traktor
1st April 2003, 6.46 pm
Today, while researching something else, I ran across a site which offers an interesting service. (I have no affiliation with these folks and have done no business with them; I don't know anything about them except what their website says. It could be run by the Pope or Al Capone, for all I know.)
They're called CafePress, and can be found here:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/
Their offer, in brief, is that you can make a CD, then upload it to them. (Maybe you upload your artwork as well, I don't know.) You can then, on your website, open a 'store' that goes to their site, and your website's visitors can buy *your* cd there.
Here's the kicker: No set up fees.
They charge something for each CD ($5 down to $3) for paper sleeve, for example.
You just set your price higher, and that's what you make. Maybe I'm mistaken, but this seems like it would be real useful, especially for the guy who doesn't have the setup money to do a run of 300-1000 CDs. Or even if you just wanted to test the waters to see how many you could sell.
I don't get it, though. I don't see how they can make money handling onesey-twosey orders. Maybe there's some catch, or something stupid. I did not read it all carefully -- I don't have a CD to sell!
So if it's stupid and you lose some money, it's not my fault! But it seemed like it might be useful, so I pass it on.
If anybody knows anything about these folks, I'd be interested to hear more.
They're called CafePress, and can be found here:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/
Their offer, in brief, is that you can make a CD, then upload it to them. (Maybe you upload your artwork as well, I don't know.) You can then, on your website, open a 'store' that goes to their site, and your website's visitors can buy *your* cd there.
Here's the kicker: No set up fees.
They charge something for each CD ($5 down to $3) for paper sleeve, for example.
You just set your price higher, and that's what you make. Maybe I'm mistaken, but this seems like it would be real useful, especially for the guy who doesn't have the setup money to do a run of 300-1000 CDs. Or even if you just wanted to test the waters to see how many you could sell.
I don't get it, though. I don't see how they can make money handling onesey-twosey orders. Maybe there's some catch, or something stupid. I did not read it all carefully -- I don't have a CD to sell!
So if it's stupid and you lose some money, it's not my fault! But it seemed like it might be useful, so I pass it on.
If anybody knows anything about these folks, I'd be interested to hear more.