CafePress

cafepress.com
E-commerce
Weekend Project

Best merchandise to express yourself

How to Replace CafePress

Overview

CafePress is a custom merchandise platform that allows users to create and sell personalized products across a wide range of categories including apparel, home décor, drinkware, and accessories. The platform enables customers to design their own items or shop from officially licensed merchandise and trending products. CafePress offers both a shopping experience for customers and a selling platform for merchants to create custom products.

Features

20 features across 8 categories

B2B(1)

Promotional Products

Services for organizations to create branded merchandise and promotional products

Catalog(2)

Officially Licensed Merchandise

Access to officially licensed products from major brands including PEANUTS, Betty Boop, Hasbro, Transformers, Peppa Pig, and military branches

Seasonal Product Collections

Pre-designed products organized by season and holiday including Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Easter, and St. Patrick's Day

Customer Service(2)

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Customers can request changes and rerun orders or return purchases within 30 days for a refund if unsatisfied

Live Chat Support

Customer support available via live chat at (844) 988-0030

Customization(9)

Accessories Customization

Design custom bags, hats, scarves, buttons, keychains, luggage tags, and other accessories

Apparel Customization

Ability to customize t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, pajamas, socks, and other clothing items for men, women, kids, and babies

Create Your Own Products

Users can design and customize their own merchandise across multiple product categories

Drinkware Customization

Customize mugs, tumblers, wine glasses, water bottles, beer steins, and other drinkware items

Home & Décor Customization

Create custom home products including blankets, pillows, wall art, curtains, picture frames, and ornaments

Monogram Gifts

Create custom monogrammed products

Personalized Gifts

Create custom personalized gifts organized by recipient (for her, for him, for kids, for parents, for grandparents)

Photo Gifts

Upload and create gifts with personal photos

Stationery & Cards Customization

Create personalized greeting cards, notebooks, post-it notes, postcards, and stickers

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Fulfillment(1)

Quick Turnaround

Fast production and shipping of custom orders

Also in: Saleor, Medusa, Shippo

Project Management(1)

Projects Management

Ability to manage multiple design projects with Projects, In Work, and Favorites sections

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Selling Tools(1)

Seller Platform

Ability to sell custom merchandise on CafePress with 'Sell on CafePress' functionality

Also in: Compass

Shopping(3)

Interest-Based Shopping

Browse products filtered by interests including sports, music, books, camping, cycling, food, gardening, hiking, pets, and video games

Occasion-Based Shopping

Browse products organized by occasion including birthdays, weddings, graduations, baby showers, anniversaries, and business gifts

Product Catalog Browsing

Browse pre-designed and trending products organized by category, occasion, recipient, and interest

Pricing

Current Promotion

SAVE 30% SITEWIDE
  • 30% off all products
  • Price as marked
  • Some exclusions apply

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a CafePress alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 20 features.

Buy CafePress

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying CafePress saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 20 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.