most recent 30 from http://www.gatejumper.net 2010-09-07T10:06:18Z http://www.gatejumper.net/feeds/question/176 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/176/success-with-cafepress Derek 2009-11-19T20:07:13Z 2009-12-04T17:47:34Z

<p>Has anyone had any success using CafePress to sell t-shirts?</p> <p>I just set-up a cart with 1 funny t-shirt product last night. Curious if it's even worth promoting. </p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/176/success-with-cafepress/179#179 Juha Liikala 2009-11-19T21:08:55Z 2009-11-19T21:08:55Z

<p>Kim and Rob from <a href="http://www.jetsetlife.tv/" rel="nofollow">Jet Set Life</a> still had CafePress shop on their site a couple of months ago. They sold all sorts of stuff there, from branded tee mugs to clothes. The shop has now disappeared, so my guess is it wasn't a success to them. (Or maybe I just can't find the shop on their site anymore..)</p> <p>Anyway, I think the success of your shop has a lot to do with your site's target audience and the "hipness" of you're (possibly) branded products. If you've established yourself a solid and respected brand among your audience, some people will probably buy. But I think the shop + products sold there has got to be a natural part of the site you're selling them from. Some random t-shirt shop in a, let's say a mobile tech blogging site just doens't make much sense (unless it's a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/" rel="nofollow">Engadget</a> and they sell some really "cool" shirts that make all the nerdy ones drool..). But that's another story! </p>

http://www.gatejumper.net/questions/176/success-with-cafepress/212#212 Chris Moffett 2009-12-04T17:47:34Z 2009-12-04T17:47:34Z

<p>You should also expect to generate traffic from your own site and not rely on Cafe Press' Marketplace. They used to allow you to set your markup for their marketplace too. Now they set it themselves very low. But if you can generate traffic to your own site, then that is not such an issue.</p>