Frequently Asked Questions

GamerHood is for creators who want to express themselves through custom merch and shoppers looking for original designs. Families can explore creativity and entrepreneurship together through the age-appropriate account paths.

Creating an account and designing merch is completely free. You only pay when you or someone else buys a product. There are no monthly fees, no listing fees, and no upfront costs.

Not at all. Our AI Design Studio lets you describe what you want in plain language — like "a dragon playing basketball in outer space" — and generates print-ready artwork in seconds. You can also upload your own artwork if you prefer.

A parent or guardian manages payouts, consent, and publication decisions. After completing parent verification for a child under 13, the parent creates the child’s email-and-password sign-in or authorizes the child’s Google account. That makes the storefront URL public, but only separately approved items appear and the child never receives adult controls.

GamerHood is designed around parent-controlled accounts, minimal child-profile data, automated safety screening, no direct messaging between children, and no behavioral advertising on child-facing pages. Our current consent flow is an electronic parent/guardian attestation, not third-party identity verification; families should review the Privacy Policy and consult us about age-specific requirements.

Earnings accumulate in your parent-managed Stripe Connect account. When a product sells, the revenue splits: Printful's production cost is covered, GamerHood.GG takes an 8% platform fee — about half of what marketplaces like Etsy charge once you add up their transaction, payment processing, and listing fees — and the rest goes to your account. That 8% includes the AI tokens kids use to create designs on the site, plus content moderation and hosting. Stripe's credit-card processing is charged separately at their standard rate. Payouts are on a regular schedule to your bank account.

Yes. Designs go through kid-safety screening and high-signal text checks before they can be published or sent to a print partner. You can also use the report and moderation process if something slips through; GamerHood does not claim that automated checks can prove copyright ownership.

Products are printed on demand by Printful using its fulfillment network, including in-house facilities and trusted partner facilities for selected products. They use quality blanks like Bella+Canvas, Champion, and AS Colour. We don't hold inventory — each item is made fresh when ordered.

We're serious about quality. Our default hoodie is heavyweight (10+ oz), double-ply hood, with DTG or sublimation printing that won't crack or peel. We order samples from every provider before approving them. If something doesn't meet our standards, we don't use that provider.

Production typically takes 2–5 business days. Shipping within the US is another 3–7 business days (standard) or 2–4 days (express). You'll receive a tracking number as soon as the item ships.

We offer 30-day help for damaged, defective, or misprinted items. If there's a print defect, wrong item, or quality issue, contact us and we'll make it right — either a reprint or a full refund.

We're starting with US shipping only for our initial launch. International shipping (Canada, UK, EU, Australia) is on our roadmap. Our print partners have fulfillment centers worldwide, so when we expand, shipping times will still be fast.

Type a description of what you want (e.g., "a cyberpunk samurai with a glowing sword"), pick an art style (anime, pixel art, streetwear, etc.), and our AI generates original artwork in seconds. You can regenerate until you love it, then apply it to any product type.

Absolutely. Upload PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, or SVG. SVG is converted to a high-resolution print file automatically; use alpha for transparent areas so your design knocks out cleanly on colored garments. We recommend at least 3000 px on the longest side for non-vector art for the best print clarity.

You must own or have rights to all artwork you publish. Fan art of copyrighted characters (Nintendo, Marvel, Disney, etc.) is not allowed. High-signal brand and franchise references may be blocked before publication, but automated checks cannot prove ownership; report suspected infringement through our DMCA or content-report forms.

GamerHood gamifies the creator experience. You earn XP for publishing designs, making sales, and hitting milestones. XP levels up your profile, and you unlock badges like "First Drop" (first design), "Cha-Ching!" (first sale), and "Legend" (100 sales). Badges appear on your storefront.

Because each item is made-to-order specifically for you, we generally can't accept buyer's-remorse returns — there's no shelf to restock it to. If you're not sure about size or fit, check the size guide on the product page before ordering.

Reach out to support with your order number. We'll check tracking, file a claim with the carrier if needed, and reprint or refund. Don't wait — let us know as soon as the delivery date passes without the package showing up.

Check the size chart on the product page — every garment has Printful's exact measurements per size. If you're between sizes on a hoodie, size up; on a tee, your usual size is usually right.

The creator does. From the storefront dashboard you can edit the listing price any time. We show the take-home live as you type and refuse to let you save a price below the floor (the price where you'd lose money on the sale).

From each sale we subtract, in order:

• Item base cost — what the manufacturer (Printful) charges us to print + ship the item to the buyer.
• Credit-card processing— Stripe's standard rate of 2.9% + $0.30 per charge.
• GamerHood platform fee — 8% of the listing price. That includes the AI tokens creators use to create designs on the site, plus content moderation, hosting, and running the marketplace — about half of what Etsy charges once you add up their transaction, payment-processing, and listing fees.

Whatever's left is the creator's take-home.

Say you list a hoodie for $25.00. We subtract $9.00 item cost, $4.00 shipping, $2.00 platform fee, and $1.03 credit-card processing. You take home $8.97.

Yes. Printful currently charges $5.95 for the second apparel placement. GamerHood adds that production charge to two-sided shirts and hoodies automatically before calculating the minimum price and your take-home.

The shipping number in your base cost is an estimate for US domestic standard shipping. International orders cost a bit more to ship and may slightly reduce your take-home on those specific sales.

Payouts go to your parent-managed Stripe Connect account on Stripe's standard schedule (typically every 2–7 days). Finish Stripe setup from the adult dashboard before sales begin. Until then, the storefront remains public, items say Coming soon, and checkout is disabled.

Two T-shirts can cost the same to make, but one might sell for $20 and another for $60. What's the difference? Value— and value isn't just about cost. It's about how much someone wants the thing you made.

Things that make people willing to pay more:

• A design they can't get anywhere else. Limited editions, your own art style, jokes only your community gets.
• Quality and care. A clean, well-thought-out design beats a rushed one every time.
• Belonging. Wearing your merch makes someone feel part of a group — your fans, your team, your inside joke.
• Scarcity."Only 50 made" is a real reason people will pay more — but only if it's true.
• Story. Why did you make this? What does it mean? People buy designs that mean something to them.

Yes. If you list your T-shirt for $1,000 because you love it, you probably won't find a buyer — even if it's amazing. Pricing is a deal between you and the buyer. You both have to feel like it's fair.

A good starting place:

• Look at what other creators selling similar things charge (Etsy, Redbubble, even big brands — you can browse them in seconds).
• Aim for a take-home you'd be excited to earn per sale, but stay close to what real buyers expect to pay.
• Start a little higher than the minimum. You can always lower the price if it isn't selling.

That's information, not a verdict. Real entrepreneurs don't guess once and stop. Try a price for a week. If no one buys, lower it $2. If lots of people buy, try raising it $2. That's how every store on Earth figures out pricing — including the big ones.

Sell stuff to an audience you know well — people who will really want to buy what you make. Family members, friends, or grandparents may be especially interested in certain hobbies. Design for them, then send a link to a specific storefront or item and see if they'll buy. If not, ask what they'd change — then tweak your design until they'd want it.

• A family storefront— picture your grandparents, aunts, and uncles finally having a place to buy a hoodie with the family last name on it, or a mug printed with everyone's birthday. Make it your own family's little brand.
• A fandom or team storefront — designs for your gaming clan, sports team, school club, or favorite show.
• A "just for friends" storefront — inside jokes only your group gets, on T-shirts only your group will buy.
• Your personal art storefront — your real designs, separate from the silly ones.

• You can create new storefronts any time from Dashboard → Settings → Your storefronts.
• Each storefront has its own page (like gamerhood.gg/shop/the-ohye-family), its own QR code, and its own banner.
• All storefronts share one payout account (your Stripe Connect account), so money from all of them lands in the same bank.
• All storefronts share your creator level and XP — so the work you do on one helps level them all up.
• When you publish a new design, you'll pick which storefront it goes on.

Every storefront still has to follow the same content rules. You can't use a storefront to sneak around our guidelines — same kid-safe screening, same copyright check, same Acceptable Use Policy. If one storefront gets flagged for misuse, it affects all of them.