CafePress has announced a design competition for their Shopkeepers using their new patent pending InfiniStitch(TM) embroidery process. The rules state that you can enter up to 5 times. Your design must be an American patriotic design in the spirit of 4th of July. You can read more of the rules here: Contest Rules
So, what is the prize? The grand prize is a $1,000 American Express* Gift Card. Second place will win a $100 CafePress Gift Certificate and third place is a $75 CafePress Gift Certificate.
In order to qualify you must place your design on the new military caps. The product description for these caps says:
This fun military cap has real charm (thanks in part to an unstructured design and a heavy enzyme pre-wash). Plus with modern touches like a Velcro closure and pre-curved bill, it also fits great. Made from a rugged chino twill fabric, count on years of use.
* Unstructured military-style cap
* Pre-curved bill and Velcro closure
* Chino twill fabric with heavy enzyme wash
* InfiniStitch(TM) embroidery
InfiniStitch(TM) Embroidery is a patent pending process that allows for infinite thread colors and increased image resolution over traditional embroidery. InfiniStitch(TM) Embroidered products accurately reproduce photographs, gradients, and highly detailed images. As in traditional embroidery dyed thread is used to create a long lasting and permanent InfiniStitch(TM) Embroidered product.
The following designs are my personal favorites and are not in any particular order. You can click on the hats to purchase your own!
America People of Many Colors Military Cap
I'll start off with my own entry into the contest. Show your American pride with this beautiful design that shows how diverse the United States is. A red, white and blue American flag has several smiley faces of different colors and races. I wanted to show in this design that, to me, America is about the diversity of all the beautiful and unique people. That is why our Independence is so important and why I celebrate the Fourth of July. © Ne' Metzger
America Est. 1776 (Eagle) Military Cap
This design is very pretty and the colors are not what you would expect for a patriotic design. I think they blend well with the green of the military cap. It follows the rules because the American patriotism theme is carried out by use of a bald eagle and the words America!. It is done in the spirit of Independence Day because of the subtle Est. 1776. My only concern is that the small text may not be easy to read when done as InfiniStitch(TM) embroidery.
Rock the Fourth Military Cap
The designer of this cap says "For everyone ready to Rock the Fourth, this design features a red, white, and blue electric guitar." I like this design because it is patriotic and cool at the same time. The electric guitar has the red, white and blue stars and stripes of the American flag and the text on it say "Rock the Fourth". This is a great cap for anyone in a rock band or going to a rock concert on the 4th of July or just to wear for fun. I think the design will print well.
We The People - Military Cap
This design has a beautiful bald eagle overlooking the Constitution of the United States that says We the People. The colors are very sharp and I think it will come out very nicely as an InfiniStitch(TM) product. I think this one is a real contender.
USA Freedom Dove Military Cap
The designer of this cap says "Patriotic USA military cap, perfect for Independence day and every day to show your patriotism! Features a white dove, US flag, and text reads "USA"!" I really love the beautiful blue and the dove. Well done design!
July 4th 1776 Military Cap
This design is very simple and in turn will most probably print very well. The 76 referring to July 2, 1776 when the Second Continental Congress declared our Independence and Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4th of that year.
View all the entries!
You can see all the entries to this design contest via the CafePress Marketplace
1 comment:
Recently CafePress began competing with the artists for whom it acts as printer and shipper.
CafePress rents web shops to its artists. The artist creates a website page and manually loads the desired blank products. The artist imports his image onto each product, arranges the products on the page, describes the products, titles the products and tags the images.
Initially, the artist would set a markup and received the markup for each product sold.
However, recently CafePress began competing with its artists, using the artists' own images. CafePress created a marketplace where a customer can search a keyword. That search brings up artist products. When the customer buys from the marketplace CafePress pays the artist 10% of the price CafePress set. Both the customer and the artist lose money. If the artist's shop sells a t-shirt for $21, the artist makes $3.01. If the marketplace sells the same shirt for $25, the artist gets $2.50. The customer pays $4 more, and the artist gets $0.51 less.
CafePress tells artists to "promote your own shop," but CafePress buys Google adwords using the very image tags the artist provided.
CafePress justifies this bait and switch of service terms by telling artists they can opt out if they don't like the new terms; however, many have spent as much as 7 or 8 years creating as much as 88000 images.
In spite of their sweat-equity, many shopkeepers (content providers) are building shops at other print-on-demand companies and then closing their CafePress shops due to the broken faith and trust, the financial hardship CafePress has delivered into so many lives, and the huge amount of time and dedicated effort all lost in the momentum of their own businesses. Would you keep your AMOCO station franchise if AMOCO built a company store across the street from you?
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