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Cafe Press?

Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:21 am

What is this Cafe Press shop thing and how does it work? I've seen some people market thier characters onto t-shirts and coasters and stuff and I was wondering how reliable and safe this surface is, as I am thinking of using it, possibly.

Any help/tips would be great!
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Postby Ashley » Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:43 am

Cafepress is a third party type store--basically, anyone can set up an account with them and submit their artwork/designs to the site's server. People can then order materials from cafepress--cafepress buys a bunch of blank/stock items, then transfers (via silkscreening and other stuff like that) the artwork to the material. As a store owner, you can set the price but you have a base minimium to cover Cafepress' service charges and materials.

CAA actually has a cafepress store, and for the record we make absolutely NO profit on anything we sell--those are the base prices Cafepress makes us sell at. Right now it's mostly bags, shirts, etc., but I do think at one point in time we had hoped to sell manga and bible study supplies through them too.
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Postby inkhana » Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:47 am

I've also used Cafepress for personal projects (aside from CAA), and I never had a problem with them. Their ordering system seemed safe and secure to me.


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Postby TheMelodyMaker » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:10 pm

I'm going to throw in my support for CafePress, too. Keely used it for publishing the first three issues of Mangazine, and the ordering system is quite good -- they actually ship to Canada! ^_^ ( *grumbles* Unlike a certain CD publishing company... *cough Mixonic cough* >< )
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:10 pm

Thanks guys! Is it just an American thing or can Australians join too?
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Postby Kisa » Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:31 am

I think Australia can use it too. It seems pretty cool that you can put your own things onto t-shirts and stuff ^^
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