Month: November 2020

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Don’t miss the YouTube X Teespring livestream event kicking off on Cyber Weekend

On Cyber Weekend next week, Teespring is teaming up with YouTube to offer you livestream shopping for your fans. Between the 27th-30th November, this interactive event gives creators the perfect opportunity to maximize their reach and connect with communities globally. As we move even further into the virtual world and with the arrival of digital products, Cyber Weekend is set to be HUGE this year. 

An event you won’t want to miss…

Take this moment to really push promotion of your new, groundbreaking digital products. Shout about the fact your fans can download instantly without leaving the stream, and triggered alerts in-chat for every purchase allow you to give shout-outs 😏 

  • Live merch alerts give you the chance to connect with your fans in real time. That said, 74% of followers online say they’re more likely to purchase and download a digital product by watching a video.
  • With global lockdowns still prevalent, your community will have time to support, watch live, and shop.
  • Livestreaming virtually replicates the real-life shopping experience fans would get walking around shops.
  • Grow your community—creators that plan to host livestreams with the shopping feature over Cyber Weekend are Marble Runs (1M subscribers) and TagBackTV (800K) among many other huge creators.
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Your livestreaming Cyber Weekend timeline

To take part in this event and use live merch alerts, you’ll need to set up the Teespring x YouTube merch shelf integration first. Find out how and apply if you’re eligible here. Not to worry if you haven’t got access yet, you can still kill it with sales and promotions via your livestream using the strategies below. 

  • Black Friday—while your fans are excited and raring to go, plan a physical merch drop on Black Friday and announce a discount code especially for those who tune into your stream to use on their purchases over the weekend. Remind fans about your shipping cut-off dates if they’d like to receive their products by Christmas. NOW really is their time to get their orders in! 
  • Cyber Monday—the clue is in the ‘cyber’. It’s digital product time. Keep your sales going and introduce another exclusive discount code for livestream followers and get them hyped over your brand new digital content. No shipping cut off dates to worry about here, or waiting at all for that matter. Fans can download and start using. 
  • Giving Tuesday—because you should also use peak sales period to give back. Set up a charitable donation through your merch sales on Giving Tuesday. Pick your favourite charity, making sure your fans know that a proportion of each sale will be going to a good cause.

Head to your dashboard to set up your Cyber Weekend promo-codes or check out the blog with more guidance on how to get the most out of your sales this year.

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Digital

Holidays from home: keeping cosy and digital

As we near the end of an unusual year, creators aim to wrap up 2020 on a positive, united note with their communities—what’s more, it’s all happening from home. With thousands supporting their favorite creators throughout unpredictable times, product sales have kept many afloat throughout the year.

Now, we’re coming through with the top trending products (both physical and digital). Check out our HOLIDAYS FROM HOME inspo collection. We’re turning everything traditional about the holidays on its head, celebrating one message: Merry Weirdmass ✨

Trend to get ‘all over’—Comfort is key. 

We’re forecasting cosiness and comfort this year for fans worldwide over the holiday season. Spotted our brand new drinkware products in the video? Keep your eyes peeled, they’re coming soon for all creators to create and sell. 

Go for head-to-toe all-over-prints (AOP) and create something a little different for fans. Bundle coordinating products together in your listings and jump on AOP sweatshirts and *new* AOP joggers. Imagine Christmas jumpers with a twist—get trippy with your patterns using loosely themed Christmas symbols in your designs and color palettes. Tie in accessories such as cool socks, fanny packs, and face masks. 

Trending products to launch this holiday season

  • AOP Joggers 
  • AOP sweatshirts
  • Socks 
  • AOP leggings
  • Fanny packs 
  • Face masks

Promote your new “out there” pieces by planning content to post on social platforms, celebrating a sense of individuality and weirdness your entire community can wear together. You’ll need to keep shipping cut off dates in mind, however, the beauty of your unique all-over print designs is they can be worn all year round. Continue pushing them into the New Year!

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Downloadable, digital entertainment

Digital products can be created and offered to your community beyond shipping cut off dates for instant delivery right up until Christmas. Communities will jump straight onto festive themed products, helping them enjoy the holiday season with family and friends within the comfort of their homes. Allow followers get into the holiday spirit on their social media feed by offering photo filters to apply to their images. Launch audio digital products like ‘Christmassy’ ringtones or limited edition holiday themed downloadable music tracks to play in the background during festivities. Upload festive wallpapers applicable to all devices too for fans to enjoy daily.

Head to the Digital Launcher to start uploading your content to sell now.

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Digital

Make some noise with audio digital products

We’ve seen audio files launched by the thousands since the Digital Launcher went live to all creators. Musicians, writers, influencers, artists and teachers have flocked allowing their fans to download their audio digital products and start listening within minutes.

An audio digital product is any file you can listen to–for example, we’ve seen podcasts, audio books, music files, house and jazz mixes, and many more. Start considering how yours will take shape and keep reading for details on how to sell audio files and get inspo from other creators.

Preparing audio files for upload

  • Audio files should be uploaded in MP3 format 
  • Use the product description in the Digital Launcher to explain what your audio digital product is, how it can be used, and how your community can listen after download.
  • Check out effective mobile templates in the mock-up vault to create the perfect product preview. Make sure the images you select for your listing sums up your audio digital product. You might come up with an album cover, a book cover with a play button (to make it clear it’s an audio file), or a phone with sound waves behind a phone mock-up to demonstrate a ringtone.

Music tracks and albums

Audio digital products are perfect for musicians, music artists and songwriters. Upload tracks, singles, mixes and jingles to the Digital Launcher for fans to enjoy in many ways. EIGHTEEN02 uses their product description to describe how their beat can be listened to as background music, applied as intro music on video projects, or simply played to listen to and help fans relax. The music covers they’ve downloaded as their preview images are super cool too, resembling album covers. Check out other cool audio products such as The Trip of Our Lives By THawks, Mad Love by DJ Sauna Fans Only and the amazing Bentley Jones albums.

Audio books 

Share your written pieces so your community can listen instead of read. Audio books make for a great way for writers, influencers and artists to share podcasts, read aloud fiction and non-fiction books, as well as selling inspiring, educational material. Check out how Weird Entertainment Network shares the chapters of their stories as several audio digital products. Upload a product preview image in the Digital Launcher as if it were a digital book cover. 

Wellness sound techniques

Researchers, scientists, as well as wellbeing, meditation and spiritual enthusiasts have been uploading audio digital products for their communities. Fans can download and use to either learn about interesting topics, better themselves or heal through sound technology. Lady Tina Social School also uploaded a Clear Speech Tongue Twister audio exercise for those who lack clear speech and wish to improve mumbling, slurring or speed talking. Lady Tina uploads product preview images that show earphones and phone mock-up, working brilliantly to demonstrate the products usability.

Ringtones 

Remember custom ringtones? They’re back. Thousands of creators from all different backgrounds such as lifestyle influencers, comedians, music artists, and many more are selling sounds for communities to use for notifications on their devices. Check out Bootsy Collins’s bundle of exclusive sound clips of Bootsy’s recorded voice for ringtones, alarms, and mail notifications. Be sure to let your fans know how to apply their newly downloaded ringtones within their device settings. 

Ready to start flexing your noisiest audio digital products? Get the sounds your community will love by uploading to the Digital Launcher below.

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Everything you need to launch a digital product

Now the Digital Launcher is live for all creators to upload and sell their content as digital products to their community, we’re making sure you’ve got everything you need to get started. See the video above for a walkthrough of the sparkling new feature, and keep reading for our most helpful resources, as well as a catalog full of digital product ideas for different types of content creators.

 

Useful resources to help you get started

We’ve been publishing resources weekly to give you doses of inspo and guidance for your new digital venture. Check out the digital product section of the blog for a collection of the most useful inspiration, sure to give you a good starting point. Get advice on creating your first, learn why digital products are revolutionary, and read about how other creators like Bonnie Rzm are killing it with promotion and their variety of content. 

 

Don’t miss our digital product mock-up vault either–this is a helpful resource, allowing creators to insert their digital product previews into ready-made templates easily, making their listing images as effective as possible. Lastly, check out the digital product catalog below; you’ll find a collection of different digital product examples and descriptions, file formatting tips, and finally recommended retail prices for each product.

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Digital

Digital products–for all industries, creators, and communities

With our Digital Launcher accessible for all creators, everyone can hop on the digital hype. 

The ability to offer downloadable files give give creators the chance to revolutionize your fans e-commerce experience. On top of the countless benefits of digital products—the biggest plus is how adaptable digital products are for all types of communities.

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It doesn’t matter what your industry is, the social media platforms you use, or who your followers are. Digital products and their limitless options open up the opportunity for any type of creator to upload awesome content and start winning. Find a few of many digital products launched already by a range of different creators.

Beauty, fashion and lifestyle 

Many influencers are already experts when it comes to self promotion and product marketing around beauty and fashion. The influencer creator often holds a close relationship with fans by sharing more personal lifestyle content. Followers often become a strong support network when it comes to merch. Digital products are perfectly suited to this industry, allowing creators to offer valuable downloadable content as an extension of their social media feed. 

Firstly, photo filters are a great obvious choice. Check out Bailey Dedrick’s. Fashion photographer Bonnie Rzm creates swimwear pose guides and digital content planners. Sadie Aldis has launched a set of iOs widgets inspired by her favourite color palette to apply to fan’s iphones, and Geek out of water dropped a PDF face chart for followers to plan their makeup looks.

Examples of digital products for influencers
  • Photo filters/Lightroom presets
  • Digital Planners (weekly planners, to do lists, outfit planners, and more)
  • E-books
  • Guides (photo poses, make up, style, social media, routines)

Illustration and animation 

Digital products are an amazing way for creatives and designers (at all skill levels) to share their talents and knowledge with fans. Uploading digital content is also a brilliant way to allow communities to enjoy artwork work with a simple download. For example, upload a printable poster to the Digital Launcher, or transform your creations into digital wallpapers suitable for all devices like The Flat Type. Apply your illustrations and animations to a digital calendar like Simon’s Cat or create coloring sheets like Tofu Chan by removing the color from your drawings. MasakoX offers super cool downloadable e-comics. Get inspired by checking out our blog on digital products for all creatives.

Examples of digital products for creatives
  • E-book tutorials and guides
  • E-comics
  • Coloring pages & books
  • Wallpapers
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • Printable posters

Health & fitness

A variety of creators promote healthy lifestyles and share their fitness journeys with followers through sharing engaging, inspiring content. Uploading digital products to sell is an ideal way to help motivate fans to better themselves as well. A Healthy Alternative created an e-book designed to guide followers on a holistic wellness journey. Other creators have provided e-books like this Fitness For Creators workout guide for beginners, and Mrs Space Cadet created a digital planner for her community to plan their fitness schedules. Hench Herbivore shares secrets with the intention of providing a complete guide to a vegan diet where protein is concerned using a downloadable e-book.

Digital products for health and fitness creators
  • Meal planners
  • Recipes 
  • Workout planners 
  • Workout guides
  • E-books

Crafty digital DIY’s

DIY style content educating fans is certainly popular in 2020. Fans are staying indoors finding new ways to get creative and learn new skills. Uploading digital content is a great way to take advantage of this trend. Transfer your quirky hacks and unique processes and skills into e-books–The Outsider shares a pop up cabin “how-to”, Bhooked crafts several guides for knitting and crochet projects. Shifty Thrifting sells decorative cross stitch patterns for fans to display and followers can color in Leopard Gecko Talk’s illustration coloring books ready for a splash of digital color.

Examples of DIY digital products
  • DIY guides
  • E-book DIY guides and “how to’s”
  • Patterns (cross stitch, sewing, knitting)
  • Coloring pages

Entertaining followers

Following on from DIY genius’s above–you can turn just about any kind of content into a downloadable asset to keep your followers occupied. All you need is to know their interests and tailor it to the kind of material they love to see and hear about on your social media. Consider using audio files to create ringtones to use on devices as well as music tracks to download and listen to if you’re in the music industry, like Bootsy Collins. Other examples include Bin of Trash teaching fans how to draw like them with their How to Chibi e-book and Lulaboo Cooking Show has brought out a Mexican style recipe e-book. Pungence released the e-book story of Mystery of the Magic Toilet and followers can apply Cartoon Connect’s virtual background to their video calls.

Digital products for fan’s entertainment
  • E-books
  • E-comics
  • Sound effects
  • Coloring pages & book
  • Printable posters

Anyone can sell digital products with monumental success. Now’s the time–be first in your industry to offer them to your community. Get acquainted with the Digital Launcher and start uploading your content below, ready to share with your community (like Bonnie Rzm 😉) 

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