I have just recently started Cafepress.com for myself; but the difference between you and i; is I've had some help i was referred and the person who referred me helped me create my store; I'm pretty much going to blog about my up's and down's with Cafepress.com with all online store's there is always a risk but what have you got to loose? i started Cafepress becuase a friend of mine told me about it and i joined up when i was bored its probably one of the smartest thing's ive done recently.
What have you got to loose?
Absolutely nothing! With Cafepress you can publish your own books! You can create your own merchandise! But best of all and the way you make money is by selling your merchandise in the online store with the store i started with; i get 10 designs for free and it can go on any merchandise; not bad i even get 10% of all sales just for my design they print and do all the work if your serious about making money with this then you should consider a premium with them.
Can you make serious money?
By putting in some effort and time you can have a great success the first night i started my online store i set up all 10 designs.. and shared it on facebook (I recommend you do too.. you never know what your family and friends will do.) that night i sold three shirts and got a nice little commission; the point being by just clicking a button to share i sold multiple items. there has been reports of people making serious cash! go to the forums to check it out
How can i advertise for extremley cheap/free?
Nothing is completley free; you will have to put in some time and effort if your store has made some money; try giving away your shirts/merchandise but make sure to put your logo and website on it where people can easily read it for example i bought 15 shirts for "Advertising" i put one of my designs on it and down in the bottom corner i put my website and logo; i gave out these shirts in very popular areas i would only give the shirt to someone who would put it on and leave it on for the rest of the day and would hopefully wear it again; a few days after that i got a lot more views. Another idea would be making fliers and business cards i read this somewhere when i first started about going to pick up your daily newspaper and slip some business cards/ fliers into the other papers i quite liked it but never got around to it.. be creative you will be rewarded in sales!
To the money making guide!
Advertise advertise advertise! i can not say that enough! you need to put in to get out; simple as that depending on what store you get you can change the prices do not sell them too high or too low even though you may think selling low gives more sales in some cases that's true but with the first time buyers on Cafepress.com they think higher prices is better quality; the only difference in quality is the design with these items.
What can i sell there?
Practically anything; they can even publish your own books! (I don't recommend it as the commission would be quite low)
I will be adding guides every few days with what i've learnt what i've earnt and what i've changed to make money or loose money.
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