I’ll tell you the truth, the last 30+ days for me have been BONE DRY in terms of Teespring. A big part of this is because I’ve been focusing on other things like the blog/forum and some long term projects.
But that being said, I’ve STILL managed to launch a good 40 campaigns in that time. They’ve all tanked. 1-2 sales, a few break even but no profits.
I’ve been in this situation before and there’s only one way to get out of it.
Launch MORE Campaigns!
Rarely do I let my past experiences get the best of me. 40 fails? So what, that doesn’t mean the next 40 will do the same. It just takes 1 to turn that all around. Whether it comes now or 200 camps later, it will come.
I found this infographic on APB. It’s a great little graph outlining how the top Teespringers manage their business.
Average LPD – (Average campaigns Lunched/day)
This Graph basically says, the amount of money you make is almost directly dependant on how many campaigns you launch. The more you launch the better your chances.
It might be hard to comprehend at the start but it’s basic probability. 5 launches/day = 150 campaigns each month. How many do you launch per month?
Like I said, it’s been tough for me this last few weeks with Teespring and of course last month as well. But like I said, there’s only one thing that’s going to get you to where you want to be and that’s keeping on going.
Every affiliate/entrepreneur will have experienced this on multiple occasions. Nothingness for LONG periods of times. Even millionaire Teespringers will have 3-4 weeks of nothing and then BAM 1-2 weeks of huge $$.
That’s why not everyone does business. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it but not many can cope with the shear amount of lost time, effort and money at the start. Not many will give it a fair shot and will have the determination to continue with things even when times are bad, for a LONG time.
For every one fairly new to entrepreneurship/business keep this in mind. No matter what someones WSO says or ‘get rich quick guide’ says, if you expect a long and challenging road ahead then consider yourself prepared. If it’s ‘I’ll figure this out in a month and will be cruising to profits soon’, then you’re most likely in for a big shock.
All the best,
~ Mateen
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Hi Mateen… It’s great that you share not just the highs but also the lows in this business. I am sure you will get on a roll soon! We all look up to you, so best of my wishes…
Thank you
Yep…
Thanks for this Mateen.
I had a few more $1000 payouts from teespring and then this week only $100… grrrrr!
so taking the lesson … keep launching in a smart way.
Yeah, just.keep.launching. Should be our new motto 😀
Hi Mateen, I’m going through tough times too. But i’m a newbie, totally newbie. I’ve launched 7 campaigns and just got 1 success campaign. I’m launching new campaigns but no sale at all. The design cost and marketing cost are growing up. It’s not just easy as I see case study of professional springers. They just launch and BOOM, thousands and thousands dollar. When I launch, boom, nobody bought one.
There is no one who just launch and boom thousands of dollars everytime, who ever says he does is lying.
Nice one Mateen for showing the real life ups and downs of this business
Thanks for this! It means a lot.
No problem Sue, I’m happy it helped!
Its normal in IM of-course with every business .. we must believe on averaging concept …
Hey Manteen,
I cannot believe for a second that 40 of your campaign ideas were that bad.
I think there is something else going on.
Facebook ads is an ever changing and evolving beast, I would be willing to bet that whatever bidding or adset method you are using is not working as well as before.
My advice would be to focus on your actual ads. Different layout stucture, new bidding method maybe change up campaign objectives.
Good Luck!
Hey Ed,
Thanks for your advice. I feel you’re right in some way. Maybe I need to change a few things so my next 40 will be a bit more of a ‘test’ bunch.
Thanks again,
Strength in number, I bet this is also very similar across other means of generating income as well 🙂
Interesting now that your main revenue is now derived from blog, over both teespring and affiliate marketing. Are you still doing aff marketing?
Yep, aff marketing will always be my main focus or else I’ll start to lose touch with my skill.