Merch by Amazon Black Lab T-shirt

I have several on line websites that I promote and sell my digitalart. It all started with Etsy. I primarily do custom pet portrait orders there. But for selling items where the images are already uploaded, I use Pixels (Fine Art America), Zazzle, Redbubble, my own website LITDigitalArt and Such, and Merch by Amazon. Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter are used to showcase my work. It’s a full time job maintaining all of this stuff! Since creating my Merch shop LIT’s Pooches, Kitties and Other Sweet Faces a couple months ago I have been fortunate enough to have sold three T-shirt’s so far. The last one came this week and was a black Labrador retriever. The first one was an American Eskimo and the second was a bulldog. It’s not the commission that is most thrilling. It’s the notion that someone liked my image enough - out of the literally millions out there - to purchase an item that they will use themselves or give as a gift. Since Amazon doesn’t send me an email when a purchas is made, I need to check my site every day. It really is exciting. Thanks so much for noticing. Now I’m thinking of starting something on Shopify. Has anyone had experience with that? 

LITs Pooches, Kitties and Other Sweet Faces on Merch by Amazon - First Sale!

I have wanted to sell something on Amazon handmade for a long time but they don’t do custom pet portraits. So when I heard about Merch by Amazon, that was the next best thing. So I requested an invitation and was accepted. The hard part was getting all my digital art images changed to png rather than jpeg files so the backgrounds were transparent to meet all the specifications. Since I do everything on my iPad instead of photoshop or other platforms, it was even more difficult to figure out. So after a lot of workarounds, I was happy to finally get my first ten images loaded. Then I followed the steps of the process including selecting T-shirt colors, and creating appropriate verbiage. I named the shop LITs Pooches, Kitties and Other Sweet Faces. Most websites I have products on send an email when something sells. It was by chance that I happened to check my Merch dashboard and saw that the American Eskimo pooch T-shirt was sold! It’s so exciting to know someone liked my image so much to buy a product. I’m hoping they like it enough that they leave some kind words and a nice rating! It’s certainly not the royalty I make off any of these items. I really enjoy just fiddling around on different websites and getting an occasional hit. So thanks so much to the person who noticed my shop - I really appreciate it! Now I can upload a few more pooch, kittie and other sweet face images. 

Merch by Amazon LITs Pooches, Kitties and Other Sweet Faces T-shirt

I spent a lot of time setting up my T-shirt shop on Merch by Amazon. I could only post ten items on the first round, but I set up several more images in “draft” status. I decided I needed a few shirts to wear around the house, and even a couple more for sleepwear. So I ordered the Shetland sheepdog and goofy dog in size men’s medium - one in a silver shirt and the other one yellow. They arrived yesterday and I thought they looked pretty nice! It’s also interesting to see my artwork in real life. So I would be very happy if anyone ordered these products - I am very with how they turned out. So now I have an opportunity to add 15 more images, two per day. So I sent off the borzoi and the Persian cat to be reviewed and added to my store. Then I ordered the borzoi and another Persian cat image in women’s large and extra large. That way I’ll have a chance to test the sizes and see how these images look on wearable products. After all, I get them at a discount in my own shop! So now I’ll have 25 options out there on the Merch by Amazon website, hopefully get more exposure, and continue to grow the shop. So if you’re interested in furry friend, favorite breed, and other digital art, please check out LITs Pooches, Kitties and other Sweet Faces. If I need to shop for shirts, I’ll buy my own!