Cafepress vs. 99dogs

which is better?

[kodaks]

I am trying to decide whether to use 99dogs or cafepress. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance!

[kjbrown]

buy a silk screen.

Both are low quality heat transfers. They wash out and fade very quickly. They are also very expensive for the poor quality. You can get a great silk screen setup for around $2,500

[BwanaZulia]

I have been using CP for years and owned (wore) a ton of stuff. Yes, it eventually fades, but some t-shirts that I wear to work out every week seem to do fine.

Never heard of / tried 99dogs.

BZ

[streetshirts]

I second that. Buy some decent equipment. If you are wanting stuff to sell then the quality there really isn't good enough. You will have customers complaining night and day!

You can set up the same printing method as cafepress for under £800 and that should tell you something about the quality! CP is actually a dye-sub method onto polyester, thats why they can't 'print' on black shirts (for that you need cotton transfers for an inkjet/laser)

[digitalv]

You could always go with GatewayCDI, that's who Google uses for Googlestore.com. Also used by Novell, IBM, and a bunch of other notable companies.

[kodaks]

Thanks for all of your help! I am looking into GatewayCDI as we speak.

[kodaks]

It seems like GatewayCDI has there minimum amount of products per order too high for my company.

I went back looking into 99 and CP again. I purchased one test shirt from each company and it turned out the 99's shirts lasted longer and were of better quality, so I have decided to go with 99.

Thanks for everyone's help!