How to Make $15,321/Month Selling POLITICAL POD Merch on Etsy
Summary
TLDRThe video explores the legality and potential of selling political merchandise during election season, focusing on Etsy as a platform. It compares search volumes for 'Trump' and 'Kamala' merchandise, noting higher interest in the latter. The presenter discusses Etsy's guidelines on avoiding copyrighted material and suggests using AI-generated images to stay compliant. Examples of popular designs and strategies for both print-on-demand and digital sales are provided, emphasizing the importance of originality to avoid legal issues. The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to engage with the content.
Takeaways
- π The speaker expresses excitement about the election season, highlighting the competition between Trump and Kamala.
- π The video discusses the popularity of political merchandise on Etsy, with Trump-related items receiving nearly 2,000 monthly searches and Kamala-related items at 5,000.
- π« The speaker clarifies that selling political merchandise is legal on Etsy as long as it doesn't infringe on copyrights, promote violence, or discriminate against any group.
- πΌοΈ The video advises caution when using images of political figures, suggesting the use of AI-generated images or public domain photos to avoid copyright issues.
- π¨ The speaker demonstrates how to create bootleg t-shirt designs using Canva, a tool that offers various design templates and AI image generation.
- π Examples of popular Kamala t-shirt designs are shown, emphasizing the importance of originality and avoiding copyrighted material.
- π° The video mentions the potential to monetize political merchandise both as physical products and digital downloads, with examples of successful listings.
- π The speaker shares their personal experience selling political merchandise, noting the coexistence of Trump and Kamala supporters' reviews on the same platform.
- βοΈ The video points out the risks of certain designs, such as those resembling famous logos or using copyrighted phrases, advising creators to stay away from such designs.
- π’ The speaker encourages viewers to create original designs, use AI for image generation, and avoid copyrighted material to successfully sell political t-shirts.
Q & A
What is the main topic discussed in the video script?
-The main topic discussed in the video script is the exploration of selling political merchandise during election season, specifically focusing on the legality and methods of selling such items on Etsy.
Why does the speaker believe it's the best time of the year for selling political merchandise?
-The speaker believes it's the best time of the year for selling political merchandise because it's election season, which generates excitement and support for candidates, leading to a potential increase in demand for related merchandise.
What are the two candidates mentioned in the script that are driving the interest in political merchandise?
-The two candidates mentioned in the script are Trump and Kamala Harris, who are driving interest in political merchandise.
What is the speaker's approach to handling the potential negativity or bias in the election season?
-The speaker chooses to ignore the negativity and bias, focusing instead on the business opportunity presented by the election season, and providing information on how to sell political merchandise ethically and legally.
What is the monthly search volume for the keyword 'Trump' on Etsy according to the script?
-The monthly search volume for the keyword 'Trump' on Etsy is almost 2,000.
How does the search volume for 'Kamala' compare to 'Trump' on Etsy?
-The search volume for 'Kamala' is higher than 'Trump', with 'Kamala' having almost 5,000 monthly searches.
What demographic does the speaker believe is primarily responsible for the higher search volume for 'Kamala' on Etsy?
-The speaker believes that Etsy's popularity among women, who are more likely to support Kamala, is responsible for the higher search volume.
What are the guidelines provided by Etsy for selling political merchandise according to the script?
-Etsy's guidelines for selling political merchandise include not selling copyrighted material, avoiding items that call for violence or discrimination, and being cautious with images of public figures to avoid copyright issues.
What tool does the speaker recommend for creating bootleg t-shirt designs?
-The speaker recommends using K (Kite) for creating bootleg t-shirt designs due to its variety of design tools and resources in one place.
How does the speaker suggest creating images of the candidates without violating copyright laws?
-The speaker suggests using AI-generated images or public domain images to avoid copyright issues when creating merchandise featuring the candidates.
What are some examples of popular designs or phrases used on Kamala and Trump merchandise mentioned in the script?
-Some examples of popular designs or phrases mentioned include 'bootleg' t-shirts, humorous or playful images of the candidates, and phrases that do not use copyrighted terms or logos.
What is the speaker's strategy for selling political merchandise both as physical products and digital products?
-The speaker sells both print-on-demand products like t-shirts and digital products such as design files, catering to different customer preferences and maximizing sales opportunities.
Outlines
π³οΈ Exploring the Legalities and Opportunities of Selling Political Merchandise
The speaker introduces the topic of selling political merchandise during the election season, highlighting the excitement and support for candidates like Trump and Camala. They acknowledge the passion and potential animosity among supporters but choose to focus on the business aspect. The speaker explores the legality of selling such merchandise on Etsy, emphasizing the importance of avoiding copyrighted material, violence, discrimination, and staying away from images of the candidates unless they are public domain or AI-generated. They also provide a disclaimer about their non-legal expertise and encourage viewers to conduct their research. The speaker shares stats showing high search volumes for Trump and Camala merchandise on Etsy, suggesting it's a lucrative market, and compares it favorably to other product niches like clipart.
π¨ Creating and Selling Political Merchandise Safely on Etsy
The speaker delves into the process of creating and selling political merchandise, focusing on Kamala Harris due to her popularity on Etsy, which is predominantly used by women. They discuss the use of AI-generated images to avoid copyright issues and demonstrate how to create such images using a tool like K. The speaker also talks about the importance of choosing the right images and fonts to create bootleg t-shirt designs that are both popular and safe to sell. They share examples of successful designs and discuss the potential risks of certain images or phrases that might be copyrighted or inappropriate. The speaker also mentions their personal experience selling both print-on-demand and digital products, highlighting the flexibility of selling political merchandise and the humor in seeing reviews for opposing candidates' products side by side. They conclude by encouraging viewers to create original designs, use AI for images, and avoid copyrighted material to sell political t-shirts successfully.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Election Season
π‘Political Merchandise
π‘Etsy
π‘Copyright
π‘Monetize
π‘Monthly Searches
π‘Print on Demand
π‘Digital Products
π‘AI Generated Images
π‘Trademark
π‘Violence and Discrimination
Highlights
Election season is considered the best time for selling political merchandise.
Trump and Kamala are the two main candidates mentioned, indicating the focus on the US election.
The speaker notes the excitement and support among people for their respective candidates without animosity.
Etsy is identified as a platform where political merchandise is being sold, suggesting a market opportunity.
Monthly search statistics show 'Trump' has almost 2,000 searches and 'Kamala' has 5K, indicating popularity.
The speaker speculates that Kamala's higher search volume on Etsy might be due to its female user base.
Legal considerations for selling political merchandise are discussed, emphasizing the importance of avoiding copyright infringement.
Etsy's policy on political merchandise is summarized, highlighting restrictions on copyrighted material and violent or discriminatory content.
The use of AI-generated images is suggested as a safe approach to avoid copyright issues with public figures' images.
The speaker demonstrates how to create a bootleg Kamala t-shirt design using Canva, showcasing a practical example.
Canva's AI image generation and background removal tools are highlighted for creating merchandise designs.
The video provides examples of popular Kamala t-shirt designs that are selling well on Etsy.
The speaker shares their personal experience selling both print on demand and digital political merchandise.
A strategy for selling political merchandise is suggested, including having separate stores for different candidates.
The video highlights the potential profitability of political t-shirts, with examples of successful listings.
A warning is given about the risks of using certain logos and images that might be copyrighted or inappropriate.
The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to like the video and engage in the comments section.
Transcripts
guys this is the best time of the year
it's the election season we got two
presidents fighting for the seed okay
this is going to be amazing we got Trump
we got Camala everyone is so excited
about it right that sounds all right
everyone is so happy supportive nobody
hates anyone there's no fighting
everyone just like in love and support
for their candidates and they don't hate
on another candidate at all right not n
out of that is happening well you know
how it is but um hey you know what we're
going to ignore that there are people
that are very passionate about Trump or
Camala and there's tons of listings on
ET that already are selling political
merch So today we're going to explore
this topic we're going to discover is it
legal to sell political merch and if so
how to do it properly and how you can
monetize on this time of the year
because right now this is a low-key gold
mine on Etsy if you don't believe me
this is a gold mine let me show you some
stats okay so we're going to use every
to do a little bit product research okay
and we're going to type in Trump and
Cala and let's see how many monthly
searches we're getting okay so let's
start with Trump first so the keyword
Trump is getting almost 2,000 monthly
searches okay so uh okay that's actually
not bad compare this for example to
clipart okay clipart gets only 1,000
monthly Searchers so Trump is getting 2K
so clearly more people are looking for
Trump t-shirts than for people that are
looking for clipart now let's tap in
Cala and check this out Jesus she's
getting way more traction she's at 5K
almost okay so clearly people of etsy
have a bias okay and look I'm not going
to tell you who's my favorite obviously
I have a favorite everyone does and even
people that say like oh I'm not
political maybe you're not but you for
sure have a candidate I'm one of these
people that it's loved by both left
people and right people even my group of
friends is a mix of both sides and
honestly I love them all but when it
comes to ety I'm going to explain to you
why I think Cala gets a higher search
and then it's because Etsy is mostly
popular among women and most women going
to vote for Cala so that's why she's
dominating the keyword searches on Etsy
and here's couple of examples of Kamala
t-shirts okay we're going to look at
them closely just in a second but before
I do that I want to talk about how legal
it is to sell political merch so I
decided to do a little bit of digging
into this here's a disclaimer I might be
completely wrong okay I'm not a the
lawyer and maybe the research I done is
not as good as you want it to be so
there's always a risk when it comes to
selling this type of products however
Etsy released some sort of clarification
lately when it comes to that and I'm
going to tell you how I understand their
statement basically when it comes to
selling political merch it is okay to do
it as long as you are not selling
anything that's copyrighted so for
example you know like Trump has make
America great again you cannot say that
that's his tra trademark phrase you
cannot use that one okay you cannot sell
anything that is calling for violence so
let's say f word Trump or f word Cala
you cannot do that that's calling for
violence that also includes anything
discriminatory so if you're trying to
discriminate Democrats or Republicans
that's also something that you cannot
sell and it also includes a religion or
race basically just don't be mean Jesus
that's so simple also if you want to use
the image of Cala or Trump that's also
kind of a great area you have to be
careful even though they are public
figures and there's so many images of
them some of these images are
copyrighted as well so you need to be
careful with those ideally you want to
pick the picture that's a it's like a
public domain image that way it's going
to keep you safe or honestly just stay
away from images of trump or Camala at
all and instead maybe use AI generated
images of these characters because they
are not copyrighted all right so with
this out of the way let's look at some
kamala's designs let's see what typee of
t-shirts are popular among her and I'm
going to show you how to create one okay
this is a classic that I want to show
you 81 sales Lounge couple days ago and
this is called a bootl t-shirt bootl
t-shirts are very popular this is
perfect cuz I can show you how to create
a bootl t-shirts like this and I'm going
to show you how to do it the safe way so
to create a t-shirt like this we're
going to use K why K because K has a lot
of bootleg designs that we can play with
okay so I'm just going to type in
bootleg t-shirt and check this out they
have so many different designs that they
can pick and choose from okay I really
like K cuz they have all the tools in
one place if I want to create the
t-shirts I have it here if I want to
create a logo let's have it here so if
you create print on the man products or
digital products K is awesome highly
recommend it okay so I'm going to go
with this design and we're going to
modify it a little bit to create the
bootleg Kamala design okay okay so
here's our kitty I'm going to delete the
kitty sorry guy you have to go and then
we're going to modify the rest in the
second so we need her pictures but again
remember about the pictures they are
tricky some of them you can use some of
them you cannot but I'm just going to
create AI images of Kamala using kle AI
K have a build-in AI where you can just
typee in whatever you want and it's
going to create that image of it and
it's actually pretty good so let's say I
want Camala Harris for
example and boom we got a picture of her
but we still have some background so
we're going to use the kit tool AI
background removal just to keep her
without any background yeah perfect this
is this is awesome okay we got one
Camala but we're going to add a little
bit more spicy Calas okay I'm going to
have one that like she plays on a guitar
or something and guys if you're a
trumpster don't worry I'm going to show
you how to do with the Trump too AG just
Kamala is more popular than Etsy that's
why we went with her first okay yeah
check this out this is what we want look
at her playing guitar and stuff wow
she's so cool let's do Camala Harris
smoking cigarettes I mean she says she's
a brad Queen so uh Brad suon right oh my
God this is oh my God I don't know
listen I'm too committed at this now I
need to finish this okay so these are
the results we got um she looks very
radical as you can see she's uh she
likes to party okay but you get the idea
you can create these type of t-shirts
besides her funny poses I think this is
pretty cool look at the fonts that KD
has okay KD has very cool customizable
fonts so you can kind of design like you
know how you want to set it up it's
really really cool and here I created
one with Trump as well and I use kit
tool AI to make it as well so you can
create similar ones for Trump if that's
your cup of tea now I've been selling
political stuff for at least a month now
and I sell both print on demand products
and digital products and this is what I
do for the print on demand I have a
store dedicated to print on the man I
sell both Cala and Trump t-shirts
together I was thinking maybe I should
have a separate store for Cala and for
Trump but honestly I don't care this is
a seasonal item I'm probably not going
to keep it after the elections are done
so for the time being it's fine and I'm
getting both sales for the Trump and
Cala t-shirt and you know what's the
funniest that like sometimes people
leave reviews and you can see a review
one is for a CALA t-shirt and right next
to it is a review for a Trum t-shirt and
both reviews are like oh I love my
t-shirt it's fantastic I don't know it's
just funny to have them both next to
each other and then on my digital stores
I just sell designs for people that want
to depend on demand so when it comes to
a product like this you can put this on
a t-shirt but you can also sell it as a
digital product as well so here's an
example of a digital product so someone
is selling this bootle Kamala t-shirt
for $2 and it got 159 Sals in the last
month and here is someone sending it as
a t-shirt so you can go both routes it
doesn't really matter which route you
want to go you can actually do both if
you just open two stores and here's more
designs with Calas so I've seen this one
right here when it has Camala and it
says like removes nasty orange stains
this one is tricky cuz it kind of is
using a similar logo to like a famous
Cleaning Supply that's popular it's a
risky product I would personally not do
it but this one for example there just
comma and lap it's a very popular design
there's so many of them and they do sell
very well and I'm sure this is not
copyrighted because I mean it's just a
comma and the word La for example this
one just sold 32 times and it's a brand
new listing as well already got seven
reviews for this okay this one right
here where it says Camala Harris 2024 I
think this is a big no no because this
looks like a Barbie logo I would stay
away from that one now when it comes to
Trump something like this should be okay
when it says you missed it's not using
any copyrighted wordss it's original
design it should be okay and this is
very popular I like this one this one is
really funny this one is okay too it's
using a AI image that just says Trump
wearing a cowboy hat you should be fine
with that one right here where it says
Daddy is home I think it's okay I don't
think this pink color and font is
related to anything but like this one
right here where it says Maga I think
you cannot do that I don't think you can
say the word Maga I think this is
copyrighted same with this one I know
this is a famous picture when he got
shot but I don't I think this picture is
copyrighted so I would not sell anything
with that image as long as you stay on
the safe side you create original
designs use AI to create images and you
don't use anything copyrighted you
should be good political t-shirts sell
very well and they going to sell for the
next two months cuz things are just
going to get crazier here and if you
enjoyed this video please leave a like
let me know in the comments who you
voting for this year let's create some
rivalry for the algorith but that's it
for today I'll see you next time take
care bye-bye
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