/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3511268
Hey RB buddy! I'm the anon from the last thread(s) who makes ~$700/month on Redbubble passively. That's great that you've jumped on the platform. You're right about it having an amazing system of newcomers. I remember being surprised by my sales when I first joined - pic related is actually my first 7 months of earnings. I remember getting several pieces of work 'Found' and featured on the front page, which is a major & instant boost to sales. It's my best guess that Redbubble likes to try and push new artists and feature them on their homepage. Maybe its different now, but its a shit ton better than something like Society6.

>>3511420
>>3511482
>fanart/popculture (games,tv shows) related or generic/non-popculture related
You can do both! Personally speaking, my top selling designs are a mix of pop culture stuff and non-pop stuff (a lot of animals actually).

>>3511541
>Do likes actually do anything?
Each print-on-demand store has its own search algorithm, and it's a guessing game to try and determine what actually helps push a design to the top of searches. I genuinely don't think likes do anything significant, but I could be wrong. Based on my experience, I think its:
+ Total sales - The more sales, the higher up it shows in searches. If you're fortunate to get featured on the front page, the sales from that will usually be enough to bump you up quite a bit even in competitive keywords.
+ Title & tag - especially the title. I found that it's best to just ditch the fancy, fun clever names in favor of cold hard keywords in the title. Got a design that features goats? Don't call it something fun/artsy/non-descript - just name it "Goats" or something like that. Got a pop design? Just call it whatever the franchise is, or maybe the name of the character.

Happy to help more!