Here's an interesting twist (bead related)

Someone is selling their Cafe Press bead items on eBay.>

ingenious idea -(cross marketing) - but I don't like the design that well...

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Yeah, I didn't say it was a great design, just an interesting idea. :-)

I just took a gander at some of the shops just to see what's in them, and I was intrigued that one of the stores has greeting cards for sale, that have its slogan and website addy on the front, and the inside of the card has its store name, address and website addy. Why would someone pay for those? I never quite understood why people pay to advertise for others.

A lot of Cafe Press items of that nature are made by people who just wanted the item for themselves... not to sell. That way, they can just prder however many they need at any given time.

It's not a very efficiant way to do it, but it's pretty smart if you only need a few of something.