Vexels Review: A Game Changer For Print-On-Demand In 2024

Last Updated on October 18, 2023 by John Cirelly

If you’re on the fence about Vexels, you’re in the right place. In this Vexels review, I put Vexels to the test myself and compared it to similar tools to find out how well it works for print-on-demand and design projects.

What You Need To Know

Vexels stands outs for a few reasons, and in my research is the best design tool for print-on-demand stores.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Vexels offers 70,000+ designs that are updated weekly.
  
• Pricing ranges from $7.50/mo -$36.99/mo with annual, monthly, and lifetime plans.
  
• Users can request up to 4 custom designs per month.
  
• The platform offers unlimited design downloads.
  
• Vexels has a T-Shirt Maker Mockup Generator specifically for merch designers.
  
• They offer a 15-day money-back guarantee.
  
• You can use all Vexel designs for your own commercial use on merch.

Print Ready Designs

Creating a design with Vexels is straightforward and customizable. Simply choose the design element you want to work with and then use the built-in editor to customize it and make it your own.

For example, if you want to use a graphic for your project, you can adjust the colors, size, and other properties of the graphic to suit your needs. This is a game changer, allowing anyone with limited design skills to still create eye-catching merch designs for their store.

The editor also provides a variety of features to make design work easier and faster. For instance, you can add text, shapes, and other design elements to your work, use pre-made templates to get started quickly, and organize your designs into folders for easy access.

One of the advantages of Vexels is its flexibility. The tool allows you to save your designs as PNG, SVG, or PDF files, which means you can easily use your creations across a range of applications, including websites, social media, and print materials.

Vexels even has a section called Print Ready which has 33,000+ designs that meet the size, color, and formatting specs needed for print on demand.

Vexel Print On Demand Tools

Mockup Generator

Vexels makes merch creation easy with their mockup generator. In just a few clicks, you can upload your design (or one of theirs) and quickly change the background, design size, and merch color. This is paticuallary great for creating ads or mockups for your own print-on-demand site.

Logo Maker

If you’re looking to create your own designs and logos, Vexels offers a simple but powerful logo maker right on their website. This is a great feature for designers that don’t have access to expensive tools or want a lightweight browser-based option for creating designs on the fly.

After putting in my company name and industry, Vexels was able to generate over a dozen designs in just a few seconds. Not bad at all. Choosing a logo allows you to customize colors, shapes, fonts, and text through a simple editor.

While tools like Canva work better for social media and marketing material, I found Vexel’s logo maker was a lot better for users focusing solely on creating merch designs.

T-Shirt Designer

Similar to the logo designer, Vexels makes it super simple to design merch either from scratch, or using one of their pre-made designs. It’s really easy to make any pre-made design your own.

For example, you can quickly change the color pallet of any design in mere seconds. If you like a template, but need something similar for a different niche, you can easily swap out colors, text, and the main image while retaining the look and style that caught your eye.

Merch Digest

One of surprising feature Vexels offers is called Merch Digest. These are monthly reports that outline what design and style are trending based on sales, popularity, and data from their platform.

These aren’t rinky-dink blog posts. These are full-on 10+ page PDF reports that give you a genuine competitive advantage in the print-on-demand space.

Vexels Pricing

Monthly & Annual Pricing

Vexels offers pricing plans perfect for side hustles as well as full-time print-on-demand businesses. All monthly plans are discounted by 25% when paid annually.

• Merch: $29/Month
• Merch Plus: $49/Month
• Merch Ultimate: $99/Month
  

Lifetime Pricing

If you love Vexels but don’t want to continue paying monthly, getting their lifetime deal just makes sense. The lifetime plans are best for freelance designers, established print-on-demand businesses, and those looking to go full-time into merch design.

• Merch Lifetime Lite: $690 one-time payment
• Merch Lifetime Plus: $1875 one-time payment

The biggest difference between each Vexels lifetime plan is the seating and design request. Most print-on-demand owners will be fine using the Lifetime Lite, but businesses that use virtual assistants or are looking to scale their print-on-demand business should opt for the Lifetime Plus.

Vexels Licensing

Vexel’s subscription plans grant access to their graphics and designs for use in print-on-demand products, and the right to use them is limited to the subscription period. Any use beyond the subscription period would require additional licensing or permission from Vexels.

In short, this means if you want to continue making money off your designs, you need to have an active Vexels subscription. Thankfully, their subscription model is very affordable, and better yet, they even offer lifetime licensing and access for a flat fee.

Vexels Review Wrap Up

In the end, Vexels niches down to cater to print-on-demand business owners. While tools like Canva do a better job at social media content, they don’t come close to providing the features, designs, and flexibility for merch creators that Vexels does.