specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Teelaunch
providerId: teelaunch
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Print on Demand
- POD
- Fulfillment
- Orders
- Plans
description: >-
  Teelaunch has no monthly platform subscription and no separate API fee. The app
  and the public REST API are free to install and use; you pay only when an order
  is produced. Cost is the per-item production (base) cost plus shipping, deducted
  from your sale price - your margin is the difference between what you charge the
  customer and Teelaunch's base cost + shipping. Base costs vary widely by product:
  apparel roughly 11-19 USD per item, non-apparel roughly 15-85 USD, phone cases
  roughly 8-14 USD, with US domestic shipping commonly adding about 3-6 USD per
  shipment. Exact per-product base costs and shipping rates are set per SKU and per
  destination and are not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  Numbers above are indicative ranges gathered from public reviews and Teelaunch
  documentation, not an authoritative rate card. The API surfaces real per-item and
  per-country cost data - GET /blanks (and its variants) exposes product cost, and
  GET /blanks/country/shipping/cost/{id} returns shipping cost for a blank variant.
  Verify current costs against the live catalog during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://teelaunch.com
- https://api.teelaunch.com/documentation
- https://support.teelaunch.com/portal/en/kb/articles/default-pricing-and-description
- https://help.teelaunch.com/hc/en-us/articles/218276578-Product-Costs-and-Shipping-Prices
plans:
- id: teelaunch-free-platform
  name: Free Platform (Pay Per Order)
  type: free
  description: >-
    No monthly subscription and no API access fee. Install the app or generate an
    API token for free; you are billed only the production and shipping cost when a
    customer order is produced. The full public REST API - catalog, products,
    orders, shipping/tracking, platforms, and stores - is available at this tier.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Platform Fee
    name: monthly_platform_fee
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0'
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: API Access Fee
    name: api_access_fee
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0'
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Full REST API Access
  - name: Blank Product Catalog
  - name: Orders and Fulfillment
  - name: Shipment Tracking
  - name: Platform and Store Integrations
- id: teelaunch-per-order-production
  name: Per-Order Production and Shipping
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Pay-as-you-go production cost. Each produced item is charged its per-SKU base
    (production) cost plus destination shipping, deducted from your sale price. No
    minimums, no monthly commitment.
  entries:
  - label: Per-Item Production Cost
    name: production_cost
    type: usage
    metric: items
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-SKU base cost (varies by product; see live catalog)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Per-Shipment Shipping Cost
    name: shipping_cost
    type: usage
    metric: shipments
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per-destination shipping rate (varies by country/product)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: On-Demand Production
  - name: Global Dropship Shipping
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com