Printify: Print on Demand

When asked why my products would not migrate into Printify, I began a long journey of a frustrating emails trying to ask one question. For over a month I have received emails that stated "we need to forward this to the tech department". As of today I have not received a solid answer to this question.
I do not recommend this company just for the fact that the communication department relies highly on AI to answer the questions.

I have 8 shopify stores so i have used dozens of apps over the years. I don't often write app reviews but when an app that i'm paying for is especially bad then i think it's worth writing to warn others. I'm happy to back this review with error screenshots, error messages and the faults I have experienced so feel free to message me if interested. The app and support are terrible. Constantly have issues publishing and creating products and the support team never ever knows why. As an example, i have been trying to publish products for three solid days and also on with support and they have absolutely zero idea why nothing is working. Overall it's a very very frustrating app to use.

Printify delibarely hide their taxes at checkout, and you are only aware of the taxes once you have paid.

Practices like this are illegal in Australia, but they don't seem to really care.

Their prices are also an absolute scam unless you use Printify Premium...

Products go out of stock constantly and they never comeback. Tried republishing over and over. More than half of my Products are out of stock and cant sell anymore I guess

Do not even bother with this app! I have been trying to get a login issue resolved for almost a month now and they just don't respond now.

There is no excuse for the lack of customer service they provide. What a waste of time!

It appears they don't even care to try and get issues resolved!

Terrible Support & System Bug Ignored

Printify flagged valid customer addresses and phone numbers as “invalid,” blocking order fulfillment. After hours with support, I was told to “use another provider” instead of anyone investigating the issue.

This wasn’t a user error — it was clearly a system glitch between Printify Choice and their hidden print provider. Yet no one took ownership, no escalation was provided, and the order remains stuck.

If your business relies on dependable fulfillment and real support when things go wrong, beware — Printify leaves you stranded.

If you’re looking to do embroidery, stay away. Im not sure i can convey just how bad the experince has been. They are not able to tell you why something "fails" digitsiation. Just that it does. The poor communication and what feels like constantly shifting embroidery guidelines make it unusable. You can submit a simple design a simple as three large uppercase letters (e.g., “ABC”) and have it approved - then submit the exact same design with different letters (e.g., “DEF”) and have it fail without any useful explanation. We check each design and all meet the guidelines so when you get told "does not meet" it woud be somewhat helpful if they could say "what part" does not meet .

All you're told is: “Digitization failed for the embroidery. Please update the design to meet the embroidery criteria.” We only submit designs that already meet the stated embroidery criteria, so when we ask, “Can you be more specific?” we either get no response, or the reply contradicts the embroidery guidelines.

Example 1 – Polo Shirts:
We ordered samples of three different polo shirts to compare shirt quality and embroidery. Immediately, there were issues. We were advised:
• Front Print – Digitized Successfully
• Right Sleeve – Digitized Successfully (this included multiple lines of text, complex script, and an image of an aircraft)
• Left Sleeve – Digitization Failed

The left sleeve simply had a 1” x 2” rectangle. We were told it was “too complex.” Yes, apparently a rectangle is too complex.
When we pointed out that the other sleeve included an aircraft shape and complex script (clearly more detailed), we were then told the sleeve was “unsuitable for filled designs.”

We referred them to their own embroidery guidelines, which say nothing about filled designs being unsuitable. In fact, it specifically mentions that small gaps will be filled, and advises to “keep your design simple.” You know, like a rectangle? I don’t think a shape gets any simpler.
Nearly a week later, we still have no clarity on why it failed. As far as we can tell, it meets all the criteria. Thankfully this was only a sample - imagine a customer dealing with this. (Which, when you think about it, we are too.)

Example 2 – Embroidered Caps:
• Cap 1 – Featured 3 capital letters – approved, no issues.
• Cap 2 – Same design, different letters – rejected. Order cancelled.
We were told: “Digitization failed for the embroidery. Reason for rejection: Small Shape/Text.”
We asked, “Can you be more specific - which shape or text is the issue?”
Their reply: “We are currently in touch with the team responsible for the embroidery process and will keep you informed with any updates.”
We referred them to the Cap 1 order, which used the exact same layout and was approved.
The next day, we were told:
“Your order had to be cancelled and refunded to allow for production to continue.”
What the...? We still have no idea why it failed - awaiting response.

I was hoping Printify embroidery would be a good alternative to Printful. While Printify is slightly more expensive, it doesn’t charge a digitization fee like Printful does. But clearly, that comes at a huge cost in frustration and reliability.

UPDATE 28 Aug: Whlst their other products and support was previously (5 stars), there has since been NO support on any orders. When tying to login to view support tickets it says "user suspended". No details why and no explanation. Chatbot also does not connect to an agent. At this stage, there is NO support. Horrible experience for what was once a great service.

Worst ever customer support, and even not assigning any agent to the live chat i am trying this since 3 days.

i cant go to find the product i want to design,

POS App. I submitted a File for DTF Printing on a Onesie. I work with DTF daily, my customer received a blurry DTG print. Looks like crap. I reach out and send a pic from my customer and they say send another pic. the pic I sent clearly shows the horrible print quality. they are ripping me off and I'll never use this crap app again