Speak Out America - Protest Rising Gas Prices!

CafePress Leads Gas Price Protest with Promise to Send Top Selling Merchandise to US Officials and an Offer Equivalent to 1 Free Gallon of Gas

FOSTER CITY, CA May 8, 2006 - CafePress, a leader in user-designed merchandise of self-expression, issued a challenge to the American people today in the form of a gas price protest. With gas prices on the rise and Congress at a point of indecision, the independent CafePress design community began creating hundreds of new "gas price" related products, sending a clear message that this is a topic people are passionate about. In an effort to send a send clear message from the CafePress community, the two top selling "gas price" designs will be printed on t-shirts and sent the offices of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, House Majority Leader John A. Boehner, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Additionally, CafePress is offering buyers $3.00* off all "gas price" related orders over $20**.

"This is America's opportunity to tell their leaders what they think about an important issue, and the beauty is that our users are going to decide what messages make it into their hands," explains CafePress CEO and co-founder Fred Durham. "You can buy and/or design a t-shirt that will show everyone you encounter how you feel about rising gas prices, help send a message to the leaders who ultimately make decisions and policy, and essentially get a free gallon of gas with your purchase."

On May 23rd, 2006 CafePress will produce t-shirts featuring the two best selling "gas price" designs, mail them to the aforementioned US leaders, and feature them in the CafePress.com Marketplace.

To see designs created by CafePress users in response to rising gas prices visit http://www.cafepress.com/buy/gas+prices. For a $3.00 discount on orders over $20 enter the code "USGASPRICE" at the time of checkout. For more information on how to design your own t-shirt and open a free CafePress shop visit http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/makemoney/.

For more information on CafePress or this effort please contact the CafePress PR department at .

* The national average for one gallon of regular gasoline as reported by AAA Fuel Gauge Report (www.fuelgaugereport.com) is $2.92 (as reported Friday, May 5, 2006), but we thought - Why not round up to $3.00?

** Coupon expires May 23, 2006 at 12:00 am pacific standard time.

About CafePress.com

CafePress.com is the leading online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Launched in 1999, CafePress.com has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. Today, CafePress.com is a growing network of over 2.9 million members who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into unique gifts and new revenue streams.

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