Market your designs and let CafePress handle the rest
CafePress is a great way to sell your designs, music, books, and other original creations.
You provide the content and CafePress handles the production and sales.
For example, in my John Dilbeck's Shirts, Mugs, and Hats store, I have a lot of mostly text designs that are sold on, well, shirts, mugs, hats, and other items.
I create the designs, upload them to CafePress, add products that will have the designs printed on, set my prices, and do the marketing and promotion.
CafePress maintains all the computers, warehouses, production facilities, and other things that are needed to take orders, produce the products, ship them, and handle all customer service.
Then, when my commissions have cleared, they send me checks to deposit.
I'm earning from work I did two or three years ago. How cool is that?
You can, too.
Open your store at CafePress for free.
You need to remember that opening a store and uploading some designs will not earn you any money. You have to do the marketing and promotion to get people to your store so they will purchase.
The more items you sell, the more checks you'll deposit. It's just that simple.
Act on your dream!
JD
Promote Your CafePress Store
If you have a CafePress store, please add it to this list and vote for it. Tell your friends to come vote for it. Let's see which stores bubble to the top.
John Dilbeck - Shirts, Mugs, and Hats : CafePress.com
Custom designs and phrases on t-shirts, mugs, swea more...2 points
People helping People
12 Step Recovery gifts by clean and sober artists. more...1 point
http://www.cafepress.com/personal_growth
Motivational and inspirational quotations.1 point
Kitsune's Closet
Original fantasy art designs by A. M. Meyer.1 point
http://www.cafepress.com/sobergifts
Hundreds of 12 steps gifts, custom posters, hard t more...1 point
http://www.cafepress.com/stoptheinsanity
Stop the Insanity is a recovery design site or peo more...1 point
http://www.cafepress.com/sobergifts
Hundreds of 12 step original gifts by clean and so more...1 point
Sun Open Source Store : CafePress.com
This shop is powered by CafePress.com. Copyright  more...0 points
Snakes On A Plane T-Shirts and Gifts : CafePress.com : Shop Over ...
CafePress has over 1510 unique , snakes on a plane more...0 points
NetBSD Online Store -- Help Fund NetBSD : CafePress.com
Order products for fund raising for the NetBSD Pro more...0 points
Periodic Table of the Operators : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
Roddenberry.Com - Star Trek Merchandise : CafePress.com
Roddenberry.com provides the customer with unique more...0 points
Ironic Sans - Pre-pixelated clothes for Reality TV : CafePress.com
This shop is powered by CafePress.com. Copyright  more...0 points
Ruby on Rails : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
Cascadilla Press on CafePress.com : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
Return to Arkham : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
Weird Al Star Fund Merchandise : CafePress.com
Merchandise purchased through WeirdAlStar.com, The more...0 points
Success With CafePress.com Official Shop : CafePress.com
Success with CafePress.com is your guide to gettin more...0 points
Capture life. Create art. : CafePress.com
This shop is powered by CafePress.com. Copyright  more...0 points
Remixed Anti-War Propaganda Posters : CafePress.com
Remixed War Propaganda with a modern progressive m more...0 points
The Lactivist - Support Breastfeeding with Humor : CafePress.com
Offering a unique selection of clothing designed t more...0 points
The Curmudgeony Librarian Superstore : CafePress.com
Curmudgeony Librarian Superstore is a collection o more...0 points
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press : CafePress.com
Shop links to UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center more...0 points
NetBeans.org : CafePress.com
This shop is powered by CafePress.com. Copyright  more...0 points
Secret Agent Jo's Shop : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
nerdwideweb.com - Web2.0 nerdchandise : CafePress.com
Web2.0 extended mindcloud - map of the web2.0 univ more...0 points
Sanguinis : CafePress.com
Sells all items related to Sanguini's Restaurant, more...0 points
MonkeyBrain Books : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
Drawn By Debbie : CafePress.com
This shop is powered by CafePress.com. Copyright  more...0 points
The Official Gillian Anderson Website : CafePress.com
Cafe Press accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Ame more...0 points
SurLaLune Fairy Tales Shop : CafePress.com
These whimsical products support the SurLaLune Fai more...0 points
Landscape photos of Scotland : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
PETA Logo & Animal Rights T-shirts and More : CafePress.com
The PETA Store on CafePress.com offers a variety o more...0 points
Your dog breed on tee shirts and bumper stickers : CafePress.com
Featuring dog breed portraits on unique products. more...0 points
...putting maps on you ! : CafePress.com
CafePress.com, Shop, sell or create what's on your more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/theperfectgift
The Perfect Gift offers great products with unique more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/shopbellingham
Get unique Bellingham, WA gifts and souvenirs here more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/AngelCityArt
Kitchen artwork, garden humor, snappy sayings, vin more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/gypsyowl
GypsyOwl's Studio & Gifts0 points
betterHalf Designs - Humor, Toons, Text and More!
Check out my store which I will be adding new art more...0 points
Pretty Pink Designs
Items in Pretty Pink Designs0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/Lovethyneighbou
Go look at this great message and spread the word more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/FlyingEagles
Love the USA support FlyingEagles as they soar abo more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/rogerme
Be a little bit naughty, with funny kinky and the more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/birthday_stuff
Birthday gifts including 30th, 40th, 50th birthday more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/divepink
SCUBA dive wear...with a feminine twist0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingthink
You Know You're Right - Tell the World!0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/stylegirl73
Crush on Obama, Kiss Me & Everbody Loves Wear0 points
EquinePalace : Spirit of Spain...Andalusian Horse
Andalusian Horse,"the spirit of Spain",f more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/s2creative
We are a dynamic, boutique design agency, driven w more...0 points
Hemal's shop of Unique Colorful Gifts : Colorful, Abstract Art Gifts for Art Lovers
A shop for your all holiday gifts needs: tshirts, more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/stoptheinsanity
Stop the insanity and wear one of our 100 shirts o more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/artbyevagirl
Caricature art by Evagirl. Cute girl art by me, E more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/artbyevagirl
Caricature art by Evagirl. Cute girl art by me, E more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/theperfectgift
Original art and designs by ArtzeeChris on Cafepre more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/cougarcandy
Celebrating a womans age with our unique logo.Mr. more...0 points
http://www.cafepress.com/serenity_gifts
Welcome to serenityprayergifts.com where you'll fi more...0 points
Promote Your CafePress Stores
If you use Squidoo to market your CafePress store, you're invited to join us in our Squidoo Marketing Community where we have a section in the forum for promoting your CafePress stores.
When you customize your profile in the community, you can link to your lenses and/or your store.
Here are the latest discussions in the Promote Your CafePress Store section of our forum:
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byHow Satisfied Are You With CafePress?
As a CafePress store owner, what is your opinion of the service CafePress provides to help you earn money from your original designs.
Consider all the things that are done for you behind the scenes.
Are you getting what you thought you would when you opened your store?
If you have any comments about the poll, please tell us in the feedback section at the bottom of this page.
CafePress is the greatest thing since sliced bread!
Make money selling your designs at CafePress
I just love getting emails that tell me I just made a sale at CafePress almost as much as I enjoy depositing the commission check I receive from those sales every month.
How about you?
What do you think about CafePress? Are you making any money selling your designs there?
Tell us about it. Take a side.
Act on your dream!
JD
How do you like selling products on CafePress?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byIt's great! CafePress is better than sliced bread! It rocks!
TinkerM says:
Very happy wish they would feature more of my sales!! But who doesn't?
Posted October 23, 2008
rogerme says:
http://www.cafepress.com/FlyingEagles
http://www.cafepress.com/Lovethyneighbou
http://www.cafepress.com/rogerme
Posted August 20, 2008
GypsyOwl says:
CafePress was my first online gallery. I am very happy with everything and primarily the customer care, and the consistent shop keeper updates & support. The gallery is automated, easy to manage, and the tech keeps getting better.
Posted July 25, 2008
johndilbeck says:
I have had a premium shop at CafePress for a few years - John Dilbeck's Shirts, Mugs, and Hats - and it started as a way to promote my blacksmithing business.
Over the years, I've added an eclectic mix of designs to the shop and I love getting those commission checks.
CafePress makes it easy. I just create the design, upload it, put it on some products, and market the store.
CafePress handles everything else, including printing, shipping, customer service, returns (not many), and every things else.
CafePress has always provided first class service and they pay on time.
If my designs don't suit you, there are hundreds of thousands of other designs from which you can choose. Every one was created by someone like me - or you - and CafePress has brought all of us together.
Thanks, CafePress!
Act on your dream,
JD
Posted June 26, 2008
CafePress sucks. Are you kidding me? I haven't sold anything there!
Resources for CafePress store owners
If you know of good resources not listed here, please contact me.
- Kimberly's Most Successful CafePress Shops
- Don't think you can really make a living off CafePress? I'll tell you a secret: even though I tell everyone I'm a writer, most of my income is from a passive stream of sales on CafePress. Learn what sells by taking a peek at the items below, and learn how to create your own success with the links at
- Promote your CafePress Shop on MySpace
- With millions of people on MySpace, it's no wonder why any ambitious CafePress shop owner would want the opportunity to market their store here. Find information about setting up your account, customizing your page, using your blog wisely, and joining the most appropriate groups for your merchandise
- CafePress Product Setup Tips
- Work.com invited me to write an expert article on making money using CafePress, and it is currently featured as one of the most popular and most helpful articles! Read the entire article and find out more about making money using one of the hottest business building tools of Web 2.0.
- Success with CafePress Headquarters
- Success with CafePress Learn how to successfully use CafePress to make money. Whether you want to try it as a hobby, supplement your income, or work it full time, CafePress offers you the flexibility to fit it into your lifestyle. You can get started for free! The rules: If you have a CafePress lens
- How to Run a Successful CafePress Shop (and make lots of money!)
- CafePress is THE online place to become your very own entrepreneur quickly and easily. All you need is a computer, Internet connection, and a graphics program, and you are on your way to making major money! Get all the CafePress goodness here with help on setting up your store, managing it, and mark
- Free Fonts to Download and Use
- Whether you use them for newsletters, designing great CafePress gear, or just fooling around with your website, fonts are FUN. Find out where to get the best free fonts, learn more about typography, and see some of our favorites. Fonts aren't just for letters anymore!
- CafePress Shops On APSense
- Hi fellow CafePress Shopkeepers! This group is for anyone interested in creating and selling your designs on CafePress. Not an Apsense member? Join for free.

