Price Drop Alert: Everything You Need To Know About Printful’s Update
By Lea Byrnes Art
This is a PSA to artists and designers everywhere: Printful, one of the world’s leading print-on-demand dropshipping companies, has never been more affordable and accessible for artists to use! If you are looking to score major sales on your art products, make sure to read on to take full advantage of their latest price drop!
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You may be wondering, what is Printful? Printful is an amazing platform which I have personally used to sell merchandise featuring my own artistic designs. Printful uses a print-on-demand (POD) business model, so that all you need to do is create your online shop and sell merchandise with your unique designs or logo on them. Printful completely takes care of printing the products, packing them, and shipping them off to the customer. Your online store can be created with various platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, or Wix; all of which use Printful as a third-party provider. With this type of business model, you as the business owner are able to focus solely on creating new designs, managing your store, and marketing your products — all while racking up the profits!
Printful sells to customers worldwide, making it an awesome option for creating a booming business. With easy-to-use design tools and over 300 products to choose from, it has never been easier to start a business directly from your home. One of the best parts of Printful is that there is no order minimum and each product is made-to-order, eliminating the worry of having leftover stock and wasting money and materials. This was one of my favorite parts about my Printful experience. I absolutely loved not having to worry about packing or shipping my products. I was able to have tons of fun making new designs, updating my website, and promoting my work!
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Now, back to the exciting news about the latest update: As of May 11, 2023, Printful has recently lowered prices for their DTG bestsellers to help business owners boost their sales and profits! Direct-to-garment, or DTG, is a printing method that sprays ink directly onto the garment. It is similar to printing on paper, but prints on clothing instead. I had a wonderful experience ordering these products, which came out beautiful, vibrant, and high-quality every time. Most of Printful’s best-selling DTG t-shirts and hoodies have had their prices slashed by up to 30%, with prices starting at $9.25. Printful has reviewed the products which have the biggest impact on user’s profit margins, and chosen to reduce the prices of these products. These are the most popular products amongst users, with thousands of orders of each product being fulfilled daily. These products include:
Unisex Basic Softstyle T-Shirt | Gildan 64000, starting from $9.25
Men’s Classic Tee | Gildan 5000, starting from $9.25
Unisex Staple T-Shirt | Bella + Canvas 3001, starting from $11.50
Unisex Crew Neck Sweatshirt | Gildan 18000, starting from $18.50
Unisex Heavy Blend Hoodie | Gildan 18500, starting from $21.95. . . and more!
A complete, downloadable spreadsheet with all the updated prices for best-selling products is currently available on Printful’s website.
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As per the new update, Printful has also made the decision to make a consistent embroidery service fee policy in all geographies. Because it is a more labor-intensive process, Printful charges a service fee in the US and Europe for embroidery, and will now do the same in Canada (2.70 CAD) and the UK (1.75 GBP). Printful offers 179 embroidery products, with everything from embroidered patches to embroidered shirts and beanies. These customizable products can be ordered in two different embroidery styles: Flat or 3D Puff. Custom embroidery apparel is professional and elegant with a premium and high quality look that attracts customers. Shop owners create embroidery files in Printful’s Design Maker, where they can choose from up to 15 vibrant colors and combine up to 6 in each design. Once a file is designed, it can be re-used and re-ordered for countless different products.
Due to shipping costs being raised worldwide, Printful has unfortunately had to raise shipping prices for certain products in order to be more consistent with the current market. But the good news is that the reduction in product cost is considerably larger than the increase in shipping, especially for top-selling items. Printful has cut the costs of tons of products in order to create more opportunity for shop owners to profit!
Additionally, free design and marketing tools that were previously only available to Printful Plus/Pro subscription customers are now available to all Printful users! These tools include the background removal tool, the custom mockup maker, and the promo maker. Each of these tools are made specifically to help users easily and quickly create high quality products and grow their businesses.
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Due to this update, Printful urges users to review their pricing strategies and update shipping rates as needed. The new, lower DTG bestseller prices give shop owners the opportunity to lower their prices on these products, making their store more competitive. Printful is confident that these new prices will give shop owners around the world a leg up to help them increase their sales on their most popular products!
If you are an artist or designer looking to create affordable, quality products with an excellent profit margin, be sure to check out Printful and take full advantage of this awesome new update! Best of luck on your artistic endeavor!
