P.O.D.
What is POD?
POD stands for Print on Demand. Without going into too much detail it is a system whereby you can get your t-shirt (or other items) printed by another company. Recently some of those companies will also sell your design on tee shirts and deal with all the logistics including packaging, shipping, payments and even customer complaints.
Most people don’t have the finances to set up their own t-shirt printing company or deal with the logistics so these PODs have created a way for people to do so with little or no start-up costs. Cafepress, Zazzle and Spreadshirt are probably the most famous and most successful PODs at the moment. I use both but because of recent changes at Cafepress I can’t recommend joining them. I highly recommend Zazzle though.
List of T-Shirt PODs
- Cafepress
- Comboutique
- CustomDesignPrinted.com
- E-shirt.com
- Jujups
- MySoti
- Ninja Zoo
- Printfection.com
- PrintShop
- RedBubble
- Shirt Magic
- Shirtcity
- Skreened
- Sonic Shack
- Spreadshirt
- T-Shirt Mojo
- T-Shirt Monster
- That T-Shirt Site
- Wordans
- Yerzies
- Zazzle
If you know of any other POD selling t-shirts please let us know.
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Hi been visiting your blog for awhile now…
finally got the guts to ask if my store can be added to your list please? CustomDesignPrinted.com
Cheers
Kelly
p.s: keep up the nice blogging LOVE IT!!!
oh btw we are offering free stores for a limited time so people can start their own tee business….
Hey Thanks for the add… i appreciate it… if we can help you out in any way feel free to contact us.
There is a new POD that started up earlier this year and is based just outside of Toronto and is called T-Shirt Monster. Their selection right now isn’t very large but they do have a good affiliate program and also monthly themed design contests.
http://www.tshirtmonster.ca
Does anyone know of a POD that offers several organic options? My brother and I are in the process of setting up a site with our designs, and my focus is infant/toddler clothing, but I want to primarily if not entirely design organic products. Any info is much appreciated!
Lisa, Printfection recently launched a complete line of organic apparel. We now have the POD industry’s largest selection of organic apparel. Here’s our blog post for more information: http://blog.printfection.com/printfection/2010/01/ecofriendly-organic-tshirts.html
If you have any other questions just contact me! My first name at printfection.com
-Casey Schorr
Co-Founder/ CEO, Printfection
CustomTshirts.com is missing from this list
Added. Thanks.
It seems that Great Apparel For You (http://www.greatapparelforyou.com) is a major player not included in your list. I Googled “internet shirt fulfillment” and “web shirt fulfillment” and they were number 1. Then I took a look at their offerings, and it looked as if they were a full-service Print-On-Demand shirt and garment company loaded with different options including custom packaging and labeling. I called them, and they claimed they fulfilled for many online companies. That is left to be seen, but they seemed to know what they were talking about.
Anyway, Great Apparel For You is missing from your list, and in the spirit of full disclosure should be added to the list above. I’ll leave the selection process to the individual companies.
It’s not a POD though as far as I can see and all the PODs listed here allow for users to set up their own shop which I don’t believe this company does.
Is T-Shirt Monster not worthy of the list?
I thought I had that one there already. Thanks. Added.
Here’s another one missing from your list: http://online-shirt-stores.com
All the standard features, plus it’s a family run business rather than a big company, so you get really good customer support.
Since you seem to be an expert…. Can you recommend the best POD apparel company if I like the back-end services of printmojo.com, but I wan the POD functionality? I’ve been going through your list, but haven’t found one that really stands out.
What “POD functionality do you want?
Jessica,
If you want complete control of your merchandise store, check out Printfection. Here’s some exclusive features we have you might like:
* The ability to private-label everything (store, checkout, and packaging)
* Domain mapping, so your store lives on your own domain
* Customized pricing/ discount plans
* Dedicated account managers
* A powerful API
Last week, we launched the icing on the cake. Now you can see detailed
information about your customers and their orders. Information you can use to
follow-up with your customers, match their orders to your internal customer
database, send them opt-in marketing communications, and more. Read our blog
post to learn more: http://tinyurl.com/ykzp6vg
If you have any other questions I’m happy to answer them personally. My first name @ printfection.com
Casey Schorr
Co-Founder/ CEO, Printfection
Based on my working knowledge, I think PrintMojo is a nice alternative and offers a front-end shopping cart, but for the money, I still think Great Apparel For You perhaps the best, although I see they’re still not listed above.
I’m pretty sure Great Apparel doesn’t have a shopping cart yet, but they’re working on one. What’s nice about them is the very broad selection of garments and unique options–including printing on darks, relabeling, and branding. There’s always Zazzle, CafePress, Printfection, etc., but their costs are considerably more than the middle-sized companies.
Plus, I noticed Great Apparel For You ranks very high in Google for Direct to Garment Printing which is really the only technology you can use for P.O.D. services. That implies to me they’re probably good at it.
Great Apparel For You fulfillment info: http://greatapparelforyou.com/fulfillment_services.htm
Good luck.
I don’t think they provide a POD service so I imagine POD like functionality is non-existent. Also ranking high in Google for that phrase doesn’t even imply that they do Direct to Garment Printing. Wikipedia and the T-Shirt Forums rank higher for that phrase and certainly don’t.
I’m looking for a good quality, legitamate, inexpensive way to do print on demand. Are there any companies that offer a quality product, but cost less? I’ve seen a few POD sites starting around $15.00 for men’s t-shirts…(how am I going to successfully mark that up…that is the price I want to charge my customers).
Bottom line…I am looking for quality, price, with no minimum quantities…anything out there?
As far I know there aren’t but Printfection used to have reasonably priced t-shirts.
I want to sell our t-shirts locally at different events this summer.
The cost to get the shirts to Alaska already adds a bundle to the $15.00 charge.
Shirts up here don’t sell for much more than $15.00…sometimes less. I guess I could ask local merchants where they get their shirts done.
I like the POD due to lack of storage space and uncertain sales.
Thanks for the reply.
If you are sure you have a market for your tees and are not afraid to buy in bulk you should check out Storenvy. They also provide an online store for you free of charge.
Printfection offers custom discount plans. Contact us on our website and ask for more information. A dedicated account rep will answer all your questions.
Thanks for the list, this was helpful. I’ve been looking forever for a POD company that offered black tank tops, which Tshirtmonster did. Too bad their design interface and customer service suck. Hopefully Zazzle or Spreadshirt will have black tank tops soon.
You’re welcome.
Spreadshirt and Zazzle often add and subtract products so keep your fingers crossed. Spreadshirt are also very seasonal in what they provide so they may get tank tops in for the summer.
Yes, good call on Storevny. Also, if you’re looking for a front-end, Volusion is a good product.
As for Print On Demand and Great Apparel For You, I know of several online shirt companies that use them, and their website actually specifically mentions POD on the link I provided above. (BTW, I’m not trying to be argumentative; I’m just trying to provide accurate information.)
Cheers.
Thanks guys for the information. Now I have a few choices to try and hopefully one of them work out for me.
Thanks again!