merchandise

[Louise McCance-Price]

Hey Kevin

Kevin Mulligan wrote:

> From a mainly outside perspective, I think this is a hasty decision. 
> If you know there are complaints of quality being poor, and looking at 
> the products and only seeing one bland color (white)...

Thanks so much for your input Kevin :o)

It's a start - the reason why it's only white and one grey item (there 
is yellow, green and pink) which can be added if you wish, but I thought 
that white would be more popular.

Cafepress have 2 options - a basic store allows one design per product 
item, and there aint much to choose from!
We will be upgrading to a Premium store when we have a new website 
design and community artwork to showcase,
so we can add more products.

>
> I've never used CafePress (nor any of these listed below). Just saying 
> that if quality is already considered to be an issue with CafePress, 
> there must be some form of alternative.

One or 2 people have made mention, but Plone and others use it.

> A quick Google search netted me these alternatives:
> http://www.printshop.co.uk/
> http://www.mirror100.co.uk/
> http://en.spreadshirt.de/
> http://www.idcle.com/

These look great. We can certainly have more than one, and that's the 
intention - but it's good to start somewhere.
If you'd like to volunteer to check the quality of these stores and make 
a recommendation, we'd be happy to work with you on getting multiple 
ones up there.

>
> I go to college in a small community of 40,000-50,000 in Georgia 
> (USA). There are no less than six companies that print t-shirts and 
> other memorabilia in this town. There have to be thousands of these 
> places all over the world...

Yes - there are MANY print shops, but not many who handle all the 
printing, shipping and financial side of things.
Our prime focus is getting a distro out every 6 months, rather than 
creating merchandise, and we have to be very careful with VAT issues and 
the like, so there are other considerations that we have in setting 
these kinds of things up.

Thanks for your input though and if you'd like to help follow through 
some of your suggestions, I'd welcome your assistance.

all the best
Lu

>
> My two cents.
> --Kevin
>
> Louise McCance-Price wrote:
>
>> Hi David
>>
>> Today, we have just launched the Ubuntu Shop! Please visit: 
>> http://www.cafepress.com/ubuntushop
>> An upgrade to a premium shop with showcased designs from our 
>> community will be launched early next year.
>>
>> We have gone with Cafepress as a first stop for merchandise (and we 
>> are aware that some folks think the quality could be better)
>> but there aren't too many "shops" of this nature around. If you know 
>> of any others, please do share the info!
>>
>> == Commission on sales ==
>>
>> The Ubuntu project receives a small percentage on these sales.
>>
>> All proceeds from the Ubuntu shop (as with donations) will go to top 
>> up the bounty fund.
>> Visit http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/bounties for more 
>> information.
>>
>>
>> == Community merchandise ==
>>
>> We would like to see our community creating Ubuntu merchandise,
>> but please notify us to obtain permission to use the Ubuntu trademark 
>> in advance (trademarks at ubuntulinux.org).
>> We will be tracking this. Please visit: 
>> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/TrademarkPolicy/ for more information.
>>
>> We'd love to see your designs, logos and artwork - so please add 
>> links to your personal sites at: 
>> https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/CommunityArtwork
>>
>> == Competitions ==
>>
>> We will be running a T-shirt design competition and web design 
>> competition in the new year,
>> details will be posted as soon as they are available.
>>
>>
>> All the best
>> Lu
>>
>>
>> david wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> What is the official position regarding merchandise for Ubuntu?
>>> I'm thinking specifically of T-Shirts.
>>> I made myself an Ubuntu T-shirt using one of the "iron on" sheets but
>>> silk screen print would be better.
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>
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