Why I Don’t Show You My Own T-Shirt Designs
by Michael Essek · Updated: July 21, 2017I get asked a lot of questions, and one that comes up very often is this: “Can I See Your Designs / Store?” The answer, I’m afraid, is no. It’s…
5 Lessons From Increasing Design Output (And Why It Matters)
by Michael Essek · Updated: May 27, 2020December 2016 was my best month ever for T-Shirt sales and income. It blew everything up to that point out of the water. But – if I’m honest – I…
Selling T-Shirts On Instagram: 3 Marketing Tips
by Michael Essek · Updated: June 30, 2020If you’ve been reading my blog for anytime at all, then you’ll know my main source of income – and what I write about most often – is selling T-Shirts…
Brands and Branding while Selling T-Shirts Online: Your Questions Answered
by Michael Essek · Updated: January 31, 2022When it comes to selling T-Shirt online, branding is one of the things you’ll wrestle with sooner or later. Should you have one T-Shirt ‘brand’ for all your designs –…
How To Sell More Shirts! Strategies, Tips And Tricks To Help You Sell T-Shirts Online With Merch By Amazon And More [eBook]
by Michael Essek · Updated: January 5, 2023Are you a designer, illustrator or artist selling T-Shirts online? Do you want to sell more Shirts? Who doesn’t, right!? For the past 3 years I have been making money…
How To Market Your T-Shirts Without Spending Money
by Michael Essek · Updated: April 10, 2017If you’ve been following my blog for any time at all, you probably know that I do almost no paid advertising for my Shirts. Instead I rely on ‘organic traffic’…
15 Things I’ve Learnt About Selling T-Shirts Online
by Michael Essek · Updated: June 5, 2020I’m three and a bit years into selling T-Shirts online, and I’ve just begun to learn a few things. (!) I wish someone would have been around to tell me…
How To Make Money Selling Print on Demand T-Shirts [3 Key Tips]
by Michael Essek · Updated: January 5, 2023Can you make money with Print on Demand? The answer is yes. I’ve been making money selling Print on Demand T-Shirts online for over 6 years. In my first month…
Parody, Fair Use and Mash-Ups: More Copyright Info For T-Shirt Designers
by Michael Essek · Updated: May 27, 2020Last week I published a basic introduction to Copyright for T-Shirt designers. This week we’re going to dig a little deeper and focus on an area that causes particular confusion:…
Copyright and T-Shirts: An Introduction To Trademark And Intellectual Property For T-Shirt Designers
by Michael Essek · Updated: April 10, 2017There is a lot of confusion around ‘copyright’ in the world of selling T-Shirts online. Is it ok to create designs based on Movies, TV Shows or Bands? What if…
