Comments on: Selling Your Art – Part VI (CafePress) http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2009/07/selling-your-art-part-vi-cafepress/ Enhance Your Spirit Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:28:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Selling Your Art - Part IX (CafePress vs Zazzle) | Diane Clancy's Art Blog http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2009/07/selling-your-art-part-vi-cafepress/comment-page-1/#comment-52602 Selling Your Art - Part IX (CafePress vs Zazzle) | Diane Clancy's Art Blog Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:22:25 +0000 http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/?p=2705#comment-52602 [...] ago were Part I,  Part II, Part III, Part IVraman amplifier, Part V, Part VI,  Part VII and Part VIII in this art marketing series – this is all in response to Sue [...] [...] ago were Part I,  Part II, Part III, Part IVraman amplifier, Part V, Part VI,  Part VII and Part VIII in this art marketing series – this is all in response to Sue [...]

]]> By: Brenda Thour http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2009/07/selling-your-art-part-vi-cafepress/comment-page-1/#comment-51297 Brenda Thour Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:20:37 +0000 http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/?p=2705#comment-51297 I'm like you Diane, I love seeing my images on products like mugs, magnets, mousepads and such. I sell way more at Zazzle, and the products I did purchase for Christmas gifts I really liked. I have also bought items through Cafepress and really like them too. I purchased 2 t-shirts for myself and they have been my favorite for a couple of years. I am waiting for one of the sites to make puzzles, that would be cool. Thanks for this informative thread, I have found it to be interesting, informative and true. I’m like you Diane, I love seeing my images on products like mugs, magnets, mousepads and such. I sell way more at Zazzle, and the products I did purchase for Christmas gifts I really liked. I have also bought items through Cafepress and really like them too. I purchased 2 t-shirts for myself and they have been my favorite for a couple of years. I am waiting for one of the sites to make puzzles, that would be cool.
Thanks for this informative thread, I have found it to be interesting, informative and true.

]]> By: Carole Shukle http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2009/07/selling-your-art-part-vi-cafepress/comment-page-1/#comment-50949 Carole Shukle Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:53:56 +0000 http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/?p=2705#comment-50949 Happy Fourth! Happy Fourth!

]]> By: Christopher http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2009/07/selling-your-art-part-vi-cafepress/comment-page-1/#comment-50815 Christopher Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:48:51 +0000 http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/?p=2705#comment-50815 I was turned off by Cafepress first by the very silly only one of each item rule and secondly by the need to make different images so an image will work for each product. Their crazy only 10% markup on their market place is just the nail in the coffin. I was thrilled to find Zazzle which has free shops without limit. It is also extremely easy to make most products after you set up your quick create templates. I was turned off by Cafepress first by the very silly only one of each item rule and secondly by the need to make different images so an image will work for each product.
Their crazy only 10% markup on their market place is just the nail in the coffin.

I was thrilled to find Zazzle which has free shops without limit. It is also extremely easy to make most products after you set up your quick create templates.

]]> By: samax http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2009/07/selling-your-art-part-vi-cafepress/comment-page-1/#comment-50813 samax Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:38:27 +0000 http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/?p=2705#comment-50813 I have a premium shop at Cafe Press, and think that print-on-demand is the most important technological development for artists, because it vastly reduces the financial cost of doing business. My wife doesn't like the teeshirts from Cafe Press, so i am really trying to find out what POD service has the best quality shirts. I'm thinking of adding Zazzle to my vendors i use, so i await your next post anxiously. the pricing issue doesn't bother me that much. Cafe Press is trying to be competitive, and they are still experimenting with their Marketplace pricing. Wal-Mart sells DVDs cheaper than Best Buy, but if you make DVDs, you want to do business with both. i look at people who buy my products through their marketplace as their customers, not mine. ultimately, the lack of overhead will keep me on there, and i can sell my products to MY customers at whatever price i want. they don't know the difference. I have a premium shop at Cafe Press, and think that print-on-demand is the most important technological development for artists, because it vastly reduces the financial cost of doing business.
My wife doesn’t like the teeshirts from Cafe Press, so i am really trying to find out what POD service has the best quality shirts. I’m thinking of adding Zazzle to my vendors i use, so i await your next post anxiously.

the pricing issue doesn’t bother me that much. Cafe Press is trying to be competitive, and they are still experimenting with their Marketplace pricing. Wal-Mart sells DVDs cheaper than Best Buy, but if you make DVDs, you want to do business with both.

i look at people who buy my products through their marketplace as their customers, not mine. ultimately, the lack of overhead will keep me on there, and i can sell my products to MY customers at whatever price i want. they don’t know the difference.

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