Printful: Print on Demand for Shopify — Usage Statistics
Printful: Print on Demand runs on 1.7% of the 3,500,000+ Shopify stores across our full detection dataset. For how its share is moving right now, see app trends.
#49 most-used app in our datasetPrintful: Print on Demand is a Shopify app used by 1.7% of the Shopify stores in our dataset, ranking #49 among all apps we track. The figure reflects the app detected on live storefronts, not App Store install counts.
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Printful: Print on Demand adoption trend
Printful: Print on Demand has slipped from 1.5% to 0.5% of the stores scanned each month over recent months. See all Shopify trends →
Printful: Print on Demand pricing
- Free PlanFree to install
- Growth Plan$24.99/month
Printful is a print-on-demand and fulfillment app that lets a Shopify store sell custom products without holding stock. You add items from its catalog, apparel, accessories, and home goods, apply your designs with its mockup tools, and Printful prints, packs, and ships each order under your brand when a customer buys. Because it runs its own fulfillment centers in several regions, orders route to the location nearest the customer, which keeps shipping times reasonable across markets.
Print-on-demand is one of the most common ways to start a Shopify store, and Printful is the most widely detected app of its kind across the stores we track. It tends to sit with a moderate app stack and a large product catalog, the profile of a design-led brand running many custom products. The panels below show its current adoption, the themes it most often runs alongside, and where it sits among the apps in our dataset.
Why it holds the top spot: Printful's strength is doing the whole job well: a broad, quality catalog, its own fulfillment centers, and polished mockup and design tools that make setup easy. That end-to-end reliability is why it became the default in print-on-demand and why so many stores stay with it once they start. For a design-led brand, it takes almost all the operational work off your plate.
Who it fits: The data points to catalog-heavy, design-led stores, and that is where Printful shines: it pays off when you sell many custom products rather than a few. A brand built on original artwork, slogans, or branded merchandise gets the most from its range. A store with a small, standard product line will use less of what it offers.
The quality-versus-cost trade-off: Printful's base costs sit higher than some rivals, so your margin per item is thinner and depends on pricing your designs well. What you get for it is consistent print quality and dependable fulfillment, which protect your brand and cut down on complaints. Order samples first, so you know exactly what a customer will receive.
Getting the most from it: Printful rewards good design and smart product choices more than heavy configuration. Use its mockup tools to present products cleanly, rely on its global fulfillment to keep shipping fast across markets, and pick the items where your designs stand out. Set prices with the base cost and shipping in mind, and the app handles the rest.
Apps installed alongside Printful: Print on Demand
| # | App | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Klaviyo
Email Marketing |
43.6% | |
| 2 |
 Judge.me Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
34.7% | |
| 3 |
 Loox ‑ Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
21.4% | |
| 4 |
 Recharge
Subscriptions |
15.9% | |
| 5 |
 Yotpo
Product reviews |
11.3% | |
| 6 |
 Countdown Timer
Countdown timer |
11.2% | |
| 7 |
 Rebuy Personalization Engine
Checkout - Other |
9.5% | |
| 8 |
 PageFly ✦ Landing Page Builder
Page builder |
9.1% | |
| 9 |
 Gorgias
Support - Other |
7.8% | |
| 10 |
 Triplewhale
Analytics |
7.7% |
Themes commonly running Printful: Print on Demand
| # | Theme | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawn |
17% | |
| 2 | Horizon |
11.2% | |
| 3 | Impulse |
4% | |
| 4 | Prestige |
2.7% | |
| 5 | Impact |
2.2% | |
| 6 | Be Yours |
1.9% | |
| 7 | Concept |
1.9% | |
| 8 | Motion |
1.6% | |
| 9 | Refresh |
1.5% | |
| 10 | Debut |
1.5% |
Store types using Printful: Print on Demand
By business model
- Dropshipping 100%
- Print on Demand 100%
- Subscription 17.7%
- Multichannel & Marketplaces 5.4%
- Wholesale / B2B 3.4%
By what they sell
- Apparel & Accessories 71.9%
- T-Shirts 45.5%
- Home & Garden 19.7%
- Food, Beverages & Tobacco 15.3%
- Clothing 11.3%
- Health & Beauty 10.6%
Examples of stores running Printful: Print on Demand
- store.sho.com
- shop.stereogum.com
- onyxcoffeelab.com
- uk.representclo.com
- thecoldlife.com
- mudwtr.com
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How this data works
This figure comes from live detection: we scan Shopify storefronts and read the apps each one runs, then express it as a share of the 3,500,000+ stores in our dataset. It is a share of every store in our dataset, not just recently scanned stores, so it moves more slowly than the month-over-month figures on our trends page. We report what is currently detected, not historical installs or Theme Store / App Store counts.
Independent by design: rankings are determined solely by live detection data. Affiliate relationships never affect what ranks or how stores are counted. Read the full methodology →
