--- title: CafePress Reviews meta_title: 'CafePress Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 15 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how CafePress works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.9 review_count: 15 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-06-21' parent_category: name: Marketing url: https://www.g2.com/categories/marketing --- # CafePress Reviews **Vendor:** CafePress **Category:** [Print Fulfillment Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/print-fulfillment-services) **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 15 ## About CafePress Powerful tools to create picture perfect products ## CafePress Reviews ### 1. CafePress gets the job done perfectly for small businesses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** gaela s. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2021 **What do you like best about CafePress?** The ease of uploading a design or creating a new one on Cafepress is designed for even a true beginner. I don't have a design background but have still managed to make really professional looking designs. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** I found no downside to using Cafepress for anything with low numbers. If you are making mass quantities of something then you can probably find a bigger discount elsewhere. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have 6 coaches at my business and so many companies have minimum outputs for their products. Cafepress allows me to do 1, 3 or 6 with the same ease. ### 2. It's fine if you're a buyer; it's not great if you're a seller. **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Danielle A. | Architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2021 **What do you like best about CafePress?** There is a scaled royalty structure; if you have a good following and time to devote to constant updating and growth of your storefront, you earn larger royalties. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** There is a scaled royalty structure; if you are looking for relatively passive income, don't have a large following, aren't consistently updating or actively trying to grow your storefront, you have bare minimum royalties. Additionally, the automatic scaling and sizing is lacking as a feature, and it's not easy to select which products you're enabling or disabling, especially if you're trying to enable all. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I originally used CafePress as a source of passive income. It was a wonderful way to get my designs out to the world. However, it is no longer "passive" income, and in fact is barely income at all. I rarely bother to log in at all any more, and rather focus my attentions on other sites with easier interfaces and better royalty structures. ### 3. A Fun and Simple Way to Create Customized Products **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Travis W. | VP of Investor Solutions, Real Estate, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** You've got to love the customized designer feature on CafePress! Better than most competitors to say the least. The list of products on their site is plentiful, awesome for small businesses, personalized gifts and marketing. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** The laser printing on mugs and glassware wears off quickly and fades fast! Be aware if you are purchasing these types of items. **Recommendations to others considering CafePress:** Better than most competitors I've used. The price is great and the items to choose from is plentiful. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have created both personal items and also business branded items to hand out for advertising. ### 4. Cafepress is wonderful for creative types **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aileen P. | Customer Support Team Lead, Entertainment, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** I like that if I have an idea for a cute design for branded merchandise, I can get it out of my system and not get in debt buying wholesale and risk having bad results. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** I wish there were more options for t-shirt designs and maybe more suggestions for making your product more visible. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have the option of adding branded merch to my business without bulk buying. ### 5. Cafe Press **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Trish L. | CEO & Founder, Retail, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 08, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** I've used cafe press when building different websites for businesses. It's fairly user friendly and easy to navigate not having in depth web design skills. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** It can get complicated and web support is extremely slow. The turn around time for a question almost makes using the product not worth it. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** We ended up not using cafe express because it didn't provide to functions that we needed for ecommerce. ### 6. Cheapest prices, okay quality, long time to ship **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Devices | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** The best thing about Cafepress would be their prices after coupons. They were the cheapest vendor that had promised to deliver in 2 days. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** My shipment did not come as expected, with no refund on the extra shipping charges I paid to get faster shipping. It came about 2 weeks later, so I missed my deadline. The quality was also not what I was expecting. It was very, very cheap looking and feeling, despite what the description and pictures look like on the actual website. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I wanted to design custom products for an event but was on a time crunch so I used CafePress because they were the cheapest vendor that would deliver in 2 days. I realized no benefits, as I missed my deadline. ### 7. Cafepress **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Melissa C. | Chef, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** The ease of ordering, the many choices. The supply's always of good quality. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** The time it takes to ship. Best to order at least 3 weeks before you need it. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting our image out the and personalizing our items in a unique style. ### 8. Great for simple branded merchandise, very limited and frustrating in critical ways **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Performing Arts | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2017 **What do you like best about CafePress?** I love the range of items Cafepress offers for customizing with your brand's logo or image - you could fill a whole gift shop with their array of products. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** The site is not very user friendly - there is an extremely confusing discrepancy between the Cafepress marketplace and Cafepress shops, with different rules, pricing structures, and appearances from the buyer's point of view. The customization is also somewhat clumsy and limited, so it requires a fair amount of technical knowledge and patience to get everything in order to your satisfaction, if you want to make sure everything looks great. **Recommendations to others considering CafePress:** Worth trying out, especially if you want branded merchandise but need someone else to handle the manufacture, distribution, and customer service related to that merchandise. A good option if you want to purchase branded merchandise for your own company or personal use. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cafepress makes it easy to offer merchandise for our company along with customer support in a way that requires very little effort on our part, once the store is set up. Though they take a substantial cut of the items sold from your shop, it means you can essentially "set it and forget it" and if there's demand for your products, you can make some income. ### 9. Versatile and has many products to choose from! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Individual & Family Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** I like that they have just about everything you could want! You can make just about anything as well and it's very easy to order and find what you want. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** Sometimes the products are not attractive or do not appear right on the screen. **Recommendations to others considering CafePress:** It needs to offer more products. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Showing off our products and looking to expand our brand. ### 10. Great printing service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** Easy to upload your own items and customize them onto different formats. Production times are very good and we receive our items on time. The pricing is better compared with other vendors we looked at. We use them to create custom apparel and accessories for our own team as well as our clients. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** Nothing to dislike about this service, works well. The products they produce are always good quality. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating custom apparel and accessories branded to our logo for our team and clients. ### 11. DIY T-Shirt Design Made Me Look Good **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2017 **What do you like best about CafePress?** My favorite aspect of Cafe Press is the "Design-Your-Own" functionality. I recommended it to my gaming group and we put in an order for custom t-shirts. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** It's more of a quirk, but there were so many options, that it was hard to choose which shirt style everyone wanted. Not necessarily a bad thing, but we finally agreed on different shirt styles per person. In the long run, everyone got what they wanted. **Recommendations to others considering CafePress:** We mainly used the custom t-shirt design portion of the site because it gave us a better deal and more options than others. There are lots of other products and features this site has that could be to your benefit. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Honestly, the custom t-shirt was a big help when we started working on the branding for the group I'm in. We solved part of that through this t-shirt customization. ### 12. Love Cafe Press **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** Love Cafe Press. Super easy to use. Fantastic quality. Speedy delivery. Met and exceeded all expectations. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** Some limitations on design side, but overall highly recommend. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating awesome marketing apparel and client appreciation. ### 13. Quick and easy! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tiffany J. | Senior Social Media Manager, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2018 **What do you like best about CafePress?** It was easy as a user to walk through the process. Not complex or confusing at all. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** The fabric felt cheap. This could have been what I chose, but I wasn't impressed with hit. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were hoping for more brand awareness. I wasn't impressed with the quality. ### 14. Simple and Easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2017 **What do you like best about CafePress?** The quality of the products are good and everything arrives as stated. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** I don't dislike anything at this moment. **Recommendations to others considering CafePress:** I have used several different customization sites and I think CafePress is on par with the rest of them. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Amazon's 2-day shipping makes it hard to order regular items, as you have to pay more for that on other sites. However, Amazon rarely allows customization, so that makes me use CafePress. ### 15. There are better options... **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** LINDA H. | Digital Media Producer, Financial Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2016 **What do you like best about CafePress?** They are friendly, and good prices. Probably okay for printed materials but don't expect perfection. The site is easy to use, and you can follow designers you like. That is nice to see what they are up to or when new designs drop. Haven't seen that feature in other sites. Also, cafe press has been around, forever!! Since like, 2008. But you would think they can do better products by now.. They have a very courteous support staff. Very polite and try to help you out when theyve made an error. But it doesnt justify using them when things are sent late, or in bad shape. **What do you dislike about CafePress?** They have high shipping prices and will sometimes send it the cheapest option even though you selected the higher one! Also, many of the items I've ordered came in bad quality or were MADE of bad quality. The colors are not as rich as they appear online, some are peeling, etc etc. There are better options to buy custom things. Their pictures of the items are very misleading, they are not as vibrant or colorful as they appear online. **Recommendations to others considering CafePress:** Use other competitors so you don't risk getting a sub par item, or overpaying for shipping, or receiving it late! Almost anyone is better than them. Which is sad, they have been around for a very long, not sure how they are still in business. Their support teams are very courteous so atleast they have that. But the quality of items and graphics is very misleading from their website pictures. **What problems is CafePress solving and how is that benefiting you?** They can make customized anything. But their quality is really bad. Their pictures are very misleading. The graphics are not as vibrant. Sometimes peeling. Anything furry looking is very sparse in real life. 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