Selling merchandise?

[caregiver12]

I think I have a real opportunity to sell merchandise to my audience. I was looking at something like Cafepress as a low-cost way of trialing it.

Has anyone tried doing this? Is there a better service than Cafepress?

 

[Dave2017]

No I have never tried to sell merchandise and I think you should have quite a few subscribers/fan if you want to sell something. Do you have a link to your channel it could be cool to se it

 

[TheSwedishTraveler]

To put your channel link in the description,follow this link:
http://yttalk.com/threads/how-to-add-your-youtube-channel-to-every-message-post.32/

To go on topic:
What makes you think that you have the opportunity to sell merch? I don´t mean any bad about it, i´m curious.
What kind of merch do you have in mind? Does your fanbase want the merch?

 

[Aaron Mendoza]

I recently sold a hoodie of mine. I have a small community i have 1k and Spreadshirt is great!

GcpMC.Spreadshirt.com if you wanted to check mine out to see my concepts, and Spreadshirt.com to make a shop!

 

[JerseyClub]

If you are a smaller channel, then I suggest making dope designs that you think people would love to wear in public. IMO I don't think someone would buy your clothing if it just said your YouTube on it. Try being creative and I'm sure some people will buy your merchandise.

 

[DayaVera]

Funny, clever designs people can relate to. Make sure you have videos about it or you have said it in a video. For example don't make a design of a funny yoga pose if you are not a yoga channel.
Make sure is great quality and don't overprice.

 

[Gabriel54]

I recently sold a stylish lil peep hoodie of mine. I have a small community i have 1k and Spreadshirt is great!

GcpMC.Spreadshirt.com if you wanted to check mine out to see my concepts, and Spreadshirt.com to make a shop!

You're picking and loading in your living room and walking to the post office if you don't have a warehouse to be delivered from. If you've already got an existing website, link from that to a storefront. Shopify is a good choice because you are starting out-but if you 're doing band things, consider Bandcamp as a pre-Shopify choice.
You'll find that shipping things yourself is incredibly challenging. You're dealing with people who are used to Amazon Prime, and expect pretty quick turnaround. Merch takes up a ton of space, and if you do go this route, immediately invest in inexpensive shelving, containers (i.e. tupperware), and labels.