Hello
I do not often on this list but I read carefully discussed.
I can speak on this proposal to create t-shirt because I had to do
the same thing for friends who have a band.
The easiest way to avoid having to move the agent is to create an
online shop with http://www.comboutique.com/ example. You define the
product you want to sell (t-shirts, sweat shirts, hats ,...) with
the drawing like.
The system gives you the gross price of the item and you must
specify the margin you want to take over. It is very simple and
customizable.
Here's shop created (images header and footer does not appear this
is normal) http://www.comboutique.com/shop/homeboutique-5029.html
With this system, no need to move a single cent and no need to
manage the logistics.
Sincerely,
Le 30/06/10 01:15, Ward De Ridder a écrit :
Hello ubuntu-be
A couple weeks ago I’ve sent an e-mail with the idea that we can
print our own t-shirts. They will be cheaper than the t-shirts
ordered from the canonical (ubuntu) shop, and we’ll be able to
choose the print ourselves.
Everyone I’ve told about this, on the IRC-meeting and in the
mailing list, was very positive about the idea. We also agreed
that the t-shirts should be both eco-friendly and fair-trade. JanC
and I have done some research about that, and we found out that
Earth Positive t-shirts are probably the best choice. Those
t-shirts are a little more expensive compared to other branches
like Fruit of the Loom, but we will still be able to sell them for
€10 / t-shirt (we sell the t-shirts from the ubuntu store for
about €13 - €20).
There are a couple more things to be done before the t-shirts can
be ordered. First of all we need a good design to print on the
t-shirts, that’s why we need your help. You can send your ideas
and your designs to the mailinglist, later we'll open a wiki page
to show al the designs, and to choose one.
Here are some important things to keep in mind when designing:
- The less colors you use, the lower the price (max 5
different colors), the better. If you want to use light colors
on a dark background, you should count one more color.
- If you know how to use inkscape, or another vector graphics
editor, please use it! If you don’t know how to use it I, or
someone else, can convert it to a vectorial image if your
design is the best. If you’ve got a lot of creativity, but
don’t know how to work with any image-editing software you can
always share your ideas, and maybe someone else can do
something with it.
- You can use the ubuntu-be logo in the design, but if we also
want to sell the t-shirts at fosdem to foreign visitors, maybe
it’s better not to do so. This way we can also ask neighbour
countries if they are interested to participate. The more
t-shirts we buy, the cheaper the price / t-shirt.
It’s not 100% sure yet the t-shirts will be printed, but a good
design will help to make it easier to decide. The biggest question
we’ve got is where to get the money to buy the t-shirts. It will
cost us about €600 to buy 100, and that’s a lot of money. We are
quite sure t-shirts at a good price with a good design will sell,
definitely if we promote them a bit, but we have to pay them
first.
If you’ve got some ideas let us know!
Ward De Ridder
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