Printful is a print-on-demand and dropshipping company. It produces orders in its own fulfillment centers in Europe and North America and works with partner facilities in other regions for selected products.
Printful offers several customization techniques. DTG prints your design straight onto the garment, embroidery stitches it in colored thread, and sublimation and all-over printing cover the whole product. DTFlex is Printful’s premium version of direct-to-film printing, and a knitting option produces custom knitwear on demand. The site links to a Design Maker for creating your own designs, and the Custom Mockup Maker builds product images with backgrounds, layouts, design elements and your logo.
Printful is aimed at people who want to sell online without holding inventory, from new store owners to larger brands. For online brands, it describes creating products and listing them quickly, testing design ideas to see what sells, and selling in new markets with orders fulfilled automatically in its facilities. Enterprise clients get a hands-on success manager, and Printful says it can set up your store and help you communicate with customers. You can also hire an expert through its site.
For branding, Printful offers custom packaging in your brand colors, packaging inserts and a packing slip message. The Printful API is a RESTful API for submitting orders, managing sales and generating mockups, and app developers can build tools for Printful users. Support runs through live chat on the website, where the Sparky assistant can connect you to agents when they’re online, and through chat in the Printful app or a contact form. Printful doesn’t offer phone support.
The base service is free: there’s no monthly fee and no inventory to buy. You pay only when a customer orders, covering the product’s base price plus shipping. The optional Growth plan adds discounts on premium products, branding and samples. Printful connects to Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, TikTok Shop, Amazon and other platforms. Current prices are in the pricing box above.