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Prepare for the biggest selling season of the year!

Fall arrives next week and with it comes opportunity. Many creators sell more in the last 3 months of the year than in the first 9 months combined! You could be one of them. 

The first thing you need is a compelling new design. We’ve researched the color and style trends set to catch eyeballs this season to help you come up with that winning idea. And we also recommend the best Spring products to go with them. Read on and get ready to be inspired!

Shades of Pink & Mauve
Pink and mauve (a pale purple color) are both named after flowers. These bright, youthful colors will bring light and energy to days that will be growing colder and shorter throughout the season.

Cozy and warm Classic Pullover HoodiesAvailable in Dusty Pink as well as Light Pink, Spring’s Classic Pullover Hoodie is the perfect match for this color trend, not to mention the season. The designs can also be pink, but tones of blue, green, brown and gray also work well with these comfy hoodie colors. And you can try them on the Premium Tee in Mauve or Desert Pink too!

Earthtone Neutrals
Earth tones are commonly defined as colors that have some brown in them, commonly mixed with reds, oranges and yellows. It will be part of nature’s changing palette for the coming months in many parts of the world. Folklore floral prints in your design will contribute to the mood.

Banana Cream, Dark Chocolate and Caramel Toffee

They aren’t just everybody’s favorite flavors for the fall, but neutral and understated tones that can match many different styles and occasions. Great for yourself or as a gift, our Classic Pullover Hoodies and Crewneck Sweatshirts come in Mustard or Carmel Toffee and or check out our Premium Tees in Banana Cream, Dark Chocolate and Light Olive.

Tie-Dye
Make the most of this fun autumn trend by creating your own tie-dye patterns and colors. You can apply them to our all-over print products (hoodies, crewneck sweatshirts, joggers, and tote bags, making an entirely unique and exclusive item that only your fans will have. Try using psychedelic prints and fonts for added effect or nostalgic, 90’s inspired prints which are all the rage right now. 

We’re excited for your followers to see all of your fall products and collections!

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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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News

Teespring becomes the first extension to offer sub-exclusive merch on Twitch

The Teespring Merch Store extension empowers Twitchcasters to reward loyal channel subscribers like never before. Utilize this feature to engage current subscribers as well as recruit new ones by offering access to exclusive merch. 

 

Teespring currently offers the only Twitch extension where users can create and sell subscriber-exclusive merch in combination with integrated checkout and built in OBS and chat alerts.

Teespring Merch Store benefits:

  • Real-time animated OBS and chat alerts 
  • Subscriber-exclusive merch (NEW)
  • Integrated checkout on Twitch
  • Guaranteed best in industry profit margins 
  • 50+ print-on-demand products that ship to 180 countries worldwide 
  • Storefront customization
  • Hassle-free selling—Teespring handles order processing, delivery, and customer support
  • Additional features (coming soon) include customizable celebrations and special discounts for subscribers. 

 

How to create subscriber-exclusive merch

Sub-exclusive merch is intended to not only engage and reward your loyal subs, but also encourage more people to subscribe to your channel. Learn how to create sub-exclusive merch and how it can increase your subscriber count in the video below.

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Check out the two ways shoppers are encouraged to subscribe to your channel.

Shoppers on Teespring:

  • Everyone can see your sub-exclusive merch on Teespring. However, once they click on the listing page a shopper must select “Unlock as Twitch Subscriber” to purchase any sub-exclusive merch. 
  • Once the shopper verifies they’re a subscriber to your channel they’ll be shown the “Add to cart” option and can complete the purchase. 
  • If the shopper is not a subscriber they’ll be prompted to become one and redirected to your channel subscription page. 

Shoppers on Twitch: 

  • Viewers on your Twitch Channel are able to browse your sub-exclusive products. 
  • When they click ‘Subscribe to buy’ they’ll be asked to verify their subscriber status on your channel. 
  • Once verified they’ll have the option to ‘Buy now’ and complete purchase.
  • If they’re not subscribed to your channel they’ll be directed to your channel subscription page.

 

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Creators

We’re hosting a Sponsored Session at Vidcon 2019!

Just announced: we’re going to Vidcon! Vidcon will run through Wednesday, July 10th – Saturday, July 13th in Anaheim, California. Join your favorite creators and thousands of other attendees enjoying live panels, Q+A’s, live performances, and major brand announcements. As an official sponsor of Vidcon 2019, we’ll be hosting our own “sponsored session” discussing our top recommendations for selling merch while staying true to your audience.

“The secrets of selling merch, without selling out”

How do you create and sell merch without looking like a self-absorbed “influencer”? Learn from industry experts and creators who are crushing merch sales by creating custom products their communities love. Getting started with merch on Teespring is totally free, so whether you have 10 or 100,000 followers, you will leave the session with the know-how to create and sell awesome merch in minutes.

Panel Guests

Chris Lamontagne, Teespring CEO.

Draw with Jazza, YouTube creator.

David Berg, production manager for Aphmau (Twitch + YouTube streamer)

Samery Moras, rising creator and 6-time US National Champion in Taekwondo and Team USA Competitor.

Jack Farina, Creator Partnerships for Teespring.

Jared Fowler, Design Lead for Teespring.

Be sure to visit Teespring’s Sponsored Session for all of your merch questions. We’re excited to see you there!

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