Cloudprinter

Cloudprinter.com is a print-on-demand platform that does not print in one plant: it routes each order to a print partner in its network, so a product is printed and shipped close to the customer. The homepage headline is "Print & ship locally in 104 countries around the world," and the platform counts "381 print locations in 104 countries." It serves creators and dropshippers selling through online stores, and businesses and developers who connect through its print API. The catalog runs from a men's t-shirt and home accessories to books, photobooks, magazines, posters and business cards.

What a seller gets

A network instead of a factory. The homepage stat block reads "50.000" print products, "381" print locations and "104" countries, and an integration page speaks of "170+ global print partners." A seller does not choose the printer: Cloudprinter.com receives the order and sends it into what it calls its Print Cloud for "local printing and shipping." Each integration page ends the same way, promising that "Cloudprinter.com will take care of printing and delivering it in more than 104 countries."

A wide print catalog. The product list on the homepage shows how far beyond apparel the range goes: Men's T-shirt, Home and Accessories, Business card, Poster regular, Photobook, Textbook, Wall Decorations, Folded brochure, Puzzle, Flyer, Magazine and Promotional. The eBay page mentions books and mugs as items a seller can link to Cloudprinter product templates, and the Big Cartel page names "art prints, clothing, and other merchandise." A publisher, a photographer, an event company and a merch seller can all find their product type here.

Tools around the order. The Features menu lists a Dashboard, a Global Print Network view, PDF FIX for preparing print files, and a Brand Portal. Quick Order lets anyone print without a store at all, straight from the dashboard: select products, upload files and order.

How an order flows

The integration pages spell out the same set of steps:

1. Connect the store to a Cloudprinter.com account, new or existing.
2. Link each product in the store to a Cloudprinter product template.
3. Set the print and shipping cost margin. The Ecwid page adds: "Make a price check in the Cloudprinter.com dashboard and set your margin for the products."
4. Switch from sandbox to live "with one click."
5. Receive a notification for each incoming order, which is sent to Cloudprinter.com for fulfillment automatically.

The Ecwid page adds useful detail. A seller can "Show live shipping options to your customers and set a margin on the shipping prices," can choose "automated order submission to Cloudprinter.com or release them manually," and will "Receive production updates back and inform your customers instantly with a status update email." The Big Cartel page says the same interface lets a seller "create and cancel global print orders, request order quotes, and find orders and products." The eBay page sums up the benefits as "automated order submissions, real-time order status updates, localized printing in 104 countries, and complete control over your profit margins."

Integrations and API

The homepage claims "50+ ready-to-use integrations" and says a seller can "Set up print on demand anywhere within minutes." They fall into two groups.

Direct integrations include Shopify (a dedicated Cloudprinter.com Shopify App), WooCommerce, Wix, eBay, Amazon Seller Central, Etsy, Magento, Mediaclip, CI HUB and Zoho CRM Plus. The Amazon integration lets a seller "manage print orders without leaving the Amazon dashboard," and the Etsy one does the same inside Etsy. Mediaclip, in the company's description, lets end users create personalized products instantly on any device.

Zapier-based integrations carry a "Zapier required" label. They include Ecwid, Order Desk, Big Cartel, Zid, Gumroad, Square, Memberful, Kajabi, Mailchimp, Eventbrite, SendOwl, ShipStation, Salesforce, Airtable, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Creative Cloud, DPD and several form builders. For these, the seller logs into both Cloudprinter.com and Zapier and uses "ready-to-go zap templates created by our team in Zapier." The Zapier entry itself says it connects the Print Cloud "to more than 3,000 apps." Setup time for Ecwid, eBay and Big Cartel is marked "Moderate."

The Print API is aimed at "advanced users, businesses & developers." The homepage describes a "Modern RESTful Print API" with "Unlimited API calls," "Build for mass volume," "100% uptime," and a PHP SDK and a Node.js SDK. The footer lists further SDKs (Cloudprinter Core, Cloudapps and Cloudsignal) and a Print Apps Marketplace, with documentation published on the site.

Pricing

The integration pages show the price of connecting rather than of printing. The Ecwid and eBay pages give "free + print cost," and the Big Cartel page gives "Free." The Big Cartel page also points to a "transparent costing system," and the menu links to a Pricing page, but the site shows no base costs per product on its public pages. Account creation is free, according to the "Create free account" link on every page.

Sustainability, partners and support

The Solutions menu includes a Sustainability and CO2 Reduction section alongside Global Local Printing, and the blog carries an article titled "How to Cut Carbon Footprint via Printing Globally?" These are the company's own positions, not a certification.

Print shops can join the network: the footer offers "Join as a Print Partner," partner documentation and an app for Enfocus Switch. The homepage says the platform is "Trusted by +1000 industry leaders" and quotes Steven W. Booth, founder and CEO of Genius Books Publishing, on needing to sell "Everywhere that you can print and ship."

Support is promised as "24/7 support get you started." The site lists phone numbers in the US, the Netherlands and the UK, plus a Help Center, an Academy, case studies, and blog posts and webinars. The company is Cloudprinter.com B.V.

Who Cloudprinter.com suits

Cloudprinter.com suits a seller whose products go beyond apparel: a publisher printing books, magazines or textbooks, a photographer selling photobooks and wall decorations, an event or course business printing certificates and training materials through Kajabi or Eventbrite, or a merch seller on Shopify, Etsy, eBay or Amazon who wants the same supplier for all of it. Sellers whose customers are spread over many countries gain the most from local printing, and developers get an API with SDKs in two languages.

It suits less well a seller who wants one known factory and a single published price list, since the network decides where each order is printed and costs are checked in the dashboard. Sellers on stores that need Zapier should budget for that extra account and the setup that comes with it.