CafePress

One of the original POD marketplaces (since 1999), CafePress lets users launch…

CafePress is one of the original POD marketplaces. Founded 1999, US-based, now part of the Shutterfly portfolio. Hybrid model: artists upload designs, CafePress prints and fulfils everything. Catalogue is wide and old-school: t-shirts, mugs, posters, stickers, bags, drinkware. Royalty-based; you set markup. The legacy here cuts both ways, a recognisable brand to consumers, but the platform has been dethroned by Redbubble and Society6 on indie-artist mindshare.

CafePress is one of the original POD marketplaces, founded 1999 and now part of Shutterfly. Hybrid model: artists upload, CafePress prints and fulfils. Dethroned by Redbubble and Society6.