# Merch by Amazon review (2026): is it any good? > Amazon program for uploading designs and earning royalties Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Amazon Merch on Demand lets approved content creators upload artwork, pick a product and color, and suggest a list price. Amazon creates the product page, prints and ships each order and handles customer service, paying the creator a monthly royalty. There are no upfront costs. - **Category:** Print on Demand & Dropshipping - **Made by:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Website:** https://merch.amazon.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: accounts are reviewed and approved, so you may not get in. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Merch by Amazon is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** No upfront costs: the page says Amazon prints and ships each sale and pays the creator a monthly royalty. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Content creator | $0 | Sign up with an Amazon account and wait for approval; Amazon pays a royalty on every product sold. | Read from https://merch.amazon.com/landing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Merch by Amazon before buying. ## Key features - **No upfront costs:** Upload artwork, choose a product type and color and add a description; Amazon builds the product page and prints after each sale. - **Royalties on each sale:** Amazon pays a royalty per product sold; the landing page points to a separate Royalty Calculation page for the formula. - **Prime shipping:** The page says all products are eligible for Prime shipping, with the same shipping options as other Amazon items. - **Non-exclusive:** The FAQ says the program is non-exclusive, so the same design can be offered on other sites. - **Sales analytics:** Creators get analysis tools showing their best-selling designs and revenue. ## Good for - Designers who want to reach Amazon shoppers without handling stock - Creators who can follow Amazon's content policy and artwork specs ## Worth knowing - Accounts are reviewed and approved; the page says Amazon will send a decision by email after a request. - Amazon can remove designs or suspend accounts that violate its content policy. - T-shirt artwork should be a 300 dpi PNG with a 15 by 18 inch printable area. - The royalty formula is on a separate page not read here, so rates are not stated. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Amazon Merch on Demand prints and ships shirts from your designs, with no upfront cost and a monthly royalty. You need approval first, Amazon can remove designs or suspend accounts, and the page does not state the royalty rate. - **Value for money: C.** No upfront costs, but the royalty rate is on a page we did not read, so it can't be set against the category. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free to join and no trial needed, though a request goes through approval and Amazon replies by email. - **Features: C.** Upload art, pick a product and colour, Amazon makes and ships it, with Prime shipping and sales analytics. The listing names t-shirt artwork rules, 300 dpi PNG, and nothing on royalties. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You prepare artwork to a 15 by 18 inch print area and wait for approval. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no API or integrations on the listing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Amazon.com, Inc.'s own pages on 12 November 2026. The page loaded but returned no readable text here, so this card rests on the listing alone. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among print-on-demand and dropshipping services - Merch by Amazon's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 30 other print-on-demand and dropshipping services we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 10 of 30) and worst on value for money (C, above 0). - Merch by Amazon 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.** Merch by Amazon is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 20 of the 30 other print-on-demand and dropshipping services grade higher. - You could not: Printers that make and ship each order. - You could not: Data from Amazon's seller tools and years of sales estimates. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Print on demand, Amazon selling ## Alternatives - [Amazon KDP](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kdp): Amazon's free self-publishing for ebooks and print-on-demand books. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kdp-vs-merch-by-amazon) - [Spreadshirt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spreadshirt): Free Spreadshop stores with print-on-demand apparel and gifts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/merch-by-amazon-vs-spreadshirt) - [Printful](https://toolgpa.com/tools/printful): Print-on-demand company that makes and ships orders in-house. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/merch-by-amazon-vs-printful) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://merch.amazon.com/landing - https://merch.amazon.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/merch-by-amazon Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).