CafePress Celebrates 10 Years As the World's Leading Self-expression Destination and Cultural Barometer™

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SAN MATEO, CA October 29, 2009- With a 10-year history as the world's favorite place to find and make unique t-shirts and giftsCafePresshas the perfect excuse to party like it's 1999. Since its inception in 1999, the site has commemoratedmovie releases,presidenciesandpop culture phenomenonwith creative, user-designed merchandise. And, with each passing day customer sales and product creation have made its vast catalog of user-created products a true reflection of public sentiment and a widely referencedCultural Barometer™.

After 10 years of incremental success CafePress has racked up some impressive stats:

• They've amassed over nine million registered users who make and sell uniqueT-shirts,bumper stickers,buttons,mugs, and more - as a matter of fact they created an online catalog of over 250 million different products.
• On average, the CafePress community adds over 250,000 new products to CafePress everyday. That's over 10,000 an hour, almost 200 a minute - three new products every second! That's a whole lot of self-expression!
• Next stop, Paris? If you were to line up all of the T-shirts CafePress has sold, they would stretch from San Francisco to London.
• Wow, talk about sticker shock! With all the bumper stickers CafePress has sold, you could wallpaper the Washington Monument. Six times.
• No laundry until Friday? If you bought one of each available CafePress kid's garments, you'd have four outfits for every 10-year old in America.

CafePress began its life as a garage-based start-up in San Leandro, California; ten years later it's grown into a global corporation with locations in San Mateo, California, Louisville, Kentucky and has international websites in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

"Ten years ago we launched CafePress; and while our most-popular designs may change from day-to-day (depending on the latest talk around water coolers), one thing remains the same: CafePress is a where people come to express their unique personalities," comments Fred Durham, CafePress CEO and Co-founder. "I can't begin to thank everyone enough for making CafePress such a fun destination for self-expression."

A selection of CafePress' most notable items of the past 10 years include:

• 1999: CafePress ships itsfirst product: a killpopradio.com white T-shirt.
• 2003: Political-minded citizens speak out against "The Arnold" with merchandise demanding theCalifornia Governor's recall.
• 2004: Trekkies take over the site following CafePress' partnership with Paramount Digital Entertainment and the opening of aStarTrek.com trading outpost.
• 2005: Embrace your inner-nerd withgeek-chic merchandise.
• 2006: CafePress gave no love to Valentine's Day this year withAnti-Valentine's Day merchandise(they made room for Valentine's Day items too for diehard romantics too).
• 2007: Hillary devotees support her bid for the presidency with "Team Hillary" paraphernalia.
• 2008: Politics reign supreme - CafePress shoppers rock the vote with "Obama Mama" or "Palin for VP" merchandise and the Cultural Barometer predicts election outcome!
• 2008 - 2009: CafePress teams with Summit Entertainment and The Twilight Saga to offer fansTwilight and New Moon merchandisefollowing each film's release. If you can't meet R-Patz in person, wear him.

About CafePress

CafePress is the world's biggest destination for self-expression through merchandise. Each month over 11 million shoppers visit CafePress to buy or create T-shirts, mugs, posters and other gifts that reflect their interests, passions, beliefs and affiliations. Launched in 1999, CafePress has empowered individuals, Non Profits and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. Today, CafePress is a growing network of over 6.5 million members who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into an impressive catalog of over 250 million unique gifts.

Learn more about CafePress athttp://www.cafepress.comor on their international sites in Australia (http://www.cafepress.com), Canada (http://www.cafepress.com) and the United Kingdom (http://www.cafepress.com).

About CafePress Cultural Barometer™ Report

With over 11 million shoppers monthly coming to CafePress to buy or create merchandise that reflects their interests, passions, beliefs and affiliations, it's a real-time reflection of the things people truly care about. CafePress created theCultural Barometer™ Report to share some of the more interesting, obscure, newsworthy, overwhelming, and just plain funny trends that come to our attention via the almighty T-shirt.

Media Contact:

Kimberly Youngstrom
212.221.1713

kyoungstrom@kaplowpr.com

Marc Cowlin
650.655.3039

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