225 Water Street Creative Arts...Tees, Sweats, Home Decor,
Custom Ceramic Tile, Posters and Cool Gifts!
FYI...Order shirts one size larger
Need a Custom Design? Contact Us.
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CafePress is a print-on-demand service for apparel, posters, greeting cards, gifts and much much more! Best of all...you get paid a monthly commission based on what you sell.
Designing custom apparel or other branded merchandise used to involve large amounts of time, money and resources. It is now possible to get started for free, with little knowledge or skill.
Here are some great tips for shopkeepers running CafePress shops.
Preparing products to sell:
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Design your images according to the provided resolution and size specifications noted on the CafePress site. -
Upload the image to your media basket using the browser based tool provided.
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Choose from over 80 products to create your design on.
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Tips & Tricks
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*Keep your shop simple.
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*Don't overload your visitors with mixed marketing messages.
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*Shopkeepers agree that premium priced merchandise sells better.
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*Promote your shop by wearing your own merchandise.
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*Make sure to Tag your images carefully. Don’t skip this part. By using appropriate tags your products will result in better product search rankings.
“You’re never done, until you‘re done -Mara Lee
We use many sources to create custom t-shirts, banners, stage sets, props, marketing materials and personalized gifts. We’ve tried Zazzle, Uber Prints, Vista Print and others, only to find out that they have minimums or the quality just isn’t what we expected.
While many internet custom shops offer the same things we have found that one of the easiest ways to start your journey creating custom products is to join CafePress.
It’s a great place for you to start and it’s very easy to use.
At CafePress.com, you can create and sell a variety of customizable products with zero upfront costs and zero inventory investment.
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★You can sell:
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★Merchandise you design including t-shirts, posters, mugs, bumper stickers and much more.
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★Books printed on-demand.
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★Audio and Data CDs.
What CafePress.com does:
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★ Gives you a FREE online shop to promote your products
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★ Produces each item when ordered using our unique print-on-demand technology
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★ Handles all payment transactions including major credit cards
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★ Ships your products worldwide
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★ Manages all returns/exchanges
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★ Offers customer service via toll-free phone and email
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★Sends you a monthly check for your earnings on sales!
If you don’t want to start your own t-shirt shop we can certainly help you create custom designs or personalize one of our designs to fit your special event needs.
Images are everything...
Prepare and Tag your images for the best results
The quality of the images on the products you create will depend on the quality of the images you upload. Below are some tips and guidelines for ensuring the best print quality for your image.
Best Formats and Compression
PNG - Portable Network Graphics format is a completely loss-less compression. Gradients come out much smoother and do not have the distortions that may appear in a JPG. PNG is the best recommendation for image uploads.
JPG - JPG's support over 16 million colors, but slightly "distort" the image to compress the file size. For photos, the human eye cannot tell the subtle changes in color, but along straight edges and in pictures with large solid colors, distortion becomes very apparent.
If you need images or photos be sure to check out....
Maximum file sizes for each format
If you are receiving a timeout error while uploading your images, check to see how large your file is. Depending on the speed of your internet connection, files over 7 MB can cause a timeout. Maximum file sizes to stay in the safe zone: JPG - 7 MB • PNG - 4 MB
Extra Tips:
1. - Print the picture yourself on your own printer at the same size you want it to appear on your products. If it looks "chunky" or "dirty" on your printer, it will look "chunky" or "dirty" on your products too.
2. - If you save using JPG format, try using the lowest compression setting possible. Where this setting is located varies with different image software, but they should all have a 1-100 compression factor that you can set. Lower compression means less distortion. If you have the choice of having no compression at all that would be ideal.
3. - On colored fabrics be aware that any white in your image will show as the color of the fabric. White ink is not possible in our current dye sublimation process. Also very light colors may be affected by the color of the shirt.
4. - When creating graphics, try to reduce as much white space around the image as you can. Creating extra white space around the image will prevent the image to print its maximum size.
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