Richard's Research Blog for Passive Owls

Now, I like to consider myself a pretty patient guy. But I'll be honest, Merch has me a bit frustrated. Shirt 1: Approved. YAY! Shirt 2: Rejected. Damn it... Shirt 3: Rejected. Oh, Son of a Bit... Shirt 4: Approved. yay... I know it takes time and I'm definitely ready for the long haul, but I seem to just hit a rut. No sales, even on RB, Designs aren't even being viewed. My Merch shirts don't even show up in the results... Frustration. I'm trying to move but it feels like my feet are glued to the ground. But that's okay. I hope to keep my happy disposition and desire for money alive by continuing. Because I really want more money. I guess this post is just supposed to be a little bit of catharsis after a week of struggling at getting somewhere. Oh man, I was SOOO excited when I got those three RB sales in a day. I wanna feel like that, excet all the time. I wanna be able to make it rain nickels at the very least. Where do I go from here people?

Hello Everyone, So, my first month was a great big exercise in learning, growing, and designing. I now know GIMP halfway decently. Well, enough to be dangerous I suppose. I tried different strategies, and simply putting in the work to find a way to hack it and make a passive income. Big props to my man Craig Jones. Without him, I would have never even thought of it. Any case, here's my totals for the month from Redbubble: WHOO! To be fair, this is actually better than I expected. I actually sold a design somebody liked. Wow. Let me BREAK IT DOWN for you: Total Revenue: 10.75 Costs:                  3.05 (Costs of my Reddit Ad Campaign ) --------------------------- Profit:                 7.70 For a semi-artistic computer guy from North Texas, that's not a bad start. Not a bad start at all. Having barely touched GIMP in my life, and knowing nothing about shirts, and a little about marketing. Hey Richard. Yes? Where do you go from here? Good question. I&