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Kastomiko / Print-on-demand platform development
POD software
Build a print-on-demand platform like Printify
Printify connects sellers, products and print providers. Whether you want a full platform like that or just automation for your own print studio, the core parts are the same, and we have built most of them for our own production.
What you get
What a POD platform is made of
You rarely need all of this on day one. We help you choose what to launch first.
Design upload and placement
The seller or customer places artwork on the product, with checks for size and quality.
Mockup generator
Product images made automatically from the design, ready for the shop and for ads.
Print file generation
Files in the right size and format for each machine. See web-to-print automation.
Store integrations
Orders flow in from Shopify and other channels, and tracking flows back. See Shopify customizers.
Order routing
Each order goes to your own production or a partner, based on product, location or capacity.
Pricing and margin
Costs, shipping and prices per market, so sellers can see what they earn.
Production tracking
Every order has a status from queue to shipping, and the customer gets updates.
What we have done, and what we would build new
To be straight with you: we have built the shop, the design tools and the in-house production chain for ourselves. We have not run a marketplace with dozens of outside print providers.
- Our own personalised shop: configurators, print files, UV sheets and shipping, all in production.
- Product images rendered automatically in a 3D studio.
- A warehouse system that knows stock, reservations and what to order next.
- A multi-provider network would be new work on the same foundations, and much of it is contracts and quality control, not code.
Three ways to go
These are the options we usually discuss first.
- Your own POD brand. A shop with a configurator, using your production or a partner’s.
- Print studio automation. You already print and want orders to reach machines without manual work.
- A platform for other sellers. Accounts, store connections, provider network and payouts. This is the largest of the three.
FAQ
Questions we often get
Should I build a platform or simply use Printify?
If you sell ordinary products and have no production of your own, use Printify or Printful. Building makes sense when you own machines, sell an unusual product, or the network itself is your business.
Can you connect to Printify or Printful?
Both offer public APIs, so your shop or tool can send orders through them instead of running your own production.
Which products can it handle?
Anything with a known print area. We work every day with UV printing on small parts, and we scope other techniques, such as DTF or sublimation, for each project.
What should we launch first?
Usually one product with a configurator, automatic print files and a single production line. Once orders are coming in, you will know what to build next.
How much does it cost?
Scope varies a great deal between the three options above, so we quote after a short conversation and have no fixed price list.
Contact
What should we build for you?
A few lines are enough. We'll reply with what we can do and how we'd approach it.
Prefer email? work@kastomiko.com