Gelato
Print-on-demand production and worldwide shipping for Shopify merchants and creators
Gelato is a Shopify app developer that makes Gelato: Print on Demand, a dropshipping app on the Shopify App Store. It provides print-on-demand production and worldwide shipping for Shopify merchants and creators. Among the 15,394 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 37 (0.2%) run Gelato: Print on Demand, #4 of 297 dropshipping apps by that count. Its share is highest among Arts, Crafts & Hobbies (1.2%) brands. It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 1,030 reviews on the Shopify App Store. Gelato: Print on Demand has 2 plans on the Shopify App Store, from free to $29.99 a month. Some plans add usage charges on top, listed with each plan.
Overview
Gelato sells print-on-demand software that connects to a Shopify store so merchants can sell custom products. Products are made through local production and sold worldwide. A merchant can list designed products without holding stock and pays for production when an item is printed.
For Shopify brands
- Connect a Shopify store and sell custom products produced through local production partners worldwide.
- Choose from hundreds of products to design and sell, with a free plan where you pay for what you print.
- Gelato+ adds tools such as Magic Mockups, Instant Collections, Price Navigator and Product Migration with Velocity Switch.
How it works
The brand connects its Shopify store to Gelato and designs custom products to sell. Gelato produces the items locally and ships them, and the brand pays for production and shipping when a sale is made.
- Pricing
- Gelato Free is free to install, and the merchant pays for what they print. Gelato+ costs $29.99 per month, with production and shipping paid only when a sale is made.
Products
- Gelato: Print on Demand Shopify app that connects a store to print-on-demand production for custom products.
- Gelato Free Free-to-install plan with hundreds of products to design and sell; pay for what you print.
- Gelato+ Paid plan with up to 33% off products and extra design and store tools.
- Magic Mockups Tool included in the Gelato+ plan.
- Instant Collections Tool included in the Gelato+ plan.
- Price Navigator Tool included in the Gelato+ plan.
Integrations
Buyer notes
- A free plan is available.
- Gelato+ is $29.99 per month.
- Gelato+ includes Product Migration with Velocity Switch.
- Gelato+ includes stock images, graphics and fonts.
From Gelato's own site and Shopify App Store listings, as of 2026-10-30.
Among Shopify brands over $5M
Share of each sector's brands running it, where that beats the overall rate.
On the Shopify App Store
Gelato: Print on Demand
4.8 · 1,030 reviewsFree planPaid from $29.99/moOn 0.2% of brands over $5MLaunched 2020DropshippingProduce locally and sell globally with Gelato Print-on-Demand. Connect your Shopify store and sell custom products worldwide through local product...
Pricing
Gelato FreeFree to installPay for what you print
- Print on demand for global creators
- Hundreds of products to design and sell
Gelato+$29.99/monthor $239.88/year and save 33%Only pay for production and shipping when you make a sale
- Up to 33% off products
- Exclusive tools
- Magic Mockups
- Instant Collections
- +3 more
14-day free trial
Ratings, reviews, plans, prices and descriptions as the Shopify App Store lists them. how we count.
Alternatives to Gelato
The most used dropshipping apps among Shopify brands over $5M.
Often used with Gelato
What its brands run more often than Shopify brands over $5M do overall.
- Klarna On‑Site Messaging29.7% of its brands · 1.8x average
- Microsoft Clarity29.7% of its brands · 1.5x average
- Judge.me Product Reviews App37.8% of its brands · 1.2x average
What Shopify apps does Gelato make?
Gelato has 1 app on the Shopify App Store: Gelato: Print on Demand.
How many Shopify brands use Gelato?
Among the 15,394 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 37 (0.2%) run Gelato: Print on Demand, #4 of 297 dropshipping apps by that count. Its share is highest among Arts, Crafts & Hobbies (1.2%) brands.
What are the alternatives to Gelato?
The most used dropshipping apps among Shopify brands over $5M, after Gelato: Printful (3.6%), Printify (1.3%), DSers: Dropship+AliExpress+AI (0.3%), Amazon Importer Spreadr App (0.1%), Spocket (0.1%) and Tapstitch (0.1%).
What do Gelato's brands use alongside it?
Of the brands running Gelato, 29.7% also run Klarna On‑Site Messaging, 29.7% also run Microsoft Clarity and 37.8% also run Judge.me Product Reviews App. Each is at least 1.2 times as common among them as across all brands over $5M.
How is Gelato: Print on Demand rated?
Gelato: Print on Demand is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 1,030 reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Gelato cost?
Gelato: Print on Demand has 2 plans on the Shopify App Store, from free to $29.99 a month. Some plans add usage charges on top, listed with each plan. Gelato: Print on Demand: Gelato Free, Free to install (Pay for what you print); Gelato+, $29.99/month (Only pay for production and shipping when you make a sale).