How Does Printify Work?
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:09 am
Like Printful, Printify's POD catalog offers a variety of categories, including clothing for men, women, and kids, accessories like hats and phone cases, and home and living supplies. In this case, you can choose from a whopping 800+ items to customize.
Order a sample product
Connect your store
Design a custom product
Browse products
You can browse POD products and even customize them without rcs data registering.
But to start selling, you need to sign up for Printify and integrate your sales channel (more on Printful's integrations below).
When you click on the product you wish to edit, the product page will provide details such as the item's key features (cut, fabric, material composition, etc.), a size guide, and Printify print partners can fulfill and ship the order.
On each Printify product page, Printify's print partners list product costs, average production times, shipping prices, and the product colors they offer. You can also see a rating for each print partner. This score is based on their performance and customer feedback.
Sometimes there is only one printing partner to choose from. This is typical for accessories, while for apparel there are multiple printing partner options.
How Gelato Works
Gelato's Web doesn't say how many products are in its catalog, but we do know that it offers POD products organized into categories, including women's, men's, and children's clothing, bags, wall art, and phone cases.
To reduce shipping distances and carbon emissions, Gelato partners with 100 printers in 32 countries and offers more local production.
Like Printfy and Printful, signing up is free. Simply add an email address and password, then verify your email.
You will then be asked to answer a few questions about your goals. You will then be taken to your Gelato dashboard where you can browse the catalog and start designing. This means that you can browse the catalog without registering.
From Gelato's product page, you can see:
In which countries are orders fulfilled?
Product colors and sizes
product prices
Transportation prices
Product details – e.g. cut, care instructions and more
From the dashboard, you can design your chosen product by adding text, graphics, shapes, and Shutterstock and Getty images. Basic images are free, and paid ones are discounted if you have purchased a Gelato paid account.
You can save designs as templates if you want to reuse them.
Once you're happy with your design, review it before continuing.
Printful vs Printify vs Gelato
Like Printful and Printify, Gelato integrates with a number of ecommerce platforms, which we'll explore in more depth in our review a little further down.
Printful PRICES
Printful is free! It doesn’t offer a monthly subscription. However, larger businesses can sign up for the Enterprise offering. But at the time of writing, you had to contact Printful’s sales team for pricing and details.
Below are some examples of Printful's basic product costs:
Unisex Organic Cotton T-Shirt: $13.75
Women's hoodie: $39.50
Men's Classic T-Shirt: $7.25
Snap Case for iPhone: $16.25
Stainless steel water bottle: $19.25
To determine the profit you can make, Printful has a guide on how to price your print-on-demand products . There's also an Etsy profit calculator you can use.
Order a sample product
Connect your store
Design a custom product
Browse products
You can browse POD products and even customize them without rcs data registering.
But to start selling, you need to sign up for Printify and integrate your sales channel (more on Printful's integrations below).
When you click on the product you wish to edit, the product page will provide details such as the item's key features (cut, fabric, material composition, etc.), a size guide, and Printify print partners can fulfill and ship the order.
On each Printify product page, Printify's print partners list product costs, average production times, shipping prices, and the product colors they offer. You can also see a rating for each print partner. This score is based on their performance and customer feedback.
Sometimes there is only one printing partner to choose from. This is typical for accessories, while for apparel there are multiple printing partner options.
How Gelato Works
Gelato's Web doesn't say how many products are in its catalog, but we do know that it offers POD products organized into categories, including women's, men's, and children's clothing, bags, wall art, and phone cases.
To reduce shipping distances and carbon emissions, Gelato partners with 100 printers in 32 countries and offers more local production.
Like Printfy and Printful, signing up is free. Simply add an email address and password, then verify your email.
You will then be asked to answer a few questions about your goals. You will then be taken to your Gelato dashboard where you can browse the catalog and start designing. This means that you can browse the catalog without registering.
From Gelato's product page, you can see:
In which countries are orders fulfilled?
Product colors and sizes
product prices
Transportation prices
Product details – e.g. cut, care instructions and more
From the dashboard, you can design your chosen product by adding text, graphics, shapes, and Shutterstock and Getty images. Basic images are free, and paid ones are discounted if you have purchased a Gelato paid account.
You can save designs as templates if you want to reuse them.
Once you're happy with your design, review it before continuing.
Printful vs Printify vs Gelato
Like Printful and Printify, Gelato integrates with a number of ecommerce platforms, which we'll explore in more depth in our review a little further down.
Printful PRICES
Printful is free! It doesn’t offer a monthly subscription. However, larger businesses can sign up for the Enterprise offering. But at the time of writing, you had to contact Printful’s sales team for pricing and details.
Below are some examples of Printful's basic product costs:
Unisex Organic Cotton T-Shirt: $13.75
Women's hoodie: $39.50
Men's Classic T-Shirt: $7.25
Snap Case for iPhone: $16.25
Stainless steel water bottle: $19.25
To determine the profit you can make, Printful has a guide on how to price your print-on-demand products . There's also an Etsy profit calculator you can use.