Printful
Print-on-demand dropshipping for custom merchandise — 10% on referred merchant orders.
About the Printful affiliate program
Printful runs its affiliate programme directly. It pays 10% commission on the entire sale value — not the margin — for 12 months from each referral, plus $25 on top for first-time Growth plan subscriptions. Basing the percentage on total order value rather than profit matters in print-on-demand, where margins are thin and a percentage of margin would be negligible. The cookie lasts 30 days and the minimum payout is $25 via PayPal. The 12-month limit is the main constraint: Printful merchants who keep selling for years stop paying you after the first, so the realistic value of a referral is capped by that window rather than by the customer’s lifetime.
Pros and cons
- ✓10% of the entire sale value, not just the profit margin, for 12 months per referral
- ✓An extra $25 for each first-time Growth plan subscription
- ✓Low $25 minimum payout, paid by PayPal
- ✓Print-on-demand suits creator and side-hustle content well
- –Commission stops after 12 months
- –Only a 30-day cookie
- –PayPal is the stated payout method
- –Print-on-demand order values are modest, so 10% is a small absolute amount per sale
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