Creating branded merchandise and clothing for your blog and YouTube channel has never been easier. Print on demand (POD) sites like CafePress, Zazzle, and Spreadshirt all let you upload your own designs to create branded merchandise like T-shirts, posters, mugs, cell phone cases, etc. to sell online.
Each and every one of these services requires no initial investment. They all just want you to sign up, upload your designs, choose products to sell, and create an online store. Most will give you code to embed in your blog or website so that you can promote your branded merch and clothing (with ad banners and blog widgets). They’ll also give you the opportunity to create an easy to remember URL for your online shop through their site. You can link to this URL in your blog posts and navigation menu, or even take screen shots of your final products and upload them as images on your blog that link to your online store.
Not only that, but most print-on-demand sites will take care of all of your orders for you, and they take care of your product expenses by simply deducting them from the price of your merchandise.
Considering you didn’t put any money into the front-end and you’re not paying any rent, employee wages, or other inventory maintenance fees on your products, that amounts to a good profit for you.
Another popular option is to open up your own e-commerce store connected to your blog with a platform like Shopify. If you can get branded clothing or merchandise made yourself, either by ordering it in bulk or finding a great manufacturer, take care of the distribution and other relevant tasks, then this can bring you a lot more revenue.
And you can boost sales of your branded merchandise by posting about new and featured products on your blog. You can easily embed code for the product pages themselves in posts, or you can link to your online store to give your readers a chance to see all of the other cool branded merchandise you have for sale there, too.
