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Cafepress.com
Type	Private
Founded	San Mateo, California, USA
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, USA
Key people	Fred Durham Co-Founder; Maheesh Jain Co-Founder
Industry	Custom products
Products	Electronic commerce, Shopping mall
Website	www.cafepress.com
Type of site	online market
Registration	Required to buy and sell
Available in	English
	Screenshot ; 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.

[edit] Business model

Former logo used until 2008.

Cafepress sells teeshirts, bags, mugs, wallclocks and calendars. 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.

[edit] Controversy

Cafepress sells T-shirts, bumper stickers and other items created by customers with aggressive, often anti-Presidential opinions. Recently there has been an outcry regarding Psalms 109:8 apparal and President Obama. CafePress originally removed the material from their website before submitting this information and re-adding it.

"Anti-presidential gear has been a mainstay at Cafepress since we were founded in 1999 and has become a key component of political discourse. Our site has become a cultural barometer of public opinion and as such designs often come into question. In managing our content we are trying to protect self expression, while making sure we are not advocating violence. We initially pulled the Psalm 109:8 content from our products today because broader media dialog indicated that these designs potentially suggested violence towards the president. Based on current public discourse and further review of the actual content, we have determined that it is fair political commentary and we are in the process of reinstating this merchandise. As with all of our content, these designs will continue to be reviewed and if at any time their meaning is construed as advocating violence we will revisit our decision."

[edit] 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Sources

Reuters: CafePress Expands Its On-Demand Canvas by Acquiring Imagekind (8 Jul 2008)
Jack Schofield, The Guardian: Cafepress: Get your customised badges, tops and thongs here (18 August 2008)

[edit] External links

Official website

Contents

[edit] Business model

[edit] Controversy

[edit] History

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links