CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

What is this Cafe Press shop thing and how does it work? I've seen some people market thier characters onto t-shirts and coasters and stuff and I was wondering how reliable and safe this surface is, as I am thinking of using it, possibly.

Any help/tips would be great!
Thanks!

Cafepress is a third party type store--basically, anyone can set up an account with them and submit their artwork/designs to the site's server. People can then order materials from cafepress--cafepress buys a bunch of blank/stock items, then transfers (via silkscreening and other stuff like that) the artwork to the material. As a store owner, you can set the price but you have a base minimium to cover Cafepress' service charges and materials.

CAA actually has a cafepress store, and for the record we make absolutely NO profit on anything we sell--those are the base prices Cafepress makes us sell at. Right now it's mostly bags, shirts, etc., but I do think at one point in time we had hoped to sell manga and bible study supplies through them too.

I'm going to throw in my support for CafePress, too. Keely used it for publishing the first three issues of Mangazine, and the ordering system is quite good -- they actually ship to Canada! ^_^ ( *grumbles* Unlike a certain CD publishing company... *cough Mixonic cough* >< )

Thanks guys! Is it just an American thing or can Australians join too?

I think Australia can use it too. It seems pretty cool that you can put your own things onto t-shirts and stuff ^^