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CafePress is the hottest online t-shirt 'print on demand' business on the market today. And the best thing about it is- you don't have to be an artist to make it work!
You can open a CafePress Shop for free - utilize Royalty Free clipart (Please do not use copyrighted clipart) - or simply make up sayings to place on mugs, tees, sweats, posters and more!CafePress offers 80 products for you to sell.
Three ways to Use CafePress
Here you can create personal unique items to purchase yourself for CafePress's Base Price
Create graphics and choose the items for which to place them and sell them online in either a basic shop (Free) or Premium shop (For as little as $5.95/mo)
Shop to your heart's content and buy items that you will not find in any department store- the best thing is the prices are typically at or lower than department store prices!
No matter which way you look at it- CafePress is a win win situation!
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CafePress - Shopkeeper PR Program
by Marc Cowlin - CafePress PR Manager
In an effort to spread the word, educate, and help boost your sales CafePress has initiated a Shopkeeper PR Program. The following program is now currently in place, and we encourage all Shopkeepers to participate in all or parts as you see fit.
When thinking about publicity and what is going to most benefit Shopkeepers we repeatedly came back to two basic elements, Education and Recognition. The following plan focuses on helping you obtain the tools and information you need in order to gain press interest, and helps showcase the success you achieve along the way.
The following elements make up the entirety of the CafePress Shopkeeper PR Program:
* Press Release Featured in the CafePress Press Center
* Press Coverage Featured in the CafePress Press Center
* Shopkeeper "In the news..." Portal
* Blog Feature Stories
* Online PR Chats
* Learning Center Tools
* Editorial Sample/Image Program
* You Tell Us What You'd Like to See
Press Release Featured in the CafePress Press Center
Everyone who has set up a Google or Yahoo "news alert" for the word "CafePress" knows that Shopkeepers send out press releases on a regular basis. We'd like to see that happening even more often than it already does. Whether it's about a new shop, a new design, or a great news story, we want to know. By following the steps below you can have your press release considered for a featured space in the Shopkeeper section of the CafePress Press Center Shopkeeper Press Release page.
1. Finalize your press release for distribution
2. Fill out the Press Center Request template
3. The PR team will review each press release submitted and post them at their sole discretion.
Read the Entire Story:
When thinking about publicity and what is going to most benefit Shopkeepers we repeatedly came back to two basic elements, Education and Recognition. The following plan focuses on helping you obtain the tools and information you need in order to gain press interest, and helps showcase the success you achieve along the way.
The following elements make up the entirety of the CafePress Shopkeeper PR Program:
* Press Release Featured in the CafePress Press Center
* Press Coverage Featured in the CafePress Press Center
* Shopkeeper "In the news..." Portal
* Blog Feature Stories
* Online PR Chats
* Learning Center Tools
* Editorial Sample/Image Program
* You Tell Us What You'd Like to See
Press Release Featured in the CafePress Press Center
Everyone who has set up a Google or Yahoo "news alert" for the word "CafePress" knows that Shopkeepers send out press releases on a regular basis. We'd like to see that happening even more often than it already does. Whether it's about a new shop, a new design, or a great news story, we want to know. By following the steps below you can have your press release considered for a featured space in the Shopkeeper section of the CafePress Press Center Shopkeeper Press Release page.
1. Finalize your press release for distribution
2. Fill out the Press Center Request template
3. The PR team will review each press release submitted and post them at their sole discretion.
Read the Entire Story:
Get Ready for Valentine's Day Sales
With Christmas nearly here - Time to think ahead
I know it seems early to already be thinking of Valentine's Day, but NOW is the time
- Make sure all of your sections have description
- Make sure your products all have descriptions
- Give your products descriptive names
- SEO SEO SEO
- Start marketing early- like NOW
- Think Pink- Pink tees sell well for VDay
- Sell to Men FOR women's gifts- gear your decriptions towards men
- Have a variety of VDay items for more than just lovers, think teachers, secretaries,boss etc.
- Don't forget Anti- VDay items too
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SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
The single most useful tool in driving customers to your website business. Learn SEO and watch the money pour in.
Search Engine Optimization by Richard John Jenkins
If youre out of sight on the Web, says Search En more...0 points
Optimize your shop for Success
Make the Most of Your Designs and Shop Layout
- Market Your Products Using Descriptions. Name your products and include interesting and accurate descriptions for each item. Not only will it tell a story about your products, but will help optimize your products for search engines.
- Be Selective on Your Product Choices. Don't feel compelled to offer every product for every design. Choose the products that are best-suited to showcase your designs.
- Upgrade to a Premium Shop. The features of the Premium Shop will enable you to create a better customer experience. Such as: The ability to add multiples of each item, categorize products, and set up a more customized shop appearance.
- Organize Shop Layout. With the Premium Shop, you be able to help your customers easily find items by categories, optimizing their experience. Categorize by designs, merchandise, theme, or whatever makes sense for your customers.
Update Your Shop Often
- Offer New Designs Regularly. Create new designs and retire designs that do not sell as well. Drive last minute orders for your retired designs with a message that conveys a sense of urgency (Ex: Last Chance to Get this Design) via your shop, Web site, and/or newsletters.
- Create Newsworthy and Timely Trend Designs. Follow a holiday or current events calendar. Keep up on what's hot in the media. Make your shop the place to go for timely trends and gear related to current newsmakers.
- Offer Limited Edition/Time Designs. Let your customers know your Limited Edition designs are available for a limited time. It creates urgency, encouraging customers to buy now, rather than later.
- Consider New Products. CafePress.com is always adding new items to our Product Center so watch for additions. See if new items work with your images. Take advantage of new offerings including seasonal gear, and spotlight them on your shop.
- Be Selective on Your Product Choices. Don't feel compelled to offer every product for every design. Choose the products that are best-suited to showcase your designs.
- Upgrade to a Premium Shop. The features of the Premium Shop will enable you to create a better customer experience. Such as: The ability to add multiples of each item, categorize products, and set up a more customized shop appearance.
- Organize Shop Layout. With the Premium Shop, you be able to help your customers easily find items by categories, optimizing their experience. Categorize by designs, merchandise, theme, or whatever makes sense for your customers.
Update Your Shop Often
- Offer New Designs Regularly. Create new designs and retire designs that do not sell as well. Drive last minute orders for your retired designs with a message that conveys a sense of urgency (Ex: Last Chance to Get this Design) via your shop, Web site, and/or newsletters.
- Create Newsworthy and Timely Trend Designs. Follow a holiday or current events calendar. Keep up on what's hot in the media. Make your shop the place to go for timely trends and gear related to current newsmakers.
- Offer Limited Edition/Time Designs. Let your customers know your Limited Edition designs are available for a limited time. It creates urgency, encouraging customers to buy now, rather than later.
- Consider New Products. CafePress.com is always adding new items to our Product Center so watch for additions. See if new items work with your images. Take advantage of new offerings including seasonal gear, and spotlight them on your shop.
CafePress ShopKeeper News!
CafePress Connect
This is HUGE!This is the first EVER CafePress Conference!
October 14th and 15th 2006
Fort Mason Center- San Francisco
Learn from informative workshops, motivating discussions, and networking with other Shopkeepers and Affiliates. Learn how to take your CafePress business to the next level.
Register before August 1st and save.
$75 until August 1, 2006 at which time the price will increase to $100.
Get Your Ticket TODAY!
Want More information?
Visit the Forum
CafePress Shopkeeper Basics
Optimize your CafePress Shop for Success.
Basic information to get you going as a CafePress Shopkeeper, in a successful direction. It's easier than you might think!
- Shopkeeper Basics
- Articles include:
1. Make the most of your designs and shop layout
2. Update your shop often
3. Help your shop show up on search engines
4. Promote your shop on your website
5. Send regular newsletters
6. Promote your shop offline - Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- Search:
Navigation
FrontPage
CafePress Newbie
Design Tips
Shop Management
CafePress Search
Search Engine Optimization
Customer Communications
Cafepedia was created so the CafePress community can document how to be successful on CafePress.com. It's a knowledgebase; great for sharing tips on success or how-to's with the CafePress community.
Marketing Techniques
CafePress Affiliate Program
Public Relations
Third Party ToolsRecent Changes
Search Cafepedia
Help Contents
CP Learning Center - CafePress.com : Buzz-building with blogs
- Buzz-building with blogs
Blogs are fast becoming a marketing tool nowadays. As most of you already know, a blog is an online journal, a personal chronological web log of thoughts published on a Web page. A lot of shopkeepers are already using blogs - as a form of promotion to create interest, drive traffic, get indexed on search engines, among other things. - Hectic Studios-Working with HTML Part 1
- This tutorial is designed to explain, in easy-to-follow terms, how HTML works in customizing your CafePress Premium shop.
This is done in 3 easy to follow tutorials:
Part one:
Part One of the tutorial covers a rundown of each of the features on the Custom HTML page of the Premium shop management section. It's all about the basics here. - Part Two : Hectic Studios : CafePress.com
- We've got apparel and merchandise featuring humor, sarcasm, tech, internet, gaming, items for kids, brothers, sisters, twins, and baby. We do custom orders as well. All kinds of good stuff!
- Part Three: Item Sets : Hectic Studios : CafePress.com
- We've got apparel and merchandise featuring humor, sarcasm, tech, internet, gaming, items for kids, brothers, sisters, twins, and baby. We do custom orders as well. All kinds of good stuff!
Your DataFeed.com - CP Tools:
NEW!!! Easy to use tool for shopkeepers and affiliates!
Lil' Goodies Gifts Shop Owner has provided us with one of the Most Awesome CP tools!
CP Page Builder and
CP Affiliate Link Button
CP LIVE RSS Display NEW! - build a custom rss feed to display on your own site.
Easy to use, with just a minute or two, and a few clicks you can generate a wonderful custom table of links for use on your pages, Squidoo, My space etc..
KUDOS to Jen!
What are you waiting for? Start Clicking and Start Selling!
See Small Example Below!
This is just a short example, it has the capability to generate 24 items, with as much or little additional information You choose!
CafeToolBox
The home of the fastest Froogle and Google Base feed generator
There is no need to spend hours updating product details or removing products, just log in to cafeToolbox, go to the update page, select the optional fields that you want to include in your output file and run the update. In just a few minutes, your bulk upload file will be ready. Just copy, paste, save and upload.
Not sure if you want this?
Request a FREE Trial
Personally I have used this tool with a very slow dial up connection and let me tell you- It DOES work! Go for it!
Not sure if you want this?
Request a FREE Trial
Personally I have used this tool with a very slow dial up connection and let me tell you- It DOES work! Go for it!
PrestoGifto!
The Coolest NEW Tool for Cafepress'ers!
PrestoGifto! It's fun to say and even more fun to use! Kudos to co-founders Jessie Jones and Craig Hajduk!
A FREE coded script for CafePress affiliates- and it SOOOO easy to use..
YOU need to get registered and starting using PrestoGifto! DO IT!
A FREE coded script for CafePress affiliates- and it SOOOO easy to use..
YOU need to get registered and starting using PrestoGifto! DO IT!
- PrestoGifto
- Quote:"The best way to understand PrestoGifto is to plug it into your site (for free). But, in a nutshell, you choose the products, write the descriptions, pick the colors, and we create the custom storefront that you incorporate into your website. Then you earn commissions on the products you sell."
Go Check them out! - HotScripts PrestoGifto
- Quote:
"Description: PrestoGifto is a fun, easy-to-use, web-based tool (built in Ruby on Rails) that helps you put products you want to sell in your website or blog. You pick products you like, arrange them how you want, customize the style and content, then generate a single line of php (or JavaScript)." - PrestoGifto on Squidoo
- Quote:
" Embed a CafePress affiliate shop right into your site with PrestoGifto. by Jessie Jones" - Beta Testing PrestoGifto
- Quote:"Beta testers wanted! PrestoGifto: A CafePress instant affiliate gift shop (20% com.)"
- Custom T-Shirt Talk PrestoGifto
- Quote:"A new tool for Cafepress affiliates was launched today that allows you to select designs from the Cafepress Cafepress Affiliate Toolsmarketplace and pick products that can easily be incorporated into your site. Prestogifto is an easy to use tool that makes generating affiliate pages easy."
- AffiliateGuide on PrestoGifto
- Quote:"PrestoGifto is the easiest way to put products you like into your website or blog by simply pasting a single line of code. Helpful plugins are available for blogs (like WordPress), CMS's (like Joomla and Mambo) and more."
Cafepedia
The Living Guide to CafePress
What is Cafepedia?
Welcome to Cafepedia, the CafePress community-maintained wiki! Cafepedia was created so the CafePress community can document how to be successful on CafePress.com. It's a knowledgebase; great for sharing tips on success or how-to's with the CafePress community.
Welcome to Cafepedia, the CafePress community-maintained wiki! Cafepedia was created so the CafePress community can document how to be successful on CafePress.com. It's a knowledgebase; great for sharing tips on success or how-to's with the CafePress community.
- Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- Cafepedia is a CafePress community-maintained wiki. There aren't a lot of rules since it's YOUR site. However, there are some guidelines to help make things run smoothly.
1. This is the NOT the CafePress Message Board. Please do not post comments on articles.
2. When posting an article, please verify that your information is accurate.
3. Please be considerate. Do not use profanity or be offensive.
4. No self-promoting or SPAM. The propose is for sharing great articles so others can use it as a knowledgebase. Please be mindful on the articles that are posted.
5. CafePress is not affilaited with this web site, is not responsible for the content of this site, does not endorse the site and will not be policing the content on this site. However, the community of CafePress users can edit content on this site. - DesignTips - Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- Contents Include:
#Creating images for BlackGarments
#ResolutionAndSizing
#Basic ImageFaq
#What GraphicsSoftware should I use?
#Where can I get FreeFonts?
#Where can I get StockPhotography?
#CafePress Product Templates
#Shopkeeper supplied Product Templates - ShopManagement - Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- Shop MAnagement Includes:
* BasicShop vs PremiumShop
* Shop Organization - Premium Shop
* Shopkeeper Foxvox's Premium Shop Guide & FAQ
* Shopkeeper Hectic: Working with HTML in your Premium Shop
* MerchandiseYourShop for Success
* Premium Shop Templates for only $8 - SearchEngineOptimization - Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Includes:
#What Is Seo?
#How Search Engines Rank websites?
#Title, Keywords and Meta-Tag Description
#Add Doorway Pages using the Section Builder (of Premium Shop)
#Submit Your CafePress Shop to the Major Search Engine Crawlers and Directories.
#SEO Do's and Don'ts for AdvanceShopkeepers
#What's a SpiDer? - MarketingTechniques - Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- MarketingTechniques Includes:
#Building Buzz With Blogs
#Where To Get A Blog - PublicRelations - Cafepedia: The Community Guide to CafePress
- Public Relations Includes:
#Public Relations vs Advertising
#Anatomy of a Press Release
CafeTalent
Get Noticed!
More and More cafepress related "help" sites are popping up- giving Cafepress Shopkeepers more web exposure. CafeTalent is one of those web sites, "a cafepress portal" if you will.
Featuring Member's blog postings, a Member's Forum, News Submissions and a Gallery- CafeTalent is yet in it's infancy but growing quickly.
One way ShopKeepers and Affiliates are staying in touch with that which is happening at CafePress.
Featuring Member's blog postings, a Member's Forum, News Submissions and a Gallery- CafeTalent is yet in it's infancy but growing quickly.
One way ShopKeepers and Affiliates are staying in touch with that which is happening at CafePress.
Blog.CafePress
The official CafePress Blog!
The Official CafePress Blog is a Typepad blog and just getting off the ground, providing a hub for cafepress shopkeepers to share experience and ideas!
"How To" of the Day
wikiHow gives you tips!
From how to avoid laughing at the wrong time to making a coin tower.. wikiHow tells you..
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How can I make the most of my shop?
There are many resources today for cafepress shopkeepers that help us make our shops into the successful business we want them to be- Thanks to some of the technology Gurus out there who make this happen.
- cafeToolbox
- cafeToolbox is the home of a fast, friendly, and FREE Froogle and Google Base feed generator for Cafepress and Printfection shopkeepers.
Without a Doubt- One of the MOST Powerful and Useful Tools for shopkeepers yet! - YourDataFeed
- Your DataFeed.com - CP Tools:
Please Select a Tool:
CP Page Builder - auto-build html from the CafePress XML data.
CP Page CSS Beta - The classic page builder with CSS options.
New - CJ version of YDF! - *** NEW FOR CJ and CP ***
CP LIVE RSS Display NEW! - build a custom rss feed to display on your own site.
CP Affiliate Link Button - create individual product links with the "click of a button". - AP Link Builder for cj
- Now ready for the NEW cj affiliate Links-
This tool will enable you to easily generate the html link code you need to promote both individual products and individual sections of a CafePress store.
Features
- Both text and image links
- Both products and section images
- Links include PID and TID
- Link can open in same or new browser window
- Link can include the TAG variable for bloggers
- Change the Product Name Text
- Choose between the large product view or the thumbnail view
*NEW* - Include a "Buy Now" Button with your link
*NEW* - Choose to display either the front or the back of a product - 4thClick
- At 4thclick.com, we help you build your own affiliate stores. Integrate your store in an existing web site and generate a revenue stream from products geared towards your existing audience or build and market a whole new web site. Your store can be live and ready to promote within 24 hours of signing up.
We take care of all of the hard work for you. There are no databases to set up, no data feeds to process, and no scripts to install. In fact, for a standard store, we can host your site so you don't even have to have your own server. This is a great way to get started and then you can move to your own server as your needs grow. - CafeWish
- What is this Cafewish Categories Script? It's a little bit of code that will turn your unorganized hodgepodge of a shop into an organized, orderly, categorized money machine! After all, if it's easier to find, it's easier to buy, right?
- GraphicWorks 2.0
- GraphicWorks 2.0 is a simple graphics utility that was designed for people new to graphics production who want to make graphics for CafePress products.
* You can make graphic canvases at the sizes necessary for all the CafePress products.
* You can create clockfaces with numerals in whatever font, size, color or style you want.
* You can generate high-resolution calendars! Perfect for printing on posters or prints.
* A quick and easy dialog box to make simple text graphics for t-shirts and bumper stickers with no muss, no fuss.
* Assorted standard image processing abilities are built-in like sharpen, blur, rotate, crop, etc.
* Supports transparent backgrounds- make a flat graphic with a masking color into a transparent one with one click. Flatten a transparent graphic with one click.
* Creates 2-sided mug graphics with a single click! - CPCoupon
- Adds Coupon codes to your Shops for Money Off savings
- Instant Café Feeder
- * Create Datafeeds of CafePress Products!
* Ideal for affiliates to import into database driven websites.
* Create feeds for individual shops.
* Create feeds of CafePress marketplace results.
* Define your own feed format, ideal for importing into your existing database structure or submitting to services such as Google Base (Froogle).
* It's quick! Tested on dial-up connections.
* Ideal for shop keepers who use a special tag.
* Choose your file type.
* v1.1 Accepts Command Line Parameters.
* v1.1 Change Feed Save Location.
* v1.1 ICF File (more in forums).
* v1.1 Many more variables.
* And guess what, it's all FREEEEE!!!. - Search CP
- Providing Search Capabilities for Premium CafePress Shop Keepers
Get Your Own CafePress Search Engine!
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Whether you like classic style, fashion chic or funky function, there IS a perfect laptop bag for you. Below are reviews of the laptop bags I've tested as well as links to some other laptop cases, sleeves, briefcases and totes that I like. Featured La...
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This lens is all about my cafepress shops - i am still really new to this squidoo thing so i am not really sure what to write here - but well lets see - i have 2 shops - shopaholic chick & election place - i am trying to make some money so i can...
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Find funny maternity shirts for expecting moms (as well as gifts for new dads and fathers to be) at www.teewit.com. We have funny and sweet maternity t-shirts to celebrate your pregnancy (or suprise everyone by announcing you're pregnant!)...
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