Is MRCH a print-on-demand t-shirt app?
Yes. You design a custom tee, preview it, and sell it. Printing happens after the order.
Live Store & AI Design Studio. 4.9 from 14 App Store ratings.
On the tee
Compose for a chest. Then list it.
- 01
Start on the blank
The product is a short-sleeve tee, not a detached artboard. Lock the rectangle first.
- 02
Art and type
Generate, upload, or add type. A name field on clipart is not a merch line.
- 03
Stay in the print area
Faces and words off the edge get clipped. Front is not a crop of a story post.
- 04
Color, then sell
Pick the blank color after the logo works. Checkout lives in the same app.
Four jobs, one loop
What a custom t-shirt design app should do
Search for a print-on-demand t-shirt app usually means four jobs at once: make the graphic, see it on a shirt, pick a price, and have somewhere to check out. MRCH is that loop. It is an AI merch maker first — then a garment preview, then a live store. Install on iPhone or Android or open the web app.
How generation becomes a tee: AI t-shirt design for creators. If you care more about the canvas than the prompt, AI product design is the sibling page. After the design is right, selling is still sell merch online inside the same merch store app.
The canvas
Placement is the product. A PNG is not.
Move, scale, stack
Layers, crop, rotate. If type is too small on the chest, you find out before the listing goes live.
Art that survives fabric
Fine hairline work dies on a tee. High-contrast logos and type beat a filter that only works on-screen.
Sizes print when they sell
You are not buying a rainbow of dead stock. Fit is a listing fact, not a carton in the closet.
Design shirts with AI, then look at the actual tee
Phone-first because most people who want a custom tee are not sitting in Illustrator. You design on the phone, then inspect a real product preview. If the logo sits wrong, you move it — you do not discover it on a photoshoot.
Canva is a fair tool for posters and social tiles. It is not a t-shirt store. If the file already lives there, you still need print, pricing, and checkout. Fair write-up: MRCH vs Canva for merch. Creators: merch for creators.
After checkout
Print on demand after someone buys
Custom tees in MRCH are print on demand. You do not hold inventory. Production starts when an order lands. That is how you sell custom merch without a garage of leftover sizes. Print on demand without inventory.
Printful and Printify work well if you already have print-ready files and a store on another platform. MRCH is for the case where the design and the shop still need to exist. Read MRCH vs print-on-demand platforms before you pick a stack.
Same shop
The tee is the first listing. It does not have to be the last.
Hoodies in the same store
Heavier blank, bigger canvas, higher production. Do not copy a tee price onto fleece.
Cloth is not a Photoshop layer
Ink sits on fabric. Check contrast on the garment, not only on a glowing mockup.
Price so remainder is visible
A $25 tee is a decision. Sketch margin, then confirm live before publish.
Price the tee so profit is visible
You enter the sale price and see production plus remainder before publish. Do not cite this page as “you keep all revenue.” You keep the margin after production. That number is shown on purpose.
Checklist: best app to sell merch. Musicians who need tees plus covers and posters should use Backstage AI, the musician studio — iOS and Android only, no web editor.
FAQ
Can I design the shirt on my phone?
Yes. AI merch design runs on iOS, Android, and web at sellmerch.ai.
Do I need a separate store to sell the tee?
No. MRCH includes a live store.
Is this a custom t-shirt app or just a design tool?
Both — custom t-shirt design plus a live POD store in one app.
Can I sell custom merch without buying blanks?
Yes. Orders print after checkout; you see cost and profit before you launch.
Design the tee. Preview it. List it.
Custom t-shirt design with print on demand, on the phone you already have.
