Thanks for your comment! I did list the seller fees in the ‘Costs’ section above, along with the Shopify fees and optional paid design software. But it’s worth drawing attention to the fees. This is not a totally free way to start a business – although it’s relatively inexpensive compared to other business models. People looking to start with zero upfront costs should look at selling Amazon’s Merch program or another print-on-demand platform with no seller fees, as I talk about in this post. In fact, the method described in this post is a kind of round-about method I used before I was accepted by Merch, but now I would definitely recommend joining Merch first if possible!

If you have any experience, e.g. selling designs on a similar site, it’s recommended to tell them about it. However, I know many people who have been approved with zero experience (myself included), so I don’t think there is a trick to it to be honest! Just get on the waiting list and see 🙂

And the whole editing listings can be quite time consuming….

Would be awesome if there could be a POD service in the UK that could integrate to Amazon UK.

How do you set up prices so they are not too cheap that you are losing money and not too expensive? (or so you get in more than you spend out, if you know what I mean).

No, once you’re approved your account will stay active forever 🙂 I was also terminated due to no sales at first but I just reapplied when my blog was bigger and got approved with no problem second time round. Good luck!

Thanks,

Hi Daz,

Sorry, I haven’t got a guide and I’ve heard the application has changed since I joined anyway so I’m not sure what they ask now! There are a few useful Merch groups on FB such as this one where you could ask? Or see if there is anything on YouTube. Good luck!

Hi! Thanks for this post, it was very informative.
I have been trying to sign up to Amazon Merch, but find the forms very confusing. Do you have a guide about signing up from the UK?
Many thanks.

Hi Vikki, good question. I believe you as the seller would have to foot the bill by sending out a replacement. Luckily this doesn’t seem to happen often and you only have to pay your cost to the supplier, which is quite small. I’ve now switched from the above model to Merch By Amazon which is much easier because Amazon handle all the customer service themselves! With Merch, if there is a refund it is simply deducted automatically from your monthly earnings and you never pay anything yourself so it doesn’t really affect you. I now recommend Merch By Amazon over the above model, although there is an application and waiting list to get started.