{"id":12362,"date":"2022-02-08T16:50:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=12362"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:00:59","slug":"5-ways-to-get-ideas-for-t-shirt-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/5-ways-to-get-ideas-for-t-shirt-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Get Ideas For T-shirt Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming up with great t-shirt design ideas that sell is one of the main skills that Merch sellers need to master, and in this article, we&#8217;ll show <\/span><strong>how to get ideas for t-shirt designs without spending a dollar<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many sellers at some point in their Merch business feel a lack of inspiration and a decrease in their design output, which can lead to a downward spiral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Print on demand is a business model that fortunately opens up many different types of products, styles, and designs, so it\u2019s good to have multiple different ways to stay creative and productive in order to combat stress and stagnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/commercial-use-vectors\/\">royalty free illustrations for commercial use<\/a> can be a game-changer, giving you instant access to quality artwork you can adapt and sell legally<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, different ways of coming up with design ideas can enable new product and marketplace options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3G4lX-TXED0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have an article discussing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/blog\/23-t-shirt-design-ideas-that-sell-on-merch-by-amazon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t-shirt ideas that sell on Amazon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but today we\u2019ll talk about ways to get ideas yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Google &amp; Amazon\u2019s auto-suggest feature<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopping online is a keywords game, and with Google and Amazon being the go-to places to search, browse, and review desired products, doing <\/span><strong>keyword research on these platforms is mandatory<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to source ideas for designs that sell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By using the power of data and algorithms, Google and Amazon both have the most relevant keywords and search results associated with your customers\u2019 intent. Using their search box auto-suggest feature, sellers can quickly find what their customers are looking for, ultimately deriving multiple design ideas that way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do this, go to <\/span><strong>Google or Amazon\u2019s search box and start typing a niche you\u2019re interested in<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Auto-generated suggestions will come up, and you can write them all down as well as explore each of them and see what products are working in those categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12365\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/amazon-search.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon search box\" width=\"369\" height=\"372\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>2. Productor for Merch by Amazon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Productor for Merch by Amazon<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most complete and powerful tools for print-on-demand sellers specializing in Merch by Amazon, but it can be also used for investigating best-selling products and their keywords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When this Chrome extension is active, your Amazon searches will deliver more enrichened results, including BSR number (Best Seller Rank), approximate sales, as well as all of its target keywords, including main and long-tail keywords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get ideas for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/merch\/designs\/t-shirt\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t-shirt designs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using Productor, search for a niche or topic you\u2019re interested in investigating and wait for all of the results to finish loading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Productor data finishes loading too, click on the \u201cSales Rank (BSR)\u201d button to sort results from the best sellers to the least sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12366\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/productor.jpg\" alt=\"Productor dashboard\" width=\"890\" height=\"303\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way you\u2019ll find what the best-selling products are, what keywords they\u2019re targeting, and what design style they\u2019re using.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Keywords Everywhere<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another great way to find keywords, and another great browser extension to help you with your research, <\/span><strong>Keywords Everywhere<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a serious contender for handy research tools for Merch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To use Keywords Everywhere, download and install the extension and make a search on Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll now notice that beyond the normal search results, a couple of new boxes appear next to them, featuring related keywords, things people also search for, and long-tail keywords, all of which are extremely useful to find multiple approaches to a single niche or keyword.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Create original tee designs using <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/merch\/psd\/t-shirt-template\/\"><strong>PSD T-shirt templates<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; Check them out here!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><strong>4. Youtube<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like browsing for tutorials, <\/span><strong>looking for <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/styles\/\"><strong>trendy styles<\/strong><\/a><strong> and t-shirt design ideas on Youtube is a viable way to get ideas for t-shirt designs<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside videos <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> t-shirt designs, <\/span><strong>your own user feed is an excellent source of inspiration<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, keywords, and design ideas for t-shirts, since it features your favorite and most well-known content that you are most knowledgeable about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best t-shirt designs are the ones that people can relate with the most, so by taking a look at the content you love the most will soon find yourself facing hundreds of thousands of potential buyers interested in a topic you can create t-shirts about.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>We\u2019re creating video content for Sellers! Be sure to check <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/vexels\"><strong>Vexels\u2019 YouTube channel here<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12367\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vexels-youtube.jpg\" alt=\"Vexels Youtube videos\" width=\"877\" height=\"441\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>5. Yourself<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like wearing a t-shirt that you love, coming up with t-shirt designs ideas should always <\/span><strong>start with what you love and are passionate about<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are an excellent source of keywords on the topics you&#8217;re most interested in since you are (allegedly) very knowledgeable about them, and being an insider gives you an edge when creating products that are most relatable to your buyers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To come up with t-shirt design ideas yourself, start by making a list of your favorite hobbies and things you love the most, and you&#8217;ll have plenty of ideas to draw designs from!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Turning your t-shirt Ideas into t-shirt designs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help you out transforming your ideas into artwork, we have an awesome <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/t-shirt-creator\/\"><strong>online T-shirt Maker<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that doesn\u2019t need any other software to use, nor does it require professional design skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tool is really easy to use and features full text, color, and image editing capabilities to give you all the flexibility and design quality you need to make your ideas come to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vexels.com\/designer\/\">t shirt design online<\/a> for free.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up with great t-shirt design ideas that sell is one of the main skills that Merch sellers need to master, and in this article,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1219,15,822,1280,1062,798],"tags":[712,1260,1289,1290],"class_list":{"0":"post-12362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-how-to-merch","8":"category-inspiration","9":"category-merch","10":"category-merch-ideas","11":"category-print-on-demand","12":"category-t-shirt-sellers","13":"tag-t-shirt-design","14":"tag-t-shirt-design-ideas","15":"tag-t-shirt-idea","16":"tag-t-shirt-ideas"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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