Printify vs. Printful: I put them to the ULTIMATE Test... The Results & My Honest Review

[@Printify]

Hi there Heather! Thank you for the insightful review. We're very proud to hear that you choose Printify as your print on demand company , and we look forward to a long-term cooperation with you. 💚

[@realrubenvg]

Spoiler alert! Jk

[@AYDE_]

@@realrubenvg 😂

[@CraigRippon]

So it's not really Printful vs Printify, it's Printful vs SwiftPOD yeah?

[@arkikali5632]

@@CraigRippon She said she used multiple Printify printers, but I don't think she mentioned who else she used (for the white T-shirt and white sweatshirt).

[@coffeeoutlaws7783]

@@CraigRippon yup for the most part, i'm sure printify has some say in their quality control if they want to stay on the ap

[@kyivstuff]

Wholesale Ted explained the difference: Printify is like uber eats, while Printful is like a restaurant. Printify offers a platform for many POD shops (with different quality), while Printful make the product themselves.

[@YasminGLife]

T shirt quality comes down to the shirt providers from Printify. How about compare different printify providers instead? You can’t compare printful to one printify shirt provider. They all vary. Can you compare Monster Digital?

[@DameHoracia]

Was just about to say the same. Each provider will certainly be different. Can't recall if Heather mention in video which provider she used?

[@Teracuda]

@@DameHoracia she only mentioned the printer on the first garment that she liked, not the other two. I agree she should be mentioning which printer she chose through printify.

[@OneFruityMama]

Exact same thing I said.

[@maireadmaccy4336]

Pretty pointless print comparison video so🙄

[@illogically]

Lemme save you time. Her conclusion = she picked Printify

[@lightsource444]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@HawthorneLilyCreative]

This is really great information. Can you please consider making a video on how you handle customer service issues, specially when a customer orders a shirt and you need to alert them that the POD provider is out of stock and what that process is like. Thanks in advance for considering!

[@kevincolts]

This was a good comparison. I order samples before I offer any products, too. I personally use Printify for most of my products however I use Printful for my sleeveless shirts and embroidered hats. I only print on black items. Love your posts. Great job, again!!!

[@soulfulsunflower4328]

Hey Heather, I want to add some info about Printful's gray packages. Those are made from recycled plastic and are able to be recycled again. They are actually working to replace all the mailers with these across the board in all of their fulfillment centers. That's actually one of the reasons I love Printful. I do use Printify as well for some stuff, as long with some other POD's, but Printful is actually my favorite and go to. But I'm more focused on their AOP products, which I personally find far superior to the others. Not just the print, but the great quality materials they use. I'd definitely like to see a video review of Printful vs Printify on AOP products. I think it's an important part of the POD industry that isn't being covered much. Thanks for sharing your experience btw 🧡

[@BSL_HAB]

I have used printful as my secondary provider and have used them far less often than printify. The proportion of issues I’ve had with printful far exceeds those I’ve had with printify. Printful is way way slower shipping, and I’ve had several quality issues, as well as the print size being smaller on the printful products. I have had good experiences with swift pod, monster digital, and awkward styles, which you can also order through directly, when using printify.

[@colinbyerly5212]

Excellent observations that others have also found , besides a clear money saving difference that help offset the other costs of normal product orders , and added costs that are increasing in this quick needed price adjustment s , that established platforms are adding on using the inflation factors perhaps a little more than they really should . But that’s my personal observation and will stick to that for reference . ❤👍🏼😎

[@Diana-queenie38]

But you just showed that the quality was better on Printful on the black t-shirt, and the white sweatshirt...or am I wrong?

[@0m4r21o]

Where is the washing test? That’s the most important part.

[@Wealily]

Printify is cheaper, sure… but what about international shipping? For most of the products ordered from Printify they used Asendia (delivery provider). Either the delivery took over a month (after production) or the package was lost. Printful delivered my package within a week after production to Europe, because they are also based in Europe / US / Australia / Canada. I’m pretty sure a customer whose package took 2 months to deliver is not going to order from me again.😢

[@FallingRayne]

I’m just starting and don’t even have my shop up yet. I made the mistake of getting attached to Awkward Styles.. I love everything about them! But as a Canadian who ordered a sample.. I’m quickly realizing I can’t have my customers waiting this long.. I could only track it while it was in the US.. it spent most of its time in California where AS is located.. it finally hit my country on 27Mar and tracing is no longer available.. almost 3wks now. I’m quickly realizing I have to have a fulfillment company that has operations in several countries. Sadly, I find a lack of content international POD. Expensive lesson learned

[@danimotherofchickens479]

Do you have a video after washing several times though? Thats where printify seems to fall flat

[@arkikali5632]

Great video--thank you! Did you mention who you used for the white sweatshirt and T-shirt from Printify? That's one of the cons (I would think) with Printify. You might get great print quality from one printer but not so great from another. With Printful, they they ARE the printer, so there's not that variance (again--just guessing. I'm new to POD). I'm also a little jealous of the branding Printful offers. That said, $3-5 is a LOT of difference in price on something that's fairly low price point (profit margin) to begin with, so I really can't justify using Printful in most cases. Thanks again for the review!

[@jthatch5189]

Feels like an unfair comparison as those companies are outsourcing their actual printing. Whatever specific printer you choose is ultimately what makes the quality, not the parent company, unless i am very mistake about how this all works.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

I don't see any way that someone can compete today in the market with Printful as their provider. On most garments their prices are SIGNIFICANTLY higher, like several dollars higher in many cases. Frustrating because I like everything about Printful except their prices.

[@EccentrixTreasures]

When you choose "Printify" as your POD provider, you can choose from several printing companies, based on geography, product mix, and price. So it's really apples to oranges to compare Printify to Printful which prints in-house. For tee shirts, I like Monster Digital & Swift POD, for mugs and Tumblers I use District Photo and Spoke... all through Printify.

[@robertodasilva-k5p]

Hi Heather! Thank you for that awesome review, you are so great and gorgeous, i would love a review of that same t-shirts and sweaters after wash 2 , 4 or many times in washing machine and dryer to see if they are Deforming or loosing color After Washing to analyze garment´s printing color. I Love your videos. Great job.

[@nftcryptodev]

Printful does the white layer too now. Just FYI....

[@katee2425]

Maybe they missed the white base coat on the Printify t shirt by accident. Was it Swift? Have you compared print quality with the same supplier on a high cotton content quality sweatshirt to the Gildan? Apparently it makes a difference. Thanks for the videos.

[@marleysmith281]

This is a good video! I personally use printify. It's much cheaper so I'm able to keep my shop prices lower. I also know that receiving items individually wrapped is nice, but I've always felt like its so wasteful. Like when I get a package and every single thing is wrapped in plastic, I feel bad about it lol. I haven't had any complaints so far! I use printful for embroidery and have had good luck so far but processing time was sooooooo long compared to printify.

[@scarliebee]

Yes, embroidery please! This video was full of great information!

[@dantonwood1]

Hello Heather, God bless you for your generosity, and your creative mind. I want to sign up with Printify, I think im ready to start my POD business but, if there is any type of affiliate credit that could go towards your business, then I wish I could help you with my new membership. Please let me know, thanks for all of your training videos.

[@WalterDavisProducer]

Good video. Too many words in the beginning. You kept saying we were going to dig right in...but...you were still saying that at the nearly 3 minute mark. It seemed like Printify had quality issues. I am still confused. The customer service issues could be a game changer for me. Thank you for your thorough review.

[@PeachesandPaprikachannel]

Loved your manner of comparisons by category. What a great idea and so well-organized! Not "all over the place." I don't subscribe to video channels as I have my own but do you per chance have an email list? If so, I could keep up with your videos that way.

[@oliviamorgan5592]

Errr awkward. That’s just weird. Of all numbers…the 666 at the 10:21 mark in the video? I mean I know that and the magnifying glass are clear calling cards but most people don’t have a clue.

[@GaladrielLawrence]

Printful offers branding but charge a lot!!!!! On the same products from other POD. $18 Xtra to put a logo on a shoe box. Unreal

[@cliffaddy]

Overall, you do a good job and have useful information, but I just couldn't finish this video. You use the word "especially" a lot and you don't know how to pronounce it.

[@ayakaganig]

The printing quality of printify is not because of the provider difference? Like sfiftpod vs monster digital? I noticed that monster rating dropped recently and I was wondering why

[@xelaklement3367]

I wonder if Printful improved their DTG printing because I just ordered white on black and it was super good, very clear, not faded at all. Didn't try any colors though

[@babe4chevy]

Embroidery

[@jeanpalomo4059]

Awesome video...thank u. Can u talk abt how inventory goes? What happens to the shirts that the print company makes that are not sold...do u have to buy it? Also, can u cancel or quit with these companies anytime without penalty??

[@claudiaaa4268]

Hi Heather, thank you for the helpful information. I am wondering. Do you Order a sample to each design you create?

[@JohnVanderbeck]

BTW the reason why some garments do DTG well and others don't has to do with the cotton value of the garment. DTG infuses with the cotton, so something like the Gildan 18000 that has only 50% cotton, the ink will be a less more faded in general, even before you look at the print provider. Some garments these days even intentionally have a cotton outer shell specifically to facilitate DTG. But as you said, a good provider works to compensate for this by doing multiple layers.

[@Maruchi1970]

I watched another video where the guy states that Printiful prints themselves while Printify contracts out

[@viva121d]

Hi, Thank you. Please make video about embroidery

[@johnwaltman8673]

I dunno who to use! 😕 You choose Printify but then showed that faded white t shirt & I don’t feel good about that

[@hauntednightmaremedia]

I’ve used SPOD on Printiy and it took three weeks to get it. I liked the product but it came from Mexico and not the USA. Being in Canada it takes up to 10 days from the USA as it is.Printful has a warehouse but it’s in Toronto and not in Vancouver where I am.

[@Incognito-mg4qg]

Printify doesn’t have enough branding options such as label on neck or sleeves, so I go with printful

[@OSRS_IndicaHeavy]

They do on most items, you just have to choose the right production company. If you scroll down on printify there are multiple options of printing companies. Some offer more customization than others

[@myworks2158]

hay i am muhammad ashraf i am crater youtbe i work on printfy and prinfull you told me this is saparate compy printfy and prinfull

[@mistymullenix287]

You have a small editing error at 26:29. You said FYFB but wrote FYBY.

[@tiffany64871]

Thank you for this detailed time AND money saving review!

[@NichollSimmons]

We recently started our store and ordered samples and with printify and my t-shirts did not come out very good

[@T11paraplegic]

How come the quality on printify was better on the first shirt but on the 3rd shirt it's more blurry/faded on printify?

[@Grexsis]

has there been any difference with these companies now 6months into the future? o_o

[@MileG15]

Hey girl, I wanted to ask you how you deal with a cancelation or a change in order? Who deals with the refund you or the print on demand company?

[@kimbennett3014]

Did you ever find out the answer? I'm new to all this.

[@brianasmith2592]

it really has nothing to do with Printify. It depends on which printing company you choose within Printify... they are all different.

[@famousamos1123]

right and she never mentions which company. nor does she answer when people ask...

[@LindyBreaksTheStigma]

Why is the word Dreamer not symmetrical over the rings?

[@lenardgraham2548]

Great review! I've been so hesitant with adding an e-commerce store to my website because I do not know which POD to incorporate. This video helps a lot

[@DevinAdint]

With direct to garment printing if you were to adjust the vibrancy and hue of the image to be printed for darker garments could this possibly offset the fading and darkening that might occur?

[@misskim2058]

Seems reasonable, although you would have less control over the outcome, they might have an off day and make it more saturated than you wanted, but ultimately, that looks better than faded, unless somebody’s going for that distressed, worn out look. It would be better to just find someone that gets it right the first time. I use different files for like backgrounds versus dark backgrounds, but I haven’t increased the saturation. I could try that next time I order. It’s a good idea to consider.

[@yeshuasavior7858]

Love Printify! Thanks sooo much for giving this review as they are my Go-To POD provider!!! Really appreciate all your videos loaded with value, information, tips and tricks and everything we need in the POD business!

[@LEVELUPCHICofficial]

How about on colored shirts? Like all over print

[@Al-rn5qy]

Truly enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge and please keep making these!

[@tonamiller8298]

I advise not to use a SVGs at all. They are designed at very low resolutions from 78 to 96 dpi. They are designed for cutting machines like Cricut and Silhouettes. Best are Png or jpg files are designed and sold at 300dpi. Low DPI will give a bad image when printed.

[@tristanbreale9377]

Um no you are totally wrong. The resolution of the svg doesn't matter. SVGs are vector images. You can enlarge them indefinitely without affecting the quality. PNG, jpg are pixel images, you have to set a much higher resolution to have good quality.

[@gloriahahn2606]

thank you so very much Heather....you're so through. Would you please list all the POD's that intergrated with Esty....it only comes to printify and printful seem to only be the ones anyone compares

[@djbdesigns2251]

Embroidery, please!

[@a-fox]

Went to Printify and getting started is B__ch.

[@1985cactus]

Relatively the same quality? When you just showed us that Prinitiful's quality is way superior. So, it's not for the same quality. It makes sense that Printiful charges more when their products are so much better in quality.

[@vaginapelona]

I dont like shiny plastic'ish prints,it looks cheap😒

[@DavidPaul-kg7rv]

What do you think about Merchize?

[@1985cactus]

There's a video of a guy comparing tshirts from both companies after 10 washes. Printify's faded drastically while Printiful's stayed the same

[@nancycunaprincesshousecons2785]

Embroidery review 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@MariJ-xc9cs]

Hi Heather, thank you! Do both Printful and Printify show themselves as shippers when products are shipped to customers? I ordered samples, and USPS informed delivery says the products are coming from Printify.

[@ceg2235]

FYI... Printful no longer packages their items in the additional clear plastic bag. Your order arrives in just the gray packaging, which sometimes can feel slightly dirty/dusty inside. The additional clear packaging kept the item folded like new, where just shoving the shirt into the gray "shipping" packaging provides no protection and the shirt arrives wrinkled and looks used. Their reasoning is to "Save the environment" from additional waste. Okay, but when I order a shirt, I want that shirt to be clean and protected - not wrinkled and looking used. In addition, Printful's fulfillment times are ridiculously slow, their prices are about the highest and the quality of their merchandise, printing and embroidery has definitely declined. I've used Printful exclusively for my POD business, but I am so fed up with their lack of customer service, slow fulfillment times, high prices, and declining quality, I've slowly started converting to Printify. Just thought I'd let y'all know my experience with Printful after using them these past three years.

[@MorbidLyre]

In regards to "fading", I would suggest you design in CMYK colour mode and not RGB and calibrate your monitor properly, there might be a problem there.

[@junaidhussain-x7r]

by god you are extremely gorgeous

[@nathaliakonkuri8712]

l love this and will like to start my own store

[@sherryleggett1612]

I had an interesting experience when I ordered something that was shipped by FedEx. I was home at the time it was delivered and saw that the driver took a picture of the package on my porch. This saves FedEx from having to replace an item that had been the victim of porch pirates. I don’t know who is responsible with packages lost from the porch but it wouldn’t be FedEx.

[@dragonflylover1211]

Still beware of delivery people. Not saying most are bad, but there are ring camera videos out there showing drivers taking those pics for proof of delivery, but then taking the packages with them after. Frustrating problem no matter who the porch pirates are.

[@nukdraw]

Hi I’m deaf I just ask which best print quality? Before and after wash crack or not?

[@vibrantly50]

Nuk, great question…Heather also has a course on T-shirt designing for POD. I don’t work for her! I’m just new and learning. I know the print process infuses the shirt with the ink and so the image quality will appear less sharp than say in Canva. I think you’d want to take the transparency down to 80% when creating images for your mock ups.

[@openyoureyes4799]

Oh, my question....Does Printify print up cards if I want a card put in with each t-shirt? It would tell who I am and thanks for the purchase etc? I"ll do the design work?

[@margievanhandel259]

Although this didn't feel totally impartial, the info was appreciated. I'll just keep being open to what other channels are saying as well. When all is said and done, customers do look at price, but the quality they see when they open the package is what determines in the end whether they reorder. They can tend to overlook an incident here and there if they've had a good experience in the past. All the other fluff that we may appreciate or think is a talking point generally means very little to them.

[@Saintly2]

You didn’t always mention the printer used on Printify… the lesser quality would be the blame of who you chose to do the work. I’m only part way through the video so I’m hoping this info will eventually be revealed.

[@SandyNashv]

We tried to file a USPS claim and they do not honor the insurance. I will never buy USPS insurance again.

[@wpopmusic]

We like to use our local printer whenever possible, but we have used Printful and Printify. I was impressed with Printful's print quality (I print on black as well as colours) but Customer Service was a deal-breaker... we were not happy with the maximum size of the print on their kids' sweatshirt. It was too small to offer - obviously too small - and they disagreed and would not refund or replace.

[@nanaslife1519]

Yes I used Printful, not impressed.

[@edgar-mmxxiii]

Physical prints are always faded compared to on screen version of the image because screen graphics use the RGB color space while prints use CMYK color space. RGB is more vivid due to the light of individual pixels while printed ink does not include light.

[@openyoureyes4799]

Well, this is depressing, I am already hooked up with Printify!! I have a question...Is it hard to put everything in place for personalized t-shirts, like adding names? Thanks

[@elliswashington1149]

Greetings, Your video is "excellent". I just heard it today, 8 months after you publish. 1. Is the info still relevant? 2. I design on placeit primarily. Do you know if I can upload my designs from placeit to printify? If so, do you have a video to that effect? Please advise. Thanks and take care. 🙂

[@kristinabressler9212]

Can you provide a link to the Facebook group that you mentioned please?

[@sherryleggett1612]

But Printful uses several different actual companies for their printing Vs Printify. Difficult to compare apples to oranges. With the direct to garment on black the first one you showed it had a white layer before the colour layer. The rainbow looking one with the black showing thru would not have happened if there had been a white layer first.

[@721Spotter]

taking in consideration that Printify has multiple vendors, which vendor did u use? as this can also mean the difference in type of quality

[@gigomes5196]

Could you show other items too? Mugs, wrapping paper, ornaments…

[@GlenAutisticNaturePhotographer]

With either company: do they tell you an item is out of stock before you finalize the order? Or do they collect your money and then give you the bad news?

[@robinhart1390]

Even the color of the black of the sweatshirt is darker on Printify.

[@calmit23]

But when you order from prinitfy you the designer chose the print company as Printify give you a choice??

[@JosephineDeSmet]

Is there a pod service that does both well? Trying to find a pod service to sell to my audience on Spotify

[@JohnVijlbrief]

Hi Heather, thank you for your explanation and product comparisons. I was pretty surprised by it. For my projects, accurate colour reproduction is crucial. I understand that multi-colour silkscreen printing yields more satisfying results, but it is expensive compared to these 'budget printing methods.' The price reflects that as well. Nevertheless, printing companies specializing in this type of work should make every effort to achieve the highest possible quality and, most importantly, to match the design's colours as closely as possible.

[@maireadmaccy4336]

Isn't this pointless? Surely its th printer companies so that are are fault, not the pods🙄🙄

[@colinbyerly5212]

I’ve been reviewing so many web pages . And like to thank you for the small yet very important differences in the final products ., as well as ways to best avoid the most common difficulties in printing and product quality. Those conditions that are also missed in so many similar topic videos . I hope you continue to bring your quality product and business best practices awareness and better ways to avoid those most common issues that affect this business model of digital marketing . ❤️❤️❤️😎👍🏼👍🏼

[@WayShowers]

Very, very helpful!! I used your Creative Fabrica link! No more time dealing with copyrights on all those other image sites!

[@littlemamashopno]

I am adding black sweatshirts from Printify from the swiftpod because of the vibrant colors they do with the 2 layer printing. 😍😍😍 THANK YOU!

[@KennyHoedebeck]

Hey Heather I would definitely like too see a follow up video i thought you were going to touch base on some other Print providers I would love to hear your take on doing your own shipping.

[@melissavelasquez6196]

I started my store a few weeks ago, I order something with Swift POD it was a sweatshirt and it came out so faded 😢 I didn't think this was the best printing.

[@heritageoutdoorsnetwork6635]

Great video, always enjoy your videos, will you do a specific video on ordering samples of your designs and when and how to order samples......

[@theamazingstudio4301]

Not Awkward!

[@jnjhawaii5879]

This was so good! I was trying to decide who to use. Thank you

[@LordHaveMurcielago]

13:10 It seems the Printful example got the purples right. The Printify example has the purples looking more like a blue.

[@tbuckmon2011]

I was already leaning towards printify. Now it’s about execution all the way to being successful with DIY and POD items. Thank you thank you thank you so much!🎉🎉🎉❤

[@skyboys9814]

You should do a wash test, wash and dry 10 times, then compare.

[@T11paraplegic]

The first one had an extra layer so it wasn't see through on printify shirt but the 3rd shirt it's faded and see through,how come?

[@Lynn-TheSeeker]

"guys" 🤣