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October 16, 2005 9:55 AM

Is Cafepress the best option for easy on-demand manufacturing of various pieces of junk or is there a better place? Constraint: must be able to open an account from Canada, no US-only sites.
posted by Krrrlson to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

zazzle.com maybe?
posted by banished at 10:21 AM on October 16, 2005

For t-shirts, printmojo.com has similar services to zazzle and cafepress (where they run the web site, handle the payments, do the shipping, etc.) but they use screen printing rather than dye sublimation, so the printing is better quality. But screen printing takes more set-up so you have to commit to a minimum of 24 shirts.
posted by winston at 11:24 AM on October 16, 2005

Krrrlson, I have the same question. However, my constraint is that I want the site to be in Canada, so that I don't have to pay duty. When you order from CafePress or other foreign sites, you have to pay duty and higher shipping fees. There are lots of Canadian sites that do on-demand printing (I can list some, if you like), but most have minimum orders of 10-25 units. My guess is that you want to buy as few as one. Or am I wrong?
posted by acoutu at 1:31 PM on October 16, 2005

acoutu, I'd also be interested in that list of Canadian sites (on-demand printing); I've got some potential projects that would be fine for CafePress, and others that are just too local, too Canadian to go that route, and even a 10-25 minimum would be feasible.
posted by mcwetboy at 1:47 PM on October 16, 2005

Yeah, ideally I'd like to be able to buy one item. The thing I currently need it for will be shipped within the US anyway (although I am in Canada), so Cafepress should do the job - I was just wondering if there was anything better out there.

Thanks, everyone.
posted by Krrrlson at 3:10 PM on October 16, 2005

acoutu, I would also be interested in seeing the list.
posted by winston at 3:13 PM on October 16, 2005

It is very unlikely that there will be any duty on these items? I think you mean brokerage/handling fees and sales tax. Keep in mind that items with a value under $20 CAD will come into Canada with no tax, and hence no brokerage/handling either.
posted by Chuckles at 3:21 PM on October 16, 2005