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I noticed that #freebritney was trending again so I made this sticker design to help bring awareness to the fact that she is still under conservatorship and has been for over 10 years! It’s so sad!

Click here to go to my Redbubble and buy one!

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Two new spicy food designs in my RedBubble shop! They're available as stickers, shirts, tote bags and more.

Hot Sauce in My Bag & You Had Me at Sriracha

Any fellow spicy food lovers out there?

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Tips for Marketing Your Redbubble Store

I’ve had my Redbubble store since September 2016. In that time, I have learned a lot about what works for me and what doesn’t. It took me a while to finally start getting consistent sales, but now that I am, I want to share with others what I have learned!

In the first year that I had Redbubble, I only made one sale. Why is that, you ask? Well, because I didn’t have very many designs up yet. However, in 2017, things began to change. I uploaded new designs frequently, and made almost 30 sales. At this point, I was consistently making new designs to see what works and what didn’t.

Now it’s 2020, and I’m making sales consistently. Some months are better than others, but sometimes I make multiple sales in a day! I’ve been more consistent with creating new designs and using social media to market my designs.

How can I use social media to market my designs?

There are many different ways that you can market your Redbubble store. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tiktok, Tumblr, Twitter, Youtube... any of these social media websites can be used as a tool for spreading the word about your store. It’s important to know your demographic (target audience) and the places online where they frequently spend their time. Do a little research online and find out what apps or websites your demographic uses most frequently.

What should I post, you may be asking? Well, it wouldn’t hurt to take a look at other successful Redbubble stores and see what they’re doing. My target market is young women, from the age of let’s say 13 to 25. One competitor of mine whose designs appeal to the same demographic uses TikTok to promote her designs. So I’ve made a TikTok and I plan on finding a way to promote my store by creating short-form videos on the platform.

Instagram is a platform that I have more experience with, and I feel more comfortable using it, so I have created a page (separate from my personal account--this is important) where I post my designs weekly. This helps to generate some traffic to my store and get it in front of people who may not have seen it otherwise. Make sure to use relevant hashtags, and I always tag Redbubble’s account in my photos. Here is a blog post from Redbubble about sharing your work, using hashtags, captions, and tracking links, and measuring the results!

Help! I’m using social media to market my designs but I’m still not making sales.

Sorry to break it to you, but it takes a bit of hard work and patience to make sales on Redbubble. There’s no magic pill to make money hand over fist. It’s something you have to constantly work at. Make sure all of the work you have to offer is high quality. You won’t make sales if you don’t have work that appeals to someone. Every so often, I go into my store, make sure every design looks good on the products it’s enabled on, delete any designs that have been up for years but haven’t made any sales, and add new designs. Make sure you are doing research to pick up on design trends--certain colors and subject matters go in and out of popularity. Try to ride those waves.

If you’re having a hard time breaking into a niche, maybe try a different style. If you’ve been going for dark and moody, maybe try something outside of your comfort zone, like a t-shirt with a pun that features an animal illustration. Those seem to do really well on Redbubble! You can always find out what’s selling by going to a category- for example, stickers- and sorting them by “Trending”. Try to figure out if you can duplicate the success of that product by offering something similar in terms of subject matter (not stealing their idea).

Other Helpful Guides:

Getting Started on Redbubble 5 Tips for Getting Featured on Redbubble How to Sell Your Art Online – The Definitive Guide How to Sell on Redbubble Identifying Trends with Katie Crumpton How Events and Holidays Can Help You Connect with Fans A Guide to TikTok for Visual Artists The Ultimate Guide to Promoting Your Art on Instagram 10 Ideas for More Engaging Social Media Posts Share Your Work Like a Pro With Our New Promotional Tools

The Redbubble Blog posts really helpful content that you should definitely check out as well, and commenting on those blog posts helps Redbubble see you, and give you a better chance of being featured on the homepage.

If you liked this guide, or you have any further questions, feel free to contact me! My e-mail address is brickellemelton@gmail.com. I'd be happy to answer any questions or look at your store and see if I can offer you any helpful advice.

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Stickers, Tapestries & More!

So, lately I’ve been pouring a lot of my time and energy into my Redbubble store. It’s nice to have some passive income coming in since I’m a college student and I’m currently unemployed. 

If you want to help support me, check out my store! I’ll also be posting some tips and tricks that I’ve learned that I think have helped me grow my Redbubble store to where I am making sales nearly everyday!