Merchandise EU

Overview

At the moment we don't have any channel through which we can sell PostgreSQL-branded products. We also don't have the resources to manage stock and dispatch units ourselves, so we are looking at 3rd-party online stores to produce and sell PostgreSQL-branded stuff.

As this will be for the European demographic, the store would ideally take payment in GBP and EUR, and also be available in several European languages.

Our options are:

I also checked out tshirtstudio.co.uk but they appear to be UK-centric and their site was painfully slow during the day.

Available Products

The following compares the availability of various products across all 3 stores.

	Zazzle.co.uk	Cafepress.co.uk	Spreadshirt.net
Apron	Yes	Yes	Yes
Baby creeper	Yes	No	No
Baby t-shirts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bag	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bandana	No	No	Yes
Banner	No	Yes	No
Bathrobe	No	No	Yes
Bib	No	Yes	Yes
Blanket	No	No	Yes
Boxer shorts	No	Yes	Yes
Button	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar	No	Yes	No
Cap	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clock	No	Yes	No
Frosted Mug	Yes	No	No
Greeting Card	Yes	Yes	No
Hat	Yes	Yes	No
Hoodie	Yes	Yes	Yes
Keychain	Yes	No	No
Kid's shirts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lanyard	No	No	Yes
Magnet	Yes	No	No
Men's jumper	No	No	Yes
Men's shirts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mittens	No	No	Yes
Mousepad	Yes	Yes	No
Mug	Yes	Yes	Yes
Notepad	No	Yes	No
Pet bowl	No	Yes	No
Pillow	No	Yes	No
Postage	Yes	No	No
Postcard	Yes	Yes	No
Poster	Yes	Yes	No
Scarf	No	No	Yes
Shoes	Yes	No	No
Shorts	No	No	Yes
Skateboard	Yes	No	No
Sticker	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teddy bear	No	Yes	No
Tie	Yes	No	Yes
Tile coaster	No	Yes	No
Travel Mug	Yes	Yes	No
Umbrella	No	No	Yes
Water bottle	No	Yes	No
Women's jumper	No	No	Yes
Women's shirts	Yes	Yes	Yes

Delivery Costs

Cafepress

£5 for first item, £2.50 for each additional

Zazzle

£2.98 for most items, 99p for each additional
£1.99 for 1-9 sticker sheets, buttons, keychains and magnets, £3.99+ for 10+
£2.49 for 1-9 cards, 10+ is £6,99+
£3.98 for non-canvas prints, 98p for each additional
£3.98 for mousepads, 99p for each additional
£5.98 for sweatshirts, £1.99 for each additional
£6.98 for dark t-shirts and mugs, £1.99 for each additional
£18.98 for shoes, £27.97 for 2 lots, £36.96 for 3 lots

Spreadshirt

Europe except Germany

£2.00 for value up to £16.90
£4.00 for value up to £350
Free over £350

Germany

£2.00 for value up to £16.99
£2.70 for value up to 39.99
Free over £40

Pros and Cons

Cafepress

Pros

Wider range of product types, although most of those we wouldn't be interested in anyway
Accepts both GBP and EUR
XML API available (although doesn't appear to provide the functionality to allow users to buy products through it)

Meh

Products bought through the Marketplace have a fixed 10% commission

Cons

Quality of products is dubious
Only available in English
Delivery times are 11-15 business days on cheapest option
Commission only paid by cheque

Zazzle

Pros

Accepts both GBP and EUR
Can configure royalties on items
Has an associate programme providing 15% on top of royalty

Meh

7-12 business days for delivery
Has an API but which only appears to allow the creation of products
Payment available through Paypal or Cheque

Cons

Only available in English and German

Spreadshirt

Pros

Quality of products is apparently good
Site languages include English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Polish
Accepts payment in local currency matching each language above
Lowest delivery costs of all 3 (see #Delivery_Costs)
Apparently there is seamless integration into other sites
Order are processed within 24-48 hours
20% commission on affiliates scheme
Payment direct into bank account