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November 14, 2007 at 1:46 am #254264
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I sell from about 6 shops on Cafepress and like it. The problem is-
finding a niche to sell to. Your shop gets more views if it’s a premium
The upside to premium is that you are able to have multiples of each
item. In the basic shop, you get 1 of each item, so you can only have 1
you want them all available in the same shirts or magnets, you can
offer it that way.
made about $150 over that time. You have to have at least $25 to cash
out. It can take a while to earn, but the shops are low maintance after
One thing I found is that controversial shops tend to sell a bt more. I
am a supporter of Gay/Lesbian rights, and I’m pro-choice, so I started
I have a shop for the game my husband and I run, which does the most in
sales. Two weeks ago, we had a festival online, and offered bonus
that weekend, and made about $25 from it.
I just started a Red Hat Christmas shop, hoping it would get a few
My next most popular shop is geared towards dancers (mostly Ballet),
and I’ve had lots of sales out of that over the past few years.
check in every few weeks to see if there are new products to add.
I’ve also ordered from cafepress, and love the quality of the items.
Christmas ornament with the family name on it, the year, and under it,
all of our first names. It has a bright border around it, too. It
I like the site. I definetly recommend it.
Also, if you would like to see any of my shops before hand (or if
and I’ll send you the links. Also- if you don’t have a referral and
don’t mind having one, I’ll send you a referral email. It doesn’t cost
well (I think it’s based more on the item sold, not the price of the
item, but I don’t recall).
item. Some shirts allow a design on both front and back. You can
control the size of what goes on the item, as well as positioning on
the design be a “pocket” design (going over the left breast, where
pockets are in T-shirts), a front design (which goes kind of over both
the belly). On the back of the shirts that allow double printing, you
can choose to have it be smaller, and across the very top of the back,
Some items have multiple colors, and of those items, you can choose
which colors to offer. For instance, the dark shirts are available in
you just unmark it, and it won’t offer it in the shop.
They store the images on their server- and the larger the image, the
give you great DPI for it. The better the DPI, the better and bigger
the picture will show up.
charge you a stock or shop fee, because they make the money off the
items sold.
Each item has a stock price. You can raise the stock price to a shop
price. The stock price in full goes to cafe press. The dfference
So, if you design a value shirt, it’s $8.99 (I think). You want to sell
it for $12.99, so every time you sell a value shirt, you earn $4 off
For you to buy from the shop, though, you get all items at stock price
automatically if you log into your account before buying.
design the item, or you can choose a more specific meathod.
They allow you to choose a percentage mark up- say you choose 15%,
price.
Or, you can choose a set amount, like $2- this means every item will
inexpensive, I don’t recommend that way. You can mark items like shirts
up by more than say a $1.50 pin.
questions I didn’t cover, please feel free to email me.
— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, Dee Webber
wrote: >
> I’m looking for some ways to supplement our income using my hobbies,
used Cafepress to design & sell merchandise?
> If so what are your thoughts & opinions?
> Thanks,
> Dee
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