Print-on-demand suppliers do disappear, and most of them don't announce it. Of the 178 suppliers listed in our directory during 2026, 10 closed or stopped offering print on demand to sellers: about 1 in 18. Another 10 moved to a new website or lost their Shopify app, which can break a store just as easily.
When a supplier vanishes, the products you sell through it can no longer be made or shipped. There are warning signs, though, and a little preparation makes switching much easier.
Which suppliers closed in 2026
These suppliers closed or left print on demand between February and November 2026:
- Spring (formerly Teespring), a large merch platform for creators: retired by its owner, Amaze Commerce. Stores and selling tools were turned off on 28 October 2026. Amaze Commerce announcement
- FlexMerch, an apparel and home-goods printer, and SuperFast POD, a UK printer of t-shirts, mugs and wall art: their websites are now domains for sale.
- Through6, a US activewear supplier, and Air Waves, a US apparel printer: their websites now lead to other companies.
- ThisNew, a US supplier of apparel and home goods, and Printram, a US apparel printer: their websites stayed offline for days, and we found no new address.
- Printfection, a US merch printer: now Swag Pro, a company-swag business.
- YR Store, a UK custom apparel and footwear supplier, and Print Clever, a UK apparel and home-goods printer: now sell enterprise product customization and licensed-brand merchandise.
Only Spring announced its closure publicly. The others simply went quiet.
If you used one of them, our directory lists active suppliers for the same products: apparel and t-shirts for most of them, wall art and home and living for posters, canvas and homeware. Former Spring sellers looking for a similar all-in-one platform can start with our list of the best print-on-demand sites.
Moved, renamed or app removed
Some changes look like a closure but aren't one:
- Moved or renamed (6 suppliers). Pwinty is now Prodigi, Couture by Ikigai is now Couture Merch, and Artelo, Go Custom Clothing, Jumbodtg and Icon E-com moved to new web addresses. If a saved link stops working, search for the company before you assume it's gone.
- Shopify app removed (4 suppliers). T-Pop, PrintGenie, Snuggle Partners and Pixels lost their Shopify app but are otherwise still around. If your orders run through that app, ask the supplier how orders reach them now.
- Offline. Awkward Styles' website was offline the last time we checked. We don't count it as closed yet.
Warning signs
- The website is for sale, or it sends you to a different company.
- The supplier's app disappears from the Shopify App Store.
- The website is offline for several days in a row.
- The company starts describing a different business, such as company swag or enterprise software.
- Announcements about "retiring" or "sunsetting" a product, often with a shutdown date.
How to protect your store
- Pick a backup supplier for your best sellers and order its samples now, before you need them.
- Keep your own copies of designs, mockups and product descriptions.
- Prefer suppliers that also accept orders another way, such as manual orders or an API, in case their app stops working.
- Read your supplier's emails and announcements. Shutdowns are usually announced there first, if at all.
Our guide on how to choose a supplier covers what else to check, and the supplier directory lets you compare alternatives.
What to do if your supplier closes
- Pause or hide the affected listings, so customers can't order products you can't deliver.
- Recreate your best sellers with your backup supplier and check the samples.
- Update the listings with the new product details, prices and delivery times.
- Tell customers with open orders what is happening.
If you are replacing a large supplier, our guides to Printful alternatives and the best print-on-demand sites list the main options.
How we know
We keep a directory of print-on-demand suppliers and review every listing regularly. For this overview we looked at every supplier we listed between February and November 2026. We count a supplier as closed when its own website shows it (a shutdown notice, a domain for sale or a redirect to another business) or when it stays offline for several days and no new address turns up. Suppliers that only moved or lost an app are not counted as closed. These figures describe our directory, not the whole industry, and the dates are when we noticed each change; the change itself may be older.