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A seamless product creation workflow is one of the biggest advantages you can give yourself as a Shopify merchant. The fewer steps it takes to design products, publish them, and get them in front of customers, the faster you can grow your store.
That’s exactly why we’re introducing the new Embedded Design Maker – a streamlined Shopify product creation workflow built directly into your Shopify admin.
With Printful’s new Shopify Embedded Design Maker, you can design, customize, and publish print-on-demand products without ever leaving Shopify. It’s faster, simpler, and aligns perfectly with Shopify’s native interface, helping merchants improve the Shopify listing process and bring new products to market with fewer clicks.
Key takeaways
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The new Shopify Embedded Design Maker lets you create, customize, and publish Printful products in your Shopify account without switching platforms.
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This streamlined Shopify product creation flow reduces steps, saves time, and makes listing products much easier for both new and experienced merchants.
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Early testing shows the embedded experience helps more sellers publish their first product, improving conversion and reducing workflow friction.
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The updated flow aligns with Shopify’s native interface, resulting in a smoother and more intuitive Shopify Printful integration.
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You can expect ongoing improvements, including faster listing tools, better onboarding, and more native-feeling updates built around real merchant feedback.
What’s new
The Embedded Design Maker brings the full Printful design experience inside your Shopify dashboard. Instead of switching back and forth between platforms, you can now:
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Choose a product.
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Customize it with the Embedded Design Maker.
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Publish it straight to your storefront.
All from within one seamless environment.
Compared to the previous workflow, this is a major upgrade. The new embedded experience is cleaner, more intuitive, and built to match Shopify’s UI standards, making the entire Shopify Printful integration feel more native than ever before.
Why this matters for merchants
Here’s how the new embedded experience improves your daily workflow.
A faster, more intuitive workflow
You won’t need to jump between tabs or juggle different dashboards to create and list products. Everything happens in one place, keeping the creative flow going.
No platform switching
With the Shopify Embedded Design Maker, every part of the process – from product selection to mockups to publishing – happens inside Shopify. This reduces friction for both new and experienced merchants.
Fewer steps to publish products
The new flow cuts down the time it takes to list a new item. Fewer clicks. Fewer redirects. More publishing.
Aligned with Shopify’s interface
The entire experience was built to match Shopify’s native look and feel. The transitions, layout, and controls mirror what you already know. If you’re familiar with Shopify, you’ll feel right at home.
This improvement supports a smoother print-on-demand Shopify workflow, especially for merchants building their catalog quickly.
Early results: A smoother path to your first published product
To ensure this experience truly benefits our merchants, we rigorously tested the Embedded Design Maker.
We focused on removing obstacles, speeding up the process, and making it easier to bring your ideas to life. The new Shopify product creation flow has been proven to help more sellers successfully publish their first product.
This is the ideal starting point for anyone launching their store and a major win for existing merchants expanding their catalog.
How the Embedded Design Maker works
Here’s what the built-in Shopify design tool experience looks like from start to finish.
1. Start creating a product in Shopify
Go to your Shopify admin, open the Printful app, and click “Create product.” You’ll stay inside Shopify the entire time.
2. Choose your product
Browse Printful’s Catalog and pick the item you want to design – shirts, hoodies, hats, accessories, and more.
3. Customize with the design tool
Add text, upload designs, explore clipart, adjust placements, and create your layout using our intuitive customization tools. Everything updates in real time.
4. Generate mockups
Preview how your product will look using automatically generated mockups that fit Shopify’s listing style.
5. Publish to your storefront
Once you’re happy with the result, hit Publish. Your new product listing goes live instantly on your Shopify store.
That’s it – a complete in-platform flow for Shopify merchants who want a frictionless way to create and list new products.
What merchants can expect next
The Embedded Design Maker is just the beginning. Our Shopify team is already exploring:
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New onboarding enhancements
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Faster listing improvements
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More native-feeling UI updates
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Additional optimizations based on merchant feedback
We’re committed to making the Shopify Printful integration the best print-on-demand experience available, and we’re building it directly around the workflows our merchants rely on most.
Try the new Embedded Design Maker
For a faster and more seamless way to create products on Shopify, try the new embedded experience. It’s the easiest way to design products, publish new listings, and scale your catalog all from within your admin.
- Explore the Printful x Shopify integration.
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Install Printful on the Shopify App Store.
With a more intuitive Shopify product creation flow and a design tool built right into your dashboard, growing your store has never been simpler.
Published author, scholar, and musician, Andris draws on over 11 years of experience in and outside academia to make complex topics accessible – from SEO and website building to AI and monetizing art. Devoted to his family and self-confessed introvert, he loves creating things, playing musical instruments, and walking around forests.
