Peecho

Peecho is a print-on-demand platform that prints books, magazines, wall art and business stationery through a network of partner printers, choosing a facility close to each customer. It is built for photographers and artists, self-publishers, and apps or platforms that want to sell printed versions of their users' content. The site footer describes Peecho B.V. as "A Prodigi Group print on demand company." Access is free, and the company's line is simple: "you only pay per order."

How the network works

Peecho does not present itself as a single factory. Its global print network page describes "production sites in dozens of countries worldwide" and "30+ local printing partners across the world," with the aim of fulfilling each order in the facility nearest the recipient. "Our system automatically balances the load of orders across the network," the page says, and the product pages state that books and magazines are printed "at premium printing facilities around the globe using HP Indigo printers." The company says every partner goes through what it calls a rigorous vetting process, and that it works closely with them on color accuracy and paper quality. It also claims "500k+ items printed annually, shipped to almost every country on earth."

The services strip that runs across the site sums up what a seller hands over: print on demand with "No need for stock or minimum purchase orders," the print network for "Fast & cost-effective global fulfillment," "White-label customer support," and "Automatic file formatting" for print-ready files. The home page adds that a "Brandable checkout, print API, automated order routing and dashboards" are included.

Four ways to sell

Peecho offers four routes into the same network.

Shop. The Print Shop is "a simple ecommerce store" for businesses and creatives who want to sell without building a full ecommerce website. Assets go into "your own brand shop, hosted on a secure, unique domain that reflects your brand," and a dashboard shows print spend, order trends and locations in real time. The shop's checkout supports multiple currencies and various payment methods.

Button. "With just a simple copy and paste, our print button solution lets you launch a global print on demand business." A creator adds a print button to an existing site and Peecho handles the order from there.

Checkout. For selling "without a storefront," Peecho offers its "no-code, plug and play, customizable check-out page for easy print selling." The API page says the checkout is built on Adyen's newest version.

Print API. Developers can "Connect your own Point of Sales to Peecho's simple print API." The API page says the features come at no cost, that you can start ordering "after setting up two API endpoints," and that you get reports, product details, shipping information and status updates for every order. "Next to our ready-made and free plugins you can use our expansive yet simple API," the page adds. Platforms can also offer a ready-made marketplace where their users sell prints and the platform takes "a percentage of the sale," and there is an integration with OneClickLayout, which connects by API key and generates branded photobooks from user content. The travel app Polarsteps is the showcase: its users press a "Buy Travel Book" button and the API sends the book to the nearest printer.

Books and magazines

The products overview lists hardcover books "From €5,20," described as ideal for photo books, cook books, graphic novels and portfolios; softcover books "From €4,00" for magazines and catalogs; and layflat books "From €12,95." Prices exclude shipping and possible taxes.

Layflat books come in fixed sizes with a matte laminate wrap hardback cover and 190 gsm gloss-coated E-Photo Lustre paper, with 18 to 122 pages. The binding lets open pages lie completely flat, which suits photo albums, story books, look books and brand presentations. The page gives a production time of 4-6 working days and shipping of 2-7 working days to Western Europe, 5-7 working days to Eastern Europe and the US, and 10 working days or more to the rest of the world.

Magazines come with a glossy or matte laminated softcover (250 gsm), 115 gsm silk-coated paper and 20-500 pages, perfect bound with a square spine that can carry the title. Peecho sizes each magazine to the exact aspect ratio of your file, which the page says makes it "the service of choice for a wide variety of magazine genres." Both cover finishes are listed "From €2,90" on the products page, with 4-6 working days of production and 2-3 working days of shipping.

Wall art

Canvases start "From €14,00" and come in fixed sizes. They use a Giclée process on 16 mil fine weave latex satin (35% cotton and 65% polyester), hand-stretched over European kiln-dried knotless pine with a 38mm frame depth, and carry a "100+ year color guarantee." Production is 2-7 working days, with the same shipping bands as the books. Framed canvases, with a hand-crafted float frame, start "From €24,00."

The rest of the wall art range, per the products page: gallery prints, a dynamically sized photo print glued between a dibond backing and plexiglass, "From €47,00"; art prints, dynamically sized in a glossy or mohawk finish, "From €5,25"; framed art prints in satin-laminated frames "From €21,00"; aluminum dibonds "From €19,95"; and foam boards "From €16,56." Artists can sell limited editions by capping the number of sales per product, and the canvas FAQ says you keep your copyright at all times.

Business stationery, stickers and labels, calendars and picture frames sit in the catalog too. Business cards are marked "Contact sales for pricing," and for "large recurring volumes" every product page invites you to get in touch about pricing.

Files and support

Each product page links to file setup guidelines covering document setup, margins, resolution, sizes, file formats, color profiles and the book spine. The support model is white-label, so the brand selling the product stays in front of the customer. The contact form routes existing-order questions and integration help separately.

Who it suits

Peecho suits a photographer or artist who wants a branded shop or a print button on an existing site, a magazine or photo book publisher who wants perfect-bound copies sized to their own layout, and above all an app or platform that wants to turn user content into printed products through an API. Free access, per-order pricing and local production across dozens of countries make it easy to start small and sell internationally.

It is less suited to a seller looking for apparel or merchandise, which the catalog does not cover, or to anyone who wants a single named factory: orders are balanced across the network automatically.