Archive for January, 2008
Avatars are Big Business - Wear yours on your T-Shirt - Zazzle and Zwinky
I am not someone who gets excited about avatars but they are big business. I was reading a few months ago the revenue for avatars on the internet and I remember being blown away at how much folks were making off these simple little images. Avatars more than just cute pictures. Avatars are representation of [...]
Zazzle’s Affiliate Program Moves from CJ to Performics
It is official, Zazzle sent out their last emails informing affiliates that they are moving from Commission Junction (CJ) to Performics at the end of this month. Unfortunately, there was no mention of why Zazzle made the move. CJ has Zazzles major competitors including Cafepress and Spreadshirt. Personally I have not used Performics but the [...]
Etsy Gets Funding to Expand Services and Become a Publicly Traded Company
I am sure most of you know Etsy is the place to buy all things handmade. They really do have an amazing inventory of products. Etsy has grown tremendously over the past three years and is now a company with fifty employees, a community with over 650,000 members, and a marketplace with over 120,000 [...]
A T-Shirt Model To Remember - SnorgTees Model Recognized by Millions
Becoming a t-shirt model might make you an internet star! Well, not usually but it has happened. Alice is a 19 year old has been modeling t-shirts for SnorgTees, a company started by her brother’s friends. If you haven’t seen her picture you probably don’t go very far on the internet. Over 500,000 folks click [...]
Vote for Threadless Bestees - People’s Choice Award of 2007
Way back in October Threadless announced they would be holding first annual Bestee Awards (1) and earlier this month the categories were announced (2). And now the time has come to vote for the Threadless People’s Choice Award for 2007. The People’s Choice award winner will receive $10,000 and a Bestee trophy. The polls will [...]
Personalized M&M T-Shirts at Zazzle - WHY!?! - Another Zazzle API Example (and rant)
I should start off saying that I personally avoid wearing anything with a company logo. I love designs, art, shapes, colors, text, but NOT a visible company logo OR company name. It blows my mind when I see people wearing clothes with a large visible brand name on them. I am always tempted to ask [...]
Zazzlestorm - Zazzle Acquires Goodstorm - Is Capitalism “Still” Done Right?
Zazzle announced a purchase of Goodstorm a few days ago. Both Zazzle and Cafepress were negotiating the purchase of the company and/or components of the business but it appears that Zazzle had the best offer. What does this purchase include? Well, it is hard to say so far. Goodstorm had built up over 1400 stores [...]
Threadless Bestee Categories Announced
Back in October Threadless announced they were going to hold Bestee Threadless Awards for the shirts and designers that really shined for a given year. (our Bestee summary post from Oct 07). Threadless already offers substantial awards for getting your shirt printed and now these awards can make it even sweeter. The total prizes value [...]
