# CustomCat

> US print-on-demand printer with wholesale prices and a PRO plan

CustomCat, a Detroit-based company, prints products on demand in the US and sells them to you at wholesale prices, with printing it puts at 48 hours. Its catalog covers T-shirts and other apparel, mugs, blankets and all-over-print items. It connects to stores on Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, takes orders by API or CSV upload, and works with Order Desk. The free Lite plan charges standard wholesale prices; PRO lowers them by 20% to 40%.

- **Category:** Print on Demand & Dropshipping
- **Made by:** CustomCat
- **Website:** https://customcat.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

CustomCat has a free plan. Paid plans start at $25 per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** CustomCat Lite: the full catalog at standard wholesale prices, unlimited product creation and direct fulfillment, with no subscription. You pay the product's base cost and shipping when a sale is made.
- **Free trial:** 60-day free trial of CustomCat PRO for first-time subscribers.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CustomCat Lite | $0 | Full catalog at standard wholesale prices, unlimited product creation, DIGISOFT printing and no minimum order volume. |
| CustomCat PRO | $25 per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) | 20% to 40% off wholesale prices on the whole catalog, plus promotional product pricing. Sold as $300 a year or $30 a month. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For stores with hundreds of orders a day: volume pricing, a dedicated account specialist, SLAs and API technical support. |

Read from https://help.customcat.com/customcat-plan-comparison-overview on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CustomCat before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **PRO for $300 a year, save 17%** (Annual discount): CustomCat PRO costs $300 a year, or $25 a month, against $30 billed monthly; CustomCat's Shopify listing calls this a 17% saving. Source: https://help.customcat.com/what-is-customcat-pro

## Key features

- **US production:** Orders are printed and shipped from the USA by CustomCat itself, with no third parties in between; it advertises 48-hour printing.
- **Wholesale pricing tiers:** Lite charges standard wholesale prices; PRO cuts them by 20% to 40%, and Enterprise adds volume discounts for high-volume sellers.
- **Store integrations:** Connect Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce or BigCommerce, or send orders by CSV upload, through Order Desk or with the CustomCat API.
- **Personalization apps:** Works with Customily, Teeinblue and Zakeke for personalized products, and Shopify stores can add a personalization section.
- **Bulk publishing:** Tools to create products in bulk and mass-publish listings, with a design library and export templates.
- **Printing options:** DIGISOFT digital printing and all-over-print products, with eco-friendly items in the catalog.

## Good for

- High-volume T-shirt sellers who want lower wholesale prices
- Shopify and Etsy stores shipping mostly to US customers
- Sellers who want a long free trial before paying for discounts

## Worth knowing

- Products and shipping are paid per sale: CustomCat's example T-shirt costs $9.58 on Lite and $6.90 on PRO, and an 11oz mug $6.82 or $3.75.
- Printing happens only in the US, so international orders ship from there.
- TikTok Shop and Amazon are not among the listed integrations.
- Enterprise pricing needs a steady daily order volume or monthly revenue, reviewed every quarter.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. CustomCat prints everything itself in the US at wholesale prices, and the free Lite plan is enough to start. PRO is $25 a month on yearly billing and cuts those prices by 20% to 40%, with a 60-day free trial first. Just know production is US-only, and TikTok Shop and Amazon aren't on its integration list.

- **Value for money: A.** The figure is $0 a month: Lite has the full catalog at standard wholesale prices, unlimited product creation and no minimum order. PRO is $300 a year ($30 monthly) for 20% to 40% off. The printers it's listed with are free to sell on too.
- **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright on Lite, with the full catalog and unlimited products. First-time subscribers also get a 60-day free trial of PRO, the longest trial in this category.
- **Features: C.** Printing and shipping done by CustomCat itself, DIGISOFT and all-over print, personalization apps, bulk publishing, an API and CSV upload. The gaps: printing happens only in the US, and TikTok Shop and Amazon aren't among its integrations.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect a store or upload a CSV and create products, with bulk tools to help, so there's setup before your first sale.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, Order Desk, CSV upload and an API, plus Customily, Teeinblue and Zakeke for personalization. No phone or desktop app on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CustomCat's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among print-on-demand and dropshipping services

- CustomCat's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 5 of the 14 other print-on-demand and dropshipping services we grade, and level with 5.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 7 of 14) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $24 for the category: 7 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/print-on-demand

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace CustomCat you would be making printers that make and ship each order. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $300 a year.

- You could not: Printers that make and ship each order.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Shopify, Etsy and WooCommerce among them, and has an API.

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, Etsy, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Order Desk, Customily, Teeinblue, Zakeke

**Tags:** Print on demand, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Printful](https://toolgpa.com/tools/printful): Print-on-demand company that makes and ships orders in-house. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/customcat-vs-printful)
- [Printify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/printify): Print-on-demand marketplace with 2,000+ products and 70+ printers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/customcat-vs-printify)
- [Gooten](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gooten): Print-on-demand network that routes orders to vetted printers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/customcat-vs-gooten)
- [Tapstitch](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tapstitch): Print-on-demand clothing maker with its own blank garments. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/customcat-vs-tapstitch)
- [Spreadconnect](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spod): Spreadshirt's print-on-demand service, formerly SPOD. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/customcat-vs-spod)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://help.customcat.com/customcat-plan-comparison-overview
- https://help.customcat.com/what-is-customcat-pro
- https://help.customcat.com/will-there-always-be-a-free-60-day-trial
- https://help.customcat.com/what-are-the-qualifications-for-customcat-enterprise-pricing
- https://help.customcat.com/integrations
- https://apps.shopify.com/customcat-fulfillment

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/customcat
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).