10-15-2005, 10:41 AM
Quote:Self-expression is helping put Bobbi Barbour through college.
The 22-year-old Torrance resident tried making handbags and selling them through her website, Dollfacepunk.com, but the work wasn't worth the meager revenue.
Last year she found CafePress.com, a service that turns people's ideas into merchandise. She designs the T-shirts, and the Web company does almost everything else in exchange for a cut of the proceeds. The El Camino College student has already netted nearly $18,000 this year
Companies such as Cafe Press and competitor Zazzle .com are becoming a broader platform for commerce, much as EBay Inc. did. The concept behind these services is what some participants and observers call "micro-entrepreneurialism," or "the everyone economy."
full article: http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-...technology&ctrack=1&cset=true
