CafePress

CafePress, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	San Mateo, California, USA
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, USA
Key people	Fred Durham Co-Founder Maheesh Jain Co-Founder Bob Marino (CEO) Monica Johnson (CFO)
Industry	Electronic commerce, Shopping mall
Products	Custom products
Website	cafepress.com
Type of site	online market
Registration	Required to buy and sell
Available in	English
Screenshot 220px The Cafepress product selection screen.

CafePress, Inc. is an online retailer of stock and user-customized on demand products. CafePress, Inc. is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA and its production facility is located in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2001, CafePress.com won the People's Voice Webby Award in the Commerce category.

Logo used until 2008.

Business model

CafePress.com sells t-shirts, bags, mugs, wall clocks and calendars.^[1] 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 wall art and stationery. 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.

History

CafePress, Inc. 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]} As of March 2011, CafePress.com has more than 13 million members and over 325 million products are available on the site.

In July 2008, CafePress acquired the specialist photographic art printing business imagekind.^[2], and in September 2010 acquired photo-to-canvas company Canvas On Demand to their platform of brands.

In June 2011, CafePress filed with the SEC to raise up to $80 million in an initial public offering. ^{[3] [4]}

Brands

CafePress, Inc. has six primary brands: its flagship brand, CafePress.com, wholesale division CafePress Pro, Imagekind, Canvas On Demand, Great Big Canvas and Canvas On Demand Pro. CafePress, Inc. also partners with other businesses to provide licensed content on their site, and power online custom shops for large companies, such as ABC, Urban Outfitters and Peanuts Worldwide.

References

1. ^ "Cafepress: Get your customised badges, tops and thongs here". Guardian.co.uk. 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/18/cafepress/print. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
2. ^ "CafePress Expands Its On-Demand Canvas by Acquiring Imagekind". reuters.com. 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS197167+08-Jul-2008+PRN20080708. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 
3. ^ "CafePress files for a $80 million IPO". Renaissance Capital. 10 June 2011. http://www.renaissancecapital.com/ipohome/news/CafePress-files-for-a-$80-million-IPO-9777.html. Retrieved 10 June 2011. 
4. ^ "Form S-1 Registration Statement - CafePress, Inc.". http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117733/000119312511162782/ds1.htm#toc187703_102. Retrieved 10 June 2011.