PODProfit · Building in public
Stop guessing your Print-on-Demand margin. See the real number in 30 seconds.
Vendor-neutral. Multi-currency. Share-able. The honest calculator POD sellers wish they'd had — every fee itemized, every price dated. Pre-list, not post-mortem.
Calculator
Your listing
Your real profit
- Retail price
- $24.00
- Vendor base cost
- − $12.95
- Vendor shipping
- − $4.99
- Marketplace listing fee
- − $0.20
- Marketplace transaction fee
- − $1.56
- Per-transaction fee
- − $0.25
- Payment processing
- − $0.72
- Total costs
- $20.67
- Net profit
- $3.33
Vendor list price source as of 2026-04-28. FX as of 2026-04-30. Subscription discounts (Printful Plus / Pro, Printify Premium) not reflected — verify against your dashboard before listing.
Printful vs Printify, side-by-side
Vendor rank flips by product. The same hoodie that's cheaper on Printify might be more profitable on Printful after Etsy fees. Run both and compare.
Compare Printful vs Printify
Same product, same retail price — see who pays you more, after fees.
Printful
- Base cost
- $12.95
- Shipping
- $4.99
- Marketplace fee
- $1.56
- Payment processing
- $0.72
Printify
More profit- Base cost
- $10.95
- Shipping
- $4.49
- Marketplace fee
- $1.56
- Payment processing
- $0.72
Printify wins this round by $2.50 net profit per sale on this exact configuration. Vendors trade rank by product, so always re-check when you list something new.
Why "real" profit, not vendor profit
- Both vendors, side-by-side. Compare Printful vs Printify on the same product without switching tabs.
- Real currencies. USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY — you sell where buyers buy, not just in dollars.
- Every fee, itemized. Etsy listing, transaction, payment processing, and offsite ads — all visible.
- Sourced & dated.Every price has an "as of" date. We tell you when the data is stale.
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Frequently asked questions
How much profit do print-on-demand sellers actually make?
POD seller net margins typically range from 8% (newcomers under $500/mo) to 31% (top 5% of sellers, $10K+/mo). The difference is almost entirely down to vendor selection, retail price discipline, and avoiding Etsy offsite ads on low-margin items. PODProfit shows you exactly where your number lands before you commit.
Is PODProfit free?
Yes — the core calculator is free forever. There's no signup required to run a calculation or share a result via URL. A Pro plan is planned for saved calculations, multi-store dashboards, and exports — but the calculator itself stays free.
How is PODProfit different from existing POD calculators?
Most POD calculators are vendor-locked (Printful-only or Printify-only), USD-only, or hide their data sources. PODProfit is vendor-neutral (compare both side-by-side), multi-currency (6 currencies built in), and transparent (every price has an as-of date and source URL). Every calculation also generates a share-able URL with a dynamic preview image.
Where do the prices come from?
Vendor list prices from Printful and Printify public catalogs, manually maintained with monthly verification. Subscription discounts (Printful Plus/Pro, Printify Premium) are not reflected — we always show the public list price as a baseline. Always verify against your dashboard before listing.
When does PODProfit launch?
Soft launch: 2026-06-09 on r/PrintOnDemand. Public Product Hunt launch: 2026-06-16. Lifetime access ($149, 100 seats) goes live with the soft launch — first come, first served.