Cafepress is a site that allows you to create your own custom products which you can sell via their site. The good thing about their service is that there are no upfront costs and inventory investment. All you need to do is upload your artwork, pick what you want to sell and start your store. Products that you can sell include apparel, prints and cards, hats and bags, books and audio and data CDs.
When setting up a shop you have two options. You can either start up a Basic Shop which is free or a Premium Shop from $4.99/month. A Basic Shop allows you to sell products in a simple one-page shop whereas a Premium Shop allows you to sell an unlimited number of products on multi-level pages. All shop do provide you with the following services:
-Ability to create and sell over 80 different products including apparel, books, music, CDs and more, produced by CafePress.com
-Reliable online shipping hosted on our servers
-Secure checkout and credit card payment processing
-Domestic and international shipping of your unique products
-Phone and Email Shopkeeper Support
-Phone and Email Customer Service Support
-Ability to list products in the CafePress.com Marketplace for greater visibility
-Promotional Tools to help drive more traffic to your shop
Thanks for using me as an example 🙂
Another tip is to buy your own products and sell them in real life. If you buy 15 or more of one product you can get up to 35% discount off the base price.
-Thomas
Thomas,
Thanks for letting me use you as an example.
Thanks for the tip on buying your own product and selling it in ‘real life’. Its a good way of making that little bit extra.
Good luck with your sales.
it’s nice post. I knew cafepress 2 years ago but not knowing what to do with them 🙂
Blognesdotcom,
Thanks for stopping by. You should give Cafepress a try. There is no harm in doing so and you don’t have anything to lose.