Everyone’s selling T-shirts. Few are building brands. In 2025, the print-on-demand world is drowning in copycats, keyword-chasers, and soulless designs. This is your wake-up call: to build something that breathes, bleeds, and actually matters — before AI turns your art into background noise.
Etsy or Shopify — two names every creator eventually battles with. One sells the illusion of community; the other demands you build your own empire. But which one’s worth your sweat? Forget influencer clickbait — this is the honest, behind-the-curtain breakdown of what it actually feels like to run print-on-demand on each. No fluff, no fake success stories — just the real grind, creator to creator.