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. <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Such help greatly appreciated, thanks Seth. At this afternoon's SL marketing meeting (<a href="http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting.log.20090526_1108.html" target="_blank">http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting.log.20090526_1108.html</a>) 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 <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Seth Woodworth <<a href="mailto:seth@isforinsects.com">seth@isforinsects.com</a>> 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 <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> > wrote: >> >> +1 >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be" target="_blank">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote: >>> >>> <a href="http://www.cafepress.com" target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com</a> >>> <a href="http://www.spreadshirt.com" target="_blank">http://www.spreadshirt.com</a> >>> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com" target="_blank">http://www.zazzle.com</a> >>> <a href="http://www.printfection.com" target="_blank">http://www.printfection.com</a> >>> <a href="http://www.vistaprint.com" target="_blank">http://www.vistaprint.com</a> >>> >>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Marketing mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> >> >> >> >> -- >> Caroline Meeks >> Solution Grove >> Caroline@SolutionGrove.com >> >> 617-500-3488 - Office >> 505-213-3268 - Fax >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Marketing mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> >> > > </div></div></blockquote></div>