General Information
| Website | cafepress.com |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Phone | 650-655-3000 |
| info@cafepress.com | |
| Employees | 300 |
| Founded | 10/99 |
Offices
People
Co-Founder & CEO
CFO
SVP of Business & Corporate Development
Co-Founder & VP of Business Development
VP of Operations
Advisor and Investor
President
Board Member
Show All People Former People
Acquisitions
| Total | $15M |
| InvitationBox.com, 10/11 1 | |
| Canvas On Demand, 9/10 2 | |
| Imagekind, 7/08 3 | $15M |
Funding
| Total | $15.5M |
| Series A, 3/00 4 New Millenium Partners PacRim Venture Management Staenberg Venture Partners | $1.2M |
| Series A, 5/01 5 New Millenium Partners PacRim Venture Management Staenberg Venture Partners | $300k |
| Series B, 2/05 6 Sequoia Capital | $14M |
Competitors
Service Providers
Tags
hybrid-business
Cafepress
Based in Foster City, CA, Cafepress.com allows its users to independently create and sell a wide variety of products on the web. By allowing individual sellers to set up free “shops” within their domain, Cafepress makes it easy for artists and designers to sell their goods online. Over 2.5 million independent shops have been opened on Cafepress since its opening in 1999. Cafepress is a privately owned, profitable company.Milestones
- Cafepress added Bob Senoff as Investor.
- Cafepress added Robert Marino as President . (12/15/10)
- Cafepress added Jeffrey Jordan as Board Member. (1/1/06)
- Cafepress added Michael Dearing as Advisor and Investor.
- Cafepress added Douglas Leone as Board Member.
- Cafepress added Steve Blank as Board.
- Cafepress added Abdul Popal as SVP of Business & Corporate Development. (4/1/11)
- Cafepress added Bob Marino as VP of Operations.
- Cafepress added Mehdi Maghsoodnia as VP of Product Development.
- Cafepress added Jill Kulick as VP of Human Resources.
- Cafepress added Monica Johnson as CFO.
- Cafepress added Maheesh Jain as Co-Founder & VP of Business Development.
- Cafepress added Fred Durham as Co-Founder & CEO.
- Cafepress received $14M in Series B funding. (2/1/05)
- Cafepress received $300k in Series A funding. (5/1/01)
- Cafepress received $1.2M in Series A funding. (3/1/00)
Videos
Screenshots
Above: Cafepress Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 12/16/10
Uploaded: 12/16/10
Products
Cafepress.com
| Website | cafepress.com |
| Blog | blog.cafepress.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | October 12, 1999 |
| Tags | wiki |
Remember all those times you thought, “I should put that on a T-shirt”? CafePress not only lets you make the T-shirt for yourself, but enables you to set up shop and sell it.
CafePress rewards self-expression by allowing anyone to find or make merchandise that speaks to their interests and passions. Free online shops empower people to become e-commerce entrepreneurs with no risk or no overhead. You come up with the idea, choose what you’re selling it on and pick your retail price, and CafePress prints your product on-demand when your buyers order it. You make a profit every time something sells. CafePress also handles all the fulfillment, customer service, returns and the other hassles of merchandise that you probably don’t want to manage.
CafePress offers 150 customizable merchandise items, ranging from T-shirts and other apparel items to home decor, kid & baby merchandise and political items such as buttons & yard signs.
CafePress is the leader in User-generated content, with 6 million users and 150 million+ products (10 will get made while you read this). The CafePress Marketplace is an instantaneous and often colorful reflection of the public discourse.
In the unlikely event that you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can make it. And then you can sell it, should you choose, to anyone who shares your passion for [insert object of interest here].
CafePress rewards self-expression by allowing anyone to find or make merchandise that speaks to their interests and passions. Free online shops empower people to become e-commerce entrepreneurs with no risk or no overhead. You come up with the idea, choose what you’re selling it on and pick your retail price, and CafePress prints your product on-demand when your buyers order it. You make a profit every time something sells. CafePress also handles all the fulfillment, customer service, returns and the other hassles of merchandise that you probably don’t want to manage.
CafePress offers 150 customizable merchandise items, ranging from T-shirts and other apparel items to home decor, kid & baby merchandise and political items such as buttons & yard signs.
CafePress is the leader in User-generated content, with 6 million users and 150 million+ products (10 will get made while you read this). The CafePress Marketplace is an instantaneous and often colorful reflection of the public discourse.
In the unlikely event that you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can make it. And then you can sell it, should you choose, to anyone who shares your passion for [insert object of interest here].
Above: Cafepress.com Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08
Uploaded: 2/5/08
