Printify: Print on Demand

UPDATE** Another order, another issue. This time, the package was never dropped off at UPS. Printify tried to blame me for giving them an address without a APT# saying the package was "Lost" but this delivery was to a house not an apartment, and the UPS tracking confirms they never received it the package in the first place with the message "UPS doesn’t have possession of the package yet. Estimated delivery date will be available as soon as we get the package."

They did offer to print and ship the order "Again" but would not approve any expedited shipping. It's been 15 days now since the customer place the order. With how slow the processing time actually is I don't expect this customer to receive their order for another 10+ Days.

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I’ve used Printify on and off over the years, and there are both positives and negatives.

Overall, the products are good quality, and the prints usually turn out well. That said, I’ve encountered a few issues where the work felt sloppy. On the bright side, the design tool is user-friendly, and the mockups look fantastic.

My biggest complaints are about the pricing and shipping. Some items, like postcards, are priced ridiculously high—I suspect it’s to make their “premium” pricing option look like a better deal. Shipping costs can also be inconsistent. For instance, shipping postcards and stickers just don't make sense, but shipping for journals seems more reasonable.

Lastly, turnaround times are longer than advertised. While they often claim 1-2 days, you should realistically expect 4-5 days, and if your order still isn't ready by end of day Friday expect it to go out next week.
It's really hard to advertise a correct processing time for customers so it's best to say 4-5 days in my opinion.

Printify is a very good platform and I was quite impressed of how easy and "reliable" it was... until international shipping came along. They are the worst at shipping and my order is taking ages to arrive. 1+ month is a delivery time no customer will be happy about.

I don't think anybody see my store??? How do I get seen in the marketplace? How do I get my Printify store seen by Printify customers?

I am following all the steps, doing all the things, but it seems like my store is invisible? I really don't know what's wrong here.

I like it though. I just don't know if it's worth the time you give it.

So far so good with setting up the personal e-store that Printify offers - you get your own shop without having to do Etsy or host your own site. That sound great! Right? Well no so far, wrong.

It's sad it's depressing to go work all day for nothing. Like a toxic relationship. I'm doing the work with zero profit or reward. I'm literally a starving artist.

Don't listen to the youtubers who say you'll make money here and off you go! They say copy, steal you don't need any talent or skills. Passive income flow.

I am not passive. I am actively working here. And I HAVE talent and skills. I have been an artist for 30 years and a digital artist, graphic designer for 25. I call bullogna.

It's discouraging to be a part of Printify right now. Who knows. Maybe it wasn't all for nothing. Maybe someday somebody will buy a cup. Maybe it will pick up at some point, but my God. So far all my time and effort, and it's a LOT, seems like a big ol' waste of time. I don't know how to get seen here.

Seriously. I literally have had Zero traffic within the market working hard everyday. Not one person. It's been up a week or two and not one person has even seen my store. Not one visit or window shopper.

I get competition. There's so much competition on Etsy with stolen art and low level mediocrity designs selling waaaaaay over the designs and products of some really amazing talents. I'm over Etsy. I had high hopes for Printify but I'm losing that hope. I should at least be getting lookie-loos but NOPE.

Is there a secret code or button to get seen in the printify market? I am not sure how or what or why?

The WHOLE idea for going through the trouble of setting up the store front inside the Printify marketplace... was to get Printify customers to see the store front in the Printify marketplace! But it hasn't happened at all. Zero view. No customers. No money. Zilch. Nada.

So far a fruitless effort. It's supposed to be a free thing but of course they offer tiers. Is it...pay to be in the premium club or hahaha you get nothin?

I really do not know. Free shop? Printify Marketplace footprint? Well sure. You get that and a bunch of crickets. There's always a catch. The site and app are great! Great concept great idea, anyway. I really DO like Printify! But, not too much faith in their free plan.

Tell me what to do if there IS anything I can do, please? I mean, short of paying to get in the club. I already know that more money means more attention, but I'm an old 20th century scrappy city kid who likes to earn my seat and prove my worth. I will change my review if I ever get any actual help or traffic.

Peace.

Good quality productions, greatly misleading "lead times" and poor customer service.

They have a product that I source (a blanket) and they advertise an "average production time" of 1.4 days and 2-5 business days for shipping. I based our Mothers Day sale off of what they advertise.... suddenly that 1.4 days production time turned to 11 or 12 days after my orders were placed. They even had the nerve to say "it's just an average, not a guarantee".

Averages don't sway by 10x.

No offer to help at all. I asked for a partial refund (since I'm going to need to refund my customers) and they declined to even offer that.

Bad customer service from an apparently unreliable company who admittedly provides good quality products.

Too limited items to modify, add more items..

I have needed more steps by step instructions. I have had to consult with "help" and YouTube researching for myself.

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I decided to give Printify another shot after they (twice) delivered my product to the wrong address last Summer. On top of that, it took them several days to respond to my support requests. But since that was almost a year ago, and they do have a good catalog, I decided to give them another chance.

Unfortunately, not much seems to have changed. Several times over the last few weeks, the app has displayed a message: Printify users are very active right now. We have received your submission and placed you in a queue. In fact, this happened again at 1:30 this afternoon - hardly a peak time for uploading. It's now 11 pm, and none of the products that I uploaded have gone through. If Printify gets overwhelmed with simple uploading, then how do they handle all other aspects of their business? I gave them another chance because everyone makes mistakes, and I hoped that they'd gotten better. Unfortunately, not much seems to have changed.

Absolutely atrocious for anything apparel related. Been trying to use them for the past year and have had issues with over 60% of my orders. Wrong colors, wrong items, delivered with stains, print coming off in the wash, printed sideways, pathetic shipping times, you name it. They’ve even messed up reprints of reprints. No joke. Extremely disappointing. They have been fine for art and mugs though in my experience, which is why I gave them a 2 instead of 1 star. If you’re trying to do apparel steer clear.

I've been using the Printify app for some time already, made some sales with it. I like it that their helpdesk staff are mostly friendly like Derek and Alina but i have to give it a 3 stars due to recent issues. Since Friday last week till now, one of my collection is still updating. I can't add new collections, and previously submitted PNG files all ended up messed up. I have stopped using the app and has transit to another app. Given the choice i would love to continue using Printify, but the errors coming one after another is frustrating and the response i keep getting is "we are sorry, we apologize for the issues, etc" It's been 5 days since the issue and it is still unresolved.

EDIT: apparent the problem has been resolved.. but i've already switch to a new app. I might continue using Printify for some orders but the trust is shaken already.