Sunk Costs
I know I told you I was planning on filling that From Pink Slip CafePress shop with as many designs as I could so that it would be able to make back the money I already sunk on it, but since then, I have re-thought that idea.
Sunk costs are items that you will not be [...]
Moving on to another POD - you choose which
As you have read from my last post, CafePress’ rules on how they are handling commissions has pretty much killed the ability to make money there. Calculations from this end of the news put commissions near $1 per sale, and it isn’t guaranteed that if you drive a sale to your shop that it will [...]
The New Marketplace Tax
A recent email from CafePress to their shopkeepers notified us of their intention to tax commissions. “Tax? Really? That seems like a harsh word to use, surely they didn’t use that word.” You are correct, they did not say Tax, they just implied it. Here is what they plan on doing:
Change the pricing in the [...]
Sections within Sections on CafePress
Last week I explained that I wanted 1 section that was called “Blog Logos” and then when people clicked on that section they would see 5 more sections each one a different one of my blogs. This is what I am calling Nested Sections.
To see one of the examples I already have loaded, you can [...]
Why we have loaded 2 designs
If you were wondering why we loaded 2 designs and want to see a specific example, here it is. The one on the top is the “lower” or centered image, and the one on the bottom is the same image but brought up to the top in the editing process. As you can see, on [...]
Adjusting designs on specific products
Last week I showed you how to put your image on a section of products and how to use 2 different images (one high, one centered) for the different products. You will also note that some of the products have the design running over the edge (like on buttons). We will remedy this now. Unfortunately [...]
Completing your section template
Last week we walked through how to build a section on CafePress. We created a section and left it “hidden” so that we can use it as a template. There are a couple of things that need to be done to Clean this up though. First - we have to make sure that all of [...]
Building a Section
Ok, so now you have gone through the steps of creating a design, loading it to your media basket, tagging it, applying it to a product and then typeing in descriptions and making it available for sale with a markup.
If you want to keep a Free CafePress shop, you will be allowed to apply 1 [...]
Do the Search Engines Find Your Tags?
Short Answer: Yes.
Long Answer: There was a discussion if tags on CafePress show up in the search engines in the forums. Basically this question was asked and a lot of the top shopkeepers sounded in on the subject. Some believing that only CafePress Marketplace (MP) uses the tags, some believing the search engines use them too. One [...]
Applying the design to products
So, you have loaded your design and tagged it. It is now sitting in your media basket and available to be put on a product.
Since most of you are still using a basic shop, I will show you how to apply it to a single product. With the basic shops you can only apply 1 [...]
