Improved features for creators and sellers
Creators and sellers on Redbubble face significant limitations due to missing website features and inadequate app functionality. This results in frustration, as they are unable to easily access their sales history or upload artwork directly from the app, forcing them to rely on a problematic browser experience.
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Redbubble - Shop original art
- What goes wrong
- Missing feature17% of posts
- How bad
- 67% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 11 Jul 2025 → 16 Sept 2025
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Redbubble - Shop original art
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 33% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint467%
- Request233%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
Redbubble - Shop original art — Missing website features Works well enough but as a seller I find it lacking. For one thing, I can’t find a way to view Collections or view items by design instead of product, both of which I use for shopping and to share the links promotionally. Sellers also can’t upload new designs or…
Missing feature…e to at least have a space to upload images on the app, as an artist. It’s annoying to have to use the browser, on my iPhone, for this instead.
FrustratedRedbubble - Shop original art — Ok app, but not as much for sellers I wish there was a section on this app that included sellers to easily see their sales history like on the desktop version. It’d a lot quicker and easier to see rather than having to do it on a computer every time you want to check what has sold. This…
Wishes it existedRedbubble - Shop original art — I wish I could upload artwork from the app I am an artist on the site, and it’s pretty inconvenient to have to go to my computer to upload art. I could go to the website from my iPad, but the website isn’t really suitable for mobile devices. Being able to upload art from the app would…
Wishes it existed…te isn’t much better, but at least it (used to) let me upload my art. Now chrome just crashes every time I try to upload anything. Also, they allow ai (which means they’re ok with stolen work).
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 27.1 → 24.4 · 23 Sept 2026, 12:00 → 13:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Improved features for creators and sellers a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 11 Jul 2025 and the most recent from 16 Sept 2025. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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