The day CafePress ceased to be appealing

Yesterday was a very sad day. For some, a tragedy. Millions of CafePress shopkeepers were shocked when they read an e-mail from CafePress announcing imminent changes in their policies, mainly concerning the markup scheme of items on sale. I am one of them as well.

Basically, the deal is that shopkeepers – starting June 1st – will no longer have the right to set their own markups on their designs: they must resign themselves to obtain a mere 10% of the sale price in the Marketplace (fixed by CafePress, of course).

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Your own business in the net with CafePress

It is widely known (and understandable) that when someone is receiving dozens of spam e-mails on a daily basis with headers such as “make cash quick”, “win money easily”, etc. and realizes all of them are scams or frauds, in the end he ceases to believe that there are any real opportunities to make money online. The good news are, those real ways exist and are at the grasp of many of us!

Have you ever thought about running your own small business online? Probably not, because this very often involves spending large sums of money for starting it. What if I tell you that for most of us it is possible to run our own legal and legitimate business without spending any money at all, but still making profit? It is just a matter of knowing what, where and how.

Sounds too good to be true? No, I am not telling you a lie. I am not trying to scam you either. Curious? Read on to know what am I talking about.

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