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The Best Print-on-Demand Store: Redbubble Vs. Teespring Vs. Merch By Amazon

What’s the best store to sell your merch at? Throughout this case study, we will compare the 3 biggest and tell you who to choose.

By Rui CarreiraPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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Print-On-Demand is a great business model, and if you’re not doing it then maybe you should start considering it.

It’s so easy too, it seems absurd that it’s so easily scalable!

If you get into it, one of the first questions is: Where do I sell my merch?

Well, this isn’t a question that’s easy to answer, and even if you’re a veteran you’re still wondering what the best store is.

Since I now have a little experience with it, and already opened up shop in the three biggest Merch Marketplaces, I can help you with some insight.

If you want to pick the best store for you, then grab a cup of tea, read the article above and make an informed choice!

RedBubble: A Rundown on the Easiest One!

The first store we’re going to analyze is RedBubble.

When you’re selling on RedBubble you have the easiest experience of the three of them.

You can easily create listings and publish them;

RedBubble does marketing for you right at the start;

You’re free to publish as much as you want.

The best thing here is that as soon as you create your listings and they go live — you’re eligible to get Redbubble’s traffic.

This is something you don’t see around other shops — they usually let you create listings and stores and so on, but you have to market your products on your own.

If you want free traffic on your products, Redbubble helps you with that.

Also, the user base is 19M per month.

TeeSpring: A Bit Harder to Start, But What Else?

So, when you compare TeeSpring to RedBubble how does the first one hold up?

If we’re going for userbase, then RedBubble is actually the biggest of the two.

While RedBubble has 19M per month, TeeSpring only has 17M.

The difference isn’t much, but there’s actually something that may influence your choice.

You see, in RedBubble you get your stuff advertised right at the bat, but for TeeSpring, you must complete 10 sales before you get free traffic.

This is why, in my opinion, TeeSpring is just a wee bit inferior.

MerchByAmazon: Is The Titan Worth It?

Finally, we get to the titan, the merch store to rule them all.

If you go by impressions of the user base, you really have to start raising your expectations.

TeeSpring: 17M

RedBubble: 19M

Merch by Amazon: 1B!!!

Yeap, you read the number right.

But it doesn’t end there, they also use that traffic to promote your products.

However, before you say this is the obvious pick, I got to let you know about “the catch”.

The catch here is that it operates in an “invitation-only” way.

To join, you must apply and get approved.

Only a select few get approved, so you know it’s good, but you also don’t know if you get in.

Finally, even if you get in, you’ll be limited to 10 products only until you get some sales and prove yourself as a product owner.

In conclusion, Merch By Amazon is by far the best thing.

However, if you don’t get accepted or don’t plan to get in the process of applying, waiting, listing 10 items, waiting…

…then I have to recommend RedBubble.

Finally, if you liked this article, follow me for more tips, guides, and case studies.

You can do it on Medium or via Twitter where I publish tons of tweets with a great value!

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About the Creator

Rui Carreira

A full-time blogger on a writing spree!

Founder of https://instageeked.com

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