Fuel: Print on Demand

I've been using this app since March 2020, it was great for the first couple of months but lately, customer service become the worst. They won't help me with my issue with the app even tho Shopify told me it's the devs issue, not Shopify and they started charging 2% for refunds because THEIR payment processor is charging them that fee!!! like are you serious?? we all get charged fees from our payment processors. like how about this app give us discounts because Paypal charges US fees? I wouldn't even complain if the fulfillment times were accurate

We have used every app listed and finally, finally! A team that has great pricing, awesome app, and even better support. Max has been great to work with on any questions we have. If your looking for a partner and not just an app I highly recommend the Fuel POD, hand down.

Be forewarned. This company censors your free speech. They will randomly cancel orders and not even email you. They have become political and they are also now using AI to go through your designs. They earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from our company over 11 months. Now, they want to be the police of what you can and cannot create (even if you have a graphic artist). I used to be a HUGE fan, but my loss of customers has been so great because of the way they have handled things and small businesses can't take their delays and censorship. My company can take the nearly $100k that Fuel earned from our sales and give it to a provider who will not censor based on whomever is printing the apparel.

Every shirt/ sweater/ hat all came out absolutely perfect. We have unique colors for our brand and they were spot on with our Hue

This is an update of a 5 star review I gave FUEL more than a year ago. I believe that the rating was deserved back than. Sadly, and rather strangely, in the past couple of months FUEL has gone from one of the best POD companies to one of the very worst, in every way. The biggest problem is extremely delayed orders with no explanation and apparently no caring. I still have two that are over a month old and haven't been shipped yet. Customer service used to be exceptional. Now it is almost non-existant. Yes, they usually provide initial responses reasonably quick, but they are mostly canned and of little use if not downright misleading or false. Print quality used to be reasonably good, not many complaints. But from what my buyers have told me over the past two months - the print quality is not at all reliable any more, many complain that they are washed out looking out of the box, and fade more each time they are washed. And I am aware of at least three situations where the wrong shirt was sent. Right image, but not the brand or style that was ordered, the shirt color isn't the same as what was ordered, and of course what was sent was a cheaper product. I could go on with other issues but the causes are unknown so in trying to be fair I won't mention them. I suspect one of the problems is that FUEL is relatively new, and as they grow it seems that they are incapable of handling increased work load. They aren't even issuing refunds like they used to. Come on, more than a month 'in production' and won't cancel or refund? I've been getting rid of all my Fuel listings - recreating and moving them to other POD companies, which at least thus far have been better in every way - surprisingly, even cheaper. I won't mention names because that isn't the purpose of reviewing FUEL, but if you care about your business reputation, you should use someone else. I'm spending many days deleting and recreating elsewhere, but what choice is there?

They are censoring anything to do with President Trump. No matter if you own and create your own artwork or not. They use AI to knitpick and cancel orders without notifying you. Our company has made them hundreds of thousands of dollars and they just cost us over 400 sales. We are done with Fuel and will be making our own shirts going forward. This is a waste of time app for anyone who is a freedom loving American who knows there should be no censorship in a FREE COUNTRY. Before they say anything, we are Flag and Cross website. We have no issues with standing up for Freedom and letting people know who we are and why we are upset.

So far I like their products a lot. I had some issues with the quality of the heat press transfer and they said they would send out replacements. Right now though the shipping time is extremely delayed. Currently I have 2 orders in placed May 11th and they are still unfulfilled and it's May 29th (13 business days). So be aware of that. I'm hoping things turn around though.

Bad quality. All of my order is not shipped after 1 months. No one help me and support. That is really bad experience for me.

WOW! That about sums it up. I got my order within a week. The TShirt and Hoodie look fantastic and the coffee mug... they print the logo on both sides... LOVE IT! If they continue to offer their products at the prices they do and continue to provide the service and print quality that they currently do, I will be a customer for life.

I would love to see other products added such as wall clocks, watches, wallets, etc. It would be so cool if they did that!

Keep up the great work!

Avoid at any cost. Read and don't dismiss these comments. Worst POD vendor I've used. Poor mgmnt. Incapable of processing orders in the order they receive them. Orders frequently get "stuck" in their system or so Max says. They don't care appear to care about small companies. They likely process orders from their bigger clients first. They perform maintenance without warning and then cause massive shipping delays. Shopify should be ashamed for allowing this app on their platform. Take your money elsewhere. Lot's of POD apps out there and Fuel shouldn't be on your list of options. Shopify clearly doesn't vet the vendors providing services on their platform or this company wouldn't be allowed on it.