Print on demand in France: prices and lead times of 6 platforms

Print on demand in France: the platforms compared, prices, lead times and what they print

Print on demand in France lets you sell a t-shirt with no stock and nothing paid upfront. On 5 November 2026, six platforms listed one printed t-shirt from €7.42 excluding VAT (Tunetoo) to €12.19 (Printful), plus €3.95 to €4.90 shipping. tknp.io, for its part, decorates in batches, from 10 copies.

The essentials in 4 points:

• Six print on demand platforms deliver to France: Tunetoo, Printful, Printify, Gelato, TPOP and Spreadshop. One printed t-shirt costs from €7.42 excluding VAT to €12.19 there, shipping extra.
• The Stanley/Stella Creator 2.0, listed by both Printful and tknp.io, costs €12.19 printed as a single unit at the former and €12.64 excluding VAT per unit at 10 at the latter: always compare the same model.
• Shipping one t-shirt within France costs from €3.95 excluding VAT (TPOP) to €4.90 including VAT (Tunetoo), and production takes 1 to 5 days depending on the platform.
• tknp.io does not print single units yet: a decorated t-shirt is ordered there from 10 of the same model, at the price shown on the product page, or through a pre-order opened on the tknp.io Store.

You want to sell t-shirts with your design, or your brand's merch, and you are looking for who will print them, at what price and how fast. Here are the print on demand platforms that deliver to France, compared on what makes up the real cost of a sale: the printed t-shirt, shipping, lead time and subscription. Every figure comes from their own page, read on the morning of 5 November 2026. If the model is new to you, how print on demand works has its own guide: here, we compare the platforms.

The table: six print on demand platforms and tknp.io, read on 5 November 2026

This table compares six print on demand platforms that deliver to France, and tknp.io, on the listed price of a printed t-shirt, shipping one t-shirt, the stated lead time, the techniques and the subscription, as their pages showed them on the morning of 5 November 2026.

Prices are copied as each page shows them. Tunetoo, Gelato, TPOP and tknp.io list them excluding VAT, and Printify's pricing page states that its fulfillment cost "doesn't include shipping fees, taxes"; the Printful and Spreadshop pages read that morning do not say whether VAT is included. The price covers one printed side at Tunetoo (its printed t-shirt line), Printful (front print at no extra cost in its public catalogue), Printify ("one print"), TPOP (printing included, says the page) and Spreadshop (printing on one area); Gelato shows a product price for the chosen technique, with no further detail. To choose between direct printing and transfer, the difference between DTG and DTF is explained in our comparison of the two techniques.

The same t-shirt at two players: the Creator 2.0 (Stanley/Stella)

The Creator 2.0, an organic cotton jersey t-shirt that Stanley/Stella makes at 180 g/m² (reference STTU169), is listed by both Printful and tknp.io: it is the fairest comparison in the table. At Printful, it is listed at €12.19 printed as a single unit, with no tax stated. Tunetoo lists a Stanley/Stella "Creator" at €9.00 excluding VAT printed, but its table does not say whether it is the Creator 2.0.

On tknp.io, this t-shirt is not decorated as a single unit. The Creator 2.0 product page gives, on 5 November 2026 and as an indication, €12.64 excluding VAT per unit at 10 in A6 DTF transfer (a logo the size of a postcard), €9.46 excluding VAT at 50 and €8.77 excluding VAT at 100, price for one decoration, most accessible colour, usual sizes, two-week lead time, shipping not included. So one model does not have one price: it has one per platform, per printed area and per quantity.

What each platform does, according to its own page

Tunetoo: the workshop in France

Tunetoo prints and embroiders in its workshop in France, and states 3 to 5 working days of production, with white-label shipping: the parcel leaves in neutral packaging, without its name. Its print on demand page shows public decoration fees, added to the price of the blank t-shirt: €3.33 excluding VAT for direct-to-garment (DTG), €4.17 for flex and €5.83 for embroidery up to 10 x 10 cm. No subscription; the store connects through Shopify, WooCommerce or its programming interface (API).

Printful: Europe served from Barcelona and Riga

Printful handles every order delivered within the European Union in its centres in Barcelona or Riga, according to its print on demand page. Production takes 2 to 5 working days; its Shipping page then lists Europe under "International shipping": 5 to 20 business days by standard shipping, the 1 to 3-day express being shown only for the United Kingdom. Sign-up is free, with no minimum order, in direct-to-garment, DTF or embroidery.

Printify: you pick the printer on the product page

Printify is a marketplace: on each product page, several print partners show their price, lead time and shipping, and the seller chooses (more than 70 partners according to its pricing page). For the Bella+Canvas 3001, the three partners based in Europe (in the Czech Republic, Germany and France, according to the flags on the page) charge €11.94 to €12.18, produce in 1.1 to 2.3 days on average and ship from €3.38 standard. The account is free up to 5 stores; the Premium plan, from 39 dollars a month or from 24.99 billed yearly, promises up to 33% off new products.

Gelato: production as close as possible to the customer

Gelato sends each order to the production partner closest to your customer, according to its pricing page, with no commission and no start-up fee. Its organic crew neck t-shirt, 180 to 187 g/m², is listed at €11.97 excluding VAT, €9.58 with the Gelato+ subscription, with shipping to France from €4.39, stated at 3 to 4 working days. For this model, the product page lists production in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

TPOP: the store and shipping from France

TPOP ships from France and provides its own online store, free, or €19.99 a month on the Unlimited plan. Its classic unisex t-shirt, a 145 g/m² Kariban in combed in-conversion organic cotton, costs €11.00 excluding VAT with DTF printing included. Shipping within France costs €3.95 excluding VAT, and the page states production started within 2 to 4 days, then 2 to 3 working days of delivery.

Spreadshop: Spreadshirt's free store

Spreadshop, Spreadshirt's store, is free and has no subscription: the seller sets the selling price, and the margin above the base price goes to them. In the example on its home page, a base price of €12.00 covers the product and printing on one area. For an order placed on 5 November, Spreadshirt estimated standard delivery in France between 12 and 16 November, for €3.99 shipping under €15 of purchase.

Made in France or in Europe: where do the platforms print?

Of the six platforms in the table, two print or ship from France: Tunetoo, in its workshop, and TPOP, which ships from France. The other four print in Europe for a French customer: Printful in Barcelona or Riga, Gelato at the closest partner, Printify at the partner chosen on the product page (one of the three European partners for the Bella+Canvas 3001 is located in France), Spreadshirt in Europe, according to its site.

Printed in Europe does not mean made in Europe: the Creator 2.0, the model tknp.io also sells, is sewn in Bangladesh according to Printful's public catalogue. For a made-in-France pitch, look at two places: where it is printed, which the platforms state, and where the t-shirt is sewn, which is not always shown. For the claim itself, only the second one counts: under the customs origin rule, summed up in our guide to made-in-France textiles, it is where a t-shirt is sewn that makes it made in France, not where it is printed.

How many days until an ordered t-shirt reaches France?

A t-shirt ordered through print on demand reaches France in a few days or in several weeks depending on the platform, according to their pages on 5 November 2026. TPOP starts production within 2 to 4 days, then delivers in 2 to 3 working days; Tunetoo states 3 to 5 working days of production, shipping from its workshop included; Gelato states 3 to 4 working days to France; Spreadshirt estimated arrival between 12 and 16 November for an order placed on the 5th; Printful counts 2 to 5 working days of production; for Europe, its Shipping page only shows "international shipping" times, 5 to 20 business days by standard, with no specific time for an order produced in Barcelona or Riga and delivered in France. On tknp.io, a decorated run takes 10 working days of decoration at the standard lead time, and transport adds 1 to 2 working days within France.

Subscription and store: what each platform asks for

None of the six platforms in the table requires a subscription to start: Tunetoo has none, Printful and Gelato offer free sign-up, Printify is free up to 5 stores, TPOP and Spreadshop have a free plan. The paid plans are bought against a discount: up to 33% at Printify (on new products) and at Gelato; at TPOP, one 10% discount a month on the €19.99 Unlimited plan, and a permanent 10% off the catalogue on the €249.99-a-month Business plan. Do the maths on one month of sales before taking one.

To sell from a Shopify store, only Tunetoo's page names Shopify and WooCommerce, along with its programming interface (API). Printful (its "connect your store" link), Gelato (which offers to plug in your e-commerce store) and Printify (which integrates your sales channel) announce a connection to an existing store, without naming which one on the page consulted. TPOP and Spreadshop provide their own store; tknp.io announces no such connection.

How to compare two print on demand platforms without getting it wrong?

To compare two print on demand platforms, ask four questions about the same t-shirt: which model, which printed area, which tax, and which shipping for the first t-shirt and then the next ones.

• The model. A 145 g/m² t-shirt at €11.00 excluding VAT and a 180 g/m² t-shirt at €12.19 are not the same purchase. The Creator 2.0, listed at Printful and at tknp.io, serves as the benchmark.
• The printed area. The listed price covers one side; the back is extra, for example 5.95 dollars at Printful according to its public catalogue.
• The tax. A price excluding VAT and a price whose page says nothing can only be compared in the basket.
• Shipping. It is paid per parcel, with a surcharge per extra t-shirt: for ten t-shirts sent to the same address, Printful shipping comes to €15.74 (€4.49, then 9 times €1.25).

Which print on demand platform to choose for your project?

You sell single units in France, and made in France is part of your pitch. Tunetoo prints in its workshop in France (3 to 5 working days of production) and TPOP ships from France (2 to 3 working days of delivery). The t-shirt itself may have been sewn elsewhere: check its country of manufacture before writing "made in France".

You sell in several countries. Printful handles in Europe every order delivered within the European Union, Gelato sends each order to the partner closest to the customer, and Printify lets you pick a partner in your sales region: producing close to the end customer shortens delivery and avoids borders.

You have a deadline. A new season, an event, an announced drop: add up the production and transport of the platform you pick, keep a few days of margin, and prefer the shortest stated lead time over the largest range of models.

tknp.io against the platforms: the run from 10, at the listed price with decoration included

tknp.io is not yet a single-unit printing platform: its Print on demand page announces it as "In preparation", like textile dropshipping. Today, a decorated garment is ordered there once you take 10 or more of a single model (sizes and colours can be mixed): that is the site's minimum order quantity.

What changes against the platforms is how you read the price by quantity. On a tknp.io product page, the indicative price table directly gives the unit price excluding VAT, decoration included, for every tier from 10 to 1,000 units and every technique offered online (DTF transfer, screen printing, embroidery): from one product page to the next, you compare the same cell before any quote request, the page noting that the quote prevails; DTG and patches go through a quote. Delivery and taxes are added, and the terms of sale show them before the order is confirmed. Technical fees are waived only for verified organisations (SIREN or EU VAT number), according to our FAQ: any other account pays them on top.

It is not for you if you want to sell one t-shirt at a time from a Shopify store, delivered to each customer: the site announces no connection to Shopify or WooCommerce. If your members each pay for their own garment, use a 7 to 21-day pre-order on the tknp.io Store (free, reserved for verified organisations): the whole run starts when the campaign ends, at the rate of the volume finally reserved.