# Contrado review (2026): is it any good? > Made-to-order custom printing with dropshipping and artist stores Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Contrado prints custom products and fabric in its own facility and sells them through its site. Business routes include dropshipping, wholesale, and a store on its artist marketplace, where artists earn a commission on each sale. - **Category:** Print on Demand & Dropshipping - **Made by:** Contrado Imaging Ltd - **Website:** https://www.contrado.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you sell on Etsy or Amazon, as Shopify is the only store connection listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Contrado is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Opening an artist store and dropshipping through the Shopify app are free to start; artists get a 20-25% base commission. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Artist store | $0 | Sell your art on Contrado and earn a 20-25% base commission on each sale. | Read from https://www.contrado.com/sell-art-online on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Contrado before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Student discounts** (Education): The sell-your-art page offers student discounts on fabrics, branding materials and the marketplace. Source: https://www.contrado.com/sell-art-online ## Key features - **Artist marketplace store:** Open a store and sell your designs; set your own price to earn more than the base commission. - **Dropshipping:** Drop-ship orders with a minimum profit of 20%, per the page. - **Shopify app:** A free Contrado Shopify app syncs a store. - **Wholesale:** Bulk orders with discounts of up to 40%, with no minimum order on 450+ products. - **Own production:** Products are made to order in the vendor's facility in 1-3 days, it says. ## Good for - Artists who want a store without handling production - Designers working with fabric and home goods ## Worth knowing - Artist payouts are the vendor's stated 20-25% base commission, paid within 14 days. - The site serves several regions with regional currencies; the US dollar view was read. - Products are mostly clothing, homeware, accessories and fabric. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Contrado prints made-to-order products in its own facility and sells them through an artist store, dropshipping or wholesale. Opening an artist store costs nothing, but artists keep only a 20-25% base commission unless they set their own price, the range is mostly clothing, homeware and fabric, and Shopify is the one store connection listed. - **Value for money: B.** Opening an artist store is $0 and dropshipping through the Shopify app is free to start. The cost is the 20-25% base commission, and no per-item prices are listed. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The artist store and the Shopify app are free to start, with no card and no time limit. Anything you sell still pays Contrado its cut, so it is not a free ride. - **Features: C.** Artist store, dropshipping, wholesale and its own production in 1-3 days. The listing says the range is mostly clothing, homeware, accessories and fabric, which narrows what you can sell. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record. You have to design products, set prices and sync a store, so there is a setup job before the first sale. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with one listed connection, the free Shopify app. No Etsy, Amazon or other marketplace link is on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Contrado's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among print-on-demand and dropshipping services - Contrado's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 33 of the 70 other print-on-demand and dropshipping services we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 44 of 70) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Contrado has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/print-on-demand ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Contrado is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. - You could not: Printers that make and ship each order. - You could not: Suppliers who ship each order for you. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shopify **Tags:** Print on demand, Dropshipping, Online store ## Alternatives - [Spreadshirt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spreadshirt): Free Spreadshop stores with print-on-demand apparel and gifts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contrado-vs-spreadshirt) - [Zazzle](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zazzle): Marketplace where creators earn royalties on custom products. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contrado-vs-zazzle) - [Society6](https://toolgpa.com/tools/society6): Artist marketplace for wall art and home decor, with a curated shop. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contrado-vs-society6) - [Printful](https://toolgpa.com/tools/printful): Print-on-demand company that makes and ships orders in-house. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contrado-vs-printful) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.contrado.com/ - https://www.contrado.com/sell-art-online - https://www.contrado.com/artist-marketplace Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/contrado Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).