A Cornucopia of Alternatives to CafePress
(Image below is Kyle's Christmas gift to me: a wonderful rendering of my characters in a hypothetical TV "progrum"! Owl & Dog characters copyright me, drawing copyright Kyle A. Carrozza. Wouldn't it make a great banner or flag? Wouldn't it??? Huh???)
As my regular reader or readers probably knows or know, cafepress.com is a web-based "on-demand" printer with a nice web interface that allows you to open your own stores of their products with your images. They sell tee shirts, hoodies, mugs, bumper stickers and the like.
Recently, I've been looking at alternatives to CafePress where I might sell custom shirts for less, and with different options.
I need to explore these more deeply, but here are some alternatives I've found. Hey, its a start! If you're my reader(s) who is looking for alternatives for printing schwag, check 'em out! Send reviews to the comments section of this post, please!
Zazzle.com:Zazzle.com: They offer more options on tee shirts printed on dark fabric, and the shirt I bought looked of better print quality than CafePress. But they are no cheaper.
Printmojo.com: Printmojo is different than Zazzle and CafePress in that they actually use "classic" screenprinting techniques for their products. Their prices are a lot lower, but they have minimum orders (like 24) and a setup fee (like $3.50). But you can still sell products through an online store you set up, so if you expect to sell more than the minimum this could be a lot more profitable. They also do embroidering, which could be really cool!
spreadshirt.com also offers flocked printing and some other options.
acmeprints.com claim to have the lowest prices, and have some unusual inks like shimmering and photochromatic inks. They also print BUTTONS plus the usual stickers and stuff.
standardpennant.com look like an awesome company for getting stuff made. They have a huge catalog, low prices, no minimum orders and lots of different services. And banners and flags! Hmm, I'd like an Owl and Dog flag (see above)...
atlas embroidery are a classic printing-and-embroidery biz; no frills, no web stores, but they offer printing on your own stuff, embroidery on just about anything, quick turnaround, a "proof" cycle where they send a sample to you for approval, low minimum orders (like 6 items) and really low prices (like $3.50!)
As my regular reader or readers probably knows or know, cafepress.com is a web-based "on-demand" printer with a nice web interface that allows you to open your own stores of their products with your images. They sell tee shirts, hoodies, mugs, bumper stickers and the like.
Recently, I've been looking at alternatives to CafePress where I might sell custom shirts for less, and with different options.
I need to explore these more deeply, but here are some alternatives I've found. Hey, its a start! If you're my reader(s) who is looking for alternatives for printing schwag, check 'em out! Send reviews to the comments section of this post, please!
Zazzle.com:Zazzle.com: They offer more options on tee shirts printed on dark fabric, and the shirt I bought looked of better print quality than CafePress. But they are no cheaper.
Printmojo.com: Printmojo is different than Zazzle and CafePress in that they actually use "classic" screenprinting techniques for their products. Their prices are a lot lower, but they have minimum orders (like 24) and a setup fee (like $3.50). But you can still sell products through an online store you set up, so if you expect to sell more than the minimum this could be a lot more profitable. They also do embroidering, which could be really cool!
spreadshirt.com also offers flocked printing and some other options.
acmeprints.com claim to have the lowest prices, and have some unusual inks like shimmering and photochromatic inks. They also print BUTTONS plus the usual stickers and stuff.
standardpennant.com look like an awesome company for getting stuff made. They have a huge catalog, low prices, no minimum orders and lots of different services. And banners and flags! Hmm, I'd like an Owl and Dog flag (see above)...
atlas embroidery are a classic printing-and-embroidery biz; no frills, no web stores, but they offer printing on your own stuff, embroidery on just about anything, quick turnaround, a "proof" cycle where they send a sample to you for approval, low minimum orders (like 6 items) and really low prices (like $3.50!)
posted by Jim at 11:26 AM
2 Comments:
I really like your Owl and Dog characters and thank you so much for helping Kyle out with his car and housing problems! I don't know what we would do without the Smiths!
Kyle and Lindsay have breathed unexpected life into those characters. It's really pleasant to see my meager creations with such humor and refinement.
You are of course welcome; life can sure get interesting at times!
- smenita: pronounceable
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