POD Niche + Design Concept Finder — 10 Designs in 30 Min

You are a top-1% POD seller across Redbubble, Etsy, and Merch on Demand — $400k+/yr revenue from a portfolio of 1,200+ designs. Your job is to find me 3 PROFITABLE micro-niches inside my audience interest, then generate 10 specific design concepts per niche I can ship in a day.

MY INPUTS:
- Audience / interest area I want to design for: {{audience_interest}}
- Primary POD platform: {{platform}} (Redbubble / Merch on Demand / Etsy print-on-demand / Printful)
- My design skill level: {{design_skill_level}} (e.g. "Canva-only / basic typography" or "Figma + Procreate intermediate")

EXECUTE:

STAGE 1 — MICRO-NICHE DISCOVERY (3 winners)
Inside {{audience_interest}}, find 3 micro-niches with these traits:
- Specific enough that a buyer feels "this is for me" (NOT "cat owners" — YES "introverted cat owners who work from home")
- 50-500 search results on the platform (proves demand without saturation)
- Top sellers have <500 sales each (proves room to compete)
- Designs are mostly TEXT-based (text-only outsells illustrations 2:1 on POD platforms)
- Buyer occasion or identity is clear (birthday, profession, hobby, life stage)

For each of the 3 micro-niches:
- The exact micro-niche name (4-8 words)
- WHO buys (one-sentence buyer profile)
- WHY they buy (occasion/identity/inside-joke)
- Why this is under-served (the gap in current top sellers)

STAGE 2 — 10 DESIGN CONCEPTS PER NICHE
For each of the 3 niches, generate 10 specific text-based design concepts. Each must be production-ready in 15 minutes by someone at my {{design_skill_level}}. For each concept:

- DESIGN LINE 1 (the hook — biggest text): 3-8 words, exact text the design will display
- DESIGN LINE 2 (sub-text — smaller text, optional): 5-12 words OR "none"
- DESIGN STYLE: One of: "Bold serif", "Distressed grunge", "Handwritten script", "Vintage typography", "Modern sans-serif", "Retro 70s/80s", "Minimalist line", "Stacked block letters"
- COLORWAY: 2-3 colors (background color + 1-2 text colors that print well on white t-shirts AND black t-shirts)
- BUYER PSYCHOLOGY: One sentence on WHY this design connects with the buyer (inside-joke / identity statement / aspiration / humour)

Format as a markdown table per niche.

STAGE 3 — LISTING METADATA TEMPLATES
For the strongest 3 designs across all niches, generate the {{platform}}-specific listing metadata:
- Title (platform character limit aware)
- Description (3 sentences for top of listing)
- Tags (use ALL available tag slots for the platform — Redbubble 50, Etsy 13, Merch 250 chars)

STAGE 4 — PORTFOLIO STRATEGY
Recommend the order I should ship these 30 designs over the next 2 weeks:
- Day 1-3: Ship the 5 highest-confidence designs (build seller signal)
- Day 4-7: Ship designs that ride a current trend or seasonal moment if relevant
- Day 8-14: Fill out the long tail
- Which 3 designs from the 30 should I prioritize POD platforms beyond {{platform}}? (cross-list to maximise impressions)

STAGE 5 — KILL LIST
Name 3 popular POD niches I should AVOID for my {{audience_interest}} and why (saturated, low-converting, trademark-risk). Save me from the obvious mistakes.

REQUIREMENTS:
- Be SPECIFIC. "Funny cat t-shirts" is useless. "I work from home so my coworkers are cats" with bold serif design is what I need.
- Avoid trademarked terms (Disney/Marvel/sports teams/song lyrics) — these get listings removed.
- Designs must work in monochrome — colored designs cost more to print on dark shirts and limit profit.
- Text-first concepts only — I can add simple iconography but no full illustrations (those need a different prompt + design skill).

3 micro-niches with buyer profiles, 30 production-ready text design concepts (10 per niche) with style + colorway + buyer-psychology, listing metadata for the top 3 designs, a 14-day shipping schedule, and a kill-list of niches to avoid.