Free to start. You set the price.
No monthly fee, no listing fee and nothing to buy up front. Each garment has a base — what it costs us to make and ship it, plus our margin — and you keep everything you charge above it.
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What you'd keep.
Pick a tee, try a price and a number sold.
Try your own price. Each tee lists our suggested price; the lowest you can set is its base.
for 30 sold
- Base per tee$16.15
- You keep per tee$8.84
- A run this size isScreen printed by hand
Buyers pay your price plus shipping: $7.99 an order, free over $75. An example of the arithmetic, not a sales forecast.
Bases are for one full-front print up to 10 × 12 in on sizes up to XL, under the price rules in force today (version 1): the blank, the print, packing and our margin. 2XL and up cost the buyer more and you keep the same. Your release's base depends on its artwork's size and placements — the Studio shows it before you set a price. What you keep is the same whether a run is screen printed or DTF printed.
How the base is built.
The same arithmetic the Studio shows you on every release, here for one full-front print up to 10 × 12 in printed DTF. ARK's margin includes card fees; we charge no other fees, so what you keep per garment is your price minus the base.
| Tee | Blank | Handling (25%) | Freight & packing | ARK margin (22%) | Base | Suggested price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside Unisex USA-Made Fine Jersey T-Shirt | $6.83 | $1.71 | $3.65 | $1.05 | $2.91 | $16.15 | $29.49 |
| Next Level Unisex Cotton Tee | $4.15 | $1.04 | $3.65 | $1.05 | $2.17 | $12.06 | $21.99 |
| AS Colour Staple Tee | $5.65 | $1.41 | $3.65 | $1.05 | $2.59 | $14.35 | $25.99 |
Price rules version 1. Blank costs are our wholesale costs. A smaller print costs less to make; a second print location adds to the base. Bigger sizes cost the buyer more at our cost — 2XL adds $2.00 and 3XL and up add $3.00 — and you keep the same per garment.
What buyers pay, and when you're paid.
What buyers pay
- Your price for each garment (bigger sizes a little more: 2XL adds $2.00 and 3XL and up add $3.00).
- Shipping: $7.99 an order, free over $75. US addresses only for now.
- Sales tax, calculated at checkout where it applies.
- Discount codes you create come out of your share of the sale, never below the base.
When you're paid
- An order's earnings become available 21 days after it ships.
- We pay available earnings by PayPal at the start of each month, once you have $20 or more.
- We ask for a W-9 before your payouts reach $600.
- Every payout comes with a statement listing the orders in it.
What free includes.
Your store
A store page with your logo, a header image and your releases in the order you choose.
The design tools
Placement on the garment, resolution checks and mockups on every colour.
A printer's review
Every release is checked by a printer before it goes on sale.
Promotion
Discount codes, tagged share links and analytics by release and source.
Production and shipping
Printing, packing and tracked shipping for every order.
Buyer care
Payments, buyer questions, defects and size exchanges — handled by us.
Pricing questions.
Is it really free?
Yes. There's no monthly fee, no listing fee and nothing to buy up front. Each garment has a base cost — the blank, the print, packing and our margin — and you see it before you set your price. What you keep per garment is your price minus that base.
Buyers pay your price plus shipping: $7.99 an order, free over $75.
Do bigger sizes cost more?
Buyers pay a little more for 2XL and up — what the bigger blank costs us — and you keep the same per garment as on any other size.
What if a campaign sells fewer than 24?
It still prints — DTF instead of screen print — and every buyer gets their order. Nobody is refunded for a run that came up short, and what you keep per garment doesn't change.
How and when do I get paid?
Earnings from an order become available 21 days after it ships, and we pay them by PayPal at the start of each month once you have $20 or more available. You add your PayPal email in the Studio and confirm it with a code we email to it.
US tax rules apply: we ask for a W-9 before your payouts reach $600.
Start with one release.
See your real base costs in the Studio and set your price before anything goes on sale.
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