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Cafepress. It sucks. (Update: maybe, or partially. Please read the comment thread following this post, because people are awesome and know a lot more than I do about a lot of things). I thought it was pretty cool at first, and all the kids seem to be using it these days, but looking into the pricing, good lord… there has to be something better. So just a few minutes ago I Google searched, “better than cafepress” and also “cafepress sucks”. These have turned up more results than I expected.

Cafepress, for those who don’t know, is an online company that prints your designs, logos, pictures, whatever, on a variety of products like t-shirts, hats, mousepads, mugs, your mom, etc… You can set up a cafepress store very easily, and then people can buy your stuff. But they charge too damn much — they screw the customer and the seller, and according to this guy, Frank, they’re going to be jacking the price even higher. (Update: please see comment #31 for why I was a bit off on that). So I’m researching the alternatives, live, right now, as we speak. I’m writing this as I go. So let us explore the alternatives, together…