[Marketing] Merchandise / Swag: Cafepress? Spreadshirt? Zazzle? Printfection? VistaPrint?

[Seth Woodworth]

Spreadshirts.com appears to ship to the US and spreadshirts.net appears to
ship the the EU. Is this not the case?

--Sww

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:

> No problem meeting transcript is here:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Meetings#Meeting_Logs
>
> Is there a supplier delivering to both US/CA and the EU?
>
> My priority for now wouldn't be to have a branded store yet; just a
> link(s) to a merchant(s) with stuff findable by keyword for now. Even
> for just our own orders... we'd like to have "swag" in a month's time,
> for LinuxTag (Berlin), NECC (Washington DC), FOSSED (Bethel, Maine),
> and soon after GAUDEC (Istanbul).
>
> thanks
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com>
> wrote:
> > Sorry that I missed the meeting earlier today, I really wanted to
> > participate.
> >
> > What was the point of splitting the focus?  It seems more difficult to
> > skin/customize two stores.  I highly highly suggest not splitting focus
> into
> > two places, be it CafePress or any given store.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Such help greatly appreciated, thanks Seth.
> >>
> >> At this afternoon's SL marketing meeting
> >> (http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting.log.20090526_1108.html) we
> >> decided to deal with Spreadshirt for Europe and Cafepress for North
> >> America, we are planning a PR push at the end of June and can't spend
> >> time comparing solutions with a fine tooth comb.
> >>
> >> My understanding is these services aren't exclusive, anyway, i saw a
> >> video on YouTube of a guy who had the same design done on 3 of them
> >> (and Spreadshirt came out on top for t-shirt quality but it might have
> >> been a Spreadshirt guy ;-)
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I am a big fan of Spreadshirt.  As a nifty philanthropic org SugarLabs
> >> > may
> >> > be eligible for some kind of discount / special offer.  If SL is happy
> >> > with
> >> > the idea I have a few contacts at Spreadshort that may be willing to
> >> > offer a
> >> > good deal.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Caroline Meeks
> >> > <caroline at solutiongrove.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> +1
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://www.cafepress.com
> >> >>> http://www.spreadshirt.com
> >> >>> http://www.zazzle.com
> >> >>> http://www.printfection.com
> >> >>> http://www.vistaprint.com
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Let's offer Sugar Labs branded T-shirts, stickers, badges (buttons),
> >> >>> coffee mugs, messenger bags, mousepads, &c !
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Perfect booth stuff. Great for spreading the word - walk through a
> >> >>> crowd, 500 impressions :-)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Here are five well-known "print-on-demand" services (feel free to
> >> >>> point us to any others!). The concept is, there is no stock or
> upfront
> >> >>> bulk orders like with traditional printers. We provide the graphics,
> >> >>> the supplier does printing and fulfillment (including returns &
> >> >>> exchanges, a perennial headache). Listings can vary from simple
> (users
> >> >>> have to find our stuff on the supplier's site with keywords) to
> >> >>> branded shop (users may not notice except for the URL they are off
> our
> >> >>> site) to embedded (users are on our site but the backend is at the
> >> >>> supplier's).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Each one has strong points/weak points: for example Spreadshirt has
> >> >>> good presence in Europe; Printfection offers T-shirts in many colors
> >> >>> and provides APIs for a store on the designer's site (probably
> >> >>> overkill for us).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> My impression is that signing up is not exclusive; we could go with
> >> >>> any combination and make recommendations to site visitors based on
> >> >>> delivery destination.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Royalty rates, margin structures differ but my main concern would be
> >> >>> quality + breaking even, if such a service doesn't cost us money we
> >> >>> are already ahead by benefiting from the "free advertising" of
> t-shirt
> >> >>> or bag wearers.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Is quality comparable? I have no idea, but Spreadshirt has a good
> >> >>> reputation. A friend of mine has used Cafepress for some time and
> >> >>> never had a complaint.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> What I really like about these solutions is:
> >> >>> * We can offer all 24 variants of our logo (the 12 combos on either
> >> >>> white or black background); it will be interesting to note the
> >> >>> hit-parade of sales
> >> >>> * The Home View!
> >> >>> * The Neighborhood View!
> >> >>> * Big Icons of our favorite Activities... in different colors?
> >> >>> ("EToys, a Sugar Activity")
> >> >>> * Screenshots with impact (Speak saying something, Moon)
> >> >>> * a Sugar Labs USB stick with text "Sugar on a Stick"
> >> >>> * more ideas?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We could shamelessly steal a great idea from our friends at OLPC
> >> >>> France: a little rectangular Sugar Labs sticker which fits right on
> >> >>> the hinge of an XO-1. Would be great for G1G1 "get 1" XOs...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Help please, let's look at these together and make a recommendation
> >> >>> for one or more suppliers... they seem very similar to me based on
> our
> >> >>> needs, but they may have licensing issues or something.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> If we get this going soon we could be wearing (or even selling)
> Sugar
> >> >>> Labs tees at LinuxTag Berlin ;-)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> thanks
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sean
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> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Caroline Meeks
> >> >> Solution Grove
> >> >> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
> >> >>
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