You make the release. We make the merch.
Design it, price it and decide how it sells. We print each order in our Colorado Springs, CO shop, ship it with tracking, look after your buyers and pay you every month.
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Five steps, two of them ours.
Open your store
Sign in with your email — there's no password; we send a link and a 6-digit code. Name your store, then add a logo, a header image and a short description whenever you're ready. Nothing is public until you publish it.
Design a release
Pick garments from the catalogue, upload your art and place it in the print area. The Studio checks the resolution at the size you choose and renders mockups on every colour you pick.
Set your price
Each garment's base is on screen before you choose a price, and so is what you keep per garment. The lowest you can set is the base, so a sale never costs you money.
A printer reviews it
Before a release goes on sale, a printer checks the production file, the placement and the colours, and either approves it or tells you what to change.
We print, ship and pay you
Print-on-demand orders are pulled every evening and ship in 3–5 business days. A campaign is printed together within 5 business days of the blanks arriving after it closes. Earnings become available 21 days after an order ships and are paid by PayPal at the start of each month.
Choose how it sells.
Every release is a campaign or print on demand. Either way, you choose who can see it and when it goes on sale.
Run a campaign
Open for a set number of days. When it closes we print the whole run together — 24 or more garments are screen printed by hand.
Print on demand
Always on. We pull the day's orders every evening and print them; nothing waits for a campaign to close.
Who can see it
- Public — listed on your store and findable by search engines.
- Unlisted — only people with the link can see it.
- Private — only you can see it — a dress rehearsal.
When it launches
- Launch when approved — goes on sale the moment a printer approves the production file.
- Schedule a date — once approved, it goes on sale at the time you pick.
- I'll launch it myself — after a printer approves, the release waits for you to press Launch.
The run decides the method: 24 and up are screen printed.
24 or more garments in a run are screen printed on a manual press. Fewer are DTF printed. Same shop, same printer checking your file either way — and buyers read exactly this before they pay. In a campaign, the run is everything sold before it closes. On demand, the run is each day's orders for your release.
- $0to open a store
- 24in a run and it's screen printed by hand
- 3–5business days to ship a print-on-demand order
- 6ink colours on a screen-printed run of 40+
From the order to the doorstep.
- PaymentBuyers pay ARK through Stripe; ARK is the merchant of record and sends the receipt.
- PrintingEvery garment is printed for its order in our shop — nothing sits in a warehouse.
- Shipping$7.99 an order, free over $75, with tracking by email; US addresses only for now.
- If something's wrongDefects replaced or refunded within 30 days of delivery; wrong sizes exchanged free within 30 days.
- Your earningsEach sale shows in the Studio as it's paid, becomes available 21 days after it ships, and is paid out monthly by PayPal.
Common questions.
Do you review designs?
Yes — every release, before it goes on sale. A printer checks the production file, placement and colours, and either approves it or tells you what to change. You choose whether an approved release launches straight away, on a date, or when you press Launch.
What artwork do I need?
A file that prints well at the size you place it: a PNG with a transparent background at 300 pixels per inch at print size works best, and vector artwork is welcome. The Studio checks resolution as you size the art, and a printer reviews the production file before a release goes live.
Can I set everything up before anyone can see it?
Yes. Your store isn't public until you publish it, and each release can be public, unlisted (only people with the link) or private — a dress rehearsal only you can see.
Can I order a sample first?
Not as a Studio feature yet. If you want to see a print before you launch, call or text the shop at (719) 280-2638 and we'll sort it out.
Make the first release.
Open a free store and see your base costs before anything goes on sale.
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- Invite-only while we finish testing
- Free to start when you're in
- You set the price