10 Super-simple POD designs that made over $1K in sales and took less than 10 minutes to make

Print-on-demand is a fantastic way to turn your creative ideas into passive income by creating designs for coffee mugs, shot glasses, t-shirts, and more that people can order online.

And the best part of working with POD designs and products is not having to worry about inventory or shipping. A POD service provider handles all of that for you.

Below, I’ve rounded up ten POD designs that require minimal effort but can yield impressive results. Each of the designs featured in this post has average monthly earnings of more than $1K, which could equal more than $12K a year of passive income from a single design. And all of the designs could be created in under ten minutes.

Whether you’re a seasoned POD seller or a newcomer, you’re sure to find something here that inspires you to create winning designs. (I also share the tool I use to check designs’ earning stats on Etsy, which is super helpful.)

I also made a video that I’ll post below – this should hopefully help give you lots of inspiration:

And let’s take a look at some in text form, plus show you how you can find these yourself…

How to find winning Etsy POD designs (and see sales proof)

To see how many sales and how much revenue a particular design has made on Etsy, you can use a tool called EpicPODTool.com. Click Product Research then select Product Seeker.

From here, you can input the metrics you’re interested in – for example, a minimum monthly revenue of $1K. Hit the search button after you’ve input your desired metrics.

Next, you can sort through the search results by…

• price
• number of favorites
• number of monthly sales
• number of total sales

Then, just click on a design you want to know more about and you’ll be able to see the following information:

• monthly sales
• monthly revenue
• total sales
• total revenue
• price
• number of favorites
• age
• tags used

Now, let’s take a look at ten text-based designs I found that all have an average monthly revenue of more than $1K. You’ll notice that all of these designs consist of simple black text on a white coffee mug. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: simple sells.

Let’s take a look…

(Please note that some of these designs do include cuss words.)

1. I survived another meeting that should have been an email

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $27,595.89.

2. Sometimes you forget that you’re awesome so this is your reminder

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $25,420.44.

3. Of course I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $17,320.24.

4. Fifty the ultimate F word

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $14,633.55.

5. I’m trying to be awesome today, but I’m exhausted from being so freakin’ awesome yesterday

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $10,836.14.

6. Probably whiskey

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $10, 569.79.

7. You’re awesome keep that shit up

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $10,431.00.

8. Don’t touch me, peasant

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $4,858. 88.

9. I love you more, the end, I win

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $2,719.46.

10. Marriage an endless sleepover with your favorite weirdo

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This mug design has an average monthly revenue of $2,249.10.

It’s wild how much opportunity is there, all made with minimal effort. None of these designs could have taken more than ten minutes to come up with and create. To learn more tips about creating winning POD designs, check out these resources:

Creating new design ideas – A compilation of effective strategies

Not feeling especially creative? Here’s a list of strategies to come up with new design ideas

Not feeling especially creative? Here’s a list of strategies to come up with new design ideas (updated)

How to use your favorite news source to get design ideas to sell on Etsy and Amazon

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I hope you find these examples of super-simple POD designs useful! If you have any other tips you’d like to share about creating print-on-demand designs, leave a comment below. And if you enjoyed this post, please share it with your friends and followers.