CafePress Modifies Upcoming Volume Bonus Changes

Thanks to all those who offered constructive suggestions and feedback on the upcoming bonus program changes on the Community Forums, in emails, and on the phone. We’ve heard you.

We’d like to particularly thank the CafePressVoice team. They were unaware of the original timing of the change, and have convinced us in the last week that the transition plan we presented was not supportive enough to those most impacted.

We look to our CafePressVoice team for feedback and advice (and to help us get it right), so while this is a change that we must move forward on, we’ve incorporated their feedback into the new plan.

Further Revision:

Timing – The new transition plan is a further revision and reconsideration of the plan presented by Fred on Thursday’s chat. Most significantly – the change for the Volume Bonus program has been pushed back one month – the new effective date is September 1, 2008.

Transition – September through December is a “transition period” where CafePress will guarantee your checks under the new Shop Performance Bonus are at least a certain percentage of what they would have been with the former Volume Bonus plan. The monthly transition tiers are as follows:

* September –85% (CafePress guarantees your check for sales made during September will be at least 85% of what you would have received with the old bonus plan)
* October –80%
* November –75%
* December –75%