Cafe Press and Zazzle help individuals put their designs on products and sell

[mandy]

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

[rose]

The El Camino College student has already netted nearly $18,000 this year

I've broke even before on CafePress.  Time to take another look.