Teespring operates a two-sided creator commerce and on-demand manufacturing marketplace business model. It monetizes by taking a margin spread between the base manufacturing cost of an item and the retail sales price set by the creator. For every physical product sold (t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, phone cases), Spring covers the automated routing, garment manufacturing, direct-to-garment (DTG) printing, packaging, and international parcel shipping, retaining the wholesale base production fee while passing 100% of the remaining profit margin directly to the creator. Additionally, Spring monetizes through digital product transactions (ebooks, digital presets, audio samples) taking a fixed percentage processing fee, premium design services, and white-label enterprise merchandise solutions for major digital entertainment properties.