dude. That is NOT the correct AR for mug designs. I wasted hours before I actually checked the output against the required size on printify (2475 x 1155). Try dividing those by 293 and 151 respectively yourself and see what you get. If it's not a whole number then it's WRONG! I had quite a bit of trouble working out the real AR myself as none of the online ratio calculators were any help, but I got there. But just for that, I'm not going to tell you what it is! ;) Even tho it's my own fault for taking some guy on YT's word for it, and for not checking sooner! Lesson learned! ;) (Edit) P.S. Where on earth did you get the 293:151 from? Someone was having you on! ^^
It's REALLY important to note that they're NOT personally "making" $21,613 per month - that's just TOP-LINE revenue (gross sales). The cost of POD items like mugs has gone up a lot recently and at very best they're maybe making HALF of that in actual net income - as long as they're not also advertising to get noticed and get customers, which a LOT of these high revenue shops actually are, so then the bottom-line/net income is MUCH less. Then you have MidJourney subscription and maybe other fees along the way.... $21,613 per month is still great and I love the overall concept of this video, BUT it actually takes a LOT of trial and error time to find winning designs generally AND the numbers in this (and MOST other similar videos) definitely gives people an incredibly false expectation of how easy it is and, particularly, how much money they can make with this.... Other than all that, this is a SUPER helpful video :)
I really love how you have reviewed this content and make a positive critique out of it.. Giving all us a proper down to earth view and clarifying what one should expect or else be prepared to do if decide to pick this line of business.
true.... i already feel that... even no income yet on my etsy... but really struggle to set up everything... i have troublesome of handling alone while working part time designing.... i have started the design for school and now only trying to get this since i was in the same area.... i feel too excited watching youtube showing their income that probably i can do as what i see there... but the other word... u have to invest in another platform to get better and hunt as what your etsy shop looks different and special .... giving try and error is another part to spend time to experiment... just wonder that some one can tell me... this RUclipsr showing this method doing themself or with the team???
I agree …cool idea in theory but to test the amount of designs for mugs sounds like a lot of time. He said to make as many designs as possible too. So it would take a lot of time to make all of them and then hoping a design hits.
Some I see NO ONE mentioning is that even tools like Everbee do NOT calculate sales at all! So there are stores that Everbee will report are making $5,000 a month when they have an ongoing 50% (some are 70%!!) off sales which cuts their gross income in half right there. Then none of the tools report the advertising budgets. Who has any idea what these stores are actually netting after advertising and taxes once you actually look at the listing and see the sales price. It kinds of sucks because at the end of the day you can see what's "popular" by number of sales, but the reality might be someone with less than half the sales is making twice as much net income than one of these Everbee top sellers.
To make a profit of $100k only by selling mugs means that you will need to sell around 40k-60k mugs (if you don't have your own print studio and the knowledge needed to produce a quality print for a reasonable price). To sell one mug you will need an average of 40-80 views on your listing, 60 x 50 000 = 3M. The first thing you need to ask yourself is how are you going to bring those 3 million people to your store organically in order to make this 100k of profit. I have been selling on Etsy for 3 years already and trust me guys it's not that easy :P
Making money is not the same as keeping it there is a reason why investments aren't well taught in schools, the examples you gave are well stationed, the market crisis gave me my first millions, people shy away from hard times, I embrace them.. well at least my advisor does lol.
Investors should be cautious about their exposure and be wary of new buys, especially during inflation. Such high yields in this recession is only possible under the supervision of a professional or trusted advisor.
This is superb! Information, as a noob it gets quite difficult to handle all of this and staying informed is a major cause, how do you go about this are you a pro investor?
I stopped trying to predict market outcomes based on chart studying after 5 years of uncertainty. Not having a mentor caused me 5 years of pain. I learned to follow the market's direction and keep it simple with discipline.
To my understanding this just proves how much we need an edge as investors because playing the market like everyone else just isn’t good enough. I've been quite unsure about investing in this current market and at the same time I feel it's the best time to get started on the market, what are your thoughts?
Since the crash, I've been in the red. I’m playing the long term game, so I'm not too worried but Jim Cramer mentioned there are still a lot of great opportunities, though stocks has been down a lot. I also heard news of a guy that made $250k from about $110k since the crash and I would really look to know how to go about this.
Thats true, I've been getting assisted by a FA for almost a year now, I started out with less than $200K and I'm just $19,000 short of half a million in profit.
@@Oly_laura My advisor is ‘’Catherine Morrison Evans’’ she’s highly qualified and experienced in the financial market. She has extensive knowledge of portfolio diversity and is considered an expert in the field. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market
Etsy used to be a website for handmade goods. Now we have to sort through low-quality dropshipping shops to find the products that we really want. It’s a shame. I know times change, but I wish we could go back to the way things used to be.
Gotta say, whether this ends up as a good business or not, you've provided a lot of really good resources here in the support software / websites etc. Thanks.
I was very excited when I saw this as everything seemed attainable. However 5 months, nearly 50 listings in, paying for Etsy ads and IG ads, I have 0 sales. I think a key part that you forgot to mention is one does need a certain level of design skills or at least an eye for design. AI is great at spitting designs but it lacks originality and finesses and those are things people instantly and unknowingly look for when they see items. The other thing is the competition, there are thousands of similar shops with similar-looking designs. You can actually tell when a design is made by AI and when it's not. Sad to say but Im going to stop continuing on this and the amount of hours I put in this will equate to a sunk cost.
Sorry to hear man. I've invested about 15 hours into a coloring book business after watching one of these videos, and I'm feeling the same way. I think this information would have been useful about a year ago, now there's way too many people flooding the markets with similar products, which is why these RUclipsr's don't care about teaching how to do it. They're like panhandlers selling their tools after they've finished searching the river for gold, and I swear there's a group of them who use the same exact script when making their videos almost word for word
@@cameron9292yeah man i totally resonate with everything you said. I also took a stab at children books on amazon and beyond initial sales from friends and family and some extended network, it pretty much dried up. On the hunt for the next one lol
I thought my family and relations are the only one trading with Mrs Layla trading services and analysis? I gues her good reputation and profitable brokerage services now speaks for her!
man i just discovered you and just started my midjourney "journey" :D and let me tell you your pure gold keep on the good work. This is actual doable not like the others bla bla by my course for 4k$ at the end of the video. Bless u man
Come on folks, if he's making $21k a month doing anything then why is he on here telling you how to do it and not sitting on a beach somewhere? You're the product.
That's poor man's thinking, the super rich have multiple streams of income poor people only have one. You should never put all on your eggs in one basket.
I agree with you! My doubts are that after all that work is done and up running, why will customers by products from my basic and none professional store(i'm not a web designer) when they can cut the middle man and by directly from a supplier? Also, why will i run a store that can't never compete against amazon, temu or so many others out there that spends millions a year in advertizing and publicity? 🤔
Productivity never happens by chance; it is always the result of careful preparation, dedication, and consistency. I thank God for my advisor, Mr Yuval Eric Brokman; with his assistance, I am now financially solid, earning between $10,000 and $25,000 every week.;;
Profit and revenue are completely different things. Only revenue is mentioned in the video, so profit never been mentioned. Because it’s not that much fun, right?
Productivity never happens by chance; it is always the result of careful preparation, dedication, and consistency. I thank God for my advisor, Mr Yuval Eric Brokman; with his assistance, I am now financially solid, earning between $10,000 and $25,000 every week.
Great video. I watch several youtube videos on how to trade in the market but haven't made any head start because they are either talking some gibberish or sharing their story of how they made it and I do not want to make mistakes by taking risks in my own hands
The best strategy to use in trading is to trade with a professional who understands the market quite well, that way maximum profit is guaranteed, I'll highly recommend Karla Alston, she is my current trader and her strategies are working
Interesting you mentioned Karla Alston, she is the best and her strategies works like magic. I've been making over 80% of my investment weekly since I started investing with her trading service
After I got 300K investing with Karla, bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the state thanks to her team. When someone is straightforward with what he or she is doing, people will always speak up for them
I see some are disappointed in results. However, I am thankful because for the first time in many years I am being creative again. Whether I make scads of moohlah or never post an Etsy listing I enjoying being creative. Having a blast really just creating designs on Printify. I will add to my Etsy shop when I am all ducks in a row. No matter what I am a winner, thanks Alex for the inspiration.
The doubters are wrong. I started a shop when the pandemic first began and I spent like 5 minutes making stupid funny mask designs and then I walked away and ignored it. They still sell sometimes, I can't even believe it lol.
Make a RUclips video "How Billionaire Alyson thinks". You don't need to be a Billionaire. But just put some eye-catching visuals and frames and make a video and get views. In the era of AI, it's all pure Luck and Luck alone.
Great Video, apparently you all have been following the recent development in block chain technology. I heard some blockchain companies now have smart contract for mortgages.
Yes people who have assets with the main Crypto BLOCKCHAIN will control global assets via mortgage contracts, that where everyone should be going now. I learnt this from Ms Mildred Lopez
As someone who has been using MidJourney for a month and tried out numerous images from photography style to watercolor, to hd, to cutesy, etc., I just want to encourage people to really edit your final image before uploading. What I have encountered is that as of today, MidJourney A.I. has some flaws with rendering human, animal and insect anatomy correctly. You may get weird hands, extra fingers on humans. A butterfly with a floppy torn wing. A cute watercolor raccoon with a strange paw. I have noticed that people are throwing A.I. images up on Etsy for digital downloads and not editing the image. I was hoping to create Mockups on MidJourney, but until it gets better with detail, especially Humans, I am holding off on that.
Like Sam said before me v5.1 is VERY good with human anatomy now - even hands. NOT always 100% of course but sooo much better than v4. But, yeah, you still get one-winged fairy’s and such 😅
All these Blah-Blah "Entrepreneurs" only making $ by working as Talking Head on YT, "they making $720 /day" yeah and Spending $1K /day on Google Ads, then what? Ohh. then they actually losing - $280 /day.. Profit margins (if Any) very thin.. Stop talking.. :)
Key part you didn't mention: YOU NEED TO LEARN MARKETING otherwise you will sell 1 mug in 3 years. No matter what you try to sell on the internet, whether it's a product or a service, you have to know how to advertise it. Otherwise you're wasting your own time.
Welll Im a testament if I get this man . This will be such a blessing that Im wanting to bless and start something that noone thinks about . If these people are not just people with trying to pay ad revenue@@alekSheffy
Thank goodness you brought this up! Truly, investing has changed my perspective on how one can succeed in life; working multiple jobs isn't the optimal way to attain financial freedom and unfortunately, we discover this later in life. Currently earn as much as 10 grand weekly and this has improved my financial life. Great piece!
Printify will charge SELLER'S CREDIT CARD for all the shipment and print, it doesn't wait for customer to pay seller , that's sellers' repsonsibility to actually get paid. This is huge downside since size of your funds or credit determines how much you can sell. you technically are bying form Printify first and then getting paid (or not) by the buyer. printify doesn't process your payments.
After so much info overload from random influencers online, I can honestly say that you're the absolute BEST! You're so pleasant to listen to and you make sense. This means the world, thank you!
Excellent ideas and got my creative juices flowing with how you can leverage AI to make some extra cash online. I agree with other posts though who have a bit more real-world experience - selling online isn't a piece of cake. It's not an "Easy Side Hustle" (massive LOL). I have been doing it for 7+ years (Amazon, Ebay, Etsy). It's not difficult to earn "100k" in a year but let's be transparent - that's GROSS revenue. Assume you're going to making very thin margins on PoD. Something like 25-30% if you're really good at leveraging your marketing dollars because you're going to need to feed the advertising beasts on any of those selling platforms. Doing the math, that's about $6k net per month (still not bad for a "side hustle"). Let me also tell you some stories about this "easy side hustle" I started over 7 years ago. I ended up working MORE hours each week than I did in my "9-5 job" ... because ... it was a "easy side hustle" (again, Huge LOL). Dealing with algorithms, changes in selling rules, etc. Big massive PITA. Then don't get me started on all the supplier issues during C-v*d. And customer service. Returns. I mean, this is a business afterall, and you have to expect to do some work to make money. THERE IS NOTHING PASSIVE ABOUT THIS AT ALL. If you want a TRUE passive income - try investing. ✌
Thank you so much for sharing Alek. I've had ideas of printables forever but never knew I didn"t need to own a physical store to produce and sell my ideas. Blessings bro
Guys I can guarantee you if this kid could make money selling coffee cups on the internet he would not be making videos with the same clickbaity titles that people used when youtube was a new platform.
Here's an AI summary of the video: 00:00 🛍 Introduction to Print on Demand: A Journey to $100K with AI-Assisted Mug Designs 01:00 🎨 Exploring AI-Generated Mug Designs: Examples of Successful Etsy Shops 02:00 💡 The Mechanics of Print on Demand: Simplifying E-commerce with Printify and Etsy Integration 03:00 📈 Showcasing Success: Analyzing High Earning Etsy Shops Selling Mugs 04:00 🚀 Setting Up for Success: Creating a Gmail Account and Etsy Shop for Business 05:00 🖌 Designing with Mid-Journey: Generating Mug Designs Using AI 06:00 🌵 Crafting Unique Mug Designs: Exploring Cactus-Themed Art with Mid-Journey 07:00 ⚙ Enhancing AI Creativity: Adjusting Stylization Settings in Mid-Journey for Mug Designs 08:00 📐 Perfecting Design Dimensions: Using Aspect Ratios in Mid-Journey for Optimal Mug Print 09:00 🎨 Creative Mug Designs: From Mushrooms to Pressed Flowers Using AI 10:00 🛒 Making Mugs Marketable: Uploading AI-Generated Designs to Printify and Etsy 11:00 📝 Enhancing Designs with Text: Adding AI-Generated Puns to Mug Designs 12:00 📸 Perfecting Product Presentation: Using Mock-ups and SEO for Etsy Listings 13:00 🏷 SEO for Success: Crafting Effective Titles and Tags for Etsy Listings 14:00 🖼 Adjusting Mug Designs: Editing Mock-ups for One-Sided and Full Wrap Images 15:00 🌟 Concluding Thoughts: Gratitude for Print on Demand Success and a Call to Subscribe for More Tips
The real money to be made is in creating Etsy videos about super short term exaggerated profits. I noticed that most of these videos were made by people with already established (2 to 4 years) etsy shops. Like all algorithms it requires almost daily feeding to rank at even low to mid level in etsy search results. By the time any of these niche videos are uploaded, the niche has been covered, flooded. You could still make some small profits after a few months, there's no harm in trying, but the norm is having 0 sales after a months work. Choose your time wisely.
I’m not even gonna lie, as an experienced artist I’m getting VERY annoyed seeing people make a living off of art using AI. It’s kind of infuriating……but I do appreciate the advice as I am finally starting my own shop with hand drawn custom work.
How? AI isn’t Art. It doesn’t negatively impact our field. I’m a visual artist of over 17+ years and AI will never replace human beings. It’s just push-pull design, but it doesn’t mean anything. It’s technically fast-fashion of the art world. It all really be okay.
Why would anyone be annoyed that anyone can tap into technology that can help them support themselves or their families? To me, as a professional artist, I love the fact that anyone can explore their creativity, even if they don't have much. AI can give people what they would have never been able to achieve before, and that's pretty awesome! @LadyEnchiridion If a person can sell shit (literally) in a can for $30,000 (Piero Manzoni Artist's Shit, no. 31, 1961) and be exhibited amongsts the most prestigious art houses in the world, then the incredible pieces that AI *art* is spitting out can be too.
The history of AI arts is hell the it was first abandoned, then stoled, and trained on unknown/illegal data, and abused by everyone until now to make any products including p*rn for their profits.
Can you do a detail video on selecting stores and delivery in different countries on Printify. Delivery costs turns up 3-4times more than product. How to select the best vendor and manage the cost
he is making money from the video guys, he will be making 21k from the video end of the day not from etsy, follow real etsy sellers. he is just selling shovels during the gold rush. Be smart
The results for something like this is helped a lot by having an large social following to get your stuff started - most struggle to get business unless you have built that side up
Alek, you run through every important detail to get this going, it's amazing man! Near the end of the video you mentioned how you made your first $100k online, it wasn't easy, and it was months of very long days. I needed to hear that, a truthful comment of the struggle. I opened my store in April, I've done a lot of research (other shops, what they're doing, trending products, Everbee stats on products, tags etc). I spent weeks designing my first 15 products, making them different, while adding value. My store is professional, it's clean, the mock ups are high end (purchased from Etsy also). I'm happy with my shop, but I haven't made a single sale yet. I know it's going to be a tough road, and hearing your viewpoint, and watching your videos is giving me that boost of motivation I need right now. Thanks man!!
@@TurboV8boi Hey! Thanks for asking. Yeah I have! Finally lol. I got my first sale in August. So a little over 4 months. I try to add a few new designs each week, and keep active on the store, and now I've sold a few dozen items. Slowly growing. I'm gonna keep pushing. How about you?
I hardly comment on videos, thank you so much for this Alek! Very thorough and informative, especially all the different websites required to do a proper listing. Please ignore the haters and keep doing what you’re doing! 🎉
The income they’ve made doesn’t include the fees or the cost of the product though. So still a GREAT product, and sales, but definitely less profits than it appears by the screen #
Exactly, I know that for the sake of making the video look better, showing the total revenue makes sense, but it would have been nice to talk about the total cost and how much is that profit.
Prolly, but the problem with folks these days is instant everything - lazy AF and wet dreams of Lamborghinis - aint how the REAL world works kids, smfh
Hi - I want to thank you for your vids. I've hopped around on this particular topic and the clear concise information you present is top notch. Thanks for helping myself and others get inspired.
Thanks for the video. It was informative. Unfortunately some creators love to add all sorts of bombastic titles that can be misleading. I (and I might be wrong on this) don't think this is an easy side hustle because it can take a lot of work. And I don't think you make $21.000 monthly after all expenses paid. I would rather it said "make $4000 with 200 hours of work selling AI mugs" or something. But there's a lot of good stuff in the video so thanks, Alek
The problem with these sensationalist videos is that a large fraction of the people watching these to make money using AI are going to be creating a huge increase in the competition as a result of just watching these videos and trying this out. So most people will be left pissed off with absolutely no hope of success while people like Alek make their fortunes on RUclips by deluding all of us viewers!
Don't mention that you need capital to pay for your ordered products. Don't mention that Etsy will put a reserve hold on your payment account. This will drain all your operating capital. One person can complain to Etsy and your entire store will be closed without notice or reasons. Etsy is the worst company I have ever dealt with in 50 years.
Might be worth you mentioning worst case scenario and if you do your research on more in-depth guides you will know all the catches! This is a quick stop guide on the exciting parts not the full picture. Everything requires research so do it before you try to run just based on this video.
I followed along exactly and when it came to uploading the image on printify, it said not valid file type and wrong image size for a mug. When I r-click and save image, it is in .webp format, which printify does not take. I set the size to --ar 293:151 and again printify said it was wrong image size size. I am literally doing everything exactly as you are! Suggestions?
It's a lot of work, but 40 items isn't nearly enough if you're not running ads. Your competition has hundreds of listings which is why I make vids on posting tons of products. Wish you the best tho
@@alekSheffy I am running ads, not paying crazy amount. But wanted a little return before I spent more. I can't really afford $200 a month with 1000+ items without it being a sure thing.
You don't pay for ads if you're posting that many products - the ads won't be productive. Ads + fewer high quality listings will work. OR Lots of listings that aren't perfect will work. Don't do both.
Alek, your videos are going to change my family's life. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I've been looking for something like this my whole life. When I make my first $100k, I will come back to this comment and thank you again.
Here he only looks at Revenue ($33 per mug + 1,000 mugs sold = $33,000). Just remember Revenue (total amount you sell) is not the same as Profit (total amount you get to keep AFTER deducting ALL expenses). I would guess all the expenses (mugs, delivery, Etsy commission, ads, subscriptions to apps used…) may be 70%, so Profit is only 30% of your revenue = $9,000. But what if it’s 90% expenses? This an crucial aspect he neglects to mention.
Além, Alek, Alek… I don’t know how to thank you enough for all of this you’re teaching. I pray to God to bless you abundantly time and time again. Thank you! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I feel like if you want to combine AI and side hustle, the best bet is to do some dropshipping. It's easy today especially if you have access to some powerful tools which provide great base of winning products. I have been doing it for six months (I started with winner products from Winnerzilla), and I am now making about 15000$ per month, pure profit. Of course, first few months were hard until you see how everything goes and until you meet some people who are willing to help you.
I believe your 'earnings' should be called sales. Your title should not say make $21,613 per month, it should say sell. That was refering to total sales. Your profit is much less depending on what each one costs you to make.
Wow, thankyou. Very informative, easy to understand, and gives me hope for the thousands of images I have created with AI and no previous outlet to use them.
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Every youtuber says they make 6 figures 6 figures 6 figures. But no one tells how much they actually made a profit out of that 6 figures. Time, effort, cost, expenses… just no one. And only a few would give a link to their etsy stores.. so is it just click bait for views..?
It would make more sense to talk about net revenue but that wouldn’t be as click bait I guess. Because you make much much less than what you are showing. You gotta pay for the mug, printing and adds
I wasnt going to click on this video thinking - oh another get rich quick using AI/Etsy clickbait video. But dude! Thanks for the Prompt insight and all the info!
I admit that i’m one of them, but of course for very creative designs. I bought a van gough mug with his ear disappearing when you fill the mug with hot water. I paid 20+ plus tax for it.
No, there aren't. But there are people on the internet telling you that other people will buy a mug so they can generate ad revenue on RUclips. Who knew. You can fake any info on a website with the source code.
Actually, for custom mugs it makes sense. Better quality mugs will even bump up the price considerably If it's meaningful to someone people will pay. If you try to order a custom mug with a design you like it probably will be around 20-26$.
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I followed the exact steps mentioned in this video. A few days later my Etsy account was suspended and Etsy is not even providing details as to why it was suspended. I'm basically stuck and have nowhere to go now.
I quickly researched this and the terms of condition on etsy clearly say that you are not allowed to copy another shop's items. If they see your shop is using very similar designs and keywords as already existing shops, I think they might suspend your account. This is of course just my own idea, why etsy might block accounts and it is just a theory without any evidence.
Etsy is taking down ai generated products. It's very easy to spot them because they all look the same. Also AI generated images are not handmade or crafted. It goes against the company's brand. That is why I don't sell my prompts on Etsy nor anything I generate there. Plus, I hope you realize that ai generated images are mostly unusable and the people who would likely use them can also use AI. There's no money in a service or a skill that is easy to pick up. Stop listening to these grifters who have never make or sell or license art in their lives.
@@ellenripley4837 I completely agree with your point. I also think those AI generated designs are not appealing anyways as they are not unique. However, I would still encourage entrepreneurs to undergo this type of business. With unique, catchy slogans/designs, there is some great demand sometimes. In a nutshell: NO to ai generated designs. YES to unique designs that do not infringe on others' rights and trademarks. Good luck to all!
@@joebashour I would not encourage Entrepreneurs to do something they are not good at. Entrepreneurs should solve problems, not add to the pile of mediocre products.
Nice video but you are leaving out important fact, that in mug category along there are almost 3 million of competitors. Even with narrowing search parameters average is 21,000 competitors. I am sure there are ways to get to the top of the ETSY list but only with significant time & money. When you interpolate from number of sales of an item to dollars made I assume $$ are gross and not net profit? Maybe ETSY was great place to sell in the beginning but seems like now ETSY is making all the money by using ad's as a way to move to the top. I'm just beginning so Please let me know if I'm missing something. Thanks
The bro is showing you the forest but you keep watching the same tree. This is a blueprint on how to start your business, but this ain't overnight success, you must put same effort and work that you put on your 9-5
I feel like if you want to combine AI and side hustle, the best bet is to do some dropshipping. It's easy today especially if you have access to some powerful tools like WinnerZila. I started in October last year, and now my income is above 25k USD each month, just pure profit. Of course, first few months were hard until you see how business flows and until you meet some people who are willing to help you.
Here is the dealio though that I think is the hardest for people in terms of using Printify and maybe you can discuss this in one of your videos….they will take the costs of production out of your bank account before you have deposited the money from Etsy into your bank account. People need to be aware that they need capital in their bank accounts for this purpose or else they will never be able to get their feet off the ground with printify.
*NEW SUBSCRIBER* 1st time watching your content and I took 3 pages of notes and want to say thank you so much for all the tips and demystifying the process; much appreciated ☺ ☺
Make $21,613 Per Month Selling Hugs (Easy Side Huggle) What I thought it said when I first read it. With a 4 gigabyte+ graphics card you can also install Stable diffusion and make as many images as you want from there and not have to pay $10 a month to Midjourney. In addition you get much more control over the images.
By FAR the easiest and lowest skill method to make money ever is to publish youtube videos that leave out tons of facts and details in order to hype up an audience base and garner more views.
Thanks so much Alex for doing this video. This seems like something I always wanted to do, and never knew how. I could actually put my design degree to better use, I hope.
This is going to help me so much with my POD business. I was curious about generating images for a specific purpose and I think this is going to get me there. Ty!
ctually, it depends on the outfits and how they look on different people. If a senior citizen that is overweight wears a baggy T-shirt, this person is gonna look like he or she is in low spirits. If the person wears the Tee that is body conscious, and goes well with the trousers or the accessories kind of things, then he or she definitely looks fashionable.
Great tutorial and I'm going to start designing mugs based on your methods. I've learned a lot from you in my AI studies over the last year, now it's time to make money with my skills. Thank you.
Quick question about this strategy. What happens if they return the item? I'm sure you get a small profit from each sale but what happens when they get refunded? Do you basically lose money?
One thing though, the Revenue is based on total gross sales so that 21,613 after Printify costs shipping and listing fees will go down to almost half of the revenue plus the Etsy sellers fees will lower the revenue even more plus the whole $21,613 which will also be taxed. not that around $5,000 - 7,000 extra a month (depending on state tax rate) after tax won't be bad, but it is a more truthful number.
This is kind of one of the most awesome videos ever. Lots of helpful information! I really like the straightforwardness. I look forward to seeing more of them. I have become interested in this PoD business for some time, and actually did start (not mugs or tees) but there's so much I don't know, so I did not progress well. I'd like to try again, which is why I'm watching these videos. So thanks for making such a helpful video.
The big secret of making money with these ''easy side hustles'' is to have a big RUclips chanel and talk about how to make money with them. In reality very few manage to make that ammount of money
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what is the software you use in 0:04?
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@8.54 That's totally bogus info, dude. That is NOT the correct AR for mug designs. I wasted hours before I actually checked the output against the required size on printify (2475 x 1155). Try dividing those by 293 and 151 respectively yourself and see what you get. If it's not a whole number then it's WRONG!
I had quite a bit of trouble working out the real AR myself as none of the online ratio calculators were any help, but I got there. But just for that, I'm not going to tell you what it is! ;) Even tho it's my own fault for taking some guy on YT's word for it, and for not checking sooner! Lesson learned! ;)
(Edit) P.S. Where on earth did you get the 293:151 from? Someone was having you on! ^^
@@jenskidora5655 Hey Jen Where you able to get a Valid Link?
This video makes Alek more money than people trying this business idea 🤣🤣
Very true, that's why he makes videos rather than coffee mugs on etsy 😂
I clicked on this video out of anger. Wasting people's times talking rubbish side hustle.
Its all bullshit to get views
Yes many people these days are making money by making videos about how to make money..
Totally agree. With that profit on mugs he didn’t need RUclips. 😂😂😂
It's REALLY important to note that they're NOT personally "making" $21,613 per month - that's just TOP-LINE revenue (gross sales). The cost of POD items like mugs has gone up a lot recently and at very best they're maybe making HALF of that in actual net income - as long as they're not also advertising to get noticed and get customers, which a LOT of these high revenue shops actually are, so then the bottom-line/net income is MUCH less. Then you have MidJourney subscription and maybe other fees along the way....
$21,613 per month is still great and I love the overall concept of this video, BUT it actually takes a LOT of trial and error time to find winning designs generally AND the numbers in this (and MOST other similar videos) definitely gives people an incredibly false expectation of how easy it is and, particularly, how much money they can make with this....
Other than all that, this is a SUPER helpful video :)
I really love how you have reviewed this content and make a positive critique out of it.. Giving all us a proper down to earth view and clarifying what one should expect or else be prepared to do if decide to pick this line of business.
true.... i already feel that... even no income yet on my etsy... but really struggle to set up everything... i have troublesome of handling alone while working part time designing.... i have started the design for school and now only trying to get this since i was in the same area.... i feel too excited watching youtube showing their income that probably i can do as what i see there... but the other word... u have to invest in another platform to get better and hunt as what your etsy shop looks different and special .... giving try and error is another part to spend time to experiment... just wonder that some one can tell me... this RUclipsr showing this method doing themself or with the team???
I agree …cool idea in theory but to test the amount of designs for mugs sounds like a lot of time. He said to make as many designs as possible too. So it would take a lot of time to make all of them and then hoping a design hits.
Some I see NO ONE mentioning is that even tools like Everbee do NOT calculate sales at all! So there are stores that Everbee will report are making $5,000 a month when they have an ongoing 50% (some are 70%!!) off sales which cuts their gross income in half right there. Then none of the tools report the advertising budgets. Who has any idea what these stores are actually netting after advertising and taxes once you actually look at the listing and see the sales price. It kinds of sucks because at the end of the day you can see what's "popular" by number of sales, but the reality might be someone with less than half the sales is making twice as much net income than one of these Everbee top sellers.
Less than half because of shipping and Etsy cut. If Etsy ads are involved or Google or FB that is getting nearly to zero cash out
To make a profit of $100k only by selling mugs means that you will need to sell around 40k-60k mugs (if you don't have your own print studio and the knowledge needed to produce a quality print for a reasonable price). To sell one mug you will need an average of 40-80 views on your listing, 60 x 50 000 = 3M. The first thing you need to ask yourself is how are you going to bring those 3 million people to your store organically in order to make this 100k of profit. I have been selling on Etsy for 3 years already and trust me guys it's not that easy :P
That's where I'm at with it too.
Don't use etsy
@@mikeoxynormous3643 hi Mike, what do you recommend?
You don't he just made the video for views.
@@failchon felt the same way! Good call 😊
Making money is not the same as keeping it there is a reason why investments aren't well taught in schools, the examples you gave are well stationed, the market crisis gave me my first millions, people shy away from hard times, I embrace them.. well at least my advisor does lol.
Investors should be cautious about their exposure and be wary of new buys, especially during inflation. Such high yields in this recession is only possible under the supervision of a professional or trusted advisor.
Barware youtube is fully of comments recommending finance advisers, 99% are scams@CinziaGord
This is superb! Information, as a noob it gets quite difficult to handle all of this and staying informed is a major cause, how do you go about this are you a pro investor?
I stopped trying to predict market outcomes based on chart studying after 5 years of uncertainty. Not having a mentor caused me 5 years of pain. I learned to follow the market's direction and keep it simple with discipline.
The advisor that guides me is Vivian Carol Gioia, most likely the internet is where to find her basic info, just search her name. She's established.
To my understanding this just proves how much we need an edge as investors because playing the market like everyone else just isn’t good enough. I've been quite unsure about investing in this current market and at the same time I feel it's the best time to get started on the market, what are your thoughts?
Since the crash, I've been in the red. I’m playing the long term game, so I'm not too worried but Jim Cramer mentioned there are still a lot of great opportunities, though stocks has been down a lot. I also heard news of a guy that made $250k from about $110k since the crash and I would really look to know how to go about this.
There are actually a lot of ways to make high yields in a crisis, but such trades are best done under the supervision of Financial advisor.
Thats true, I've been getting assisted by a FA for almost a year now, I started out with less than $200K and I'm just $19,000 short of half a million in profit.
@@hermanramos7092 Impressive can you share more info?
@@Oly_laura My advisor is ‘’Catherine Morrison Evans’’ she’s highly qualified and experienced in the financial market. She has extensive knowledge of portfolio diversity and is considered an expert in the field. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market
Etsy used to be a website for handmade goods. Now we have to sort through low-quality dropshipping shops to find the products that we really want. It’s a shame. I know times change, but I wish we could go back to the way things used to be.
It would be fine if the search were honest.
There must be another way. Etsy seems to be primarily low quality Chinese items. I used to shop there for gifts but not anymore.
@@vincenzolee6576 Trust me. Very few people are making this amount. Its turned into a foreign cheap crap shop and is on its way down.
I agree!! I miss the old Etsy.
Ok boomer
I just want to thank you! Most people will not give you step by step instructions.
Gotta say, whether this ends up as a good business or not, you've provided a lot of really good resources here in the support software / websites etc. Thanks.
I was very excited when I saw this as everything seemed attainable. However 5 months, nearly 50 listings in, paying for Etsy ads and IG ads, I have 0 sales. I think a key part that you forgot to mention is one does need a certain level of design skills or at least an eye for design. AI is great at spitting designs but it lacks originality and finesses and those are things people instantly and unknowingly look for when they see items. The other thing is the competition, there are thousands of similar shops with similar-looking designs. You can actually tell when a design is made by AI and when it's not. Sad to say but Im going to stop continuing on this and the amount of hours I put in this will equate to a sunk cost.
Sorry to hear man. I've invested about 15 hours into a coloring book business after watching one of these videos, and I'm feeling the same way. I think this information would have been useful about a year ago, now there's way too many people flooding the markets with similar products, which is why these RUclipsr's don't care about teaching how to do it. They're like panhandlers selling their tools after they've finished searching the river for gold, and I swear there's a group of them who use the same exact script when making their videos almost word for word
@@cameron9292yeah man i totally resonate with everything you said. I also took a stab at children books on amazon and beyond initial sales from friends and family and some extended network, it pretty much dried up. On the hunt for the next one lol
Post a link to your etsy store.
Can you share the link?
@@ilovesoyo as I stated on my post, i stopped this endeavor and shut everything down.
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hard work. 🤑🤑
Well I must say people are scared because there are so many unprofessional brokers out there.
I think I'm blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Layla Taylor
I agree with you. I'm not here to converse for her but to testify just for what I'm sure of, she's trust worthy and best option ever seen..
I thought my family and relations are the only one trading with Mrs Layla trading services and analysis? I gues her good reputation and profitable brokerage services now speaks for her!
My first experience with her gave me the assurance that has made me to invest without fear of losing
man i just discovered you and just started my midjourney "journey" :D and let me tell you your pure gold keep on the good work. This is actual doable not like the others bla bla by my course for 4k$ at the end of the video. Bless u man
Easiest way to make money is to start charging people on how to make money.
That's so true. Every guru is essentially the same, buy my guide or follow these steps and buy my stuff.
I have been saying this for years. Getting people to start a business is a business 👀
Haha , that's 100% correct. I wonder if this person earn 1$ from all the bullshit that he said.
@@musicflower-relaxingandcal2679 😅😂😂
Come on folks, if he's making $21k a month doing anything then why is he on here telling you how to do it and not sitting on a beach somewhere? You're the product.
That's poor man's thinking, the super rich have multiple streams of income poor people only have one. You should never put all on your eggs in one basket.
Don't be a prick. Haha. Get it? You have to watch the video. Of course, I'm kidding.
I agree with you! My doubts are that after all that work is done and up running, why will customers by products from my basic and none professional store(i'm not a web designer) when they can cut the middle man and by directly from a supplier? Also, why will i run a store that can't never compete against amazon, temu or so many others out there that spends millions a year in advertizing and publicity? 🤔
Yep, because he shares fake screens, and gets his script from other fake gurus.
He makes even more money making these videos
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Profit and revenue are completely different things. Only revenue is mentioned in the video, so profit never been mentioned. Because it’s not that much fun, right?
Profit goes straight to printify
Yeah you prob get like $3-$5/mug
@@Gaengar $3-5/mug x 1000 sales for what is essentially passive income after the initial setup isn't bad
@@andomaker yeah not bad if its 1000 sales easy said and done lmao.
@Obsidian Seduction etsy takes a cut too LMAOOO
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Great video. I watch several youtube videos on how to trade in the market but haven't made any head start because they are either talking some gibberish or sharing their story of how they made it and I do not want to make mistakes by taking risks in my own hands
The best strategy to use in trading is to trade with a professional who understands the market quite well, that way maximum profit is guaranteed, I'll highly recommend Karla Alston, she is my current trader and her strategies are working
Interesting you mentioned Karla Alston, she is the best and her strategies works like magic. I've been making over 80% of my investment weekly since I started investing with her trading service
She has an account on telegram
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After I got 300K investing with Karla, bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the state thanks to her team. When someone is straightforward with what he or she is doing, people will always speak up for them
I see some are disappointed in results. However, I am thankful because for the first time in many years I am being creative again. Whether I make scads of moohlah or never post an Etsy listing I enjoying being creative. Having a blast really just creating designs on Printify. I will add to my Etsy shop when I am all ducks in a row. No matter what I am a winner, thanks Alex for the inspiration.
That’s my view too. Even if I make no money, at least it’s fairly inexpensive creative fun. 🤷🏻♀️ There are definitely worse ways to spend time.
The doubters are wrong. I started a shop when the pandemic first began and I spent like 5 minutes making stupid funny mask designs and then I walked away and ignored it. They still sell sometimes, I can't even believe it lol.
@@NiaLaLa_Vwhat have been your results profit wise?
I wish you made more videos where you share your own results, that’s what made your channel appealing in the first place
Yes but that quickly dries up. So clickbait titles and talking theory and making it sound easy and appealing attracts more viewers.. 🙄
Exactly, there’s a lot that goes into having a successful shop that doesn’t get mentioned.
@@andreanoniemus6282 He almost got me until I saw your comment.
Make a RUclips video "How Billionaire Alyson thinks". You don't need to be a Billionaire. But just put some eye-catching visuals and frames and make a video and get views. In the era of AI, it's all pure Luck and Luck alone.
They never do
This has been a major help! Because of this video, I was able to have one submitted. Thank you for this information.
Great Video, apparently you all have been following the recent development in block chain technology. I heard some blockchain companies now have smart contract for mortgages.
Yeah, right now looks like all you need is just 10% of your property valuation ,just like the banks ask for ,then the blockchain ECN does the rest.
Yes people who have assets with the main Crypto BLOCKCHAIN will control global assets via mortgage contracts, that where everyone should be going now. I learnt this from Ms Mildred Lopez
i would like to know how that works ,sounds exciting
This is not the first time I'm hearing about Mrs Mildred Lopez and her exploits in the trading world but i have no idea how to reach her.
My 12th winning goal for 2023 came at the late hours of the year,and it was a huge success.
All thanks to the mining strategies of Mrs Mildred Lopez.
As someone who has been using MidJourney for a month and tried out numerous images from photography style to watercolor, to hd, to cutesy, etc., I just want to encourage people to really edit your final image before uploading. What I have encountered is that as of today, MidJourney A.I. has some flaws with rendering human, animal and insect anatomy correctly. You may get weird hands, extra fingers on humans. A butterfly with a floppy torn wing. A cute watercolor raccoon with a strange paw.
I have noticed that people are throwing A.I. images up on Etsy for digital downloads and not editing the image. I was hoping to create Mockups on MidJourney, but until it gets better with detail, especially Humans, I am holding off on that.
Do other A.I sites have that same problem or just MidJourney?
@niicolee06 I tried Dalle2 and that was awful...seems to be geared towards elementary and high school.
Like Sam said before me v5.1 is VERY good with human anatomy now - even hands. NOT always 100% of course but sooo much better than v4. But, yeah, you still get one-winged fairy’s and such 😅
All these Blah-Blah "Entrepreneurs" only making $ by working as Talking Head on YT, "they making $720 /day" yeah and Spending $1K /day on Google Ads, then what? Ohh. then they actually losing - $280 /day.. Profit margins (if Any) very thin.. Stop talking.. :)
Key part you didn't mention: YOU NEED TO LEARN MARKETING otherwise you will sell 1 mug in 3 years. No matter what you try to sell on the internet, whether it's a product or a service, you have to know how to advertise it. Otherwise you're wasting your own time.
Doesn't matter to me how much you made. This was a great tutorial on getting up and running in this AI world. Keep up the great work!
Thanks I appreciate it ♥️
Totally agree! One has nothing to lose!
There are easier ways to generate images to sell on things. AI can do it all.
Welll Im a testament if I get this man . This will be such a blessing that Im wanting to bless and start something that noone thinks about . If these people are not just people with trying to pay ad revenue@@alekSheffy
I see all of these negative comments and all I wanted to know was how to do it so I can sell stuff too. Lol
Thank goodness you brought this up! Truly, investing has changed my perspective on how one can succeed in life; working multiple jobs isn't the optimal way to attain financial freedom and unfortunately, we discover this later in life. Currently earn as much as 10 grand weekly and this has improved my financial life. Great piece!
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No one brought up investing, apart from you dumb bots. This video is about designing, and selling mugs, not finding them 😂🤣😂
Printify will charge SELLER'S CREDIT CARD for all the shipment and print, it doesn't wait for customer to pay seller , that's sellers' repsonsibility to actually get paid. This is huge downside since size of your funds or credit determines how much you can sell. you technically are bying form Printify first and then getting paid (or not) by the buyer. printify doesn't process your payments.
After so much info overload from random influencers online, I can honestly say that you're the absolute BEST! You're so pleasant to listen to and you make sense. This means the world, thank you!
Excellent ideas and got my creative juices flowing with how you can leverage AI to make some extra cash online. I agree with other posts though who have a bit more real-world experience - selling online isn't a piece of cake. It's not an "Easy Side Hustle" (massive LOL). I have been doing it for 7+ years (Amazon, Ebay, Etsy). It's not difficult to earn "100k" in a year but let's be transparent - that's GROSS revenue. Assume you're going to making very thin margins on PoD. Something like 25-30% if you're really good at leveraging your marketing dollars because you're going to need to feed the advertising beasts on any of those selling platforms. Doing the math, that's about $6k net per month (still not bad for a "side hustle"). Let me also tell you some stories about this "easy side hustle" I started over 7 years ago. I ended up working MORE hours each week than I did in my "9-5 job" ... because ... it was a "easy side hustle" (again, Huge LOL). Dealing with algorithms, changes in selling rules, etc. Big massive PITA. Then don't get me started on all the supplier issues during C-v*d. And customer service. Returns. I mean, this is a business afterall, and you have to expect to do some work to make money. THERE IS NOTHING PASSIVE ABOUT THIS AT ALL. If you want a TRUE passive income - try investing. ✌
Thank you so much for sharing Alek. I've had ideas of printables forever but never knew I didn"t need to own a physical store to produce and sell my ideas. Blessings bro
How did it go?
Guys I can guarantee you if this kid could make money selling coffee cups on the internet he would not be making videos with the same clickbaity titles that people used when youtube was a new platform.
Here's an AI summary of the video:
00:00 🛍 Introduction to Print on Demand: A Journey to $100K with AI-Assisted Mug Designs
01:00 🎨 Exploring AI-Generated Mug Designs: Examples of Successful Etsy Shops
02:00 💡 The Mechanics of Print on Demand: Simplifying E-commerce with Printify and Etsy Integration
03:00 📈 Showcasing Success: Analyzing High Earning Etsy Shops Selling Mugs
04:00 🚀 Setting Up for Success: Creating a Gmail Account and Etsy Shop for Business
05:00 🖌 Designing with Mid-Journey: Generating Mug Designs Using AI
06:00 🌵 Crafting Unique Mug Designs: Exploring Cactus-Themed Art with Mid-Journey
07:00 ⚙ Enhancing AI Creativity: Adjusting Stylization Settings in Mid-Journey for Mug Designs
08:00 📐 Perfecting Design Dimensions: Using Aspect Ratios in Mid-Journey for Optimal Mug Print
09:00 🎨 Creative Mug Designs: From Mushrooms to Pressed Flowers Using AI
10:00 🛒 Making Mugs Marketable: Uploading AI-Generated Designs to Printify and Etsy
11:00 📝 Enhancing Designs with Text: Adding AI-Generated Puns to Mug Designs
12:00 📸 Perfecting Product Presentation: Using Mock-ups and SEO for Etsy Listings
13:00 🏷 SEO for Success: Crafting Effective Titles and Tags for Etsy Listings
14:00 🖼 Adjusting Mug Designs: Editing Mock-ups for One-Sided and Full Wrap Images
15:00 🌟 Concluding Thoughts: Gratitude for Print on Demand Success and a Call to Subscribe for More Tips
Thanks!
The real money to be made is in creating Etsy videos about super short term exaggerated profits. I noticed that most of these videos were made by people with already established (2 to 4 years) etsy shops. Like all algorithms it requires almost daily feeding to rank at even low to mid level in etsy search results. By the time any of these niche videos are uploaded, the niche has been covered, flooded. You could still make some small profits after a few months, there's no harm in trying, but the norm is having 0 sales after a months work. Choose your time wisely.
The issue with this now is now etsy will be flooded with people doing this and the chances of your 20 design mugs getting sales are very limited.
Nope more than half the ppl here will do nothing more than continue to whine, its hard and where's my lambo - ANYONE making an effort is MILES ahead
I’m not even gonna lie, as an experienced artist I’m getting VERY annoyed seeing people make a living off of art using AI. It’s kind of infuriating……but I do appreciate the advice as I am finally starting my own shop with hand drawn custom work.
How? AI isn’t Art. It doesn’t negatively impact our field. I’m a visual artist of over 17+ years and AI will never replace human beings.
It’s just push-pull design, but it doesn’t mean anything. It’s technically fast-fashion of the art world.
It all really be okay.
Yea unfortunately I would say art is officially dead .
it is about printify ad
Why would anyone be annoyed that anyone can tap into technology that can help them support themselves or their families? To me, as a professional artist, I love the fact that anyone can explore their creativity, even if they don't have much. AI can give people what they would have never been able to achieve before, and that's pretty awesome!
@LadyEnchiridion If a person can sell shit (literally) in a can for $30,000 (Piero Manzoni Artist's Shit, no. 31, 1961) and be exhibited amongsts the most prestigious art houses in the world, then the incredible pieces that AI *art* is spitting out can be too.
The history of AI arts is hell the it was first abandoned, then stoled, and trained on unknown/illegal data, and abused by everyone until now to make any products including p*rn for their profits.
Can you do a detail video on selecting stores and delivery in different countries on Printify. Delivery costs turns up 3-4times more than product. How to select the best vendor and manage the cost
Most of those profits are being spent on advertising to get their mugs to the first page of search results
OK....It's been seven months. Who's actually set this up and made any profit ??
Bro should have stated in the beginning that mid journey costs money-this job is not for someone that has zero balance.
So get a job selling fries or something and save up - damn
he is making money from the video guys, he will be making 21k from the video end of the day not from etsy, follow real etsy sellers. he is just selling shovels during the gold rush. Be smart
The results for something like this is helped a lot by having an large social following to get your stuff started - most struggle to get business unless you have built that side up
Alek, you run through every important detail to get this going, it's amazing man! Near the end of the video you mentioned how you made your first $100k online, it wasn't easy, and it was months of very long days. I needed to hear that, a truthful comment of the struggle. I opened my store in April, I've done a lot of research (other shops, what they're doing, trending products, Everbee stats on products, tags etc). I spent weeks designing my first 15 products, making them different, while adding value. My store is professional, it's clean, the mock ups are high end (purchased from Etsy also). I'm happy with my shop, but I haven't made a single sale yet. I know it's going to be a tough road, and hearing your viewpoint, and watching your videos is giving me that boost of motivation I need right now. Thanks man!!
You get a sale yet bro?
@@TurboV8boi Hey! Thanks for asking. Yeah I have! Finally lol. I got my first sale in August. So a little over 4 months. I try to add a few new designs each week, and keep active on the store, and now I've sold a few dozen items. Slowly growing. I'm gonna keep pushing. How about you?
I hardly comment on videos, thank you so much for this Alek! Very thorough and informative, especially all the different websites required to do a proper listing. Please ignore the haters and keep doing what you’re doing! 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
The income they’ve made doesn’t include the fees or the cost of the product though. So still a GREAT product, and sales, but definitely less profits than it appears by the screen #
Exactly, I know that for the sake of making the video look better, showing the total revenue makes sense, but it would have been nice to talk about the total cost and how much is that profit.
@@dragosdydy yeah but with this many subs why not post net?
@@donaldlyons17because they got this many subs being disingenuous in the first place.
Prolly, but the problem with folks these days is instant everything - lazy AF and wet dreams of Lamborghinis - aint how the REAL world works kids, smfh
That cactus mug is badass. I want one
Hi - I want to thank you for your vids. I've hopped around on this particular topic and the clear concise information you present is top notch. Thanks for helping myself and others get inspired.
Thanks for the video. It was informative. Unfortunately some creators love to add all sorts of bombastic titles that can be misleading. I (and I might be wrong on this) don't think this is an easy side hustle because it can take a lot of work. And I don't think you make $21.000 monthly after all expenses paid. I would rather it said "make $4000 with 200 hours of work selling AI mugs" or something. But there's a lot of good stuff in the video so thanks, Alek
what app/ add-on do you use to see other Etsy shop's revenue?
The problem with these sensationalist videos is that a large fraction of the people watching these to make money using AI are going to be creating a huge increase in the competition as a result of just watching these videos and trying this out. So most people will be left pissed off with absolutely no hope of success while people like Alek make their fortunes on RUclips by deluding all of us viewers!
Don't mention that you need capital to pay for your ordered products. Don't mention that Etsy will put a reserve hold on your payment account. This will drain all your operating capital. One person can complain to Etsy and your entire store will be closed without notice or reasons. Etsy is the worst company I have ever dealt with in 50 years.
Yeah like always the catches are always ignored. Why not at least mention the bad too even if it is a disclaimer at the very beginning?
sorry to hear but grateful for the time saver. thank you for posting
Thanks for the heads up.
Might be worth you mentioning worst case scenario and if you do your research on more in-depth guides you will know all the catches! This is a quick stop guide on the exciting parts not the full picture. Everything requires research so do it before you try to run just based on this video.
You should make a video on the truth of it all. Tired of these influences that lie lie lie
I followed along exactly and when it came to uploading the image on printify, it said not valid file type and wrong image size for a mug. When I r-click and save image, it is in .webp format, which printify does not take. I set the size to --ar 293:151 and again printify said it was wrong image size size. I am literally doing everything exactly as you are! Suggestions?
Coming up on 2 months 40+ items on Etsy, 253 views, 164 visits, 0 sales/orders. What a waste of time this was.
It's a lot of work, but 40 items isn't nearly enough if you're not running ads.
Your competition has hundreds of listings which is why I make vids on posting tons of products.
Wish you the best tho
@@alekSheffy I am running ads, not paying crazy amount. But wanted a little return before I spent more. I can't really afford $200 a month with 1000+ items without it being a sure thing.
You don't pay for ads if you're posting that many products - the ads won't be productive.
Ads + fewer high quality listings will work. OR Lots of listings that aren't perfect will work. Don't do both.
@@jrey6186 made one sale losing money. Disabled ads, getting less visits. Already losing money on prices and shipping. Can't go lower. Gave up.
Ok, now I'm your fan. RUclips kept suggesting me this video for a week. Clicked and, oh boy, how much useful information is in it. Thank you!
So did you make it big on Etsy yet?
Alek, your videos are going to change my family's life. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I've been looking for something like this my whole life. When I make my first $100k, I will come back to this comment and thank you again.
I'm making my accounts now as we speak while reading the other comments for their general opinions.
Here he only looks at Revenue ($33 per mug + 1,000 mugs sold = $33,000). Just remember Revenue (total amount you sell) is not the same as Profit (total amount you get to keep AFTER deducting ALL expenses). I would guess all the expenses (mugs, delivery, Etsy commission, ads, subscriptions to apps used…) may be 70%, so Profit is only 30% of your revenue = $9,000. But what if it’s 90% expenses? This an crucial aspect he neglects to mention.
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Extremely useful guide/video. Thank you so much for sharing this info and for the valuable effort you put to educate people to make such a business.
I feel like if you want to combine AI and side hustle, the best bet is to do some dropshipping. It's easy today especially if you have access to some powerful tools which provide great base of winning products. I have been doing it for six months (I started with winner products from Winnerzilla), and I am now making about 15000$ per month, pure profit. Of course, first few months were hard until you see how everything goes and until you meet some people who are willing to help you.
great
I believe your 'earnings' should be called sales. Your title should not say make $21,613 per month, it should say sell. That was refering to total sales. Your profit is much less depending on what each one costs you to make.
thanks guru.. looking forward to becoming a millionaire next month
awesome, another do nothing comment - how's Mom's basement, bruh?
Wow, thankyou. Very informative, easy to understand, and gives me hope for the thousands of images I have created with AI and no previous outlet to use them.
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Every youtuber says they make 6 figures 6 figures 6 figures. But no one tells how much they actually made a profit out of that 6 figures. Time, effort, cost, expenses… just no one. And only a few would give a link to their etsy stores.. so is it just click bait for views..?
It would make more sense to talk about net revenue but that wouldn’t be as click bait I guess. Because you make much much less than what you are showing. You gotta pay for the mug, printing and adds
I wasnt going to click on this video thinking - oh another get rich quick using AI/Etsy clickbait video. But dude! Thanks for the Prompt insight and all the info!
There are people who pay $26 for a mug? That's nuts
I admit that i’m one of them, but of course for very creative designs. I bought a van gough mug with his ear disappearing when you fill the mug with hot water. I paid 20+ plus tax for it.
No, there aren't. But there are people on the internet telling you that other people will buy a mug so they can generate ad revenue on RUclips. Who knew.
You can fake any info on a website with the source code.
Oh it happens especially if you want a mug with your high school or college on it lol 😆
Actually, for custom mugs it makes sense. Better quality mugs will even bump up the price considerably
If it's meaningful to someone people will pay. If you try to order a custom mug with a design you like it probably will be around 20-26$.
Yes there are! I sell my large mugs for $34 and they are unique and sell mostly as thoughtful gifts for others.
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I followed the exact steps mentioned in this video. A few days later my Etsy account was suspended and Etsy is not even providing details as to why it was suspended. I'm basically stuck and have nowhere to go now.
Same happened to me after i had 70 listings and really worked on them. Really disappointing
I quickly researched this and the terms of condition on etsy clearly say that you are not allowed to copy another shop's items. If they see your shop is using very similar designs and keywords as already existing shops, I think they might suspend your account. This is of course just my own idea, why etsy might block accounts and it is just a theory without any evidence.
Etsy is taking down ai generated products. It's very easy to spot them because they all look the same. Also AI generated images are not handmade or crafted. It goes against the company's brand. That is why I don't sell my prompts on Etsy nor anything I generate there. Plus, I hope you realize that ai generated images are mostly unusable and the people who would likely use them can also use AI. There's no money in a service or a skill that is easy to pick up. Stop listening to these grifters who have never make or sell or license art in their lives.
@@ellenripley4837 I completely agree with your point. I also think those AI generated designs are not appealing anyways as they are not unique. However, I would still encourage entrepreneurs to undergo this type of business. With unique, catchy slogans/designs, there is some great demand sometimes. In a nutshell: NO to ai generated designs. YES to unique designs that do not infringe on others' rights and trademarks. Good luck to all!
@@joebashour I would not encourage Entrepreneurs to do something they are not good at. Entrepreneurs should solve problems, not add to the pile of mediocre products.
So funny - I stopped the video to calculate the 1.25 million because I saw the date… 30 seconds later Alek does it for me. - good work
Do you not have to adjust image resolution so it’s good enough to be printed on a mug?
Nice video but you are leaving out important fact, that in mug category along there are almost 3 million of competitors. Even with narrowing search parameters average is 21,000 competitors. I am sure there are ways to get to the top of the ETSY list but only with significant time & money. When you interpolate from number of sales of an item to dollars made I assume $$ are gross and not net profit? Maybe ETSY was great place to sell in the beginning but seems like now ETSY is making all the money by using ad's as a way to move to the top. I'm just beginning so Please let me know if I'm missing something. Thanks
Sure ya did bro..please tell them how much you spent on advertising to get there
Really? That's your comment? 😂 So tell me what "business" you know of that "does not" use advertising? 🧐 It was a decent video. Stop hating.
Could very well have spent some revenue into adspend after a few sales
If you go through his video more slowly, he always says he follow the titles and tags of best sellers to bring in higher rankings. Not ads.
The bro is showing you the forest but you keep watching the same tree. This is a blueprint on how to start your business, but this ain't overnight success, you must put same effort and work that you put on your 9-5
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FINALLY A VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS WELL AND NOT VAUGE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!!! Thank u!!!
I feel like if you want to combine AI and side hustle, the best bet is to do some dropshipping. It's easy today especially if you have access to some powerful tools like WinnerZila. I started in October last year, and now my income is above 25k USD each month, just pure profit. Of course, first few months were hard until you see how business flows and until you meet some people who are willing to help you.
I agree with you, started in March, already making good money
Do you guys have some links for noobs how to start?
Here is the dealio though that I think is the hardest for people in terms of using Printify and maybe you can discuss this in one of your videos….they will take the costs of production out of your bank account before you have deposited the money from Etsy into your bank account. People need to be aware that they need capital in their bank accounts for this purpose or else they will never be able to get their feet off the ground with printify.
DO NOT get in touch with that scammer. This is NOT the owner of this account.
*NEW SUBSCRIBER* 1st time watching your content and I took 3 pages of notes and want to say thank you so much for all the tips and demystifying the process; much appreciated ☺ ☺
Make $21,613 Per Month Selling Hugs (Easy Side Huggle)
What I thought it said when I first read it.
With a 4 gigabyte+ graphics card you can also install Stable diffusion and make as many images as you want from there and not have to pay $10 a month to Midjourney. In addition you get much more control over the images.
That was actually a really cool video thanks man!
By FAR the easiest and lowest skill method to make money ever is to publish youtube videos that leave out tons of facts and details in order to hype up an audience base and garner more views.
Thanks so much Alex for doing this video. This seems like something I always wanted to do, and never knew how. I could actually put my design degree to better use, I hope.
The thing is, with your own website, you’re doing all the work to draw traffic. However, Etsy is a huge market place that people already go to
Meh.. The comment sounds paid or colaberated anyway..
There are naive, desperate people but they don't usually comment in such a manner. imo 🤷🏼♀️
@@sweetb2006 yes, very fake
Thanks, very informative. I hope to resolve a challenge with my design after seeing this video.
Absolutely brilliantly done! Thank you for your time and information, one of the best videos I have seen on this specific subject.
Merhaba
This is going to help me so much with my POD business. I was curious about generating images for a specific purpose and I think this is going to get me there. Ty!
Can you use AI with pod?
Merhaba
How is it going dude? Would you say POD is worth getting into?
so how do you deal with returns? customer care? complaints?
Please tell me how to make a delivery !?
The print company normally takes care of that
I just started this week making designs which i thought was really pretty and would buy myself. So this is such an awesome channel to find!
Nice! How's it going ? Made any sales ?
Alek you have no idea how many gems you drop in a single video. I'm super grateful for all the wisdom you are sharing with us.
I've been looking for inspiration for the past 11 hours straight. Thank you for delivering :')
ctually, it depends on the outfits and how they look on different people. If a senior citizen that is overweight wears a baggy T-shirt, this person is gonna look like he or she is in low spirits. If the person wears the Tee that is body conscious, and goes well with the trousers or the accessories kind of things, then he or she definitely looks fashionable.
Great tutorial and I'm going to start designing mugs based on your methods. I've learned a lot from you in my AI studies over the last year, now it's time to make money with my skills. Thank you.
Thank you for this video ! Greetings from Spain !
You are really brilliant at training in this area and I cant wait to give this side hustle a try. Thank you so much for your help.
It is so worth it to pay for general commercial terms, it turns a sandbox into a actual playground.
Great video, I like your step by step approach. Makes me feel like it's actually possible. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks David 💪
I hope you were paid for that comment!
Why do people keep saying they are making some amount of money, when it's obviously turnover, not profit
Don't you enlarge the images and increase DPI before uploading the image to Printify?
Thank you Alek for your wonderful video!
Quick question about this strategy. What happens if they return the item? I'm sure you get a small profit from each sale but what happens when they get refunded? Do you basically lose money?
One thing though, the Revenue is based on total gross sales so that 21,613 after Printify costs shipping and listing fees will go down to almost half of the revenue plus the Etsy sellers fees will lower the revenue even more plus the whole $21,613 which will also be taxed. not that around $5,000 - 7,000 extra a month (depending on state tax rate) after tax won't be bad, but it is a more truthful number.
This is kind of one of the most awesome videos ever. Lots of helpful information! I really like the straightforwardness. I look forward to seeing more of them.
I have become interested in this PoD business for some time, and actually did start (not mugs or tees) but there's so much I don't know, so I did not progress well. I'd like to try again, which is why I'm watching these videos. So thanks for making such a helpful video.
so its $10 for 3.3. hours of usage a month, and the timer is ticking. newbies dont stand a chance with this. and not $ 10 a month.
The big secret of making money with these ''easy side hustles'' is to have a big RUclips chanel and talk about how to make money with them. In reality very few manage to make that ammount of money
This is true. It's very easy in principal, but difficult to execute when you don't see results the SAME DAY.
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@@alekSheffy "Alek! I've added my first mug on my Etsy shop and I'm not a millionaire yet. I reported this video to RUclips."