drop shipping products

Dropshipping products for your online business

You run the store, we manage your inventory

Create your own ecommerce business with little to no investment

Sell dropshipping products worldwide without worrying about storage or order management

Focus on growing your store while we take care of fulfillment and shipping


Introduction to dropshipping

What is a drop shipping business?

What’s dropshipping?

Dropshipping is a business model where a third-party supplier provides, packs, and ships products to customers under your brand

Dropshipping products

Where does Printful come in?

We elevate dropshipping products with print-on-demand—you customize blank products with your designs and we ship them to your customers as orders come in

Warehousing dropshipping products

What’s Warehousing & Fulfillment?

It’s a Printful service where we can store your non-Printful products and fulfill and ship orders containing them

Dropshipping products vs. managing your own inventory

Find the most suitable option for your business

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Dropshipping

Pros Cons
Small financial investment Fierce competition
No need for inventory Less control over fulfillment
Easy to create new products
Fast product launch
More time for growing a brand
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Managing inventory yourself

Pros Cons
Unsaturated market High inventory costs
More control over fulfillment Risk of leftover stock
Requires storage space
Time-consuming
Nerve-wracking order management

Printful allowed me to start a business with zero capital in my spare time

Printful allowed me to start a business with zero capital in my spare time. It was easy to set up and Printful do all the hard work for me. All I have to do is supply the ideas and the traffic, then everything else is taken care of.

Printful allowed me to start a business with zero capital in my spare time. It was easy to set up and Printful do all the hard work for me. All I have to do is supply the ideas and the traffic, then everything else is taken care of.

Printful allowed me to start a business with zero capital in my spare time

Printful allowed me to start a business with zero capital in my spare time. It was easy to set up and Printful do all the hard work for me. All I have to do is supply the ideas and the traffic, then everything else is taken care of.

Printful allowed me to start a business with zero capital in my spare time. It was easy to set up and Printful do all the hard work for me. All I have to do is supply the ideas and the traffic, then everything else is taken care of.

Finding Printful was a godsend!

Printful has been integral to my company’s early success. They handle all the things I don’t have time to worry about, like shipping and manufacturing.

Printful has been integral to my company’s early success. They handle all the things I don’t have time to worry about, like shipping and manufacturing.

Finding Printful was a godsend!

Printful has been integral to my company’s early success. They handle all the things I don’t have time to worry about, like shipping and manufacturing.

Printful has been integral to my company’s early success. They handle all the things I don’t have time to worry about, like shipping and manufacturing.

Printful has fulfilled over $100,000 in orders for me

I've been using Printful since 2017 and sold over $100,000 worth of print-on-demand products that they’ve fulfilled. I’m a big fan of them as a company and their support team is very helpful and quick to respond to any inquiries I’ve had.

I've been using Printful since 2017 and sold over $100,000 worth of print-on-demand products that they’ve fulfilled. I’m a big fan of them as a company and their support team is very helpful and quick to respond to any inquiries I’ve had.

Printful has fulfilled over $100,000 in orders for me

I've been using Printful since 2017 and sold over $100,000 worth of print-on-demand products that they’ve fulfilled. I’m a big fan of them as a company and their support team is very helpful and quick to respond to any inquiries I’ve had.

I've been using Printful since 2017 and sold over $100,000 worth of print-on-demand products that they’ve fulfilled. I’m a big fan of them as a company and their support team is very helpful and quick to respond to any inquiries I’ve had.

How dropshipping POD products works

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Set up a store

Create a store on an ecommerce platform or marketplace
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Connect your store to Printful

Use our ecommerce integrations to connect in a few clicks
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Create and add products to your store

Customize our products with your designs and put them up for sale
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Leave order fulfillment to us

Let us take over the printing, packing, and shipping
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Grow your store

Spend time creating new products and running campaigns

Want to learn more?

Check out our video on Printful’s dropshipping products

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Become an entrepreneur with print-on-demand dropshipping

Your dropshipping journey starts with a store

Explore our ecommerce integrations and find your future store platform

shopify
7285 total reviews
Ecommerce platform with everything you need to sell online.
etsy
A creative marketplace with over 80 million active buyers worldwide.
wix
A platform with an intuitive drag and drop builder and 500+ customizable designer-made templates.
woocommerce
The simplest way to monetize blogs and websites built on WordPress.
squarespace
A platform for visionaries with beautiful themes and an emphasis on mobile commerce
amazon
The world’s most popular online marketplace.
bigcartel
The platform for creatives, independent artists and smaller businesses.
ebay
A well-known marketplace ideal as an additional selling channel.
tiktok
A marketplace on the fastest growing social media platform.
ecwid
Ecommerce plugin for any website, marketplace, mobile app, or social network.
bigcommerce
Leading ecommerce website builder with everything you need to grow your business.
prestashop
An extremely customizable storefront with a thriving community.
walmart
A marketplace with over 120M monthly visitors
weebly
Ecommerce platform with drag & drop website builder and built-in marketing tools.
magento2
An open-source ecommerce platform designed for enterprises and ecommerce experts.
webflow
An ecommerce website builder with powerful design and marketing tools
storenvy
An online storefront to tell the story of your brick & mortar store.
gumroad
An all-in-one solution to sell your work and grow your audience.
nuvemshop
The leading ecommerce platform in Latin America that helps build and grow successful online business.
shipstation
A workaround for integrating with Walmart, OpenCart, and many more.
3dcart
A platform for visionaries with beautiful themes and an emphasis on mobile commerce.
launchcart
An easy-to-use platform that specializes in managing all aspects of an ecommerce store.
Solution for any custom integrations with your website or app.
shopify
Star Star Star Star Star
7285 total reviews
Ecommerce platform with everything you need to sell online.
etsy
A creative marketplace with over 80 million active buyers worldwide.
wix
A platform with an intuitive drag and drop builder and 500+ customizable designer-made templates.
woocommerce
The simplest way to monetize blogs and websites built on WordPress.
squarespace
A platform for visionaries with beautiful themes and an emphasis on mobile commerce
amazon
The world’s most popular online marketplace.
bigcartel
The platform for creatives, independent artists and smaller businesses.
ebay
A well-known marketplace ideal as an additional selling channel.
tiktok
A marketplace on the fastest growing social media platform.
ecwid
Ecommerce plugin for any website, marketplace, mobile app, or social network.
bigcommerce
Leading ecommerce website builder with everything you need to grow your business.
prestashop
An extremely customizable storefront with a thriving community.
walmart
A marketplace with over 120M monthly visitors
weebly
Ecommerce platform with drag & drop website builder and built-in marketing tools.
magento2
An open-source ecommerce platform designed for enterprises and ecommerce experts.
webflow
An ecommerce website builder with powerful design and marketing tools
storenvy
An online storefront to tell the story of your brick & mortar store.
gumroad
An all-in-one solution to sell your work and grow your audience.
nuvemshop
The leading ecommerce platform in Latin America that helps build and grow successful online business.
shipstation
A workaround for integrating with Walmart, OpenCart, and many more.
3dcart
A platform for visionaries with beautiful themes and an emphasis on mobile commerce.
launchcart
An easy-to-use platform that specializes in managing all aspects of an ecommerce store.
Solution for any custom integrations with your website or app.

Why dropship products with Printful

Product customization

Product customization

Create authentic designs and sell products all under your brand

High product quality

High product quality

Win over customers with product quality your competitors can’t live up to

Strategic fulfillment network

Strategic fulfillment network

Lower your shipping costs and invest your savings into marketing and growing your business

24/7 customer support

24/7 customer support

Don’t be shy and send us all your burning questions about Printful and our services

No unsold inventory

No unsold inventory

Pay for the orders you actually get without over-ordering product stock in bulk

Eco-friendly options

Eco-friendly options

Move towards a sustainable business model by choosing products made from recycled or organic materials

Discover markets across the world—we’ll ship your products anywhere

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Worldwide shipping

Reach customers around the globe

Global fulfillment network

Have your products shipped to customers fast from facilities located in key markets

Advanced warehouses

Use our Warehousing & Fulfillment services to store and fulfill your own products

Start your own brand by dropshipping products worldwide

Frequently asked questions

Product sales depend on your niche, profit margin, marketing strategy, and target audience. To create a bestselling product:

  • Choose a product relevant to your niche and add a complementing design
    Pick a price available to your potential customers
  • Gain traction by advertising on your audience’s favorite social platforms

If you want to dropship Printful’s print-on-demand items, then you don’t have to keep your inventory anywhere. We’ll create products and ship them on demand, i.e., your products will only be customized when someone orders them. As for the product blanks, packaging, and everything else—we’ll take care of storing it all ourselves.


If you wish to sell non-Printful items and you want to trust them to us for fulfillment and shipping, you can use our Warehousing & Fulfillment services. Ship your products to our warehouses and we’ll store your items, prepare them for fulfillment, and ship them out to your customers.

Start by defining your niche and experimenting with potential designs in our Design Maker. Then, find the most suitable ecommerce platform or marketplace for your business and set up a store. After creating your store, connect it to Printful to gain access to automatic order fulfillment, customer service, free design tools, and more. Then, add products to your store and start building a community with your target audience. Continue to market your business and watch the orders flow in.

Printful won’t charge you any registration or monthly fees, but the ecommerce platform you're using might. Depending on the platform, your average starting budget might be $50–100. As for the products, Printful only charges you once an order is made. That means you don’t need to buy any products in advance.

Your profit depends on your pricing strategy and marketing. When adding products to your store, you choose your own retail price. Once your customer makes an order in your store, we charge you for the product, fulfillment, and shipping. Your profit = your retail price – fulfillment and shipping. In order to maximize your profit, you also need to gain a customer base by running ad campaigns and building a community.

You don’t necessarily need to own a website, but you’ll need a platform to sell your products on. We have plenty of integrations that you can use for your online store. Look through them and find the best option for you in our ecommerce integrations list.

With dropshipping, you have little control over fulfillment and shipping as that’s in the hands of your dropshipping partner. However, in the case of Printful, we’re open to feedback and suggestions on how to improve our service.

Also, since it’s so easy to get started with a business model like this, there will be a lot of people trying to do the same thing you are. Don’t be discouraged though—look for an untapped business niche and make a name for yourself before anyone else.