> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://pixelsnprofits.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # [Journey] Back to Zero, One Year Later: Version Two of My Workflow - URL: https://pixelsnprofits.com/print-on-demand-automation-workflow/ - Published: 2026-10-17T00:27:34.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-17T00:57:13.000Z - Author: Nick T - Tags: Print On Demand The last post ended with my accounts back. What didn't come back was the catalog. If you haven't read it, I got banned, and the full story of how is [here](https://pixelsnprofits.com/amazon-repeat-violations-suspected-intellectual-property/). During the ban I wiped my whole catalog, because I couldn't afford one more trademark hit. I started this project in July 2024\. In July 2025, exactly one year later, I was starting again from zero. No listings, no catalog. Nothing but my system and what I knew. So the second time, I did things differently. The workflow is now version two, and it runs the same four steps as [version one](https://pixelsnprofits.com/more-listings-more-sales-print-on-demand/): research, design, posting and editing. I never stopped improving it while I was banned, so most of it came back a lot better. And this time I built it around staying safe first. --- ## Why staying safe came first You'll win if you work hard enough. But only if you stay in the game long enough for the learning to add up. What got me banned was one risk. An unnecessary one, and one I could easily have mitigated. It took me out of the game, and once you're out, it doesn't matter how hard you worked. The work only adds up while you're still in it. **Staying safe is what matters most.** Last time I got banned for suspected trademark violations, and for repeat violations I didn't even know about. But there was no reason for me not to know. Amazon publishes all its policies. So does Etsy. Trademark and intellectual property information is all online, and so is every store policy. So this time I read it. Amazon's policies, Etsy's, every website's, until I understood what staying compliant actually takes. I'm not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice. I just believe it's better to study first, because preventing a mistake beats fixing one. Then I rebuilt the workflow. --- ## What changed in each step of the workflow ### Setup: a much bigger niche list To reach more audiences, I grew my niche lists. I now have 1,000 niches per niche type, across 9 types. For occupations, that's the 1,000 most popular professions, each one written out and checked against trademarks. I'm not saying you should get to 1,000, and definitely not right away. There's a point of diminishing returns: go far enough down a list of occupations and you reach ones so niche that nobody will ever buy. ### Research: the part that stayed the same I still keep this one logical. I don't think you need any tools, and it doesn't take me long. Take what's already selling and use it as inspiration for your own listings. ### Design: from Canva to Illustrator More niches meant I wanted to post more products, in more quantity and more quality. Canva couldn't keep up. Its bulk creation has limits: three designs bulked across 1,000 niches each is 3,000 designs, and Canva couldn't handle that. So design moved to Illustrator, with a script that does the bulk creation. ### Posting: still the spreadsheet Posting stayed the same. Everything goes through a spreadsheet, and a tool is used to push it to Printify. ### Editing: better bots, with a trademark check inside While I was off, I upgraded my title bot and my search term bot, so the search terms come out more relevant. I also built a big trademark search into the tool itself, to stay compliant. The mockups are created in Photoshop with a script, and the listing edits and image uploads work the same way. --- ## What version two could do In full transparency, this workflow let me post around 2,000-3,000 products a day, and the full run took about 7.5 hours. At the time, that was as efficient as I could make it. It uploaded a lot more products with a lot less work. The first time around, it took me about six months to reach roughly 65,000 products. This time I reached roughly double that in the same six months. The first new product I ran it on was t-shirts, and that's written up [here](https://pixelsnprofits.com/print-on-demand-t-shirts-amazon/). Coming back at the same time of year I first started, everything just felt a lot easier. > There will be setbacks on the road. Your knowledge stays with you, and every time you do the same thing a second or third time, you're a lot better at it. The rebuild didn't stop there, and you can [watch the rest of it by email](https://pixelsnprofits.com/#/portal/signup). Back at it, Nick T