Etsy vs. Teespring: Which Platform is Good For Print On Demand Business

[Mika]

Etsy is one of the best marketplaces for handmade crafted goods, including Print on demand products. Etsy has its own Print on demand Store called Smash Transit. However, they do not have their own Print-on-demand factory, therefore, they outsource their work with stores that can be integrated with their platform. One such platform is Printful, another one is called Printify.

Etsy is one of the top 100 websites in the world making billions of dollars in annual profit. If you are serious about starting an online business and yet do not have a lot of money for investment, you should definitely try Etsy. You have to pay 20 cents per item listed and also run ads on Etsy to drive sales.

Teespring is yet another popular Print on Demand marketplace with its own print-on-demand factory. There are no upfront costs to sell on Teespring (they don’t charge for listing the product, they will cut the commission on the product sold). One of the major disadvantages of using Teespring is they don’t show products when someone searches on a certain category. They only display products from sellers who have Trust Score. You get Trust Score only after a few successful sales. If you are new, you will have to use social media to drive sales. If you have a huge following, you might be able to sell your products on Teespring.

 

[Jasmine]

Teespring was once a great platform but the company could not survive the competition, and currently t is not as popular as it used to be in the past. Teespring is also a difficult platform for newbies because your product will not appear on their marketplace. IN order to get your product featured, your product need to generate sales so that you earn trust score to be able to appear in their marketplace.I think etsy is a better platform because it has a huge market site and you can easily generate sales if you run ads on social sites or on etsy itself.