Custom hoodies are a top search category for anyone shopping Etsy for personalized or branded apparel, and also one of the categories where the true cost stack is hardest to see from the listing price alone. A $58 hoodie listing on Etsy has to cover the blank cost, the print or embroidery, whatever the connected POD app charges, and Etsy's own listing, transaction, and processing fees, all before the seller's margin. Here is what that stack looks like next to a fixed catalog price.
A hoodie listed at $58 on Etsy is covering several layers at once: the blank garment cost, the print or embroidery charge from whichever POD app or in-house method the seller uses, Etsy's $0.20 listing fee, its 6.5% transaction fee, and roughly 3% plus $0.25 in payment processing. None of that is disclosed as a single line to the buyer, and sellers themselves often do not add it all up until they compare it to a flat wholesale-style price.
| Hoodie | Brand | VIP base | Free plan base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort Soft Hoodie | Bear Grips | $36.88 | $44.94 |
| Champion Performance Hoodie | Champion | $45.88 | $53.93 |
| Classic Zip-Up Hoodie | Gildan | $41.88 | $49.92 |
| Youth Hoodie | Gildan | $36.88 | $44.92 |
That price already includes printing and free US shipping. There is no separate fee taken out of whatever retail price a vendor sets above it.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.A single buyer ordering one hoodie from a vendor's branded shop at shops.beargrips.com pays the same base cost the vendor would pay on a hundred, since each hoodie is printed to order rather than produced as a bulk run. There is no minimum order and no setup fee tied to switching designs.
"Custom pullover" searches usually mean either a pullover hoodie or a quarter-zip pullover, both available (Comfort Soft Hoodie at $36.88, or the Men's Performance Quarter-Zip Pullover at $29.88). "Custom sweatshirts" without a hood typically points to the Perfect Soft Crewneck ($34.88) or Champion Crewneck ($41.88) instead. Matching the exact silhouette to the product avoids ordering the wrong cut for the intended use.
Every hoodie in the lineup ships free to the buyer, has no order minimum, and supports unlimited print colors at the same base price. See the fee stacking breakdown for the full math on where an Etsy hoodie price actually goes, or the full product guide for the rest of the catalog.
Comfort Soft or Champion Performance, no minimum, free shipping, ready in about a week.
Start FreeYes. The Champion Performance Hoodie is a heavier, premium-hand fleece compared to the mid-weight Comfort Soft Hoodie.
Yes. Front and back prints are supported at no extra per-piece cost.
No. The VIP base price applies from one piece up for Self-Service VIP and Done-For-You VIP subscribers.
About a week from order to delivery, with free US shipping included in the price.
Bear Grips Pro Shops