Which print on demand partner should an Etsy seller pick?

Printful prints, packs and ships in its own fulfillment centers, and its Etsy integration does more of the shop setup than the others. When you publish a product, Printful automatically creates and assigns shipping profiles in Etsy, with the country of origin, processing time and estimated delivery times that Etsy needs to show delivery estimates. You pick from 607 products and design them in the free Design Maker.

Price order: the account is free, and you pay per order. The Bella + Canvas 3001 tee starts from $11.92, and the default US shipping in Printful's own calculator is $4.95. Printful Growth costs $24.99 a month and becomes free once you reach $12K a year in sales. Branding is extra: $0.99 for an inside label, $2.49 for an outside label, and a one-time digitization fee of $2.95 to $6.50 per embroidery design.

The limit we noted: the Etsy integration doesn't offer live shipping rates, so buyers see the flat rates of your shipping profile, which can drift from what Printful charges you. And Printful doesn't add itself as production partner on your listings: you select it by hand on Etsy each time you publish. If the base price is the blocker, see how to switch from Printful.

Printify doesn't print anything itself. It's a marketplace of 70+ print providers and 140+ print facilities or fulfillment centers, and for each product you choose which provider makes it. That's where the low prices come from, and where the risk sits: two providers can print the same tee with different quality and delivery times. Printify says 300k+ people sell on Etsy with it, and it connects in a few clicks from Manage my stores.

Price order: the Free plan costs $0 and covers 5 stores per account. Premium starts at $39 a month, or from $24.99 a month billed yearly, and gives up to 20% off all products, up to 33% on new products, and 10 stores. On Printify's own example, a tee costs $8.77 to fulfill before shipping.

The limit we noted: you manage quality provider by provider. Order a sample from the provider you picked, not from Printify in general, and keep a second provider ready for the same product. One thing to know before you treat Printful and Printify as two separate bets: the two companies announced their merger in 2024, and both brands keep operating separately. Premium renews unless you cancel before the renewal date. Read our Printify review, Printify pricing in detail or Printify alternatives.

Gelato routes each order to the production partner nearest to your customer. It works with 250+ print partners in 32 countries and says 90% of all its orders are produced locally; its shipping guide gives a higher 95% made in the destination country, so plan on the lower figure. For an Etsy shop whose buyers live in the US, the UK, Germany and Australia, that's the shortest route to delivery times that don't hurt your reviews.

Price order: no upfront fees and no commission; you pay the product and shipping on each order. Gelato+ costs $19.99 a month billed annually, $239.88 a year, with a 14-day free trial. Read the fine print before you subscribe: Gelato advertises free US shipping with Gelato+, but its subscription terms say shipping discounts are not included in the plan, so price your listings as if you pay shipping.

The limit we noted: routing is automatic, so the factory that prints your mug isn't always the same one, and an order can still leave the country when stock or capacity requires it. Order samples to more than one country before you scale. See our Gelato review, Gelato pricing Printify vs Gelato or Gelato alternatives.

Prodigi is built around wall art: prints and posters, framed prints, canvas, metal, wood and photo tiles, with apparel and lifestyle products alongside. Its Etsy integration automates order processing: you connect the store, tell Prodigi which products to fulfill, and it prints, packs and dropships the Etsy orders. Designs sit in a free image library for faster ordering.

Price order: signing up and using the Etsy integration is free; you pay per order. Prodigi Pro, $47 a month billed annually or $55 billed monthly for a US account (it shows prices in your local currency), gives 15% off products (10% off apparel) and 75% savings on branded inserts.

The limit we noted: Pro pays off only on volume, since its 15% applies to what you order: a shop with a handful of prints a month gains little from it. Apparel is not its strength either, with a smaller discount than on prints. For more art-focused printers, see print on demand for artists.

Inkthreadable is a family-run UK printer that dropships 250+ custom products, with an Etsy integration among its store connections. What it adds for an Etsy brand is the finish: printed neck labels, custom packing slips and 100% plastic-free, paper-based packaging, which is the kind of detail buyers mention in reviews.

Price order: signing up is free and there's no subscription. Instead, Reward Pricing gives a discount on all products for the following month when your eligible spend is at least £500 a month: 5% from £500, 8% from £1,500, 9% from £2,500 and 10% from £7,500. Eligible spend excludes discounts, shipping and fulfillment charges. You can also get 90 days of the 5% tier for £25. Every tier, the free one included, gets a monthly 10% sample code: use it before each new product goes live.

The limit we noted: it's a UK printer, so US buyers wait for international shipping. It suits a shop whose buyers are mostly in the UK and Europe. For other UK and EU options, see our print on demand services ranking.

Gooten is a US-based print on demand platform with 40+ manufacturing partners and 80+ facilities covering the USA, the EU, the UK, Canada and Mexico. It connects to Etsy, Shopify, TikTok Shop, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, and states an average production time of 1.4 days.

Price order: free to use, with no monthly fee; you pay for each item and its shipping, with bulk and volume-based pricing tiers. That makes it cheap to try, since there's no plan to cancel.

The limit we noted: Gooten presents itself as an independent platform built on relationships with enterprise clients, and its catalog of 525+ products is narrower than Printify's 2,000+. It earns its place once a US shop has steady volume and wants a second network next to its main partner. For the wider list, see the best print on demand companies.