r/Printify

I’ve been using a spreadsheet to track profit on my Etsy POD sales, but I’m terrible at keeping it updated.

The annoying part is that the sale amount obviously isn’t what you actually made. By the time I account for Etsy fees, the print provider cost, shipping, etc., the profit can look pretty different.

I’ve been thinking about making something for myself that would automatically pull the order numbers together and show actual profit per order/product instead of manually updating a spreadsheet.
Before I spend a bunch of time on it, I’m curious how everyone else handles this.

Do you:
use a spreadsheet?
use Etsy’s numbers and estimate from there?
use another app/software?
just check your print provider + Etsy separately?

And if you do use a spreadsheet, is keeping it updated annoying for you too, or am I making this into a bigger problem than it actually is?

Especially interested in hearing from people doing enough orders that manually tracking everything starts getting messy.

I’ve had several complaints from customers that what is supposed to be beige is printing in a pink hue & burgundy is printing purple. another person in the fb group is having the same issue…MWW printer is clearly using too much magenta & needs recalibration. printify email support takes dayssss to reply. anyone else seeing this issue? so frustrating trying to run a profitable business & printify support is nowhere to be found & Mww has zero quality control!

How long—or after how many products—do you start getting consistent views and clicks on Etsy when using Printify?

I’m currently at 25 products; I’m getting a few scattered clicks and views, but not a single sale yet. People keep trying to sell me marketing consultancy services, but I’m turning them all down.

Hii every one, i really need a help to start print on demand business in UAE does anyone has experience of busniess with printify in UAE or any alternative idea or method would be very helpful.

Sorry this is just a rant but I have been going back and forth with Printify Embroidery - they have the WORST product support. I was told it was going to be fixed and then nothing happens, and then finally we got to the right digitization I want, and then they cancelled it and said the order cannot be digitized because it was waiting for too long for approval. But it was only waiting for too long because they keep on saying they will upload the design they shared to me over chat...

I hate this. I ordered the same embroidery in 2 colors - I ordered a sample for one and got orders for the second one, I thought digitization would be smooth sailing coz I already ordered the first one correctly... WRONG.

What's a better alternative out there? Their support team just keeps on saying different things every single time and there is no follow through whatsoever. I keep being told - we will update you via email everyday for the past 9 days - NO EMAIL UPDATE. ONLY THE WORST EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi - I am based in Australia but looking to also sell in the United States. I have started with 11oz and 15oz mugs in my listings but I duplicated listings within Etsy so I have separate listings for those buyers in Australia and those in the United States. When I go back into Printful to sync with Etsy, there is not an option to sync the 15oz variant (only the 11oz). I'm not sure where I have gone wrong in the process or maybe I need to set up a Printful profile to sell worldwide?

We've been on Printify for a week or so. We held a grand opening special - 20% off everything. We were pleased to get about 10 orders. But then we started receiving notices that items were out of stock.

• They were all 100% Cotton T-Shirt Printify Choice. In the Product View - the Inventory column showed All In Stock for sizes and colors.
• Yet - in the Orders view, some colors and sizes showed out of stock inside individual orders
• Prinitify suggested that I search for another provider. So, I did.
• The other provider (I think it was Ink Blot) was the exact same size, color, and American Apparel product. And it was the same exact price.
• Great. I requested the substitution.
• Then - Printify informed me that the customer now owed shipping.
  • Was that displayed somewhere in the dialogue that I missed?
• Then - the order showed as canceled
  • Did the customer get a notice about the shipping charge and choose to cancel?
  • Or did Printify cancel the order because the customer had not paid for shipping initially?

We're a very small nonprofit. Printify seemed like a good way to dip our toes into branded products. We just didn’t have the funds to buy the merchandise outright and wait for it to sell. Especially for sized items like T-shirts, where sales forecasting is even harder.

Any tips? Ideas? Can anyone explain this black box to me?

Thanks!

I got my first sale 10 days ago, I thought now I will get more traffic after a sale but traffic died entirely im listing constantly, researching seo tags, making pins and all. Should I go with ads? I don't have a large budget for it. Do one dollar for a day to week helps?

I’m trying to get into Etsy print-on-demand, but half of the people reaching out to me on Instagram are trying to sell consultancy services—SEO, product presentation, optimization, and so on—and promising high sales as a result.

Is it worth paying these people?

I have been actively running an Etsy print-on-demand business for two days now.

As of today, I’ve upgraded my toolkit—tools like Canva Pro and Placeit are now in use. I currently have 12 products listed in the shop and am uploading 4 new ones daily. Since my initial designs on day one, I’ve had 2 views.

What are your recommendations? When might I expect the first clicks and views to come in?

Hey everyone,

I wanted to post this here both as a heads-up and to see if anyone else is running into the exact same issue.

About three weeks ago, I noticed the mockups for the Gildan 5000 t-shirts started rendering terribly on the platform. Thinking it was just a temporary preview glitch, I reported it and ordered a physical sample to test. When the sample arrived, the actual print quality was just as bad as the faulty mockup.

I’ve been back and forth with support, but all I get are automated/canned responses saying they are "working on it." When I followed up recently, support asked me for a link to the product, showing they aren't even aware of the ongoing issue with the T-shirts.

To make matters worse, as of today, the Gildan 18500 Hoodies have started showing the exact same visual rendering glitch. Yesterday they were working fine, and today they look broken.

My entire store catalog relies on these hoodies, so having this bug spread from the T-shirts to the hoodies is a nightmare for sales and customer trust.

Is anyone else experiencing this print/mockup rendering failure on Gildan 5000s or 18500s right now? Have you managed to get a real response from technical support?