How To Sell Print on Demand on eBay Using Printful

Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how you can sell print-on-demand products (like t-shirts, coffee mugs and art prints) on eBay using Printful. Printful is a print-on-demand supplier, and eBay is a marketplace to sell goods.
This method is more complicated than Redbubble or Merch by Amazon-you need to create an eBay account, a Printful account and then sync the two together. This tutorial covers exactly how to set this up (and list a product) going step by step.
If you have not sold on eBay before, and if you have not used Printful before, then this tutorial is for you.
Timestamps:
00:00 Overview
01:10 Accounts
02:10 Possible ERROR!
03:34 Listings
11:30 Return Policy
13:43 Deleting Listings
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#printondemand
#printful

[@annb1376]

the only helpful video on youtube about printful and ebay connection!! Another way to fix the error is verify the payoneer account filling with all the mandatory documents required. this worked for me without listing any items.

[@stulog]

Hey this is cool! I have been doing both eBay and Zazzle part time, but I didn't even know that any of be there other print-on-demand companies had eBay integration. This is a game changer for me because I have designs I could just move over to printful, and boost sales quick!

[@Snail_Slowly_Moves]

This is good! Selling on so many websites will get you further always:)

[@bazz1376]

Hey Mr Cooler, great vid, I've been wanting to do this for a while but chickened out cause it looked too hard. But not anymore. Thanks a bunch!!! Best wishes for the New Year. Bazz out :-)))))

[@abishekh_kc]

Thank you so much for explaining everything so thoroughly.

[@hridoyhasan1076]

helpful tutorials.Thanks zen😊

[@kathleenbronson161]

Hello Zen😁 just wanted to say thank you! Your information has been a stellar asset for a starving artist like myself.Have a GREAT Day and many blessings to you❤

[@anitamitchell6434]

Thank you! I used to sell a lot of stuff on eBay, this will help a lot. :-)

[@passiveincomewithnora]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@austincaufield6425]

Thank you. Awesome job. Very easy to understand. Just merged my Ebay account with printful. Been thinking about Etsy but they seem to be going through a lot of changes. I already had an account with Ebay and was very easy to connect. Will be adding products very slow to make sure everything is running smoothly.

[@Julia-lm5hg]

Thank you ❤

[@GHMhere]

Thanks a lot ! We want a video on how to find profitable niches on eBay ( POD )

[@featuringrageyt3103]

Thank you very very helpful 💯👍 I’m just beginner never ever done anything like this before but I’ve been out of work since 2020 so can be stressful

[@zenwatercooler]

Absolutely - I would say start with Redbubble (it is free to list) as well - that way you are not out any up front costs (other than time). I wish you luck!!

[@nonsookoye3163]

Thanks 🙏

[@RosasResources]

Thanks boo.

[@rudwaan]

thnks helpful

[@bowtiesarecool9782]

I love listening to your videos! They are always informative, with a sense of humor I appreciate. Propaganda poster indeed.

[@ljwhitmire200]

No returns is pointless. In this case with a new product like this, it might not happen often, but you will have to deal with returns. Since it's drop shipped, I'm not sure how that would work. I sell a lot of clothing. Buyers just don't read the description or all the pics. I think maybe what I'd do, and probably will, is setup an online POD store, than use my sales on my existing Ebay store to advertise my POD store(s). That way the POD doesn't cause any problems with my Ebay store. Thanks for the great vid!

[@zenwatercooler]

I appreciate your point of view - this video is me offering my point of view. I've sold clothing for years with no returns and I'm explaining my experience (where I haven't had any major problems). Thanks for the feedback.

[@ljwhitmire200]

@@zenwatercooler I guess I should say I sell "vintage" clothes! :P Buyers on Ebay specifically tend not to read very well! :P I understand in the video you said what you did when there was a problem with the product, but do you get buyers who just want to return just because? The reason I ask has to do with Ebay particularly. They are so pro-buyer, they tend to allow returns regardless of the sellers setting. Just wondering if you've run into that on the Ebay platform? Thanks for the very informative video as usual! :)

[@jt3257]

Thank you for the video, good info. The one thing I noticed you did not discuss was the shipping time it takes with P.O.D has that in any way been a challenge and how do you address that in Ebay? Thanks

[@zenwatercooler]

That's a great suggestion, you are totally right - I should mention that because it is a concern. Thank you, I will see what I can come up with!

[@Victor-De-Skylord]

NO RETURN! 😂😂😂😅

[@CMaria360]

Hi. great video.😊 I would like to know how to put tracking? on eBay? can you please mention that? i never found anyone mentioning it. Thanks a lot.

[@BeautifullyBalanced367]

Great video. Ty. Do you know how many eBay accounts can be opened with one email address?

[@peaktechnology544]

Can you make a tutorial on how to set where you would like to sell, because I don't want to blacklist every single country except US.

[@DarkCloudFN]

How long on average does it take for someone to buy a shirt? And also Im in the UK and it shows the eBay listing in US dollars, is it possible to change it to the UK currency?

[@hamzasiddiq3478]

Has that business worked out for you? I mean what are the sales? ROI? And do we need to pay ebay and prinful in advance?

[@mattross5803]

Thank you for this video. I do have a question- I already have all my products made in Printful, how can I just place them on eBay without “creating new products”

[@zenwatercooler]

Hey there - if you have all your products made in Printful, they should be housed in a store. (Otherwise you just have files sitting in a library.) So in Printful, you would create an ebay store, and then create the products right in Printful. Then there is a "sync" feature and whatever you have in Printful, it shows up in ebay.

[@thepostlimsshow6434]

Can you add some of the details of the shirt to the Ebay listing page or does adding details to that page mess up the listing?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes you can add to the eBay listing - the Printful stuff is just a template to get started.

[@prsagar7682]

Not work PayPal payment option !! Why? eBay suggesting payneer.

[@amylouisebrutonl9051]

Do you have to outlay money first or only when you get your first sale? As I was unsure about this?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes sort of - when you make a sale, Printful will charge you for the clothing (and you pay via credit card) - and then eBay will send you the money so you get the funds in a few days. And you pocket the profit. So you do pay, but you aren't out of pocket money for a long time. Hope that helps.

[@tariqreid1866]

What kind of shirt pricing on Ebay do you find high enough to give you a decent profit and sell generate sales?

[@zenwatercooler]

For me I typically go after really niche things (because I can't compete with China selling an AC/DC shirt for $10 including free shipping!). I personally list products other than t-shirts (so I don't worry about sizing), but for a shirt I try to make $3-5 per shirt profit. Not huge but it's relatively passive.

[@kwajrod]

Can you unlist/deactivate that first manually-added eBay item once you get Printful connected?

[@zenwatercooler]

You can - just make sure you are listing a real item (don’t list “fake item” for $200, for example).

[@Rebecca-qg8pb]

How can I handle returns on print on demand And how long do I have to wait to get sales Thanks

[@zenwatercooler]

Well the sales really is the mysterious part - it depends on what you are selling, the price points and how in-demand the niche is. So you could make a sale in 1 day or never. Returns are tough-I personally don't offer returns. My designs are strong enough that as a boutique store, I just explain that I am printing these on demand so make sure you want it. But if you want to offer returns, then you would have to factor that into your costs.

[@michellemiller1722]

Are there other POD suppliers that can be integrated other than Printful?

[@Pyxelles]

There’s Printify

[@judithchapman3280]

Does the eBay account have to be a business one or can a personal account be used for Printful as only have a personal one ?

[@zenwatercooler]

I've only ever used a personal account with eBay - I'm sure it would work with a business account too!

[@janeenmccoy4610]

Can I integrate with more than one Pod provider at the same time on selected items on ebay or just 1?

[@janeenmccoy4610]

If yes how?

[@zenwatercooler]

If you are using multiple print-on-demand suppliers, you would just link your ebay store through each supplier - and then when you create your designs/products in the supplier portal, it automatically interfaces to your ebay store. Basically it is the same process for each print-on-supplier (or very similar).

[@darlenestokes8825]

If you are already selling on Etsy, can you have a store on Ebay and Amazon with the same name for all?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes you can name your stores whatever you want - your ebay store and your Etsy store would not be linked so if both are your stores, it could help you from a branding perspective.

[@mikeizzo5]

if somebody purchases through eBay does prihtful automatically ship directly to them or do I have to purchase from prihtful and ship to buyer / drop ship it to the buyer?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes great question - Printful will print and ship it automatically. So yes you are buying it from Printful and Printful is shipping it, but it all happens automatically.

[@gggg-vg4vj]

15:00 wondering why you ended eBay items instead of changing quantity to zero or time away store.

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes that is a good point - over the years ebay has changed how sellers can pause their listings, so to keep the video simple I just ended the listings. But yes it would be better to pause them or use the “time away” feature. Good point!

[@rhinoculousaurus]

Why does this work for some and other accounts get band. I called ebay about this 2021 this year. They mentioned if you dont have the product yourself you cant sell it. So no print on demand. I really do wish I could do this.

[@DaChozenOnee]

Bro. Research about the printful manual order platform. ANNDDDD DELETE THE DECOY PRODUCT AFTER CONNECTING PRINTFUL

[@createcontrastdotcom]

@@DaChozenOneehi can you explain this more?

[@rosejones2932]

Ohhhhh I want to do this but I want to accept all returns and a 5 year turnabout? Mine so far is 2 day to keep Top Rated Seller status.

[@zenwatercooler]

That's a great point - top seller status is awesome (I get it once in a while but don't sell enough to keep it).

[@josephubaldo1939]

I need help! Once an item sells. What is the next step? Ebay ask my to print a shipping label. I am not quite sure what the next step is.

[@zenwatercooler]

Hey there - if you are selling on Printful, then Printful will ship the item. You don't need to actually do anything. Printful will ship the item and provide ebay with the tracking number. All you need to do is basically answer customer questions and design/list. Printful will ship the item.

[@BiscoAkaboshi]

ebay doesnt give me option to make paypal my payout

[@paulag2566]

Hi, once you sell the product, do you have to go to printful and make the order yourself, add the delivery address etc ? Please someone answer :)

[@zenwatercooler]

Hi there - generally no, you do not have to do that - when you link your store to Printful, and the customer buys something, the customer's information is synchronized with Printful. So Printful prints and ships the order. You are literally just the middleman (you take the customer's money and you pay Printful, and keep the difference).

[@peaktechnology544]

If you set default selling region to US for example, will it not sell to any other location except for the US?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes for eBay, you can set where you would like to sell (and also isolate countries that you do not wish to sell to). So I typically set it up to sell in Canada (where I live) and also the U.S.

[@hamnakhan769]

Hey can we start with zero investment? And d we have to pay to printful to ship or it will do it automatically? I want to start with zero investment.

[@zenwatercooler]

You would not require an investment of inventory if that is what you mean. You would not have a garage full of blank t-shirts. But you would typically need to buy a website, or list on Etsy, or buy a computer, etc.

[@enocknkosana2877]

Is it worth starting an eBay POD store, is there a demand or you can make more money on Etsy, it seems print on demand is more popular there.

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes I agree, Etsy seems to have a better chance to selling items at a higher price. I think there is opportunity to both - I might need to do a compare video of ebay vs. Etsy. Hmm you have given me something to think about, thank you!

[@mahnoorsaleem3853]

Hello

[@peaktechnology544]

If you are shipping across the world and shipping fees are very high, and you have free shipping, do you make a loss or does the price vary based on shipping fees.

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes that is good question - the shipping in Canada is higher than the U.S. so I deal with this. I just do the "calculated" shipping option in eBay so that whatever it costs, that is what is charged. Either the customer will pay it, or they won't (and I won't make the sale). I would not generally do free shipping unless it gives you a competitive advantage AND you are not taking a loss.

[@peaktechnology544]

@@zenwatercooler ok so should I offer free shipping, as I live in the UK and shipping here costs $30 from my ebay listing to my location.

[@raulv1913]

Hey I started selling on eBay with printful with a NEW account and then it got suspended could you tell me why ?

[@zenwatercooler]

I am sorry to hear that1 It's tough to say why - I would say reach out to ebay and ask?

[@emilabbaszade622]

hello, I just synced my account and I have a sale but it doesn't show up in printful. And is it necessary to do something yourself?

[@zenwatercooler]

Hey there - if your accounts are synced, the sale should trigger a purchase on the Printful side. I would say double-check with Printful to make sure it is set up correctly?

[@emilabbaszade622]

@@zenwatercoolerthanks ! It took little time that shows up in printful. 💀

[@deanc2000]

So eBay limits how many listings you can post? Looks like the limit is 10? Is that forever or just temporary?

[@zenwatercooler]

When you first start out, there are seller limits (like 10 listings). Over time the limits go up!

[@danimotherofchickens479]

I've heard that eBay bans accounts who link printful. Can you do the listing and not connect printful and just place the order manually ?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes absolutley, it just takes a bit more work and you would have to do it within a day or two manually but it would work!

[@createcontrastdotcom]

Hi, did you ever try this, doing the printful orders on eBay manually?

[@MoriartysDigitalVisions]

I'm not sure why ebay has the tab No Returns, since ebay forces sellers to do a return when the buyer isn't happy.

[@zenwatercooler]

I agree that ebay can force a return if the buyer claims that the item was not as advertised - which is pretty much open season to allow for all sorts of complaints. It's not ideal!

[@POD_Designs_With_Priyanka]

PayPal option is not available in eBay now what to do?

[@zenwatercooler]

Ebay payments can be set up - ebay just sends the money right to your bank account. www.ebay.ca/sellercentre/payments-and-fees/payments-and-earnings

[@gOrLaMiii]

Why I'm only allowed to upload 10 variants/month in printful, while ebay monthly limit is 250.

[@zenwatercooler]

Where are you seeing 10 variants a month? Printful typically will show what the seller's eBay store has for limits - mine for example is over 500 items and $10,000. Where in Printful are you seeing 10 variants total (is it a new eBay store)?

[@zarasjourney6627]

🥰🥰🥰🥰😘

[@user-Marat1993]

Unfortunately my eBay account was suspended. How can fix this problem ?

[@danimotherofchickens479]

That's what I came to ask.ive heard of people getting suspended when linking printful...so can we list them manually then go manually do the order in printful

[@atteycibab9904]

If you want to connect Printful to Ebay, Printful wants to know the PayPal address. However, Ebay no longer works with PayPal. Do I have to pay attention to anything???

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes typically to pay for the Printful order, you would pay by PayPal (or some other method). That's the only reason Printful would be asking - I would recommend just putting your regular email in there.

[@noureddinegdn3850]

CAN YOU SELL SVG ON EBAY??

[@zenwatercooler]

No - currently ebay does not allow for selling digital downloads. Etsy would be a better option as you can list a digital file, the customer pays and they get a link to an instant download.

[@BenG123]

why not just use vacation settings? Instead of ignore and delete them?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes at the time of this recording (2021), vacation settings were only for ebay stores (not regular listings). Thank goodness they have changed it now - I agree with you, vacation setting is much easier 👍

[@janokaramousayan]

8:50

[@kaiballington55]

since when does ebay have “selling limits”?

[@zenwatercooler]

I've been on ebay for years, there have always been selling limits as long as I've been using it: www.ebay.ca/help/selling/listings/selling-limits?id=4107

[@yassinebalker4566]

you are creating an account from canada, so you don't suffer from account suspension, ebay is just time waster

[@peaktechnology544]

how to set it so that it only sells to US, UK, Japan and Australia on printful?

[@ConnecticutMobileLaundry]

if somebody purchases through eBay does prihtful automatically ship directly to them or do I have to purchase from prihtful and ship to buyer / drop ship it to the buyer?

[@zenwatercooler]

Yes great question - Printful will print and ship it automatically. So yes you are buying it from Printful and Printful is shipping it, but it all happens automatically.