Jul 13 2009

Have a look at other Zazzle shops

One thing that really helps out when you are trying to figure out how to design or organize your shop is to look at other people’s shops.  You can see a lot of different types of styles or organization techniques.  This will help in determining what you like best and how your shop could look [...]

May 12 2009

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 [...]

Apr 27 2009

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 [...]

Feb 9 2009

Signing up and looking around

So, you picked out an awesome name and are ready to signup for a shop.  I signed up for a shop name of:  FromPinkSlip
The shop web address is going to be:  www.cafepress.com/yourshopname
So mine is: www.cafepress.com/FromPinkSlip
See how I capitalized my shop name in the web address to define each word?  The web address doesn’t care about [...]

Feb 2 2009

Step 1: Getting Started with CafePress

Intro to CafePress, choosing a shop name and type of designs.
CafePress is a website that allows you to upload a design and apply it to a lot of different products.  You can then arrange those products in a site hosted by CafePress and allow anyone to purchase those items.  CafePress takes care of ordering, returns, [...]