Comparison · Spring (Teespring)

Get paid. Every time. Directly .

Payout reliability is one of the biggest reasons agencies and creators switch platforms. Here's how Buyline is built so customer money goes straight to the creator, every time.

the pitch

Buyline runs every store on its own Stripe Connect account — customer money flows straight to the creator, not through a Buyline balance.

Why this matters

A platform’s balance sheet should never be between a creator and their revenue.

Payout structure is one of the biggest reasons agencies and creators move off platforms that hold customer funds before paying out. When a platform sits between a customer’s payment and a creator’s payout, delays and reserves are always possible — whatever the underlying cause.

Buyline is built on Stripe Connect from the ground up. Every store has its own connected account, and customer payments move directly into it — not into a Buyline balance first. Buyline’s fee is deducted automatically from that same payment; the rest goes straight to the creator.

Feature by feature

Where the platforms diverge.

Feature
Buyline
Spring (Teespring)
Payout model
Direct via Stripe Connect
· Spring-held; scheduled
Fulfillment options
POD + custom / warehoused
· POD only
Custom domain per store
· Limited
Catalog breadth beyond apparel
· Apparel-heavy
Agency workspace for 10+ creators
Roster-level analytics
Storefront templates built for drops
· Generic
Deep dive 01

Stripe Connect is the feature.

Most platforms obscure how they handle money. Buyline does the opposite — we make the Stripe Connect account visible, named, and owned by the creator. You can see it in the Stripe dashboard. You control its payout schedule. You verify it with Stripe, not with us.

When a customer checks out, one combined fee — Buyline’s 3% plus the agency’s rate — is collected as a single line item, while the rest of the payment goes directly to the creator’s connected account. Buyline keeps its 3% and routes the agency’s share to them automatically. Nothing sits in an intermediate balance beyond that single, automatic transfer.

Deep dive 02

Beyond apparel.

Spring is apparel-forward POD. Great for one-off tee drops, limiting for anyone trying to build a real brand. Creators who’ve outgrown the catalog end up migrating to a real storefront anyway.

Buyline supports the full Printful catalog for evergreen POD and built-in shipping & order management for warehoused custom goods — enamel pins, hand-numbered prints, small manufactured runs, whatever the drop calls for. The platform doesn’t cap what you can sell.

the wedge offer
Free migration

Migrating from Spring (Teespring)? The first three creators are on us.

No setup fee, no credit card. We handle the storefront rebuild, the Stripe Connect onboarding, and the fulfillment migration. You see roster revenue in one dashboard for the first time.

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