I've been making sales on CafePress!
By CosmoOwl12
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
United States
December 8, 2012 6:49pm CST
I created my online store at CafePress in February of this year. At first I just started out with t-shirts and a few other clothing items but I've expanded it and made different sections of the store and now I even have shot glasses, cocktail plates, baby clothes, and tons of other products! I'm so excited because they recently added over 100 new products and holiday items.
Something told me to check my PayPal the other day and I'm so glad I did because I made $21.44 from my CafePress store! I was thrilled because I didn't even know that people were going to my website. So I logged into my CafePress account and I have another $25 pending in my account (I have to wait until the 30 day return period is up before they send the money to my PayPal)!
Now that I know that I'm actually selling products on there, I've created a ton of new designs and I'm putting them on all kinds of products. I've sold over 20 items! I'm just so excited and now I'm going to advertise on Squidoo. :D
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7 responses
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
• United States
11 Jan 13
It's really not hard at all. CafePress has tutorials and everything that show you how to use their features. Everyone utilizes the site differently.
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
• United States
17 Dec 12
I don't really know what you mean by 'blessing', but I would definitely recommend the site to anyone!
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
• United States
9 Dec 12
It's 100% free unless you choose to be a premium shop owner. I don't know what the difference is if you actually pay, but I'm not premium and I can create multiple designs and everything.
As soon as you get signed up you can create your shop, customize the way it looks, and then start adding products. It's really fun and easy to use. I can upload a design and have it on every single product (if I choose to) within minutes! You can't use any trademarked logos or sayings like Nike's "Just Do It" or that sort of thing. You also can't use Disney characters or any other public character that is trademarked or copywritten. But I see them on there on the time so I'm not sure how people are getting away with it.
@themdno (402)
• United States
9 Dec 12
That's very cool, congrats on your success at cafepress. I've always wanted to seriously give it a go over there, but I've never really dedicated myself to it. I made a few designs, but didn't promote them, so got no sales. I never really put the effort in to try and make it work, though. You've inspired me to try and give it a go one more time.
@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
24 Jan 13
Hi that great I do have my own cafe press thing to.but no sales
yet.are you advertiisng your store befroe you knew you had a sale
or was it just luck ok good luck have a good day.
@queenpnky (27)
• United States
25 Jan 13
Congradulations to you.what is cafepress. What type of site is. Is this a like avon or tupperware.
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
• United States
26 Jan 13
It's nothing like Avon or Tupperware at all. You create custom designs on put them on clothing, dinnerware, any type of product you choose that CafePress has and then CafePress creates the items when people buy them. I suggest checking out the site yourself. It would make more sense than me explaining it to you.
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
• United States
9 Dec 12
It's really not that difficult though. CafePress has tutorials and everything that show you how to do it!
@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
9 Dec 12
You must be pretty creative to be able to make designs for the different items there. I'll have to check that out sometime. I've seen some items that CafePress has here and there and have never really taken a close look at anything. Congrats on your success there and wish you greater success in the future. .
@CosmoOwl12 (411)
• United States
9 Dec 12
Thank you! It's really not hard to do at all. My boyfriend helps me with some designs every once in awhile. He has more of a man's perspective on what will sell. Lol But I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has an interest in this sort of thing. When I first signed up, I thought it would be difficult and time consuming but it's reall not at all!
