Selling via Cafepress.com

selling products, drop shipping, good partners, shirts etc.

[twizzler3b]

I'm using a Cafepress.com store right now to sell products and their prices are so dang high!

I'm hoping to find a supplier/printer for products who will take small orders but sells at better prices so I can markup some without feeling like I'm overpriced for my customers.

I don't want to overprice because I want people to wear the products and spread my brand awareness for my community site.

I'd love to hear your ideas, thank you everyone :)

Dan O'

[lorax]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld! I've heard many good things about Cafepress. The first thought that came to me as I was reading your post is I agree you may be using the wrong vendor but not because they're over-priced.

Why not get the shirts printed locally then build a simple site and sell them on your own website using a PayPal account? IF the answer is that you value the ready made market that CafePress has created then perhaps their price is worth it?

[piatkow]

I haven't looked at this for a long time so I don't know what the current pricing looks like but remember what you would otherwise have to do:

Arrange printing of items
Collect or take delivery of items
Store items
Check each order
Package items
Arrange shipment

Could you hire somebody to handle it and make more than you do from Cafe Press?

[MWpro]

Has anyone tried making a cafepress store for the sole purpose of drop shipping from it?

Basically, you would take the order on your website through PayPal, and then drop ship to the customer through cafepress. The point of this would be to disguise the fact that you are using cafepress, because that would turn away many customers (at least me unless the shirt was extremely clever).

[gpilling]

@twizzler3b are you actually getting sales, or just cursed with enough knowledge to understand that the prices are too high? I have looked at selling items there myself, and have a hard time swallowing a price of $8 when I can get it for $3 locally. But of course I have to get several hundred at a time - not one.