Our Values
How it works
Teespring is the leading social commerce platform for creating and selling custom products online. All products are made on demand, so there are no upfront costs or risk involved. Teespring users turn their ideas into 50+ products instantly in the Teespring Launcher. We also offer TeespringGo, an additional service for users who have custom fulfillment and sourcing needs.
We have a whole host of selling tools integrated right into users’ account dashboard, including tech integrations with sites like YouTube, Twitch and Streamlabs and top brand collaborations with companies like Champion. When you get a sale we’ll produce the product, ship it to the buyer, and send you the profit. We’ll even take care of customer support, returns and refunds so you can spend time doing what you love, while we handle the rest.
Our products
Each product sold on Teespring goes through a series of quality assurance checks to ensure the best experience for users and their customers. All product suppliers are asked to comply with an ethical code of conduct that covers health and safety regulations, labor and human rights laws, and ethical business practices. We also prioritize suppliers who offer eco-friendly products or use practices that reduce environmental impact.
Our values
Our goal is to empower anyone, anywhere to turn their ideas into products, brands, and businesses. We’re proud to provide a platform that enables people to make a positive impact on the world or their own life. Teespring is committed to a standard of excellence in every aspect of the business—including the ethical and responsible conduct in all operations by respecting the rights of all individuals and the environment. Compliance with health and safety regulations, labor and human rights laws, working towards minimal environmental impact, and ethical business practices are required by all Teespring employees as well as suppliers of services and products.
Our environmental impact
We’ve been working on our eco-friendly agenda since the company's inception in 2011. With the fashion industry dumping over 92 million tons of solid waste into landfills each year, Teespring’s on-demand business model provides a significant solution for reducing waste. Our entire operation revolves around products that are created on demand (i.e. after an order is placed)—enabling us to avoid overproduction, textile waste, and only source supplies as needed. In the rare occurrence we have unusable inventory, usually due to damaged goods or misprints (note Teespring has some of the lowest misprint rates in the industry), our team aims to recycle or donate these items as much as possible.
Apart from our eco-friendly business model, we’ve made other enhancements to reduce our environmental impact over time. We’ve established an entirely paperless operation at our production facility in the U.S. and we’re working to reduce and terminate paper usage with our global partners too. We have eliminated double-packaging across our global fulfillment network, which has reduced plastic output by millions of plastic bags per year! Moving forward, we are committed to on-going research into eco-friendly products and packaging opportunities to further support conscious commerce on our platform.
Our policies
We love seeing the creative and original designs sold through Teespring and we aim to maintain a platform for freedom of expression that allows members to demonstrate their views.
The products you see on Teespring are created and sold by individuals around the world. The products sold on Teespring are not designed by the Teespring Team and do not represent the company’s views. If you see content on teespring.com that you consider problematic or offensive, you can report it for our legal team to review. Just use the ‘Report this listing’ link which is visible under the green purchase button on all listing pages.
Teespring strives to be the best in the business when it comes to protecting intellectual property rights–we are committed to protecting unique and original content. It is also important for us to create a safe and respectful platform–therefore we have some limitations as to what we’ll allow to be expressed and sold on Teespring.
Acceptable use and design guidelines
Our platform provides people with the opportunity to express themselves through their designs and products...as long as this expression complies with our acceptable use policy. Ultimately, these policies exist to enable free expression while maintaining a safe and respectful platform.
Teespring has a dedicated Trust and Safety team that works to ensure that all listings launched on the site follow Teespring’s policies. Please see our acceptable use policies for detailed information and examples of designs that we do not allow. Teespring reserves the right to terminate any listing based on content concerns. Please note users who violate our policies may be banned from selling on the platform.
Intellectual property
As a venue for creators, designers, and marketers, Teespring takes intellectual property very seriously. We comply with intellectual property laws and industry best practices in order to maintain the integrity of our creative marketplace. We address all allegations of infringement, encourage authorized parties to submit proper notices of infringement regarding content in our marketplace, and communicate effectively when any user is affected by a notice. Read about how to protect your intellectual property here.
We have a trained team to provide fast and efficient IP assistance to our user community and to IP rights holders worldwide. We have an IP Claim Form that is available for individuals who would like to report infringement on their legally registered artwork. Only use this form if you have a copyright or trademark registration number or if you are making a claim regarding a design of yours that you do not sell on Teespring. Any questions regarding listing or account disablement should go to [email protected].
This includes:
- Inquiring as to why a listing was delisted
- Inquiring as to why an account was disabled
- Requesting an account/listing to be reinstated