Last summer I had done some searching and found other sites along the lines of cafepress, but now I can't find any. Does anyone know of others with a similar concept?
If you're not familiar with cafepress, they allow you to upload your graphics to be printed on their merchandise. They handle all fulfillment, shipping, transactions, etc. You select the merchandise you want, set up your own "store" and your visitors can order this or that and you receive a "commission" on each sale. Actually, you determine how much over cost you want the mark-up to be.
This way, you can offer a variety of merchandise, you don't have to have anything manufactured (no up front costs) or deal with shipping or taking orders, etc.
I think cafepress' offerings are fairly limited compared to what I swear I found in the past. (Or maybe I'm getting senile and just imagining it!)
If anyone has any other similar services to recommend, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks, all.
mjames posted this at 21:48 — 4th May 2001.
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Hi there,
Unfortunately, the only type of site like this I'm aware of is CafePress.com, I am registered and plan to actually make use of my account. You made some good points, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you, though. Anyone else?
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fairhousing posted this at 21:04 — 5th May 2001.
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i don't know of any others, but boy would i like to have some choices/variety. i guess capitalism hasn't caught up to the power curve on that type of site yet.
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TheGizmoid posted this at 21:23 — 5th May 2001.
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Well, cafepress is up to offering "grey" tshirts now instead of just white, but I *swear* I had found a site once where they offered a plethora of styles (from long-sleeved golf shirts to ladies' crop tops) in every color of the rainbow from turquoise to hot pink.
I mean, the concept is a total no-brainer. Everyone wins, no risk on any side. Even us "little guys" can offer merchandise to fans of our sites/causes. The only thing is that the per-item cost is going to be a little higher than mass production, but that's okay in my book considering the benefits and ease of use.
Oh, well. If anyone else has anything, please share!
mjames posted this at 21:39 — 5th May 2001.
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Yeah, sorry I couldn't help. It may seem silly, but have you tried doing a search on Google? That may provide results.
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TheGizmoid posted this at 21:50 — 5th May 2001.
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I've spent several hours searching.
The only thing I came up with were dead ends.
But google rocks! Usually... except in this case.
fairhousing posted this at 00:31 — 6th May 2001.
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yeah, i did a search on google for the same thing a week ago to no avail.
Cube Technology posted this at 11:10 — 18th November 2001.
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CafePress is the only one i know.
(eg. hats, big teddybears, mousemats, banners, posters etc) and more colors of their stuff.
That is actually a wierd thing, because the concept is great. I just found them again, after loosing their link in a format. I really plan on using them, offering many graphics to choose from. I really like their ease of use and their general design. Just 3 things i miss, is cobranding of their site (custom graphics/design), more stuff to print on
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SWD posted this at 20:26 — 20th November 2001.
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how do you win money with Cafepress?