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Belinda Flanagan · May 24th, 2008

Anyone use cafe press??

This company would'nt be so bad just to get stared and get your designs out there.
But I know we are going to be big so I really don't think it is worth it!!!
They are fairly pricey!!

Having trouble tring to find a good printing company that Don't cost an arm and a leg??

Elijah Joseph · September 13th, 2010

I have been on cafe press for about a week so I can't say much yet but I do like how the shops are pretty easy to set up.

Gilligan · September 13th, 2010

So you only get 10% on what you sell?

Elijah Joseph · September 13th, 2010

Yeah I know it's not much. Just one way to advertise my designs until my official site is done. I think zazzle lets you increase your commision.

Gilligan · September 13th, 2010

WOW! Granted that gives me a basis as to what I will hook people up with when I open my site and allow concepts to be submitted on a commission basis.

crujones · September 14th, 2010

I have used Cafepress for a number of years, and it is a good way to get your designs out there and sold. It doesn't take long for people to start finding you through search engines. However, they take such a large chunk of the profit that you have to increase the commission to make anything back, then the price is so high nobody wants to buy them. Still, I'm happy when the checks come in the mail! It's surprising what people will buy, it's not always the ones I think will be popular.

Plus I always wished they could send you a sample product to see the quality of what you're selling. I want to get one for myself to see but I'm not paying $20! To me, it's always seemed like they're just taking advantage of designers doing all the work for them...

Rodney · September 14th, 2010

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Originally Posted by Gilligan


	So you only get 10% on what you sell?

You can mark up the products as much as you like with CafePress, it's not just 10%

Gilligan · September 14th, 2010

I was just going off of what their site says.

You sure it doesn't just end up marking the item up more? Say you want $4 instead of $2... so the item goes from $20 to $40?

Rodney · September 14th, 2010

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Originally Posted by Gilligan


	I was just going off of what their site says. You sure it doesn't just end up marking the item up more? Say you want $4 instead of $2... so the item goes from $20 to $40?

I've been using CafePress for over 10 years and you've always had the ability to markup the product as much as you like.

For example, their base price for a white American Apparel t-shirt with a full color print on the front is $15.99. You can charge anywhere from $15.99 (no profit) to $30.99+ ($15 profit) and up for that t-shirt...it's up to you.

I do see where it says earn 10% commission on sales on their site, but my guess is that is from their "Marketplace" sales (unless they've seriously changed things)

Their base pricing is here: CafePress.com : Customer Service : Pricing Policy

silverbolt · March 22nd, 2011

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Originally Posted by Rodney


	You can mark up the products as much as you like with CafePress, it's not just 10%

Rodney, since you have used Cafepress for over 10 years, I was wondering if you can recommend some t-shirt forum posts to help me get started. This is one I haven't explored yet, but I do have a lot of designs, so making some extra money by putting them on Cafepress and other similar sites.
Thanks,
Desiree AKA Silverbolt

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