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CafePress Overview

What is CafePress?

Powerful tools to create picture perfect products

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Powerful tools to create picture perfect products


Seller Details
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CafePress
Year Founded
1999
HQ Location
Louisville, KY
Twitter
@cafepress
21,057 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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18 employees on LinkedIn®

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Danielle A.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
2.0 out of 5
"It's fine if you're a buyer; it's not great if you're a seller."
There is a scaled royalty structure; if you have a good following and time to devote to constant updating and growth of your storefront, you earn l...
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Aileen P.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Cafepress is wonderful for creative types"
I like that if I have an idea for a cute design for branded merchandise, I can get it out of my system and not get in debt buying wholesale and ris...
Melissa C.
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Melissa C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
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The ease of ordering, the many choices. The supply's always of good quality.
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14 out of 15 Total Reviews for CafePress
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14 out of 15 Total Reviews for CafePress
3.9 out of 5
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What do you like best about CafePress?

There is a scaled royalty structure; if you have a good following and time to devote to constant updating and growth of your storefront, you earn larger royalties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

There is a scaled royalty structure; if you are looking for relatively passive income, don't have a large following, aren't consistently updating or actively trying to grow your storefront, you have bare minimum royalties. Additionally, the automatic scaling and sizing is lacking as a feature, and it's not easy to select which products you're enabling or disabling, especially if you're trying to enable all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

I originally used CafePress as a source of passive income. It was a wonderful way to get my designs out to the world. However, it is no longer "passive" income, and in fact is barely income at all. I rarely bother to log in at all any more, and rather focus my attentions on other sites with easier interfaces and better royalty structures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CafePress?

You've got to love the customized designer feature on CafePress! Better than most competitors to say the least. The list of products on their site is plentiful, awesome for small businesses, personalized gifts and marketing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

The laser printing on mugs and glassware wears off quickly and fades fast! Be aware if you are purchasing these types of items. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CafePress:

Better than most competitors I've used. The price is great and the items to choose from is plentiful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have created both personal items and also business branded items to hand out for advertising. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aileen P.
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What do you like best about CafePress?

I like that if I have an idea for a cute design for branded merchandise, I can get it out of my system and not get in debt buying wholesale and risk having bad results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

I wish there were more options for t-shirt designs and maybe more suggestions for making your product more visible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have the option of adding branded merch to my business without bulk buying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trish L.
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What do you like best about CafePress?

I've used cafe press when building different websites for businesses. It's fairly user friendly and easy to navigate not having in depth web design skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

It can get complicated and web support is extremely slow. The turn around time for a question almost makes using the product not worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

We ended up not using cafe express because it didn't provide to functions that we needed for ecommerce. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CafePress?

The best thing about Cafepress would be their prices after coupons. They were the cheapest vendor that had promised to deliver in 2 days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

My shipment did not come as expected, with no refund on the extra shipping charges I paid to get faster shipping. It came about 2 weeks later, so I missed my deadline. The quality was also not what I was expecting. It was very, very cheap looking and feeling, despite what the description and pictures look like on the actual website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

I wanted to design custom products for an event but was on a time crunch so I used CafePress because they were the cheapest vendor that would deliver in 2 days. I realized no benefits, as I missed my deadline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Melissa C.
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What do you like best about CafePress?

The ease of ordering, the many choices. The supply's always of good quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

The time it takes to ship. Best to order at least 3 weeks before you need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting our image out the and personalizing our items in a unique style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CafePress?

I love the range of items Cafepress offers for customizing with your brand's logo or image - you could fill a whole gift shop with their array of products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

The site is not very user friendly - there is an extremely confusing discrepancy between the Cafepress marketplace and Cafepress shops, with different rules, pricing structures, and appearances from the buyer's point of view. The customization is also somewhat clumsy and limited, so it requires a fair amount of technical knowledge and patience to get everything in order to your satisfaction, if you want to make sure everything looks great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CafePress:

Worth trying out, especially if you want branded merchandise but need someone else to handle the manufacture, distribution, and customer service related to that merchandise. A good option if you want to purchase branded merchandise for your own company or personal use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cafepress makes it easy to offer merchandise for our company along with customer support in a way that requires very little effort on our part, once the store is set up. Though they take a substantial cut of the items sold from your shop, it means you can essentially "set it and forget it" and if there's demand for your products, you can make some income. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CafePress?

I like that they have just about everything you could want! You can make just about anything as well and it's very easy to order and find what you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

Sometimes the products are not attractive or do not appear right on the screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CafePress:

It needs to offer more products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

Showing off our products and looking to expand our brand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CafePress?

Easy to upload your own items and customize them onto different formats. Production times are very good and we receive our items on time. The pricing is better compared with other vendors we looked at. We use them to create custom apparel and accessories for our own team as well as our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

Nothing to dislike about this service, works well. The products they produce are always good quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating custom apparel and accessories branded to our logo for our team and clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CafePress?

My favorite aspect of Cafe Press is the "Design-Your-Own" functionality. I recommended it to my gaming group and we put in an order for custom t-shirts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CafePress?

It's more of a quirk, but there were so many options, that it was hard to choose which shirt style everyone wanted. Not necessarily a bad thing, but we finally agreed on different shirt styles per person. In the long run, everyone got what they wanted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CafePress:

We mainly used the custom t-shirt design portion of the site because it gave us a better deal and more options than others. There are lots of other products and features this site has that could be to your benefit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?

Honestly, the custom t-shirt was a big help when we started working on the branding for the group I'm in. We solved part of that through this t-shirt customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.