Printify: Print on Demand

Complete nightmare!!!!! Every month same issue with my products not publishing and before anyone or the company responds with this suggestion this was the response from Shopify with my query: You're at 34,524 total variants — well under the 50k limit, so that's not your issue. The Add to Cart problem is more likely the Printify sync issue I mentioned. Check Printfy's dashboard for that specific product. I'm tired of it. I am a solo operator who can no longer afford to waste time and money on this issue. I'm done. Headed over to PeaPrint. Lot more options and appear to have great ratings. Fingers crossed.

I don't like that the categories are messed up - and not loading from my shopify store. So far the other stuff is good thank you.

Shopify integration works well, easy enough to understand. They now offer AI descriptions but don't count on them for any more than technical descriptions.

— Systematically Misleading for Non-USD Merchants

I'm an Australian merchant running my store in AUD. After using Printify I discovered multiple misleading displays that cost me money:

1. Retail price shown in USD, not your store currency Printify displays retail prices in USD, but when products sync to Shopify the number transfers across with no conversion — $35.25 USD becomes $35.25 AUD. There is no warning or USD label at the point you set your price.

2. Profit margin figure is fictitious for non-USD merchants Printify shows a 40% profit margin — but this is calculated on a USD retail price being received as AUD. The real result is a loss, not a profit.

3. Shipping shows $0 and cannot be adjusted The shipping cost field shows $0 and is locked. Printify charges you real shipping costs (in my case $9.85 AUD per order) but gives you no way to factor this into your retail price within their interface.

The combined effect: I sold 4 shirts at $35.25 AUD while Printify's total cost was $46.68 AUD per order — a loss of $11.43 per sale with no indication it was happening.

Printify already converts product costs to local currency on their billing page, so the exchange rate data exists. These are not technical limitations — they are design choices that consistently disadvantage non-USD merchants.

Non-USD merchants — do your own currency conversion before setting any retail price.

Poor customer service. One customer's product never arrived. It was outside the 30 days (too short) time period and refused to re-print and ship or refund.

Beware! They delete your published products.

I recently discovered dozens and dozens of my product inventory were deleted on the Printify side. Products that took hours of my life to create and upload to Shopify. I am a one person team.

They have a policy that if your products haven't sold that they can just delete them. Mind you I have spent almost $3k in the past ordering products.

Customer service was both helpful and snarky when trying to get this resolved and unfortunately it was not resolved. My products were not recoverable. Only option is to recreate them.

I use other PODs and I don't think they would even dream of deleting published inventory.

I discovered this randomly and can't imagine how many other stores are affected.

Do better, Printify.

Of all the POD providers I have worked with, Printify is the most responsive, has the best options, and is consistent. I am so tired of broken promises, products that don't sync, late deliveries, and everything else I have dealt with in working with other vendors.

The markups are so high you have to charge a small fortune to make any money. It works fairly well unless someone has an issue, then it is difficult to reach people and wait on responses, but otherwise good.

Printify makes it easy for beginners and then they help you grow your business with tips and videos. They have an event clled "Amplified" where they bring in successful pod sellers to share their methods for success. I feel you can't go wrong with this platform if you apply yourself to learning from them and other pod sellers.

The Printify app is fantastic for sellers. It's easy, fun, and intuitive. The learning curve is pretty much non-existent. Get it! You need this if you're a new or seasoned seller. I have made sale upon sale while using this wonderful app. Thanks Printify!