CafePress.com
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edit CafePress
There's even something for the online lurkers who are looking for something a little less mainstream and not overly commercialized. From individual shops to official sites to fan portals, you can find personalized or fan-created merchandise in tune with the latest pop culture, political interests, special occasions or personal hobbies. If you can't find it, you can make it.
edit Services
Think of CafePress.com as your outlet to create and sell t-shirts and other merchandise online to find the perfect personalized gifts for any occasion. Opening your own shop gives you the power to put your designs on fully customizable apparel and products. Join a community of thousands of shopkeepers who are already enjoying selling their own brand and show off your wit and handicraft.
Designing not in your blood? Then browse through our thousands of user-created designs in the marketplace to find unique and funny t-shirts, posters, mugs and more!
edit Make your own stuff
We make customizing products a cinch. At CafePress.com you can customize over 40 different products. Creating your own products is easy so you can add a personal touch to everything. Design and sell t-shirts that have your special team name or a secret pet name for your significant other. Personalize gifts by creating a photo mug or t-shirt with a sweet memory or candid blackmail snapshot.
With just a few clicks of the mouse you become the unstoppable creator of customized swag for yourself (or your company). Soon you'll be rolling in stickers, t-shirts, mugs, buttons, magnets, posters, journals and pillows galore!
edit List of Customizable Products at CafePress
- Personalized Hoodies and Sweatshirts
- Custom T-shirts
- Tote Bags
- Hats and Caps
- Messenger Bags
- Underwear, Boxers, Thongs and Panties
- Custom Coffee Mugs
- Personalized Water Bottles
- Custom Stickers
- Buttons
- Greeting Cards
- Posters
- Cool Aprons
- Note Cards
- Custom Photo Calendars
- Mousepads
- Keepsake Boxes
- Teddy Bears
- Custom Fridge Magnets
- Baby Onesies
edit Become a part of CafePress.com
Indulge in a hobby or make this your career. Any user can easily set up their own virtual store and sell t-shirts and more for free! There are no costs to open a basic shop on CafePress.com and you can upgrade to a premium shop anytime. Just upload your own designs and artwork to make and sell personalized apparel online. It's that easy.
Become an affiliate by adding a link or blog to your own site. With your shop, you can promote, create and sell your artwork or graphic designs on posters, framed prints, t-shirts and more online.
edit Contact
- CafePress.com
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- +1 650 655 3000, Fax: +1 650 655 3002
edit Address
- 1850 Gateway Drive, Suite 300
- San Mateo CA 94404 USA
edit Languages
English
edit Additional Information
CafePress is the world's biggest destination for self-expression through merchandise. Each month over 11 million shoppers visit CafePress to buy or create custom t-shirts, mugs, posters and other unique gifts that reflect their interests, passions, beliefs and affiliations. Launched in 1999, CafePress has empowered individuals, Non Profits and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services.
Today, CafePress is a growing network of over 6.5 million members who buy and make custom gifts for their favorite holiday (be it a loved one’s Birthday, Valentines Day, Father’s Day), search for holiday gifts from a catalog of over 250 million unique products, and browse the political t-shirt landscape ranging from left to right and everything in between.
Learn more about CafePress by visiting:
http://www.cafepress.comhttp://www.facebook.com/cafepress
edit Community Reviews
In the spirit of AboutUs.org, I have never been disappointed about Cafepress products so far. The only thing I think they need to improve upon is their online designer, especially for the Flip Mino which is a tad cumbersome. Posted by Santos
CafePress is a great operation. I have been a customer for years and never had a complaint. The quality of the printing is the best of any t-shirt operation. This is the largest, oldest and most-growth oriented and customer-friendly t-shirt company in the world. The quality of the items for sale, including all the shirts, is top-notch. I was so impressed by the entire operation which includes printing, advertising, secure credit card ordering online and fulfillment that I became a Premium shopkeeper. Overseas orders have been just great as well as in America. Shipping fees are as low as $3 bucks in America and a reasonable $6 dollars overseas plus decent typical duty fees. The reputation of the company is the very best in the world and the review by Anonymous sounds like malicious slander. Anonymous refuses to sign their real name or post referenced reviews. Ignore the troll below...Anonymous sounds as simple-minded as their Forest Gump quote.*posted by RoyToots
Cafepress is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you are gonna get but you know you are gonna get something wrong.
- posted by Anonymous on June 13, 2007, 2:44 pm
Not as good as it could be. 'Unshakable reputation for sending out mediocre merchandise to its faithful customers.' 'Enfuriate clientale even more as they receive the same defective article over and over again. This practice is particularly unnerving to people that live overseas and can't afford the long distance phone calls to their service department, higher than normal shipping fees and duty fees.' 'Lack of quality control.' Cafepress is a perfect example of a good idea poorly executed and poorly managed, it has quickly acquired an unshakable reputation for sending out very mediocre merchandise to its faithful customers. In the beginning Cafepress became popular by allowing the "average joe" to sell t-shirts online, however they failed to implement a good system of quality control and the end results were disastrous. They offer a 30-day money back guarantee which infuriates the clientele even more as they receive the same defective article over and over again. This practice is particularly unnerving to people that live overseas and can't afford the long distance phone calls to their service department, higher than normal shipping fees and duty fees.
By recently purchasing a series of very expensive printers, they made a failed attempt to print on dark t-shirts, Cafepress was hoping to crush the growing competition but they were defeated again by their lack of quality control. It has been suggested that Cafepress management is concentrated more in going public than in making good quality products, and there is no evidence pointing to them improving their quality in the near future, quite to the contrary, they seem to have no interest in doing so. According to Alexa, their website has been losing a considerable amount of traffic over the span of at least the last eight months. posted by Anonymous on June 13, 2007, 2:44 pm
(Not true, they are constantly improving quality both in shirts and products which they have upgraded several times this year) . Dark t-shirts are done well and CafePress has the best t-shirt quallity of any site both in product (which they are constantly upgrading) and in print quality Their shopkeeper numbers and number of designs have grown and consumers go directly to individual shops. Posted by IP 209.163.102.248 on August 11, 2007 Note on Comments" everyone is entitled to opinions. Back-up complaints with verifiable facts from more than one reliable (none here) source..
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- redirects to: http://cafepress.com/cafepress2012
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- redirects to: http://cafepress.com/atomjax
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- redirects to: http://cafepress.com/myfavoritetees
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- redirects to: http://cafepress.com/vanytistrain
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- redirects to: http://cafepress.com/retramodern
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- redirects to: http://cafepress.com/sovietgear
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