Ryan Hogue Passive Income Podcast

In this video I review a print on demand production partner: Shirtly It came as a recommendation in the comment section of what one my previous videos And I was pleasantly surprised when I checked it out Shirtly is easy to use, FREE to use, products are affordable, and most importantly... Production times are FAST!!! 🙂 The average time to production + shipment was 4 days for the two test orders I...

This video walks through how to upload a product to Amazon Merch It's slanted towards helping brand new sellers to the platform who need guidance on how to get their first live product up on Amazon It also takes into account the current situation on Amazon Merch, with publishing in US markets temporarily frozen I cover what product type you should focus on selling, Along with pricing strategy tips...

Why (& How) I still use Printful for my print on demand business Printful... remember them? Yeah, their production times are CRAZY slow right now for their most popular products BUT... I still strongly believe, for a number of reasons, that they're the best print on demand production partner (I explain a few reasons why in this video) AND I'm in 100% agreement that Printful can't be relied upo...

KDP 16: How to create word search puzzle interiors This video shows you how to (easily) create unique word search puzzles, using two different softwares: ► Book Bolt http://bit.ly/BookBolt ► Bowes Publishing https://bit.ly/BowesPuzzles Any chance to stand out from the crowd, you should take it Most KDP sellers have no clue how to generate unique puzzle interiors (Most probably don't know you can s...

TOP 5 NICHES 🔥 Print on Demand Niche Research #4 — (6/14/2020) This video walks through 5 of the top print on demand niches of the week Targeting high-demand niches not only is a great way of getting products in front of customers But it also unlocked the potential to make 4 & even 5-figure profits in a single day (Yes, you read that right) Remember that each result you see in search results...

Why I closed my Shopify print on demand store... "Shopify" and "Print on demand" are two major buzzwords in the e-commerce sphere right now They're both great methods of making money online Shopify makes starting your own online store EASY And Print on demand lets you sell products without carrying inventory Combining the two makes perfect sense... so why did I DELETE my Shopify store??? 🤔 I brea...

Etsy product research just got that much easier, thanks to Alura I can't lie... this was a commonly asked question. "Ryan, how do you do Etsy niche research?" My honest answer was that I used Amazon 🙂 I didn't know of a reliable way to conduct Etsy product research & validate niches, until today Alura is a Chrome extension that functions similar to the extremely popular Jungle Scout niche res...

Etsy Print on Demand Masterclass (2020) In this video I'll walk you through everything you need to crush it on Etsy selling print on demand products, start to finish Here's the agenda: 1. Introduction 2. Open Shop 3. Create 1st Product Listing 4. Add Production Partner 5. Push Product (via Integration) 6. Ads 7. Optimization 8. * BONUS* Automate Social Media Not only is there a step by step walkth...

Advertising your product is the next step on your FBA journey This video is a step-by-step tutorial on setting up your first sponsored products campaign  Doing so will allow your newly listed product to be eligible to appear in spaces reserved for advertisements in Amazon search results (It's pretty much a requirement at this point to gain visibility on new listings) Amazon recently (finally)...

Yesterday I revealed the biggest thing YouTubers aren't telling you about print on demand (Visibility is the biggest challenge facing print on demand sellers) Further, there's two types of visibility: ► Organic visibility ► Paid visibility They both work 🙂 I invited my good friend John of Ecom Dropshipping Wolves to share his Facebook ads strategy that's been extremely successful for his Shopify...

There's one thing that makes or breaks every e-commerce business: VISIBILITY If potential customers can't find your products, they can't buy them either! The uphill battle for any retail or e-commerce business in 2020+ is very similar: We're competing for our customers time & attention, in a landscape that's growing increasingly more saturated + on top of that, the industry behemoths are clamp...

TOP 5 NICHES 🔥 Print on Demand Niche Research #4 — (6/7/2020) This video walks through 5 of the top print on demand niches of the week Targeting high-demand niches not only is a great way of getting products in front of customers But it also unlocked the potential to make 4 & even 5-figure profits in a single day (Yes, you read that right) Remember that each result you see in search results w...

In this video I share my experience as a print on demand seller over the past 3 years It explains my thought process & the evolution of my POD business... What I chose to prioritize (Amazon Merch) And what followed my that top priority Including how I maximize ROI from time+effort invested in building my catalog of designs for sale on Merch By selling them on additional platforms & product...

This is the 3rd video in my Amazon Merch (2020) Mini-Series In it, I explain how the royalties system works (You know... the part where you get paid 💸💸💸) It's obviously one of the most important aspects of participant in the Merch by Amazon program ...& It's why we joined in the first place! Each product type has a different royalty structure And the amount you're paid out varies dynamicall...

It's time ...Time to start looking at Printful alternatives A week or so ago I reported that they announced a reduction in fulfillment times for DTG Unfortunately, as someone wisely pointed out in the video's comments within ~24 hours, they had went back on what they said about fulfillment times improving Aaaaaand actually extended them. I believe to as long as 20 days (citing "Black Friday" volum...

This is part 8 of my Amazon FBA 2020 Mini-Series In it, I show you how to optimize your product listings (We created them earlier, but only so that we could generate product + carton labels) Now that your product is being created & shipped, we can spend time focused on: ► Optimizing your listing to convert customers ► Optimizing your listing so that the Amazon algorithm associates related quer...

$300K in Amazon Merch sales... WITH ONLY 500 UPLOADS‼ CRAZY 🤑 In this video I interview someone who did just that - Fellow Merch seller CJ from Texas He shares a few tips on his approach to: - Niche research - Design - Keywords We'd all be wise to listen to CJ while he imparts some knowledge on us from his years of experience on Amazon Merch 👍 🎓 Enroll in Passive Income School: https://ryansmet...

I recently published my May 2020 passive income report 💸 In short, I made $10,003.28 in passive income profit from FBA / Merch / POD / KDP / Google Ads. Amazon FBA: ► Amazon removed their FBA inbound shipment restriction ► So I'm able to send in full shipments of products... BUT ► My supplier in china wasn't able to get enough raw material to fulfill my order before AUGUST! 😓 Ryan's Method: Amaz...

TOP 5 NICHES 🔥 Print on Demand Niche Research #3 — (5/31/2020) This video walks through 5 of the top print on demand niches of the week Targeting high-demand niches not only is a great way of getting products in front of customers But it also unlocked the potential to make 4 & even 5-figure profits in a single day (Yes, you read that right) Remember that each result you see in search results...

Want me to show you how to create Sudoku book interiors for KDP? Perfect! That's exactly what I'll be sharing in this video 🎥 Step-by-step, we'll use PuzzleWiz to generate unique Sudoku interiors of varying difficulty that you can sell on Amazon through KDP Any time you can zig while other people are zagging, you give yourself the chance to stand out from the crowd 👍 In this case, you'll be sell...

This video shares my experience buying a Fiverr gig It was advertised in one of my Passive Income Facebook Groups Instead of deleting it, I thought... why not have some fun with it! 👍 I went ahead and dropped a whopping $5 (+$2 in fees) on it And I was pleasantly surprised with the result! Well... almost. I also take a minute to break down whether or not I'd feel comfortable uploading the design...

This video goes through Printful's recent COVID update (delivered via email on 5/27/2020) They've been able to improve production times & they are working on optimizing shipping times as things slow return to normal One interesting thing they mentioned was that they've been "continuing to sdee order volume that's typical during the Black Friday shopping season" * hint hint * If you're not sell...

TOP 5 NICHES 🔥 Print on Demand Niche Research #2 — (5/24/2020) This video walks through 5 of the top print on demand niches of the week Targeting high-demand niches not only is a great way of getting products in front of customers But it also unlocked the potential to make 4 & even 5-figure profits in a single day (Yes, you read that right) Remember that each result you see in search results...

Etsy CEO Josh Silverman did an interview w/ Jim Cramer on CNBC recently where he revealed some valuable insights into how shopping behavior changed in April (Obviously things have changed since ~March, and as business owners we need to be agile, follow customers, & serve demand) He revealed some interesting bits of information about which categories were hit hardest by the "Cerveza Sickness" &...

PrettyMerch (http://bit.ly/GetPrettyMerch) just released a HUGE update! After 3 months of writing new functionality into the #1 chrome extension for Amazon Merch It's out there for us to use!  This video walks through some of the new functionality, including: — A new 'Stats Bar' has been added to the dashboard showing you some important metrics such as Buyable Products and Overall Review Scor...