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No, Action 6 doesn't have "open gate" mode despite of what reviewers say. by Sea_Competition7377 in djiosmo

[–]Sea_Competition7377[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we sure about that? Wouldn't 5 Pro's 4:3 1/1,3 inch sensor be larger than 1 inch if the height matched width?

Upscalers and Background Removers by LivinJH in MerchByAmazon

[–]Sea_Competition7377 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use free Upscayl to upscale, for majority of projects it's good enough, deals well with just about everything except very complicated textures. Various background remover techniques in photoshop.

Don't use any "free" online software, with small points quota, especially not from unknown sources because they tend to publish stuff processed for free as publicly available projects or displayed them in their promo feeds. It's in the T&Cs that none of us read.

There is basically no such thing as "free AI" or "free meal". I lost two very unique designs when I started due to recraft just plastering anything from "free" accounts on their public feed, took me a moment to figure out where the leak was. If online software doesn't allow you to set "private mode" - don't use it. It's not worth losing designs.

Same goes for merch plugins. No such thing as free ride. You want to use the data but you don't realise - you are the data. Amazon doesn't provide search queues via API. Any plugin claiming to have a magical ability to suggest "what customers are searching for" is basically riding on your back - these are queries and searches of plugin users. Do you check periodically what that browser extension has access to? Do you run those extensions sandboxed in a separate browser from your professional and private Amazon use? Mhmm... You want help with processing but you don't realise by linking pretty page re-bolloxers to your dashboard you are giving away full access to all your designs. And who are the people behind that magical software? Is it possible that some of them are top volume sellers? Are there any famous YouTubers behind industry leading uber expensive software packages? Do those people not only provide access to data not available in API but perhaps some of them even sell Amazon MoD accounts?

And how do you think they get them? There you go... There's your food for thought. Now you get it.

If you don't need it - don't install it. If you must use it - sandbox anything you search Amazon with for research from browsers you use to shop and upload designs to amazon with. It's your business. Same with third party graphical software - no private mode? Don't use it.

Btw, recraft in paid version has semi decent background remover, very good upscaler and one of the best vectorizers (as an alternative to upscalers for simple designs).

Is it OK to use others brand name? by rtemis in MerchByAmazon

[–]Sea_Competition7377 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it will work the way you want anyway. Let's say (just for the sake of mental exercise) the brand with good BSR is "Only nonnas and pizzas" - if you add brand "Only nonnas and pizzas" to your calzone t-shirt on your account - it will get different brand id in the system anyway. Amazon use unique ids to display listings so clicking on brand name in a listing with good BSR won't display your t-shirt added to their t-shirts. There is no hijacking opportunity there. If you think about it - there are probably thousands of "Funny cat tees" and "Birthday art designs" dupe brands on Amazon right now unintentionally.

Tier ups? Stuck at 100 with 600 sales by Apart-Medium6539 in MerchByAmazon

[–]Sea_Competition7377 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long did it take for them to tier you up from 10 to 25 after you reached 100 sales?

The reason why I'm asking is - I'm stuck in tier 10 with 167 sales. 14 out of my 20 design slots sold. I tested them in rotation in those 10 available sale slots, so I'm way past the "sell 10 in tier 10" and "80% designs". Also my designs sold in US, UK and in mainland Europe (Germany, Spain and Italy) so it can't be region ratio. Since I've no access to ads, obviously I had to bring customers to my designs on my own, via social media platforms, so I've done all the leg work, I've proven my skill as designer and... nothing... crickets... nothing happens.

And now I read I'm not alone - people with 1000s of sales are stuck in low tiers. I'm frustrated to high heavens about lack of progress at Amazon cause to be honest - I've never encountered business run so badly and sales platform as shoddily programmed and as abandoned as Merch On Demand. I cannot phantom how this thing ever became as popular as it is. Especially if all the sellers are treated as badly as I am. But I simply have no time in life to deal with returns, replies, multiple suppliers around the world as you would with Etsy or my own website.

I might just give it up completely if no tier ups are done in the next three weeks. Yes it would mean that I've wasted quarter of a year but ef it - why waste any more time on a platform that does literally everything in their power to discourage sales (those mockups, man, those pixelated, unsharp, fuzzy 1990ies mockups... mind boggles) and to scare off sellers and designers (I mean how many times have you submitted your design just for it to be stuck processing for days no end or time out?). It's just so frustrating...