One of the reasons why e-commerce has exploded is because of its accessibility. This is why so many large businesses are realizing they need to make more and more unique products if they are to stay ahead. Why do you think running shoes are customizable nowadays? It's because anyone can make unique shoes, begin to sell them online without needing to go through endless lines of middlemen and bureaucracy. This is perhaps attractive to you, or someone who would like to maybe sell things online without needing to start an entire business.

What is ‘merch’?

Merchandise or ‘merch’ could be anything you want it to be. It's usually linked to an event, a brand or perhaps a cultural movement. For example, if you are someone who has a farm, you can sell your own merch, be of a t-shirt, bag, cap or perhaps notepads. These are just your everyday things, with your logo on them, made with unique materials and themes, and they are totally unique to your brand. Merch is something that is often used as a second support line for someone or something. It's just something you can give fans of the event, brand, or cultural movement, something to pin themselves to in relevance to it.

Is merch personal?

No it's not always personal, although most of the time it is. Merch is only going to sell if it has some level of support, be it for its design, something it represents or who or what it supports. You can buy merch at music concerts that will go to support the band. Or you can buy merch from your favorite YouTuber, to help them financially. On the other hand, merch can just be something that represents you or the things you like, and you can’t find from other brands. Maybe you want a t-shirt with ‘mom of 3’ on it, but can’t find something so specific in the stores. 

Sell it

Merch is something many of us like to buy, because of the reasons mentioned. Merch is unique, specific to something we like and most of all, it's affordable. It's got it's own style and you feel special for owning something that celebrates something you like, that others fans don’t have. So if you think you could sell merch, use EverBee to find items that you think would sell well with your friends, your social circle and or, customers in your local area. The service shows which items are popular right now, the amount of profit that you could make, the sales and price that on average, sells best. It's an active form of selling something on the side, making a decent amount of money and having the hard part of the analytics done for you. Best of all it's just a simple Chrome extension you can turn on and off.

Merch is becoming more and more popular for a few reasons. The manufacturing of simple items has become easier, customization is easy and it's super friendly to online home business aspirations.