Printful + WooCommerce notes

Practical notes on running Printful behind a WooCommerce shop — how the sync actually works, and what to check when it stops.

• Connecting Printful to WooCommerce: how it actually worksWhat a Printful–WooCommerce integration does and does not do, the difference between product sync and order fulfilment, and how to judge a plugin before you install it.
• Printful and WooCommerce setup, in orderThe setup order that avoids the common mistakes: currency first, then the access token, then a first sync into drafts rather than straight into your live shop.
• Printful not syncing to WooCommerce: what to checkThe four causes behind a Printful sync that silently stops — expired token, blocked outbound requests, a broken scheduler, and partial API responses — and how to tell them apart.
• Choosing a print-on-demand plugin for WooCommerceHow to compare print-on-demand plugins for WooCommerce on the things that matter: which provider, which of the three jobs it does, and what it does when it fails.
• Printful shipping rates in WooCommerce: live rates or flat rate?The trade-off between live Printful shipping rates and WooCommerce flat rates, why live rates can empty a cart, and how to set flat rates that do not lose money.