In this video, I'm gonna talk about the five niches you should be working on
in February. Let's go!!
Hey, thanks for joining me on this video. This is Juna with Detour Shirts the channel all about
helping you design and sell t-shirts online. If that's something you like to do, don't forget
to hit that subscribe button, right there. So in this video since it's the beginning of February,
February 1st, I wanted to help you all out and let you know what you should be designing in February.
So every month you should be designing different things depending on what's coming up. Like
different holidays or different sports things. You know things of the month. You should be designing
about 30 to 60 days ahead. So it's too late to do Valentine's Day. If you're thinking about doing
Valentine's Day it's too late to do that. You should be thinking about things that come up in
March and April. So I'm gonna show you a really good way where you can find out what's coming
up in March and April and throughout all of the year. There's a great place to do that on Placeit
and I'm gonna tell you the five niches that i think you should be working on in February. You're
gonna wanna stay till the end, so you can see all five. Plus I have a bonus one that i'm going
to add on there, so it's really six and another edition of trend credits. Let's get into this!
So the first thing I wanted to show you is Placeit. Here you can see Placeit.
I'm on the free account. So you don't have to join Placeit to do this one.
But you can it's a great thing. I have other videos on here to show you how to design t-shirts
and mock-ups. It's pretty awesome but there's a lot of free stuff on here too. So just go down,
all the way down and they have a lot of interesting things for t-shirts. So I'm
gonna go down here to "How to design your own t-shirt". So click on that,
"How to design your own t-shirt". So that helps you get into like the t-shirt side of Placeit. So
now when you scroll down it's going to be more t-shirt-centric. So you can do here, t-shirt
design maker we're not going to talk about that. I showed that in another video so you can see that,
make a t-shirt, really good place to do that. But if you scroll all the way down
right here, you will see, "Need inspiration?" This is what we're talking about today... "Check out
the t-shirt ideas calendar". So it goes month by month right. So let's click on that. So now
that we're on her, T-Shirt Ideas Calendar it tells you what are the holidays in specific months. So
February, for example, we're in February you can see here, Super Bowl is coming up, Pokemon Day,
Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day. You should have been doing these things in December
or at the very least January. So it's too late to do any of these but you can look ahead so to march
March. You have all of these things. National Pig Day, Dr Seuss Day, Pi Day, Saint Patrick's Day,
Earth Hour, you know, Stereo Day, those kinds of things. And if you go into April.. so these
are the designs for April here. You got April Fool's, World Autism Day, National Pet Day,
Wear Your Pajamas to Work. So there's a bunch of things right here, Earth Day,
and what's cool about it is it flips over and tells you, it gives you some ideas on what you
could design as well. So i'm gonna take these, uh what we see in April, both March and April. And
I'm gonna make my own top five list. I'm gonna break it down to what I think are the top five
but you can do more than that here. But I'm gonna share with you my top five and I'm gonna show
you it on Amazon, like looking at the BSRs and the competition of course. These are very broad niches
right, so you're to have to niche down and do your own thing. You don't want to do something like,
that just says "Happy St Patrick's Day" or or something like that right. So
I'm going to give you the five niches and then you're going to have to do a little more research
to figure out how to niche down and how to make it more specific, how to make yours stand out
during that holiday when somebody's looking for that. All right so let's get into it!
So for my niche number one I'm saying to do Pi Day shirts. So Pi Day is coming up March 14th.
So people like to buy their shirts like a month or or several weeks before the holiday. That's
why you're going to want to put your things on there even before that. Just to get them ranked
up and get them on. So that's why I say 30 to 60 days before. So here's Pi Day shirt. Take a look,
this is your competition. You can see some of these have low BSRs already. Like they're
already selling because these are funny things that you could use all year. I mean Pi Day is
a special day where you celebrate it but Pi is you know universal. So people who love just Pi,
this mathematical equation, 3.14, those people who love that probably will wear these t-shirts
all the time. It's a good gift to give to people who love like mathematics and
things like that. So you can see here, low BSRs already and it's not even close to Pi Day yet
but these will just get better. So here are some ideas of course. Think of your own idea
don't go and copy this. I'm not saying to go and copy this. That's exactly what I'm NOT saying to
do. I'm saying Pi Day is a day that you should kind of design around and come up with your own
clever phrase or idea and design and make it your own. People will be looking for Pi Day soon and
so hopefully they'll find yours. Use that tag. So that is it. That's niche number one, Pi Day.
So niche number two that I'm suggesting that you should go after in February is St Patrick's Day.
This is a huge holiday every year. I don't know how it's gonna be this year because of COVID and
all of that but typically St Patrick's Day is a huge day for selling t-shirts. Just type in here,
"St Patrick's Day Shirt" and you can see some of these like super low BSRs already.
10,000 & 30,000. Like people are already buying these. You would use these at a St Patrick's Day
party or when you go out with friends, of course but you could use this anytime. These are funny.
Usually the green t-shirts sell really well, so don't forget to add green to
it. Black does really well too. So you can see kind of a green and black combo here. So
a lot of competition with Disney and Star Wars right now because they know that it's
a big seller too. So of course they're going to jump on it. You can see here.. so we're
competing with that when we're here on Merch by Amazon but if you're doing your St Patrick's Day
designs for other Print on Demand sites like RedBubble and TeePublic and stuff you don't have
to compete with them. So think about what you're going to do to make yours stand out. Think of a
phrase that nobody else is doing that's funny. You know it usually revolves around drinking
or leprechauns or those kinds of things. Irish of course. Shenanigans. I talked about
that before. So look at some of these ideas and come up with your own idea. Brainstorm,
jot it down, this is a niche that people sell and you can make your own designs for St Patrick's Day
and get a lot of sales because people are looking for St Patrick's Day in February for March. Okay,
so don't miss out St Patrick's Day, one of the biggest t-shirt holidays throughout the year.
You don't want to miss out on St Patrick's Day! I know there's a lot of competition
also. A lot of people are making shirts for St Patrick's Day but if yours is different
enough and is something funny enough, that is not out there already, I think you can do really well.
So for niche number three, I suggest to go after the World Autism Day which is April 2nd. This is a
great niche to go after. I'm just typing in autism awareness because I don't think many people type
in World Autism Day. It's Autism Awareness Shirts that kind of comes up. So don't forget about using
that tag or using that in your titles. And again I'm doing this on Amazon to show you the BSRs
but this will work on any POD site or Print on Demand site. One of the symbols for autism is this
puzzle... the colorful puzzle pieces. So you can see here, it's a theme that goes throughout here,
right there as well. So the puzzle pieces. And it doesn't have to be in color as you can see here.
Just a white puzzle piece but the puzzle piece, the colored puzzle pieces all these different
ones, use that in your design. You can make it however you want. Think of different ways to do
that. Again, don't copy, I keep stressing don't copy here. You can see low BSRs right now because
like people live with autism year-round. So it's not just on World Autism Day that they buy
t-shirts. Of course, people have family members and and friends that have autism and they want to
support them. So Autism Mom, you can see here, is a good one. Think about things like that. 270,000
that's pretty low BSR 185,000 and it's just going to get lower as we get to World Autism Day. So
think about different ways that you can do this. Usually people with family members or friends,
this is kind of the shirt that they're wearing to to support autism awareness. So think about
that. That's the audience. Some of them are older, some of them are younger. So you can
you can do yours towards kids or towards adults. Either way. So these are just some ideas here
and think of a way that you can do yours differently, that will stand out and be
a good value to the audience. So something that people actually want to wear. So think about that.
Maybe mash up a few niches here you can see this... the mom niche with the autism niche
and the you know that kind of thing. So that is your niche number 3 to work on in February.
Autism awareness or World Autism Day niche. Work on that one in February.
So niche number four that I think you should be working on in February of 2021 is
Earth Day. So here are Earth Day t-shirts. You can see here, low BSRs already 406,000. Let's go here
253,000 and that's because earth day is every day right. Well people would want to take care of the
earth every day. It's going to get a spike later on but you can see it's already getting a lot of
good sales. So look at those lower BSRs. Earth Day is every day. This is great for people that,
you know, love to want to take care of the earth. Maybe people love to spend time outdoors.
Makes a great gift. Respect your mother, that kind of thing. See.
So Earth Day is one that you should be working on. Earth Day is April 22nd this year. So we
got some time. It's in April, but you want to think of doing stuff right now. Just so that
you can get those sales and kind of rank a little higher. Think of something nobody else has done
around Earth Day. Maybe a funny phrase or or something like that. So again don't copy these
designs. These designs are copyrighted and that's because somebody else did them. You want to make
your own idea around Earth Day. Earth Day is a huge niche. You're going to want to niche down
and figure out what people want to buy for Earth Day. Something more specific. You don't want
to just say Earth Day on your t-shirt. That's been done a lot. So think of different phrases,
different things that you you can do. So this is your niche number four, Earth Day.
So for the fifth niche... I saved this one for last because not many people would think of it.
It's not on the list on Placeit but I'm gonna say soccer. Soccer is the fifth niche that you
should be working on in February and let me tell you why. It's because soccer, the mls soccer,
actually starts April 13th. So because of that I think more and more people will be watching soccer
and they would want to wear a soccer shirt. Many people play soccer and they start playing soccer
in the spring and summer. So this is a great one. There's so many soccer fans out there. And
what i'm saying is, don't do the soccer teams. You want to stay away from soccer teams, just like you
would want to stay away from football teams, the actual teams. But you want to do something around
soccer and kind of mash it up. You can see here, soccer with a heartbeat, the soccer funny thing
right here. Soccer and a dog. So you can look at these BSRs. They're really low. Look at this one
86,000. Eat, sleep, soccer. You can see they're making it funny. 179,000. So think of different
ways that you could do a soccer t-shirt that's different than all of these out here right. So
don't copy these. Look for different things. Soccer is huge. Like look at 20,000 results.
So I know it's a big, saturated one. It might feel like a saturated market but definitely there
are some people looking for new soccer designs out there and you can provide it to them. So
think of different ways that you can do a soccer t-shirt that's different than everybody else.
Maybe make up your own phrase and see what people are buying and kind of brainstorm around it.
Figure out what they would like, that's not out there already. So this is your niche number five,
soccer. It's a huge one. It's a great one to do. It's kind of almost an evergreen
thing because I know soccer starts... MLS soccer starts in April but
people, soccer players, soccer lovers, love wearing soccer t-shirts all year long. Anyway
they like the sport, so this is a great one to do. Niche number five is soccer.
So for my bonus niche, I'm gonna say do birthday shirts and let me show you why.
So you can do specific month birthday shirts and these are not on Placeit but look at these BSRs.
146,000 & 229,000. It's just saying, "I'm a February Girl", "I'm a February Girl". So it's
a February Birthday shirt. Think of different ways you could do this. Look, February Birthday 2021.
499,00 February Girl 114,000 & 111,000. So there's so many different ways you can do this. Don't copy
what they're doing right here. Make up your own. But there's like... look this one just has a
picture of February girl. So people love birthday gifts and you can make one for February. You can
make one for March. You can make one for April. I like this niche because it's also very scalable.
So once you figure out something that's your own and nobody else is doing it and it does well, you
could switch out February for March and for April. This is a great one. You can see here, February,
because it's close to February now or we are in February, these are things people are buying. They
probably bought it in the at the end of January in preparation for the February birthday, right. So,
that's why these are really low. Next month you're going to see the March ones be very low.
So think of that. This is a bonus niche. Think of your own way to do this. I think this will do
really well. It is kind of saturated but not as saturated as some of the other ones. So if
yours is really niched down and has a phrase that people are looking for and want to buy I
think you're doing really, really well in this one. So think about February birthday shirts.
March birthday shirts. April birthday shirts. So that is your bonus niche for this video.
So here are all the five niches together plus that bonus niche you can take a snapshot right here.
Work on these niches in February 2021 and get some of those sales. These are big niches again and
you're gonna have to niche down. And of course don't copy the things that are already there.
Pi Day - March 14th. I put the dates on here for you so you can kind of see do these in order.
St Patrick's Day - March 17th. World Autism Day - April 2nd. Earth Day - April 22nd. Soccer - April
13th. And of course February, March, April birthdays just do them before the month
shows up. So that is it for this video. Let me know in the comments if this is really helpful. I
can do this every month if you think that's going to be helpful. I could do a March 2021 video,
so you know what to work on in March but that Placeit site really helps so you can
look through those. They will have more of these more holidays that come up, that people want to
buy t-shirts for. So use that resource. I'll put a link to that Placeit stuff that I found
for you down there, that Placeit calendar in my description. So look for that as well. So
thanks so much for watching this video and stay tuned for another edition of trend credits.
Thanks for joining me on this trend credits. Here is your trend. "I may look calm but".. so this can
be done in a bunch of ways and come up with your own ending here. So that's just the beginning
but you can see here, I may look calm but in my head i've already killed you three times,
i pecked you three times. Let's see, I punched you three times, I
slapped you three times. Look at these BSRs. 207,000 & 341,000. So lots of different things
that you could do here. Think of your own phrase. Think of your own way that you can do this one.
Let's check the competition checker in Merch Informer. "I may look calm but" is getting an A
here. I have a link in the description for Merch Informer. If you don't have Merch Informer it's
awesome. It tells you if you should be going for it. So this is the competition checker and not a
lot of competition you can see. "I may be old but" "I may be calm but". These are selling like nine
times a month or more so that one's selling 36 times. Awesome. Another thing in Merch Informer,
you may not know, is the trademark alert. So if you go to trademark then trademark alerts
you can just type in here. "I may look calm but" and it is safe. So you can see, not checked yet.
Safe to do. So again pretty cool tool Merch Informer. There's lots to do.
So this is your trend again. "I may look calm but" ..... fill in the blanks. Do something original
and come up with your own original design. Don't copy these as well. Add a graphic in there,
it might help a little bit too. So thanks so much for watching this video. Don't forget to
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