Which is better? from Zazzle vs CafePress

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Have you used CafePress and Zazzle? If so, why not tell everyone which one you liked using the best, and leave a link to your Storefronts and Galleries.

Zazzle vs CafePress

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I like Zazzle best!

fanfreluche says:

I am on zazzle, but may also try cafepress eventually.

Posted September 18, 2009

OldCp'er says:

I've had shops on both sites and I much prefer Zazzle. It's much easier to design and create products on Zazzle. Cafepress designer is difficult to use, online help sucks, and it takes 3 times as long. I moved all of my designs over to Zazzle last year and have been happy, happy, happy, ever since. So long CP, hello great interface design.

Posted August 06, 2009

bhymer says:

I'm new at Zazzle, and loving it. Zazzle is easier and fun. If your having trouble there is lots of helpful people. I found great help on You Tube for Zazzle beginers. I still have my old CP, for now. Not happy with the way CP treated us shop keepers.

Posted July 18, 2009

cafefucker says:

Fuck Cafepress like it fuck as

Posted July 17, 2009

thomasveil says:

Cafepress is a lot different now than it was a year ago. Now they use your own designs to compete against you.

Your design sells in two places: the marketplace (Cafepress's search engine) and your own store. In the marketplace, Cafepress has removed your option to set your own markup. Now you get a flat 10% of whatever CP decides the price of the product should be.

Since most shopkeepers make the bulk of their sales from the MP, that signifies a HUGE drop in income for them. To add insult to injury, CP has removed from the marketplace any links to your store. They don't want customers finding your STORE, because God knows you might make $3-4 off a t-shirt instead of the $1.40 or whatever CP will give you for a marketplace sale.

Needless to say, shopkeepers are leaving CP in droves, or at the very least opting out of marketplace sales.

It's not even a contest anymore. Zazzle is the one to go with. Printfection isn't bad, either.

Posted June 23, 2009

PNDesign says:

I like Zazzle, but I sell better on Supprint than Zazzle

Posted June 13, 2009

RossCustomGraphics says:

I have several shop with Cafepress. The sale are great but now with the commission change I am in the process of moving my products to Zazzle. Zazzle does not charge a monthly fee of $6.95 to run a shop. You set your commission and you have a lot more products to choose from. http://www.zazzle.com/rosscustomgraphics

Posted June 06, 2009

Lampros says:

Zazzle is the best

Posted May 06, 2009

sandyspider says:

Unless you have a Pro (paid) shop at Cafepress, a free Zazzle shop looks more professional. I do miss some of the products that Cafepress offers when I am in my Zazzle shop. And I like being able to chose the products from Cafepress for the modules. Zazzle you can't do that, but the modules look nicer.

Posted April 20, 2009

BayAreaDigs says:

zazzle is much more gallery owner oriented- Cp is becoming cut throat

Posted December 20, 2008

kalos_eidos says:

I haven't actually used Cafe Press, but after comparing them I decided to start with Zazzle for my first foray into putting my art on products. I liked not having to pay for a store, and still not be limited. I may try Cafe Press eventually, but for now I'm sticking with Zazzle.

Posted December 18, 2008

Rajays says:

I have only just signed up with Zazzle. Still learning the ropes and creating my first designs. I prefer the product selection on Zazzle.

Posted October 28, 2008

Robert T. says:

Cafepress may have been better a few years ago, but not any more. Zazzle offers Skateboards, Shoes, US-Postage Stamps, and a bunch of other features that cafe press is missing. One of my Zazzle favorites is the way you can see and sell your Zazzle shirts on real people in a huge number of poses.

Posted September 11, 2008

Lolalette says:

Zazzle has more choice in t-shirts, and allows you to be more creative. Cafe Press sometimes has a wider variety of already printed stuff. Overall, Zazzle better, but I use both.

Posted August 20, 2008

sirkeystone says:

But, I also like the more variety of product at Zazzle, so I will likely be doing BOTH.

Posted August 03, 2008

Noadi says:

Zazzle has a much nicer selection of products. So I just started using it but I don't plan on ditching my CafePress shop. Every opportunity someone has to see my artwork is great.

Posted June 29, 2008

princessklb07 says:

Zazzle is the best and is so easy to use. I have made many sales on zazzle and none on CP.

Posted June 11, 2008

No_Con_Products says:

Zazzle for the win. At least for free shops. Because we're cheap that way. There are other choices too, it's not a one or the other thing.

zazzle is great to set up a clean looking page:
www.zazzle.com/no_con_products

that's ours. NO WAY is it possible to do that in a free cafepress shop.

Posted June 02, 2008

mike40033 says:

Why does cafepress charge $ for a full-featured shop? To me, that shouts out "We can make more money by charging you for your shop that we can off the sales it produces", at least for a typical seller.

On the other hand, zazzle has no clocks. I want to make a clock! Or books.. Well, I guess lulu.com would be better than cafepress at books...

Posted May 23, 2008

carycharles says:

Zazzle has wonderful community spirit which has enormous potential to be developed further. It also allows you to integrate multiple product lines through one profile, simple for customers and you don't have to keep setting up new banners etc. as you do at CafePress.com. The visuals are much better at Zazzle too, I find. Cafepress looks a bit old and cheap. I think Zazzle is definitely the one to watch. A much more rewarding experience, not least because I have sold on Zazzle thanks to the community spirit. Cafepress has good range indeed, but Zazzle is catching up.

Posted May 05, 2008

Tiddledeewinks says:

I do use Zazzle too!

Posted March 27, 2008

ArtistsUnite says:

Wholeheartedly Zazzle.

I've tried CP and just don't get along with their Setup.
I'm not a Geek, nor am I a complete looser.
But CP and I are not made for each other ;)

Posted March 09, 2008

EelKat says:

oh, forgot to add:

I love the new Zazzle Merch booth! Now I can create 10, 20, or 30 products at a time! No more creating one item at a time for me!

Useing Zazzle's Merchbooth I created over 400 new products for my gallery this week alone! It used to be slow to create stuff, cause you could only create one item at a time, and for the longest time I only has 15 items in my gallaery cause I got so bored with the slow creation process, but since they added Merchbooth, now I have over 2,000 products in my gallery! I love it!

Posted February 26, 2008

EelKat says:

I esp love that Zazzle no longer only ays you 10%. ugh! For years I've made next to nothing on Zazzle cause I couldn't set my own commision, but now I can set my own commision and I'm starting to make money now!

Posted February 26, 2008

EelKat says:

I have three Zazzle galleries. To date I have over 2,000 products for sale on Zazzle.

You can find info about my stuff at Copper Cockeral Home Page.

You can find my Zazzle galleries here:

Copper Cockeral

The Pidgie Fund

Twighlight Manor Stuff

Posted February 25, 2008

I like CafePress best!

Redfish034 says:

It's hard for me to say. I've been on both for about a month (about 40 products on each). So far my sales have been higher on Cafepress (not a huge volume, mind you - see my one and only lens for the whole story). I think Zazzle is much more sexy. I'll vote with my wallet and say Cafepress. Feel free to judge for yourself... www.cafepress.com/kikodesigns
and www.zazzle.com/kikodesigns I'd welcome any feedback from this community! It's been great getting to know a few people - the experience outweighs the money by far!

Posted November 05, 2009

AlishaV says:

I've only used CP so far and I like though I'm still feeling my way around. Zazzle is definitely on my list to try though.

Posted April 24, 2009

mbrownauthor says:

I've got items on both, but none have sold. I find it much easier to put CafePress modules on my lenses. For some reason Zazzle doesn't want to work properly for me. Could be I'm doing something wrong???

Posted February 02, 2009

Evets says:

I haven't used zazzle yet but just might give it a try after reading the gray side...

Posted September 17, 2008

Mobiiart says:

I have to go with Cafepress over Zazzle. Zazzle is easier, and has great choices, but CP is bigger and will get you more exposure (wich equal more sales). CP is ultra paranoid about copyright stuff though. That sucks, because the topics that are hot, are what sell. Also, do yourself a favor and check out redbubble.com , They have a limited product range, but they are super easy to use, and the community is very supportive. Much more friendly and interactive than CP or Zazzle.

Posted September 02, 2008

sirkeystone says:

Only having owned four free cafepress shops and only just signed up for zazzle, I really can't make a comparison fairly. But I like my shop, and as it makes more money, it will get upgraded to a better set of shops.

Posted August 03, 2008

Lorie says:

CafePress is 'it' for me at the moment, with a Printfection shop on the side. I'm trying to find time to add shops everywhere!

Posted May 09, 2008

Irenemaria says:

Difficult to choose - they are acually not so alike. Zazzle I have not yet figured out how to build my stuff. I still am a beginner. Cafepress is more familiar. But I might change and then I will tell you.

Posted April 22, 2008

Tiddledeewinks says:

I seem to be able to do cafepress, but I use Zazzle too!

Posted March 27, 2008

JohannTheDog says:

CafePress gets my vote for their huge (and much larger than Zazzle) selection of dog related merchandise!

Posted March 11, 2008

EelKat says:

I have been on CafePress longer than Zazzle and have made more money because CafePress ALWAYS let you set your own commision (Zazzle only started doing it for the Christmas season 2007... CafePress had the option like 7 years ago.)

Plus CafePress has some pretty cool products that Zazzle doesn't have: tiles, jewlery boxes, dog shirts, clocks, pillows, etc.

Both are good though, so I use them boh.

Posted February 26, 2008

EelKat says:

I started out with CafePress, and over the years I've made more money via CafePress. To date I have over 60 designs, each on over 40 products each.

You can find an index of all my designes useing the basic storefront option here on the Copper Cockeral Home Page.

You can find my premium CafePress storefront here.

Posted February 25, 2008

 
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