Clothify vs. Redbubble for selling clothing designs
Clothify drafts a clothing brand with its own store. Redbubble is a marketplace that prints and ships your uploaded art. Compare fees and control.
Redbubble facts checked on its own pages. Sources
Choose Clothify if
- You want your own brand, store and customers.
- You want to set retail prices without marketplace account fees.
Choose Redbubble if
- You have a body of artwork and want it on many products quickly.
- You do not want to run a store or handle customers.
- You are comfortable with marketplace fees taken from your earnings.
Clothify and Redbubble side by side
| Topic | Clothify | Redbubble |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Software that turns an idea into original artwork on real garments, a logo, a hosted store and launch posts to download. | Marketplace for independent artists. You upload artwork, and third-party producers print each order and ship it worldwide. |
| Starting price | Starter: $19.99 monthly or $119.94 yearly. No free plan. New subscribers can try Studio for 7 days for $1, then $49.99 monthly or $299.94 yearly, depending on billing choice. Garments, shipping, domains, payment processing and the 3% store sales fee are separate. | A platform fee is taken from monthly earnings: 50% for Standard accounts and 20% for Premium, capped at $150 per payment period. Pro accounts, by invitation, pay no platform fee. Markups above 20% carry an additional fee. |
| Best for | People starting a clothing brand who want the designs, brand, store and launch content drafted in one place. | Artists who want income from designs without running a store. |
| Your brand | Your own name, logo, store design and domain. | A shop inside the Redbubble marketplace. |
| Where buyers come from | Your own audience from social and search. | Shoppers browsing Redbubble. |
| What you earn | The retail price you set, less production, shipping, Stripe’s fee and a 3% Clothify platform fee, before your subscription cost. | Your markup on each sale, less the platform fee for your account tier and any excess markup fee. |
Prices in US dollars. Redbubble details come from the pages listed under Sources, read on November 12, 2026. Clothify prices are on the pricing page.
What Redbubble does well
- Redbubble arranges printing and worldwide shipping, so there is no store to run.
- Your designs can be printed on many product types, from T-shirts to mugs.
- Shoppers already browse the marketplace.
- Products are printed one at a time to order.
When Clothify fits
Use Clothify when the brand is the point. Customers buy from your store under your name, and you decide the pieces, prices and look. You are the seller of record and bring your own audience.
When Redbubble fits
Use Redbubble when you want artwork in front of marketplace shoppers with little setup. Redbubble’s help center explains that accounts are placed in Standard, Premium or Pro tiers, and that the tier sets the platform fee taken from your earnings.
Check the fees for your tier
Redbubble’s help center says Standard artists are charged a 50% platform fee on monthly earnings and Premium artists 20%, capped at $150 per payment period, and that a markup above 20% carries an extra fee. Find your tier in your artist dashboard before you estimate income.
Estimate one month on each path
- Pick a design and a realistic number of sales for a month.
- On Redbubble, multiply your markup per sale, then subtract the platform fee for your tier and any excess markup fee.
- For your own store, subtract production, shipping, payment and platform fees and the subscription from the retail price. Compare the two totals and the work involved.
Questions about Clothify and Redbubble
What fees does Redbubble charge artists?
Redbubble’s help center says Standard accounts are charged a 50% platform fee on monthly earnings and Premium accounts 20%, capped at $150 per payment period, while Pro accounts pay no platform fee. All artists with markups above 20% also pay an excess markup fee. Checked November 2026.
Is a Redbubble shop a clothing brand?
It is a shop inside a marketplace. Customers buy from Redbubble’s site and receive Redbubble’s fulfillment. With Clothify the store, name and customer relationship are your own.
Who prints Redbubble orders?
Redbubble says designs are printed one at a time by third-party producers.
Sources
Written by Clothify. Every statement about Redbubble comes from its own public pages, read on . Prices and features change, so confirm on the source before you decide. Clothify has not tested Redbubble’s products, and Redbubble is not affiliated with this page.
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Start your clothing brand with Clothify
Describe your idea and get your first designs, logo and store to edit.