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some new shirts
vintagegamer:
BC,
No worries at all, and your feedback is greatly appreciated (and no you didn't sound like a d!ck).
I'd thought about what you'd said before using cafepress, re: having a local place do them, but ran into 2 issues:
1. I haven't had much time to research a place in the area b/c I work, I'm going to school, and I have a 2 yr old.. trust me the last one is a BIGGIE :D
2. I wanted to test the water with a LARGER audience and get feedback re: the shirts in general (ie interest over all)
I TOTALLY agree with you that the prices are a little high, but actually I found out that if you walk into a Hot Topic store, their prices aren't too far off from what cafepress is asking (now I know someone will be able to find a cheaper shirt to prove me wrong, so I'll give a GENERAL example at the link below)
http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/nodePage.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028385&bmUID=1193356984184
And yep, you're dead-on AGAIN about it not generating HUGE profits for me- but that's actually not my intent.. I thought these might be fun and unique items for people to pick up as gifts etc for those more DIFFICULT hobbyists like us arcade game owners (and I mean DIFFICULT as in 'hard to buy for', not that we're a bunch of pains in the @$$). So, if I can help someone along with that, and make a couple bucks in the process, I've achieved my goal. I'm one of those people that likes obscure hobbies that aren't mass-promoted like sports, NASCAR, etc. So I'm the prime of example of one who is hard to buy for..
I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this. And I'm always up for doing things BETTER, so I'm sure this will be a constantly-evolving process for me!
Regards,
VG
Level42:
So you took them off-line now ? Link is now dead ?
I must admit that I didn't read them all, but I've seen shirts with some nice looking retro(game) graphic art, sometimes with text...There's no problem at all trying to so something like this, but putting a little effort/time in it is probably needed to get some sales. I'd never buy a text-only shirt, but hey there may be other people who do.
vintagegamer:
--- Quote from: Level42 on October 26, 2007, 02:11:08 am ---So you took them off-line now ? Link is now dead ?
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Nope, left them up. Here's the link:
http://www.cafepress.com/b4dt
Maybe they were having server issues?
VG
XyloSesame:
--- Quote from: Barcrest on October 25, 2007, 07:58:34 pm ---Personally i wouldn't use cafepress for a start. They are expensive, real expensive... I know it's easy to use but let me say again they are expensive.
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Bar, do you have an alternative to CafePress that you could recommend?