Companies and individuals alike have been transferring their merchandise printing online, and as they do, new options in web 2.0 have made printing easier and more accessible than ever. This week we looked at the applications Zazzle, VistaPrint, SpreadShirt and CafePress. Read More »
It takes less than a second to understand CafePress, and that's because it puts it all up front; buy, sell, and create your own merchandise from a long list of products, including stationary, clothing, home decor, and promotional items. They can print on nearly anything they've seen in a store, and with their new product, InfiniStitch, they can create custom embroidery on shirts and hats. Read More »
Specializing in clothing, SpreadShirt offers online printing and promotion for individuals and companies. Anything from T-shirts to undergarments are available to design, sell and buy at the cleanly designed SpreadShirt. Read More »
While admittedly weak on apparel and skateboards (they don't offer any), VistaPrint is a capable printer for stationary and paper goods, allowing users to use existing templates, use downloadable templates, or use VistaPrint's design tools to create customized products on the spot. Users may be put off initially by the site that appears too promotional (like a Sunday coupon sheet), but VistaPrint offers affordable printing from the comfort of the web. Read More »
Zazzle is a print on demand solution for the individual, but don't let that dissuade you from considering the potential for business and marketing. With several unique customizable products and a rating system to make it fun for the Zazzle community, Zazzle is an application that could make more people aware of your brand. Read More »
Promoting your business isn't easy, but as anyone that has walked a convention hall or two knows, the difference between remembering a company and not is sometimes that promotional item when you pull out when you're home. But how do you create customized products without spending a fortune? Read More »
With Twitter as a tool for social blogging and a fact of web life for others, tools such as Spaz help make Twitter more accessible. Built with Adobe AIR and easy to install (very), Spaz is an open source Twitter tool letting you communicate and track on the popular social platform. It works with Mac, PC, and Linux and has the ability to work in concert with Identi.ca and Ping.fm. Read More »
As search engines continue to evolve, new ways of treating the information will come forward. One of the recent evolutions is the visual web, taking traditional text based search results and turning them into visual maps of information. As we can see with the search engine Viewzi, there is more than one way to present information. Viewzi is a visual search engine, meaning that when you search in Viewzi, you are presented with screenshots instead of text results. The advantage of this is that you are able to gather an impression of the information before committing to a click. Read More »
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