Check the cost before automating the sale.

1. Fulfillment and checkout are separate

Printful explains that your customer pays your store, while Printful charges your wallet or billing method for fulfillment. A free store account does not eliminate the production-and-shipping cash requirement. Before promising physical delivery, map when funds clear and who pays fulfillment.

Primary source: Printful payments

2. AI stock policies differ

Adobe Stock accepts qualifying generative-AI submissions with the required labeling and rights. Shutterstock does not accept AI-generated content from contributors. Choose the marketplace before creating a large upload batch.

Adobe Stock policy · Shutterstock policy

3. Try one bounded deliverable

Our practical recommendation: inspect one sample, confirm input ownership, and agree the deliverable before paying. Here is a free undated weekly planner to make room for that review.

Download the A4 planner · Our AI-assisted paid services

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