Crate vs Sellfy
Sellfy pairs a creator storefront with a print-on-demand supply chain, so a design becomes a shirt without you touching a shirt. Crate does not print anything, and that difference decides this comparison more than anything else on the page.
What Sellfy is: A creator storefront selling digital products, subscriptions and merchandise, with print-on-demand production and fulfilment offered as part of the service.
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How does Crate compare to Sellfy?
Sellfy is a creator storefront that sells digital products, subscriptions and merchandise, with print-on-demand production behind the merchandise. You upload a design, a partner prints and ships the item, and you never hold stock. Crate is a commerce platform and does not operate a print supply chain. It expects you to bring your own fulfilment, whether that is your own stock, a print partner or a third-party warehouse, and it gives you the stock counts, locations, order states, point of sale and multi-channel selling that come with running that yourself. If you want merchandise without inventory, Sellfy has a real advantage here. If you already hold stock, or want the freedom to change who makes your goods, Crate fits better.
Side by side
Qualitative and stable. No prices and no fee percentages for either side, because both change without notice and a comparison table carrying a stale number is worse than no table.
| What | Crate | Sellfy |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A commerce platform for a business that arranges its own supply and sells across a storefront, chat and social. | A creator storefront with print-on-demand production included. |
| Print on demand | Not offered. Crate does not print or ship goods; you bring your own maker or partner. | Built in, and the clearest reason to choose it. |
| Digital products | Supported, with secure delivery and download limits. | Supported, and a core part of the product. |
| Physical stock you hold | Tracked per variant and per location, with transfers between locations. | Secondary to the print-on-demand path. |
| Point of sale | Included, sharing one stock count with the online store. | Not offered. |
| Selling in chat | Built in, as a first-class order source. | Not a native channel. |
Which one you actually want
Both columns are real. If the right-hand one describes you, take it: a product that does not fit you is a refund with extra steps.
Choose Crate if
- You hold your own stock, or a maker you chose holds it for you.
- You sell in person as well as online and refuse to count stock twice.
- Most of your orders arrive as messages.
- You want to change supplier without changing platform.
Choose Sellfy if
- You want merchandise without ever holding inventory or arranging printing.
- Your catalog is designs, files and subscriptions rather than things in a room.
- Having production and storefront on one bill is worth more to you than choosing your own producer.
Where Crate is behind
Every comparison on this site carries this section. A page that only lists what we do better is an advert, and you already know how much to trust one of those.
Where Crate is behind: there is no fulfilment behind us. Crate will not print your shirt, pack your parcel or quote you a shipping rate for goods we do not make. A merchant who wants a single supplier for both the storefront and the physical production of the goods should take that seriously, because assembling it yourself is real work. We do not run a supply chain and we will not publish rates or promises for one we do not control.
About switching to Crate from Sellfy
Short answers, and none of them hedge. If yours is not here, ask us on the contact page.
Does Crate offer print on demand?
No. Crate does not print or ship goods. You can sell print-on-demand products on Crate by arranging production with a partner of your own and managing the orders in Crate.
Can I move a digital catalog to Crate?
Yes. Digital products, prices and customers can be imported, and the files are re-uploaded and delivered over secure links.
How this comparison is kept honest
Last checked
Everything said about Sellfy here is a qualitative property of the product taken from what Sellfy publishes about itself: what kind of product it is, which channels it sells through natively, and which capabilities it ships rather than leaves to an add-on. We publish no prices, fees, percentages or counts for any competitor, including ourselves, on these pages, because those change without notice and a table carrying a stale number does more damage than no table.
Claims about Crate on this page do not go beyond what our own feature, pricing and security pages already state. Where they would, they are not made.
Product capabilities change. This page states what was accurate on the date above and nothing beyond it. If a row is out of date, we would rather hear it than rank on it.
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