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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Wholesale Sunglasses

In today’s competitive world everyone wants to look better and smarter than others. So for that, they can get a total makeover for themselves. In this process, eye gear or sunglasses play a major role. At the moment, protective and stylish sunglasses are important fashion statements. If we go back a few years, earlier sunglasses were only used as fashion accessories, but now they have become useful, by protecting your eyes from harmful UV rays.

Many retailers have started purchasing in bulks stocks of sunglasses from wholesalers. Very few people know that selling wholesale sunglasses are less expensive than what is available in the retail market. Generally, wholesalers purchase an array of sunglasses of various brands and styles in bulk, and then they sell it to retailers. Basically, wholesalers act as middlemen between the actual manufacturers and the shopkeepers who sell sunglasses. In short, a wholesaler’s basic function is to guide shopkeepers and retailers regarding brands and fashions prevailing in the market.

Wholesale sunglasses are available for every gender and age. These days, most sunglasses are unisex so that anyone can wear it, whether male or female. You also get the chance to shop around, or see the latest trendy sunglasses worn by models or film stars. But what should be kept in mind is that when purchasing sunglasses wholesale you must check the quality, not just the price. Always make sure that you buy sunglasses with a quality perfect frame and lenses. Plastic lenses provide maximum durability.

So if you want to look your best and be the envy of others, then buy the best and latest wholesale sunglasses, which make you stand out from the crowd. Moreover, choose the best style and be ready to flaunt it.

Wholesale sunglasses provides detailed information on wholesale replica sunglasses and more.

NOTE: This article is a payed Linkworth review.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Basic Shop vs Premium Shop

There are two types of shops you can open.

1. Basic shop - completely free but with limitations. You can only add 50 products and only one of each type of a product. Except for a small logo and a shop description text you have no control over the look of the shop. You can open as many Basic shops as you wish.

2. Premium Shop - you have to pay a small fee (more or less $5 depending on the length of time you are willing to pay in advance) ever month. I see it as rent. Unlimited number of products, as many products of the same type and control over the looks of the store make the Premium Store look very attractive.

Which one to chose?

People who used both Basic and Premium say that for many reasons Premium earns 10x the money a Basic shop brings. Premium sounds like the way to go.

My CafePress Shop tip: If you can afford it, go with Premium right away. If you, for some reason, don't want to invest money at the beginning, make several Basic shops and when you earn enough use the money to upgrade to a Premium shop.

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Ways to Make Money on CafePress

There are two basic ways to make money on CafePress.

1. Sell products with your own designs on them.
2. Sell products with other people's designs.

The additional third way is to combine one and two and sell both your own and other people's designs.

If you chose one than you get to be a shopkeeper. If you chose two than you will be an affiliate.

As a shopkeeper you get to make your own designs, put them on various products and mark-up the basic price of each product. Once your product gets sold you keep the mark-up dollars.

As an affiliate, you promote CafePress and the products CafePress offers. If you get someone to go to CafePress and s/he buys something from the marketplace within 30 days than you get 20% of the base price. If s/he becomes a shop owner within those 30 days than you get 5% of the base price of every product s/he sells withing ONE YEAR from joining.

For a creative type of person it would be easier to make money as a shopkeeper. For a natural salesperson, business smart and good in marketing it would be perhaps a bit easier to be an affiliate. HOWEVER, there are no strict rules.

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CafePress Basics

CafePress is one of the coolest sites of the web for artistic, creative or witty people. If you are just one or all of the above at the same time, you can use CafePress to create your own designs for t shirts, apparel, infant and toddler clothing, housewares, stickers, mugs, bags and a load of other fun products.

If you don't want to bother with creating designs, than CafePress is a place to find funky, original, hip, unusual... apparel and other things. You can buy products for yourself or buy gifts for people you love.

Finally, if you are not a creative type and you would rather make money than spend it... than CafePress has something for you, too. You can become an affiliate, promote products from CafePress and when something sells you will make money.

You see, CafePress has something for everyone. Whoever you are, whatever you want... keep reading and find out more about the cool world of CafePress.

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Design for Success - part 3

I make all of my designs 12x12 inches at 300 dpi, and upload png files.

Why? Because you never know if CafePress is going to increase print areas. Also, you want the quality of the prints to be top-notch, and 300 dpi will get you that. Also, you can make a design smaller, but not larger. (Well, not successfully at least).

I use Photoshop, but you can also use other programs like Gimp (free), which I heard is great.

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Design for Success - part 2

For me, I decided that I want a store that will stand out, so I avoid the text-shirt fad.

ALSO, take care in whether you choose to chase pop-culture fads or not. Sure, fads can be moneymakers, but you've got to be careful, as it only really pays to be first. If so, watch buzz.yahoo.com like a hawk, and make new designs weekly.

For me, I didn't want to go that route because I wanted *lasting* designs. I want designs that I can sell for years to come, with a huge number of choices. I'm pretty sure that "Runaway Bride" sales have slowed down to a dead zombie trickle about now.

Do what works for you.

In terms of the design itself, I like to make graphics that can easily be seen on the CafePress site. Though I personally like small prints, I'm sort of forced to make them a little larger, just so they preview nicely. The simpler the design, the better, as it really helps people find what they're looking for. In the end, this helps drive sales.

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