Spring (ended Sep 2026)
Was a creator POD marketplace — selling has ended
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MRCH
Your own live store — plus the studio to make the art
The jobs
Was a creator POD marketplace. You brought a file, picked a garment, and shared a campaign link. Discovery and campaign selling were part of how it worked until storefront selling stopped.
Your own live store, plus the studio to make the art. Generate or upload, see production next to price, publish. The link is yours — not a marketplace campaign page.
The loop
Generate in-app, or upload a file you already have. You do not need a finished campaign graphic to begin.
Preview on a real garment. If it only works as a square crop, it is not ready to sell.
Production sits next to the sale price before the shop goes live.
A store you publish — not a marketplace campaign page.
Spring — the product most people still search as Teespring — was a creator print-on-demand marketplace. You brought a design, put it on apparel, and sold through campaign pages and shops. For a long time that was the default “I have a following, I want a tee drop” path: upload art, pick a garment, share a link, they printed after the order.
On September 15, 2026, Spring stores stopped accepting new orders and selling; product and listing tools were discontinued. After that date, sellers could still use a limited Creator Dashboard for payouts and account actions through October 15, 2026. Spring products and sales history did not transfer automatically to MRCH or Amaze — sellers must rebuild artwork, listings, and shop information manually.
That former model is still useful context if you are comparing how a classic POD marketplace worked versus an in-app studio with your own shop. MRCH starts one step earlier: help you make the art, then sell it from a store that lives in the same app. You can still share a single link; it points at your live shop instead of a marketplace campaign.
MRCH is a merch store app with an AI merch maker inside it. You generate or place artwork, preview it on real garments, set a sale price, see production cost and margin, and publish. There are no deposits or order minimums. Print-on-demand fulfillment starts after someone buys.
You can still upload your own assets. The difference is you do not need a finished file to begin, and you do not depend on a marketplace campaign as the storefront. The live shop is yours. You see production cost next to the sale price before anyone else does. iOS, Android, and web. See how it works for the full path, or MRCH vs print-on-demand platforms for how this sits next to catalog POD.
A product-fit table, not a ranking. We do not list prices or ratings here — those change. Confirm details on each product’s site.
| Feature | Spring / Teespring | MRCH |
|---|---|---|
| AI design in-app | You typically brought a file | Yes — generate in the app |
| Upload your own artwork | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in live store | Was — shops and campaigns (ended Sep 2026) | Yes — your shop |
| Marketplace / campaign selling | Was — ended Sep 2026 | No |
| Hold inventory | No | No — print after order |
| Profit visible before publish | Campaign and shop pricing | Yes — in the publish flow |
| Mobile-first merch studio | Web marketplace | Yes |
| Album covers | No | No — see Backstage AI |
Same print-after-sale idea
You can still upload
Prompting is optional. The difference is you do not need a finished file to start.
Both skip the warehouse
Print after the order. MRCH adds the studio and a profit check in the same app.
The storefront is yours
Share one link. It points at your live shop, not a campaign on someone else’s marketplace.
Sellers can still use a limited Creator Dashboard for payouts and account actions through October 15, 2026. Nothing transfers automatically into MRCH — rebuild artwork, listings, and shop information manually, then update the public links you share.
You want to sell merch online from a phone-first studio: generate the design, check profit, publish a live store. Musicians who need covers and tour posters as well as tees should look at Backstage AI.
Spring selling has ended. The split that mattered was marketplace campaign versus an in-app store plus AI design. If you need a replacement shop, rebuild manually — MRCH has no Spring importer. If you still need the design and a shop on your phone, that is MRCH.
Spring was a creator print-on-demand marketplace: you typically arrived with a file and sold through campaigns and shops on their platform until selling ended on September 15, 2026. MRCH is a phone-first AI merch studio with a live store you publish — plus profit visible before you go live.
Yes. Teespring rebranded to Spring, and Spring stopped selling on September 15, 2026; account access and the Creator Dashboard end on October 15, 2026, with remaining balances paid through a separate payout site. Spring products don’t transfer automatically. MRCH is an iPhone app that designs merch with AI and sells it via print-on-demand, with no inventory and no minimums. Start at https://sellmerch.ai.
Spring storefront selling ended on September 15, 2026. Sellers could still use a limited Creator Dashboard for payouts and account actions through October 15, 2026. Spring products and sales history do not transfer automatically to MRCH — you rebuild artwork and listings manually.
No. MRCH gives you a live store you publish from the app. Spring’s model included campaign and marketplace-style selling until that marketplace closed for new sales in September 2026.
Spring did not ask you to warehouse shirts yourself; MRCH does not either. Spring used print-on-demand; MRCH still uses print-on-demand. MRCH adds in-app AI design and a profit check before you publish.
Yes. You set a sale price and see production cost and margin in the app. Spring used campaign and shop pricing on its marketplace until selling ended; payout records did not disappear on September 15.
Phone-first AI merch, profit before you publish, and a live shop. Free to install — iOS, Android, and web.
