Cafepress - Opening a premium shop

Having gained confidence i thought l would open a premium shop which would require an annual cost of $70US a year. l could live with that. So l created my premium shop if you want to check it out here is the address http://www.cafepress.com/rayc6 (you will see what mean by armature graphic :) Creating a premium shop leads to a number of benefits.

1. You can fully customise the look of the shop. Granted you need some above average web knowledge. However there is plenty of help available in the forums.

2. You can create as many designs as you like on any number of merchandising items.

These are two of the major benefits that l have found to be the most appealing.

Cafepress - Introduction

l first heard about Cafepress from a friend. l work in I.T. and decided l would try something different to suppliment my income. Now l had my doubts about how succesful l would be. To make thinks worse l reside in Australia and CP is an American based company. Anyway l decided to set myself up a create a free shop. After providing them with some standard personal information l opened up several free shops and put up a few designs.

About the designs l am no graphic designer so it took me a week or so of playing around with a graphic design tool come up with some design l thought may catch the eye of a potential buyer.

My odds of making a sale were quiet slim considering you are competing against 6.5 million other people with skills ranging from professional to amature. Low and behold l made a sale!
It just goes to show how big the internet really is...... to be contined....