Differences between Campaign by Product Base vs by Shopify/Etsy products

There're 2 ways to create a personalizable product (a campaign) with Teeinblue: Campaign by Product Base & Campaign by Shopify/Etsy products.

These 2 types of campaign work separately and don't affect each other.

Let's find out what type you should use.

Similarities

Both types of campaign can:

Show personalization form from artworks and mockups with live preview on storefront.
Generate order designs based on customers' selections.

Campaign by Product Base	Campaign by Shopify/Etsy products
Use products created in Teeinblue (Product Bases) → Campaign after launched will become a linked Shopify product	Use existing Shopify/Etsy products → Personalize that product, not create a new Shopify/Etsy product
Manage variants in Product Base → Teeinblue overrides product info in Shopify (inventory stock, price, location...)	Manage variants in Shopify/Etsy products admin → Keep all product data in Shopify/Etsy (inventory stock, price, location...)
Add multiple product bases in one campaign	Only one Shopify/Etsy product to use
Can launch a campaign to multiple stores	A campaign is fixed with a Shopify/Etsy product in a store
Can get API limit if launching/updating too many campaigns in 24h	No limit when creating/editing Shopify/Etsy products

Campaign by Product Base	Campaign by Shopify/Etsy products
Order designs are generated based on Printareas → Number of printareas and printarea size will decide number and size of order design	No Printareas, order designs are generated based on Artworks → Number of artworks and artwork size will decide number and size of order design
Can send orders to integrated providers for imported Product bases	Cannot fulfill orders via Teeinblue → Order items will not show up on Bulk Fulfill

Both campaign types still sync the URL of order designs to Shopify Orders. So you can use 3rd-party apps to read the custom design & fulfill orders.

	Campaign by Product Base	Campaign by Shopify/Etsy products
Suitable for merchants who:	Sell complicated product designs with multiple printareas	Sell simple product designs, want to quickly create campaigns
	Want to manage products for multiple stores in one place	Want to manage products in Shopify/Etsy
	Sell with integrated POD providers	Print on their own
	Use Teeinblue to fulfill orders	Fulfill orders by yourself or Use 3rd-party apps

After reading this article, if you think "Campaign by Shopify products" is a suitable choice for you, then you can read this instructions to know how to create it: Personalize existing Shopify Products with Campaign by Shopify products

Updated on: 10/09/2025

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