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Our up-front payment of $300 is more than most make with a 10% commission (cafe press & redbubble), and we plan to increase it over time as our sales numbers go up.

The community aspect of Chirply also drives more views and sales, versus the silo'd store aspect of the others you mentioned - where you are responsible for driving your own traffic.

In the end, we'll be a much better place for designers as our payments increase over time, and the level of exposure for not only your Chirply products, but also your portfolio.

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no, it's not on the overage. It's on the total amount.

well, if we were getting real services from it I wouldn't be as bothered by it.

but you could move to south san francisco, and have an easy bart commute and the company wouldn't have to pay any payroll tax.

nice post, unfortunately SF payroll tax is 1.5% over $150,000 in payroll, not $250k in payroll as mentioned in your article :( It's a racket and is one of the reasons Twitter and Zynga are threatening to leave SF if the city doesn't give them a break on the tax. But it hurts the little guys more. If you have 4 employees making $40k each you have to pay 1.5% of 160k, which is $2400 (that amounts to almost 2 months of office rent or 75% of one employees monthly salary).

thanks gustaf!

haha, everything you just said is already in development! great minds think alike :)

and it's crowd-sourced design, so the designs are better. Whereas moonpig is mostly about customized text.

sorry about that! The shop isn't active so those links are empty links. Right now it's all voting and submissions :)