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CafePress.com Beats Home Depot and Target.com:
Named Top Retail Web Site in Webby Awards

SAN LEANDRO, Calif., May 3 - The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for web sites, today named CafePress.com (www.cafepress.com) the Best Retail web site of 2005. CafePress.com, an online marketplace with over 2 million members and as many daily page views, was named top Webby Winner for Retail. The Webby Awards are hailed as the "online Oscars" by Time Magazine. Target.com and Home Depot were among the other finalists.

A first-time Webby Winner, CafePress.com joins a growing list of companies including Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo!, Evite, Meetup and Google - all recognized in the past by the Webby Awards as industry leaders. CafePress.com won the People's Voice Webby award in 2001.

Winning a Webby Award is an unparalleled accolade recognizing the very best of the Internet. With over 4,300 sites entered from all 50 states and over 40 countries, Webby Winners truly represent the best of the web. Retail is a new category in this year's Awards.

"We are proud and honored to win this prestigious award," said Fred Durham, co-founder and CEO of CafePress.com. "We're particularly thrilled that CafePress.com, an entrepreneurial web site for creative entrepreneurs, has beaten two titans of American industry in this important, totally independent competition. Our site is designed and improved based on feedback from our millions of shopkeepers and customers, and this award recognizes their creativity and innovation and-to some degree-our ability to take that direction from a million entrepreneurs and creative folk and translate it into an obviously popular, dynamic marketplace for creativity."

The Webby Award winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization with a membership that includes musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, and fashion designer Max Azria.

About CafePress.com
CafePress.com is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of personalized products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Launched in 1999, CafePress.com is the intersection of entrepreneurship and self-expression - enabling consumers to create their own businesses without inventory or investment and empowering them to express their individuality. CafePress.com manages every aspect of doing business online, including storefront development, site hosting, order management, fulfillment, secure payment processing, and quality customer service. Additional information about CafePress.com is available at http://www.cafepress.com.

About The Webby Awards
Called the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, the Webby is the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality. Established in 1996, the 9th Annual Webby Awards received over 4,000 entries from all 50 states and over 40 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: The Creative Group; Adweek Magazines; Fortune and FSB; Ektron; 2Advanced Studios; The Online Publishing Association; MX Interactive; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Rackspace Managed Hosting. For more information, visit www.webbyawards.com.

About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and interactive media. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes over 500 members consisting of leading experts in a diverse range of fields, such as musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, business guru and author Tom Peters, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick, fashion designer Max Azria, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser. For more information, visit www.iadas.net.

The Webby Awards and The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences are registered trademarks of International Data Group.

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