Husnain Shaukat | Making Money & Merch

I started Merchnain because I was embarrassed. Embarrassed to see what million dollar brands and creators were passing out as merch. My name is @nainmadeit and I had been blessed with a family legacy of fabric knowledge, so I decided to use my superpower to help change the way merch is done. Here is how it went down. #merch #creator #merchdesign #instagram

Dropshippers think all factories are the same. That’s why their hoodies feel like sandpaper and the print cracks in a week. You don’t use a t-shirt factory for heavyweight hoodies. You don’t use a hoodie factory for silk durags. Match the factory to the piece or get roasted in the comments. #Streetwear #FashionEntrepreneur #ApparelManufacturing #MadeInUSA #MerchProduction

POV: You’re not off the clock just because it’s Friday. Matcha run at 11am, shipping updates at 4pm. Weekend can wait. Orders don’t. #FounderLife #FridayVibes #MatchaTok #EntrepreneurLife

POD is not merch. I say this to all my clients. Sure, POD is faster and more accessible. But it is also generic and without true meaning. Picture this: You are a creator working hard everyday to tell your story on multiple platforms, that’s multiple formats, research, trials and errors until you finally find your voice and audience. I know how hard that is. So when the time comes to cash in that effort,selling yourself short through POD merch that will never end up on your audience is just a mistake you are making that so many others will not. As a result you lose out on making money and growing your community. Don’t make the mistake so many will. #creator #makingmoney #merch #usa #merchnain

10k is your signal. If people watch, they’ll wear. Most creators wait for 100k and lose to someone who started selling at 10k. Niches get saturated. Algorithms reset. Drop merch early and turn viewers into walking billboards. By the time you “feel ready,” your audience is already following the creator who gave them something real to wear. My advice to creators: start small but start today. No matter what your niche is, it’ll grow fast so leverage it before someone else does. #CreatorEconomy #ClothingBrand #Streetwear #SmallBusiness #10kFollowers

Crypto creators: tired of mid merch? We’re building gear for one of the biggest online casinos in crypto. This is the brief. The drop is next. Save this if you’re launching a token/brand in 2026. #crypto #web3 #tokengated #merchmaker #usacreators

Stop procrastinating. Start creating. TODAY. That’s the grindset that changed my life. For all of you fence-sitters out there wondering how to start your business the right way. Start anyway. I started 3 years ago with nothing. Just a 40-year legacy of garment knowledge. Cut to today, I am helping creators and brands like yours make serious 💵 through merch. I am empowering creators to break their dependence on algorithms and platforms and leverage their message into a tangible, consistent revenue stream. DM me if you are ready to be a success. #streetwear #merch #merchnainmade #madeinusa #hustle

Are you locked in? Good. Because that’s how you make it. 28. 3 businesses. 2 countries. First one: I make merch for creators and brands through @merchnain . I’m 3 years and 50+ drops in. I have made over 2M in revenue for creators and brand through just merch. If you are a creator following my story but have one of your own, DM me, let’s make you some serious 💵 #creator #instagram #merch #support #makingmoney

Drake’s Iceman era deserves better merch 🔥 Concept drop for OVO fans. Would you rock this? #drake #iceman #drakemerch #streetwear #ovo

Still epic. Still surreal. That pinch me moment when #Merchnainmade hoodie ended up on @lilpump 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #creator #hiphopnews #instagram #merch

POV: your merch guy literally grew up in a clothing factory. While most merch companies are picking blanks off a Printful dropdown, I grew up in one of the largest textile manufacturing cities in the world. The same city that produces clothing for brands you wear every day without knowing where they came from. 40 years of family textile knowledge. Factory floors before business plans. I knew what heavyweight cotton felt like before I knew what a mood board was. This is why we don’t guess on quality. We know which country, which factory, which mill makes each product best… and we go there. Every single time. Your merch deserves better than a generic blank and a DTG printer. 41150 units sold out across creators, festivals and brands in the US and beyond. Zero paid ads. This is where those standards come from. 🏭

When it’s almost weekend and your homies hit you up with “what plans for the weekend” Me: Locked in 🙌🏽 Here is what I learned about working for yourself: Everyone romanticises working for yourself until it’s Sunday 11pm and you’re approving a sample because the factory needs a response before their Monday morning shift starts. No one tells you that working for yourself doesn’t mean working less. It means the work never fully switches off because you actually care what happens to it. Client in a different timezone. Factory in another country. You’re the only person who can bridge both. So you’re on your phone at dinner. You’re answering a message before you’ve had your first coffee. You’re thinking about a GSM decision on a Saturday like it’s a normal thing to think about on a Saturday. The difference is I don’t dread Monday. I don’t watch the clock. I don’t need a holiday to recover from the work. I need a holiday to recover from not being able to switch off from something I actually want to be doing. That’s the trade. And most days I think it’s a good one. Still figuring it out. But it’s mine. And it’s worth it. #creator #merch #makingmoney #instagood