Needed the pep talk at the end! It’s been a struggle getting the time in to research, design, mock, and then list. And it’s been a big learning curve figuring out how to do it all along the way too! Your videos help so much. Thank you ☺️
Hi Cassiy! Could you please do a wash test for these shirts? As I’ve seen issues with cracking in the print from different providers and wondering how they hold up. Thanks! And congratulations on 200k 🎉 😄
Thank you so much for testing these!! I have followed your channel since the beginning, and WOW, congratulations on 201,000 subscribers! I just watched another of your videos again, and you were excited for 44,000. 😃You provide such helpful content and make it easy to understand with your teaching style. Thank you!
Congratulations Cassiy!!!! Well deserved!!! Thanks for another great video and review! These type of videos are a TREASURE!!! Keep them coming PLEASE!!! Love having you on this platform!!!!
I have never received a good quality shirt from monster digital.I have ordered a handful of different shirts from them as samples and they were bad enough to make me want to cry if I was a customer ordering it as a gift for someone. I use swift p.o.d. for my shop.
I’ve strangely had the opposite experience. Any time I’ve had an issue or had to request a reprint, it was with SwiftPOD. I have used Monster Digital for over a year and I have yet to get a single complaint. Goes to show you that people can have the same experiences, but the complete opposite at the same time. Thats why finding the print provider that works for you, and not someone else is so important.
That's interesting. I love monster digital for the print that's slightly raised and can be felt on the shirt. I made Anniversary shirts and a father's day shirt with them and they did not disappoint. If I want DTG where the print sinks in the garment more, I use SwiftPOD
Congrats on 200k!! I started following last year when I opened my shop, and thanks to your videos, Etsy will soon be my full-time source of income. Can't thank you enough!! 👏
Wow congrats to you 🎉🎉 way to start and take action!! I’m always down to share an awesome story like yours on my channel if you’d want to come on for a chat! My email is on my website if you’re interested ❤️ Keep up the great work either way!!
This is a great review, thank you so much!!! Congrats to 210k subscribers! 🎉Would be amazing to see how these all fair after a few washes, following the wash instructions that are recommended for DTG printing.
I'll see about doing a wash test soon as well, great idea! And thank you for the congrats on the subs, it's been a wild couple years learning TH-cam and I have loved making the videos
Congrats on 201K subscribers! Swift POD has been my go-to since your last comfort color POD review; customers love them. Plus you see it all over not only on designs but on mockups on Etsy. I'm also starting to see it on Amazon with the new Prinify partnership.
That is crazy. I am so surprised by Monster Digital. I either do Swift POD or Monster Digital as my print providers, but reconsidering Monster now. What a great video. Thanks Cassiy!
I've gotten other shirt samples from MD before with no issue but the distressing and colors were just really off this time so idk what is going on with them! So glad this video was helpful
Thank you, Cassiy! It is so helpful to see these t-shirt's printing side by side! What's your opinion on the Comfort Colors sweatshirts? Are they as popular as their t-shirts? Thank you again for all you do!
I still see more people selling the Gildan 18000 sweatshirts on Etsy still probably because of the large price difference but I wonder if this season we will see more people looking for the comfort colors sweatshirts as well. I think it might be a good idea to list designs for sale on both and test for awhile and see how they do for you to get your own data!
Thank you for this review. Very helpful. I only have 2 designs using Comfort Colors tees, and have Monster doing my printing on other tees (Gildan 18500) which customers have been happy with to this point. I may need to shift to SwiftPOD for CC designs in the future based upon this information.
Thank you for sharing this. I found your video because I was actually looking for a printer better than SwiftPOD because all of my Comfort Colors prints from these guys keep coming off in the wash. Even when I use cold water and I never dry them. It doesn't happen on their other products, JUST comfort colors tees. Does anyone else experience this? I've gotten quite a few bad reviews over it too.
Great video Cassiy and congrats with 200k 🎉🎉🎉!!! Could you please let us know here in comments if there are any differences in softness of these shirts? I've got a couple of customers saying that they were expecting the fabric to be softer (I use SwiftPOD). Thank you😇
Well that does it. I'm completely confused now. I'm part of a few pod groups on fb.. all of the ones people have been posting lately are how bad the swift pod prints are and how they peel badly after 1 or 2 washes. I had resolved to not use them. 🤦 I'm still new.. been trying this for like 5 months with only 1 organic sale. . . Sometimes I feel like there's TOO much information and idk which advice to follow or not! 😵💫
Thank you and I love your videos:) May I ask If there are words trademark protected for instance 'Disney' can you still use them in titles and tags although not using them on the designs ??
Hi Cassiy! Would you say the actual products are better than the samples? I bought a sample for the tote bags and the design was not centered like how it was in the printify design space. Printify was willing to reprint it free of cost, but I’m scared that it’s going to happen often to future customers 😕
Thank you! I have had a lot of issues with SwiftPOD with color consistency of designs, print quality and when washed it seems like the ink is peeling off.
Sorry to hear that! None of them are perfect for sure but I've overall had a great experience with Swiftpod and Monster Digital. I think typically it has ended up being a less than 2% defect rate for me over the years but I know they seem like a lot sometimes when you are dealing with the customer service!
I have not had any complaints from customers with monster digital Most of all my designs are with swift POD. But I have auto order routing on and some do get fulfilled with monster digital.
I have ordered samples from MD before on comfort colors but never a distressed one so this was interesting to see! If I hadn't seen the other printers then I would have thought the colors were fine but this one was just totally off this time. Glad you haven't had any issues though!
@@CassiyJohnson I didn’t clarify I haven’t started selling comfort colors yet. I’m just getting ready to though by putting my photo cards with sizing, care instructions etc put together so I can start listing them by end of this month.
I would have placed Monster at the bottom just for that. It doesn't matter how fast it ships and what the price point is if the customer is going to complain, ask for a refund, and leave you a bad review.
ohh no... i just shipped from monster digital because the shipping time seems quicker, but I normally use Swif POD. I am concerned that the shirts are too distressed and don't look good
You have GOT to be kidding! I recently ordered samples from SwiftPOD and it was the WORST example of screen-printing that I have seen in a while! (BTW ... I worked several years as a staff artist at a big company that did a LOT of screen printing and I had to approve the printing from the Screen printing dept. - We did all of Coca-Colas products, Cannon Mills, and so many more.) - So I'm not being mean or arrogant but I really DO know good and bad screen printing! The extremely high def. art was grain-ey, the colors were off and the positioning was VERY crooked, so I was pretty much THROUGH with SwiftPOD! THEN ... after watching several of your videos on how wonderful Monster Digital was and also because of their high rating on Printify, I switched all my SwiftPOD items over to Monster Digital ... and now THIS! I'm at a total LOSS! Are there ANY reputable printers out there??? 😩😩😩
What's always missing from these, which is the most important is where did u place it in printfy, as opposed to how it came out...and how big did it print vs how you put it in the website. And if they were crooked ect.
Congratulations Cassiy on your 200,000+ subscribers!!! I really learn a lot from your channel!
Thank you so much Nancy!! Really appreciate the kind comment and I am so glad that you have gotten good value from my videos
Changing all my designs to SwiftPOD! Thank you for this, Cassiy!
Needed the pep talk at the end! It’s been a struggle getting the time in to research, design, mock, and then list. And it’s been a big learning curve figuring out how to do it all along the way too! Your videos help so much. Thank you ☺️
Hi Cassiy! Could you please do a wash test for these shirts? As I’ve seen issues with cracking in the print from different providers and wondering how they hold up. Thanks! And congratulations on 200k 🎉 😄
I’ll see about doing a test but I’m worried about how to tell which is which LOL I’ll see what I can do!
@@CassiyJohnson thanks for considering it! I get that! My thought would be to use a sharpie and mark on the comfort colors tag which is which. :)
same. I’ve had a POD design on a tshirt that peeled immediately. these tshirts need a “durability” test.
Wow, Cassiy 200.000 subscribers 🎉🥳congrats. Great video, that’s why you have so many subscribers!👍🏻
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for testing these!! I have followed your channel since the beginning, and WOW, congratulations on 201,000 subscribers! I just watched another of your videos again, and you were excited for 44,000. 😃You provide such helpful content and make it easy to understand with your teaching style. Thank you!
So glad I’ve been able to help you on your journey ❤️ thank you for your support and nice words, it really means a lot!
This was such a fun video. I only offer comfort colors from swift POD in my shop and this was just validation of my decision a few months back.
So glad you enjoyed the video and feel validated in your decision
Congratulations Cassiy!!!! Well deserved!!! Thanks for another great video and review! These type of videos are a TREASURE!!! Keep them coming PLEASE!!! Love having you on this platform!!!!
Thank you so much for your super nice comment
I have never received a good quality shirt from monster digital.I have ordered a handful of different shirts from them as samples and they were bad enough to make me want to cry if I was a customer ordering it as a gift for someone. I use swift p.o.d. for my shop.
So sorry you had that experience with them! Swiftpod I think is obviously the clear winner for this test!
I’ve strangely had the opposite experience. Any time I’ve had an issue or had to request a reprint, it was with SwiftPOD. I have used Monster Digital for over a year and I have yet to get a single complaint.
Goes to show you that people can have the same experiences, but the complete opposite at the same time.
Thats why finding the print provider that works for you, and not someone else is so important.
That's interesting. I love monster digital for the print that's slightly raised and can be felt on the shirt. I made Anniversary shirts and a father's day shirt with them and they did not disappoint. If I want DTG where the print sinks in the garment more, I use SwiftPOD
Thanks for taking the time to compare these printers. Very helpful! You are a superstar 🤩
You are so sweet, thank you so much!!
Congrats on 200k!! I started following last year when I opened my shop, and thanks to your videos, Etsy will soon be my full-time source of income. Can't thank you enough!! 👏
Wow congrats to you 🎉🎉 way to start and take action!! I’m always down to share an awesome story like yours on my channel if you’d want to come on for a chat! My email is on my website if you’re interested ❤️
Keep up the great work either way!!
This is a great review, thank you so much!!! Congrats to 210k subscribers! 🎉Would be amazing to see how these all fair after a few washes, following the wash instructions that are recommended for DTG printing.
I'll see about doing a wash test soon as well, great idea! And thank you for the congrats on the subs, it's been a wild couple years learning TH-cam and I have loved making the videos
congratulations Cassiy! All of your students are so proud of you!😊
Congratulations Cassiy on 2000 + subscribers!! 🎉 Thank you for such great info!!
Love your channel!!
Thank you so much Michelle!! 🎉
Congrats on 201K subscribers! Swift POD has been my go-to since your last comfort color POD review; customers love them. Plus you see it all over not only on designs but on mockups on Etsy. I'm also starting to see it on Amazon with the new Prinify partnership.
Yes Comfort Colors shirts are great, glad you got into them! and thank you for the congrats on subs, so wild!!
Congrats on reaching a well-deserved 200,000 subscribers! I think you're amazing, you've helped me so much. Thank you!
That is crazy. I am so surprised by Monster Digital. I either do Swift POD or Monster Digital as my print providers, but reconsidering Monster now. What a great video. Thanks Cassiy!
I've gotten other shirt samples from MD before with no issue but the distressing and colors were just really off this time so idk what is going on with them! So glad this video was helpful
Congrats on 200k, Cassiy!! So well deserved! /Mel
Thanks Mel!!
WOOHOO 200,000!! Congratulations Cassiy!!
Congratulations on your 201,000 subscribers and thanks for your videos - they're really helpful :)
Thank you for testing these Cassiy! Great review!
Thank you so much on a well detailed valuation of the different providers.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting 🎉 really appreciate it!
@@CassiyJohnson What was the color of the tee's you ordered?
@@edlaurelellis2435 They were the pepper color!
Congratulations on 200K!! That's so awesome!!! I LOVE your channel!! ❤
Hooray 🎉🎉🎉 congrats... That's because you're amazing at teaching and sharing your journey and tips🎉🎉🎉
You are an inspiration to the beginners! Thank you!
Congrats, Cassiy, I think I've been with you since 40k or so!
Wow you have been here awhile!! Thanks for the support and I am so glad I’ve been able to help you on your journey ❤️
Thank you! This will be really helpful for Q4!
Thank you, Cassiy! It is so helpful to see these t-shirt's printing side by side! What's your opinion on the Comfort Colors sweatshirts? Are they as popular as their t-shirts? Thank you again for all you do!
I still see more people selling the Gildan 18000 sweatshirts on Etsy still probably because of the large price difference but I wonder if this season we will see more people looking for the comfort colors sweatshirts as well. I think it might be a good idea to list designs for sale on both and test for awhile and see how they do for you to get your own data!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much for the reply and suggestions!
Thank you for this review. Very helpful. I only have 2 designs using Comfort Colors tees, and have Monster doing my printing on other tees (Gildan 18500) which customers have been happy with to this point. I may need to shift to SwiftPOD for CC designs in the future based upon this information.
Thank you for sharing this. I found your video because I was actually looking for a printer better than SwiftPOD because all of my Comfort Colors prints from these guys keep coming off in the wash. Even when I use cold water and I never dry them. It doesn't happen on their other products, JUST comfort colors tees. Does anyone else experience this? I've gotten quite a few bad reviews over it too.
Thank you SO much for doing this so we don't have to! I love CC shirts, so I'm excited to see this!
I hope you really enjoyed the review
Great video Cassiy and congrats with 200k 🎉🎉🎉!!!
Could you please let us know here in comments if there are any differences in softness of these shirts?
I've got a couple of customers saying that they were expecting the fabric to be softer (I use SwiftPOD).
Thank you😇
Very grateful for you. Great research! XOX!!!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Well that does it. I'm completely confused now. I'm part of a few pod groups on fb.. all of the ones people have been posting lately are how bad the swift pod prints are and how they peel badly after 1 or 2 washes. I had resolved to not use them. 🤦
I'm still new.. been trying this for like 5 months with only 1 organic sale. . . Sometimes I feel like there's TOO much information and idk which advice to follow or not! 😵💫
Thanks cassiy super helpful
So glad you enjoyed it 🎉 thanks for always watching and supporting! It’s always nice to see a familiar name here in the comments ❤️
That Monster Digital print looks awful! They’ve been my go to for the past year. Pretty surprised by that! Thank you for doing an updated comparison 🥰
Yes I was really surprised by it as well! Maybe it’s a fluke but that was pretty bad
Thanks for another great video!
Thanks for the nice comment, so glad you enjoyed it 🔥
Hi, Taylor, love your channel! Do you happen to know if there's a limit to the number of items you can upload to Amazon POD from Printify?
I need this with more provider like Awkward styles or printful, please!
Thank you and I love your videos:) May I ask If there are words trademark protected for instance 'Disney' can you still use them in titles and tags although not using them on the designs ??
thank you for this. very helpful ❤
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
Could you do a comparison printing video about darker (e.g. night), complex and intricate, or photoreal designs for shirts?
Hi Cassiy! Would you say the actual products are better than the samples? I bought a sample for the tote bags and the design was not centered like how it was in the printify design space. Printify was willing to reprint it free of cost, but I’m scared that it’s going to happen often to future customers 😕
Thank you! I have had a lot of issues with SwiftPOD with color consistency of designs, print quality and when washed it seems like the ink is peeling off.
Sorry to hear that! None of them are perfect for sure but I've overall had a great experience with Swiftpod and Monster Digital. I think typically it has ended up being a less than 2% defect rate for me over the years but I know they seem like a lot sometimes when you are dealing with the customer service!
I have not had any complaints from customers with monster digital
Most of all my designs are with swift POD. But I have auto order routing on and some do get fulfilled with monster digital.
I have ordered samples from MD before on comfort colors but never a distressed one so this was interesting to see! If I hadn't seen the other printers then I would have thought the colors were fine but this one was just totally off this time. Glad you haven't had any issues though!
@@CassiyJohnson I didn’t clarify I haven’t started selling comfort colors yet.
I’m just getting ready to though by putting my photo cards with sizing, care instructions etc put together so I can start listing them by end of this month.
Great info!
I would have placed Monster at the bottom just for that. It doesn't matter how fast it ships and what the price point is if the customer is going to complain, ask for a refund, and leave you a bad review.
How do you get that distressed look on your designs? Can you do it with Canva?
Excellent info!!!!!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
ohh no... i just shipped from monster digital because the shipping time seems quicker, but I normally use Swif POD. I am concerned that the shirts are too distressed and don't look good
Sooooo really Good video!!!!
You have GOT to be kidding! I recently ordered samples from SwiftPOD and it was the WORST example of screen-printing that I have seen in a while! (BTW ... I worked several years as a staff artist at a big company that did a LOT of screen printing and I had to approve the printing from the Screen printing dept. - We did all of Coca-Colas products, Cannon Mills, and so many more.) - So I'm not being mean or arrogant but I really DO know good and bad screen printing! The extremely high def. art was grain-ey, the colors were off and the positioning was VERY crooked, so I was pretty much THROUGH with SwiftPOD! THEN ... after watching several of your videos on how wonderful Monster Digital was and also because of their high rating on Printify, I switched all my SwiftPOD items over to Monster Digital ... and now THIS! I'm at a total LOSS! Are there ANY reputable printers out there??? 😩😩😩
What's always missing from these, which is the most important is where did u place it in printfy, as opposed to how it came out...and how big did it print vs how you put it in the website. And if they were crooked ect.
Love this❤
Thanks for watching
Can you test comfort colors with awkward styles?
You can order a sample in the awkward styles website directly. It's cheaper than getting one through Printify.
I only use swiftpod or dimona
What color is that shirt?
Looks like the Pepper.
Yes it is Pepper, sorry I should have mentioned that in the video!!
Thank you!
By the way, I love your videos. You keep me motivated to continue my etsy shop. Thanks for all the tips!!
Would love to see a follow up with wash test results!
I did that for some Bella 3001 shirts a few years ago but that's a good idea to test it on these as well!
Do people love CC t-shirts? I got a sample and it was okay, not fantastic, for me...
First Congrats.... I wonder how the print will be as DTF and not DTG print. Probably better. I really like DTF prints
Oh interesting! I don't have as much experience with DTF but glad to hear that you like it better!