{"id":22603,"date":"2021-04-09T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadshop.com\/blog\/?p=22603"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:55:24","slug":"announcing-our-shop-launch-challenge-winners-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadshop.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/09\/announcing-our-shop-launch-challenge-winners-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop Launch Challenge Winners for 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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10 Weeks of Challenges<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Today we’re excited to announce the winners of our first 2021 edition of Shop Launch Challenge!<\/p>\n

What is Shop Launch Challenge?<\/h2>\n

Over 10 weeks from January through March 2021, hundreds of people from all over the world signed up to launch their own shops. Optional weekly challenges helped new shop owners stay motivated and learn the best practices for running a successful print-on-demand brand of their own.<\/p>\n

Something for everyone<\/h2>\n

This contest proved that there truly is a Spreadshop for everybody, as we saw introductions from topics that ranged from travel bloggers, hand-drawn robots, weight loss journeys, dancers, youtubers, cooks, bands (both signed and unsigned recording artists!) and we even had an immigration attorney launch a shop. No kidding!<\/p>\n

Some Weekly Challenges had amazing bonus prizes, like the iPad Pro which was won by Malaika Burley, for her incredible story and passion behind her personal brand. See here.<\/p>\n

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Launchers<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

How our winners were chosen<\/h2>\n

A panel of internal judges reviewed every single shop that was eligible and engaged in the challenge. They ranked shops based on two main factors:<\/p>\n

1. Level of creativity and originality.
\n2. Adherence to the tips & tricks found in the Spreadshop Selling Guide.<\/p>\n

Battle of the micro-niches!!!<\/h2>\n

In this edition of the challenge it was interesting to see more “micro-niches”. What is that? Well a micro-niche is either two interests that have been blended together, or one main topic that has now been narrowed down into a specific interest or style within that niche. Examples: A painter who only draws digitally on iPad. Dancers who specialize in tap dancing. A pet expert in a specific breed. Sometimes the more narrow your niche, the more success you can have because there are not a lot of people serving this unique micro-niche with cool products or content. Keep that tip in mind for yourself!<\/p>\n

Dancing right into our 3rd Place spot is….<\/h2>\n
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Shop Launch Challenge 3rd Place Winner<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Fun, humorous and slightly irreverent shirts to wear while winging it, shuffling off to Buffalo, or wherever your tap shoes may take you.Marlene was living in NY and the first Broadway Show she happened to see was 42nd Street, and Karen was dancing in it! Flash forward twenty years when they actually meet for the first time in Colorado. Both still love to tap, but they also love to laugh. Looking for fun, humorous and slightly irreverent shirts to wear while tapping, they decided to create their own and share them with you!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In their own words…<\/h2>\n
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