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Wear Your Passion for all to see - CafePress.com & Epinions CafeShop
by glomarrone | Oct 05 '02
CafePress.com is the leading E-Commerce site for buying and selling custom designed products by individual, groups and companies. The privately held company, which only opened for business in August 1999, is located in San Leandro, California....

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How's the t-shirt quality? (Reply to this comment)
by callalily
I'm considering using CafePress vs. a local screenprinter. I sure could get a lot more variety of styles for less money. I'm not looking to make a huge profit, I have been wanting to provide logowear for a while and this seems to be a great way.

But how is the quality? Do they wash well? Are the shirts cheap fabric or is it fairly good quality? How about the quality of the printing??

Thanks!
Aimee
Jan 14 '04
6:18 am PST

Re: Great Review Glo! (Reply to this comment)
by glomarrone
Hi,

I checked out your store and the logo looks clean and neat. My store ID is stonewoodgolf.com. It is listed under Recreation then Sports. Let me know what you think.

I sold several shirts, some commuter mugs, bags, caps and some sweat shirts. I just added Xmas ornaments. I'm sure having fun with this but not making any money off my friends. I sell everything at regular price.

Cool idea!

Gloria

Nov 16 '02
5:56 pm PST

Great Review Glo! (Reply to this comment)
by platypus55
I'd give this the MH if I could. I'm not even gonna write a review of cafepress. Your review says it all. It is easy and FUN!!

BTW I have a cafeshop
www.cafepress.com/navehumor

My son rendered the logo, the original was done by Logofusion in Israel.
Check it out and tell me what you think?
I got everybody a mousepad or a mug for Xmas.
Oct 11 '02
12:59 pm PDT

Re: The Future. (Reply to this comment)
by glomarrone
Hi,

I agree with you that this is what will probably happen. I just thought I'd stir things up a bit by speculating. Thanks for adding your thoughts and thanks for reading.

Gloria
Oct 09 '02
2:49 pm PDT

Re: You know me, (Reply to this comment)
by glomarrone
Hi Amy,

Thanks for the kind words. This was my first attempt in this category and I didn't know how much info to go into for it. I finally decided to set up a store and go the complete route. It was so easy. I've already gotten some orders although I'm not using it to make any money - just as fun source of products for our golf association.

I recommend this site to anyone who want logo ware items - teams, schools, family reunion organizers etc. It's so much less expensive than other avenues I've tried where you had to guaranteed a large order.

See you again.

Gloria
Oct 07 '02
6:23 pm PDT

Re: I'm Puzzled... (Reply to this comment)
by glomarrone
Hi Jim,

Well aren't you nice to say what you did. I found the idea of CafeShops so great that I went ahead and set up a store. (See my update in the final paragraph of my review.) The process was so easy.

I truly don't understand why Epinions doesn't continue to use its own site to advertise its Epinions CafeShop products unless they have something else in mind like offering it to us insead of our checks. Time will tell. Thanks for commenting.

Gloria
Oct 07 '02
6:17 pm PDT

Re: I have epinions tote (Reply to this comment)
by glomarrone
Hi,

There is no trick. For example if I wanted to check out Art Stores, I'd go to the CafePress homepage and CLICK on the Art category listed first on the main page. Then since I'm interested in Architecture, I'd CLICK on that subcategory when the page changes. Then I'd look through the offerings there. They just come right up for me.

Where are you having a problem? I tried my husband's computer and I can bring them up easily there also.

Some times computers can do strange things, though so perhaps there is some kind of incompatibility with your computer. Did you have any problem bringing up the Epinions shop? If you are interested in any particular category, let me know and I could email you the store ID names so you could search them that way.

I just set up a store for my golf friends in FL. We wanted to do this for a year now and I finallly found a great way - and less expensive way than the ones others suggested we try. See if you can bring it up by searching it through its exact ID: StonewoodGolf.com. I had so much fun doing it and don't care whether any of them order anything. I'll give them as gifts to my golf friends for their birthdays, etc. What a cool site.

Gloria
Oct 07 '02
3:03 pm PDT

Re: I can't believe (Reply to this comment)
by mpmarrone
Hey Barbara,

Read the update I recently added to my review - final paragraph. If I can open a shop so easily anyone can. Good luck.

This idea is fantastic. I had a ball. Just think - we know have the ability to create any design that we want and place it on many different kinds of items! I wanted to do this two years ago for a family reunion I organized for a trip to FL but the cost was prohibitive. If I can help you in any way, email me.

Gloria
Oct 07 '02
12:51 pm PDT

I'm Puzzled... (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
...Over why epinions might add yet another potential income source on their rapidly growing stockpile of wasted opportunities?

This review's high writing quality and informativeness deserve a "Most Helpful," but regrettably, my hands are tied by this ridiculous non-advisor rating restriction.

--jim (29th)
Oct 06 '02
3:58 pm PDT

The Future. (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Dear Gloria: It may be that Epinions will add the Cafepress back on the site, after a little tweaking. They have done that kind of thing when they have made other changes.

Nice, thoughtful review.

[Macresarf1]
Oct 06 '02
12:14 pm PDT

intriging (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
I wouldn't care to get IS that way unless it makes me or EPS more, I suppose. Excellent review. You're on top of things.

Jan
Oct 06 '02
9:38 am PDT

I can't believe (Reply to this comment)
by ifif1938
I haven't ever been to this site...I like the idea of setting up a shop I will have to check that out..I've been doing alot of E-bay selling and wouldn't mind another avenue to make a little money..:)

Thanks once again for some great information.
Barbara
Oct 06 '02
7:34 am PDT

I have epinions tote (Reply to this comment)
by jo.com
back purchased through CafePress and love it. I have tried opening various stores over the past 2 years and never had luck. If you have some trick to how to do this, let me know :) jo..great review.
Oct 06 '02
4:48 am PDT

Great review! (Reply to this comment)
by AEOakley
My "Anniedoodle" sites on my profile page are Cafepress.com sites -- great to see the company reviewed here!

Ann
Oct 05 '02
8:36 pm PDT