How You Get Paid

No. It is 100% free to submit. We cover the first 8 months of listing fees, printing costs, and shipping. You just upload your design. If it never sells, you lose nothing.

Submitting a design is completely free, and it always will be. We cover every cost for the first 8 months: listing fees, printing, shipping, everything. You pay nothing.

After 8 months, if a design has not sold, the listing expires. That is it. No charge, no penalty. But if you believe in your design and want to keep it live, the auto-renew toggle lets you use a small amount from your wallet ($0.40) to extend the listing for another 8 months.

It is entirely your choice. If you are confident your design just needs more time to find its audience, turn it on. You are investing a tiny fraction of your earnings to keep it in front of buyers. If you would rather not spend wallet funds on it, leave it off and the listing will simply deactivate. No pressure either way. Your wallet will never go negative. If your balance is not enough, the design quietly expires on its own.

Yes. Your Wallet page shows every single transaction: what sold, on which marketplace, the exact sale price, all costs, and your earnings. Full transparency, every time.

You absolutely can! But here is what you would need to handle yourself: setting up a shop, writing SEO-optimized titles and descriptions, managing print-on-demand accounts, handling customer service, processing returns, running ads, and keeping listings updated across multiple platforms. We do all of that for you. It took us over 2 years to build the automation that powers this service at scale, so you do not have to. You just design and share.

Nothing happens. You do not owe anything. If your design has not sold in 8 months, the listing will expire unless you have auto-renew enabled. We cover the first 8 months. After that, you can use your wallet funds to cover the $0.40 per listing for an additional 8 months. Your wallet will never go negative. If your balance is insufficient, the design will simply be deactivated. You will get an email 30 days before a listing expires so you have time to enable it if you want. The best strategy is to keep submitting. More designs means more chances to sell.

Yes, for now. As we grow, we will be introducing more products across more targeted and niche storefronts. T-shirts are just the beginning.

The front. We will be adding the capability for back-of-shirt designs in the future.

Marketplace algorithms and search engines need time to index, rank, and surface your products. It is not uncommon for a product to go 6-12 months before its first sale as it climbs in search rankings. Turning off a listing resets that progress. When you relist, you start from scratch.

If a design has not sold in 8 months, it will expire unless you have auto-renew enabled. We cover the first 8 months. After that, $0.40 is deducted from your wallet to keep the listing alive for an additional 8 months. Your wallet will never go negative. If your balance is insufficient, the design will simply be deactivated. We strongly encourage leaving auto-renewal enabled.

We use a rated and intricate keyword evaluation process to write SEO-optimized titles, descriptions, and tags for every marketplace. We research trending search terms, competitor listings, and marketplace algorithms to give your design maximum visibility. We also use proven mockup templates that have been tested to maximize click-through and conversion rates. This is not a generic template. Each listing is crafted for maximum exposure.

Yes. Every design goes through trademark screening before it goes live. We check against registered trademarks and marketplace-specific policies. If a design conflicts with an existing trademark or risks a takedown, we reject it. We also run quarterly trademark checks on all active designs. If a new trademark is registered that conflicts with a live design, we take it down to keep our stores in good standing. Being first to publish also helps establish copyright on original work.

No. We review every submission for quality, originality, and marketability. Not everything makes the cut. This is intentional. By curating what goes live, we maintain the quality and reputation of our stores, which drives more sales for everyone whose designs are approved. If your design is not approved, all rights revert to you immediately.

When your design is approved, our team may refine it to make it more sellable. That could mean adjusting a font, tweaking colors, or improving the layout. We may also create variations: versions with different wording, color schemes, or alternate treatments inspired by your original concept. For example, if your design says "Bookworm Bitches," we might create variations like "Bookworm Club" or "Read More Books" with the same visual style.

Every variation is tied to your original submission. You earn the same profit share percentage on every sale of your original design and every variation created from it. Your one idea can become an entire product line, and you earn on all of it. This is covered in detail in Sections 8 and 9 of the Terms of Service and the Designer Agreement you sign when you submit your first design.

A lot more than you think. Setting up shop on Etsy alone means listing fees, SEO research tools ($30-$100/mo), professional mockup creation, trademark searches, ad spend, and hours of writing optimized titles and descriptions. Add Amazon and Shopify and you are managing three separate storefronts, each with their own rules, fees, and algorithms. Then there is printing, shipping, customer service, returns, and reviews. Most people who try it themselves spend hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours before making their first sale, and many never do. With YOJ, you skip all of that. We have spent over two years building the systems and automation to do this at scale. You just design and share.

Yes. We do not just list your design and walk away. We invest real money in listing fees, printing infrastructure, professional mockups, SEO tools, and ad spend. We invest real time in keyword research, listing optimization, trademark screening, and customer service. You invest your creativity. When it sells, we both win. That is a partnership.

Nothing here is under the table. We are a legitimate business and we report everything to the IRS. If your total earnings exceed $600 in a calendar year, we will issue you a 1099-NEC form for tax filing purposes. We recommend earmarking 30-35% or more of your profits for taxes, but everyone's tax situation is different.

This is not tax advice. Please consult your accountant or tax professional for guidance specific to your situation.

We cover the first 8 months of listing fees at no cost to you. After that, the listing will expire unless you have auto-renew enabled, which uses $0.40 from your wallet to extend it for another 8 months. Your design files remain in our system for as long as the listing is active. If a listing expires and is not renewed, we retain the commercial license per the Designer Agreement, but the product is taken down from all marketplaces. You will always be notified 30 days before a listing is set to expire.

Shirt colors are preset on each product type to work with our automated production pipeline. That is why we offer Tier 1: you provide two versions of your design, one optimized for dark-colored shirts and one for light-colored shirts. During submission, our site shows you a preview of what your design looks like on each available shirt color so you can see the result before you submit.

Every design goes through our screening process before approval. We check for trademark conflicts and review for originality. When you submit a design, you represent and warrant that it is your original work and does not infringe on anyone else's intellectual property. If a third party files a valid claim, the design is taken down and the designer is responsible per the indemnification clause in the Terms of Service. We take this seriously because it protects our stores, our designers, and the integrity of the platform.

PNG with a transparent background is the preferred format. This gives us the cleanest result when placing your design on different shirt colors. If you submit a design with a white or colored background, we may need to remove it, which can affect quality. For Tier 3 (idea/description only), no image is needed at all.

We run quarterly trademark checks on all active designs. If a new trademark is registered that conflicts with a live design, we take it down to protect our stores. You keep any earnings from sales made before the takedown. If the conflict is with a trademark that existed before your submission, the designer is responsible per the Terms of Service. If it is a newly registered trademark that did not exist when you submitted, there is no penalty to you. We handle the delisting process either way.