Cheapest POD Christmas Gifts 2026: 14 Ranked by Cost

If you’re deciding which print on demand products to add for Christmas, start with what each one costs to make. The cheapest gift product we price is a $2.94 cork-back coaster, and a 60x80 throw blanket costs $24.50. The 14 products below are every gift item that at least two suppliers price, ranked from cheapest to most expensive.

#	Product	Cheapest verified	Supplier	Suppliers we price
1	Cork-back coaster	$2.94	CustomCat	2
2	Wood ornament	$2.98	CustomCat	2
3	11oz white mug	$3.45	CustomCat	4
4	11x14 poster	$4.01	Teelaunch	2
5	12x18 poster	$4.75	CustomCat	3
6	Cotton tote bag	$5.99	Teelaunch	3
7	Ceramic ornament	$6.15	Printful	2
8	24x36 poster	$8.00	CustomCat	3
9	30x40 throw blanket	$10.50	CustomCat	2
10	16x20 canvas	$13.86	CustomCat	4
11	20oz insulated tumbler	$16.00	Teelaunch	2
12	50x60 throw blanket	$18.00	CustomCat	2
13	60x80 throw blanket	$24.50	CustomCat	2
14	24x36 canvas	$25.20	CustomCat	3

Quick verdict

Cheapest isn’t the same as best. Sorted by dollars you keep per sale, the order almost reverses: blankets and canvas keep the most money per order, and coasters keep the least.

For most shops, the best Christmas range is one cheap gift under $20 (a mug or an ornament) plus one big-ticket gift (a throw blanket or a canvas). The cheap one gets the sales, and the big one gets the margin.

What each one keeps at a typical price

The prices below are example listing prices, not market data. They’re round numbers picked for illustration. Use your own. Fees are Etsy’s 6.5% transaction fee, 3% + $0.25 payment processing and $0.20 listing fee, per Etsy’s fee structure. Shipping isn’t included.

Product	Cost	Example price	You keep
60x80 throw blanket	$24.50	$80	$47.45
24x36 canvas	$25.20	$80	$46.75
50x60 throw blanket	$18.00	$60	$35.85
16x20 canvas	$13.86	$44	$25.51
30x40 throw blanket	$10.50	$40	$25.25
24x36 poster	$8.00	$30	$18.70
Cotton tote bag	$5.99	$22	$13.47
12x18 poster	$4.75	$20	$12.90
11oz white mug	$3.45	$18	$12.39
Wood ornament	$2.98	$16	$11.05
20oz insulated tumbler	$16.00	$30	$10.70
Ceramic ornament	$6.15	$18	$9.69
Cork-back coaster	$2.94	$12	$7.47

Change the example price and the order changes, so run your own numbers in the profit calculator.

The cost that table leaves out: shipping

Blankets and canvas look best in that table, and they’re also the products most likely to disappoint on shipping. A 60x80 blanket and a 24x36 stretched canvas are big, heavy parcels. A mug, an ornament or a rolled poster isn’t.

Before building a Christmas line around the big items, get the actual shipping quote from your supplier for one unit to your main market. Then decide whether you’ll add it to the price or offer free shipping. On a small gift, shipping is a nuisance. On a large one, it can take most of the margin in the table.

Under $5: coasters, wood ornaments, mugs and small posters

These four are the impulse and stocking-filler tier.

• Coasters ($2.94): cheapest to make, but the lowest dollar return, and a single coaster is a hard sell. Sell them in sets. Four coasters cost $11.76 from CustomCat, which works for a $30–$35 set.
• Wood ornaments ($2.98): the best margin in this tier and a proper seasonal product. See the Christmas ornament cost guide for every ornament material we price.
• 11oz mugs ($3.45): the safest seller, and they don’t go stale after December 25. The Christmas mug guide covers white, black and accent mugs across four suppliers.
• 11x14 and 12x18 posters ($4.01–$4.75): very cheap to make, but a buyer has to frame them before they feel like a gift.

$5–$15: totes, ceramic ornaments, large posters and small blankets

• Cotton tote bag ($5.99 at Teelaunch): this is where supplier choice matters. The same tote is $9.69 at SPOD and $11.36 at Gelato, almost double the Teelaunch price.
• Ceramic ornament ($6.15 at Printful): the classic personalized ornament, and one of the few products where Printful is the cheapest supplier we price.
• 24x36 poster ($8.00 at CustomCat): a large wall piece for under $10. Printful charges $18.25 for the same size.
• 30x40 throw blanket ($10.50 at CustomCat): the cheapest way into blankets. At this size it’s a lap or baby blanket, not a sofa throw, so set expectations in the listing.
• 16x20 canvas ($13.86 at CustomCat): ready to hang, so it works as a gift without a frame. Four suppliers price it, from $13.86 to $28.56.

Over $15: tumblers, big blankets and large canvas

• 20oz insulated tumbler ($16.00 at Teelaunch, $20.76 at Printful): the weakest margin for its cost on this list. At $30 you keep $10.70, less than a $3.45 mug keeps at $18.
• 50x60 and 60x80 throw blankets ($18.00 and $24.50 at CustomCat): the best dollar return on the list. Printful charges $29.36 and $39.76 for the same sizes, so the supplier gap is $11.36 and $15.26 per blanket.
• 24x36 canvas ($25.20 at CustomCat): a premium photo gift. Printful’s price for the same size is $52.02, more than double.

Printful vs the cheapest supplier

Printful prices more of these products than any other supplier we track, so it’s the useful comparison point. On most gift items it costs well above the cheapest source, often double:

Product	Cheapest	Printful	Printful premium
Cork-back coaster	$2.94	$5.55	+89%
Wood ornament	$2.98	$8.37	+181%
11oz white mug	$3.45	$6.07	+76%
12x18 poster	$4.75	$11.62	+145%
30x40 throw blanket	$10.50	$24.62	+134%
16x20 canvas	$13.86	$28.56	+106%
24x36 canvas	$25.20	$52.02	+106%
Ceramic ornament	$6.15	$6.15	cheapest

Keep the region label in mind when you read that table. Printful’s are US-market prices. CustomCat’s and Teelaunch’s are account prices. If Printful is already fulfilling your apparel, splitting gift products across a second supplier can still pay off, especially on blankets and canvas, where the gap is $11 or more per unit.

Single-supplier products worth a look

A few gift products are only priced by ShineOn in our data, so we can’t compare them. They’re worth knowing about anyway:

• Acrylic ornaments in circle, star, tree and paw shapes, $7.50
• Mink-touch and coral fleece blankets, $13.99
• Sherpa fleece blanket, $15.99
• 8x10 jigsaw puzzle, $16.00

With a single supplier there’s no fallback if the product sells out in December, so treat these as additions to a range, not the core of it.

Bottom line

For Christmas, list one cheap gift and one big one. A mug at $3.45 or a wood ornament at $2.98 brings in the orders. A throw blanket at $18–$24.50 or a canvas at $13.86–$25.20 keeps $25–$47 per sale, once you’ve checked what it costs to ship.

Browse every gift product and supplier in the product catalog, or see which suppliers stock what in the supplier directory.

Prices are the cost of one printed unit before shipping, pulled from each supplier’s own API. Printful and Gelato quote US prices (Printful checked September 17, 2026). CustomCat, Teelaunch and SPOD quote account prices checked August 22, 2026. See how we source prices.