Cafepress Information
220px The Cafepress product selection screen.
CafePress is an online retailer of stock and user-customized on demand products. CafePress.com is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA and its production facility is located in Louisville, Kentucky.
Logo used until 2008.Business model
Cafepress sells teeshirts, bags, mugs, wall clocks and calendars.[1] Customers can upload their own graphics design, logo or text, which will be added to the product by CafePress. CafePress.com also offers print on demand services for books and music CDs. The site also allows the user to have a virtual CafePress "shop" including an online storefront and website hosting, order management, fulfillment, payment processing, and customer service.
History
CafePress was founded as a privately owned company in 1999 by Fred Durham and Maheesh Jain.[citation needed] As of February 2006, the site hosts over 2.6 million online shops with over 200 million products.[citation needed]
In July 2008, CafePress acquired the specialist photographic art printing business imagekind.[2],
References
- ^ "Cafepress: Get your customised badges, tops and thongs here". Guardian.co.uk. 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/18/cafepress/print. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "CafePress Expands Its On-Demand Canvas by Acquiring Imagekind". reuters.com. 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS197167+08-Jul-2008+PRN20080708. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
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Categories: Self-publishing online stores | Companies based in San Mateo, California
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