How do I set up payments in Printful?

Since Printful doesn’t receive payments directly from your sales channel when a sale occurs, you’ll need to set up a payment method within your Printful account to cover production and shipping costs. You can either link a credit or debit card for automatic payments or add funds manually to your account balance.

In this article:

Topping up your Printful Wallet
Adding a credit or debit card

Topping up your Printful Wallet

Printful Wallet top-ups are only supported in USD. If your account is set to a different currency, this option will not be available. Learn more about billing currency settings.

Navigate to the Wallet section in your Printful account, then go to Payments.
Under Printful Wallet, click Add money.
Select or enter the amount you wish to add (minimum: USD 10).
Choose one of the available top-up options—such as PayPal, Apple Pay, or any of your saved credit or debit cards. If you have multiple saved cards, they will appear at the top of the menu, allowing you to choose which one to use.
Click Add money to proceed. You may be prompted to log in to your selected payment provider’s account to complete the transaction.

Note

Automatic payments cannot be set up using PayPal, or Apple Pay. To enable automatic payments, please link a credit or debit card under the Payment card section, as outlined below.

If you’d like to be notified when your account balance falls below a certain amount, set up low balance alerts:

Under Printful Wallet, click More options, then select Low balance alert.
Enter the threshold amount at which you’d like to receive notifications (minimum: USD 10).
Select how you’d like to be notified: via email, in-app notifications, or both.
Save your changes.

Adding a credit or debit card

You can save up to 5 credit or debit cards in your Printful Wallet. These cards can be used as a backup payment method if your Printful Wallet doesn’t have enough funds.

Note

Credit and debit cards are added to your entire Printful account, not to individual stores. This means any store under your account can use the saved cards for order payments.

To add a new card:

Go to the Wallet section in your Printful account and then go to Payments.
Under Payment card(s), click Add credit/debit card.
Enter your card details and click Add card.

You may need to temporarily disable any ad-blocking browser extensions when connecting a card.

You can also give each card a nickname and specify a billing address to keep things organized.

To manage your saved cards, click the three-dot menu next to a card. From there, you can:

Set as default card – This card will be used first when charging your balance.
Update card nickname
Update billing address
Delete the card

Note

If the default card is declined or expired, the next valid card on the list will automatically be used.