Finding the Best Selling T-Shirt Designs

So you’ve got yourself a profitable niche, now you need attractive designs that drive sales. But even with your golden niche in the bag, making designs solely on your own creative energy does not guarantee success.

Here's a streamlined approach for building an online t-shirt business:

• Find what’s already selling like crazy
• Design yours with an original or fresh approach
• Excelling with branding, marketing, and targeting­

Tracking down the bestselling designs is very research intensive, but when you find ones you can add value to, it will be well worth it! Here's how to get going:

Check Out Pinterest

Pinterest can be a goldmine for creative design. In between the furious pinning, repining and liking you can discover popular designs from a variety of sellers and platforms. It's also great for exploring through to related photos and discovering more designs.

Head to the Online Markets

The next method to try is head straight onto the individual t-shirt selling markets. Many of them allow you to browse through bestsellers or categories, but not all reveal their exact sales figures.

• Zazzle– Browse their best-selling shirts, but no sales data
• Teespring– Search through categories and see sales
• Represent– Check popular designs through categories and see sales
• Teezily– Browse designs and see sales
• ViralStyle – Browse through categories and see sales

  

Measure Social Engagement

The buzz of likes, shares, comments and social engagement is a good indication of design popularity.

Grab direct campaign links and input them into free tools such as How Many Shares, to see the popularity of each design on Facebook.

While time-consuming, these methods are mighty effective for uncovering bestselling designs. Then all you've got to do is come up with your own twist!