Choosing between Bear Grips Pro Shops and Printify comes down to one question: does the business want a marketplace connector or a complete branded shop. Printify's model is a network of independent print providers that plugs into a storefront the seller already runs elsewhere. Bear Grips Pro Shops is a single system where the storefront, pricing, printing, and shipping are already assembled. Neither approach is wrong, they solve different problems. Here is what a business actually gets with each in 2026.
| Category | Printify | Bear Grips Pro Shops |
|---|---|---|
| Storefront | Connects to Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, or Wix (separate subscription or listing fees may apply) | Included, branded shop URL from day one |
| Product catalog | Wide catalog across apparel and non-apparel items via multiple print providers | 63 apparel products from Bella+Canvas, Next Level, Champion, Gildan, Sport-Tek, and more |
| Base pricing | Varies by print provider and product | Fixed catalog price, tees from $19.88 VIP base, hoodies from $36.88 |
| Order minimum | 1 piece | 1 piece |
| Shipping to the buyer | Calculated at checkout, provider dependent | Free, included in the item price |
| Monthly platform cost | Free tier available, paid tier optional | Free, $59/mo, or $105/mo (Done-For-You) |
With Printify, the storefront platform (Shopify, Etsy, or another connector) owns the checkout experience, the customer account, and most of the reporting. Printify handles the print and fulfillment step in the middle. With Bear Grips Pro Shops, the vendor's branded shop is the checkout, the customer account, and the reporting dashboard in one place. That matters for a business trying to build a repeat-customer list under its own name rather than a marketplace or ecommerce platform brand.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.Bear Grips Pro Shops builds an affiliate program into every signup, free or paid. Every vendor gets a unique referral code alongside their shop. Referring another vendor pays 10% of that vendor's subscription, for as long as they stay subscribed, plus $1 for every unit the referred vendor sells. Payouts run bi-weekly. This is a feature of the Bear Grips Pro Shops platform itself, not something layered onto a Printify-connected storefront.
Printify fits a seller who already has traction on Etsy or Shopify and wants to add fulfillment without switching platforms, or who needs non-apparel products (mugs, phone cases, wall art) alongside apparel. Bear Grips Pro Shops fits a gym, studio, small business, or creator who wants the entire operation (shop, pricing, shipping, payouts) in one place without assembling it from separate services.
Bear Grips Pro Shops publishes a fixed price list across the full catalog. A few reference points at the VIP base tier: Airlume Cotton Tee $19.88, Comfort Soft Hoodie $36.88, Champion Performance Hoodie $45.88, Classic Zip-Up Hoodie (Gildan) $41.88, and printed snapback hats from $25.86 to $29.86. Because Printify's per-provider pricing varies by which print partner fulfills an order, a direct line-item comparison depends on which provider a Printify seller has selected, which is why the fixed price list is one of the clearest structural differences between the two models.
One branded shop, one price list, free shipping included, and a built-in affiliate program. Free to start.
Start FreeNo. Bear Grips Pro Shops is an independent apparel platform with its own printing process. It has no relationship with Printify.
It depends on the storefront and provider a Printify seller pairs with. Bear Grips Pro Shops publishes one fixed price list with free shipping included, which makes the true per-piece cost easier to calculate up front.
No. The catalog is 63 apparel and headwear products. Businesses needing mugs, phone cases, or wall art would need a separate provider for those.
Yes. There is no exclusivity clause. Running both in parallel for a few weeks is a common way to compare conversion.
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