[Phpwomen] PHPWomen Merchandise: Good Idea?

[Johanna Cherry]

I think this is a great idea. PHPWomen does quite a lot without having  
any revenue sources (besides the member donations!) so I think this  
would help us do so much more.

A quick google search has lead me to http://www.spreadshirt.net which  
appears to be a cafe press clone but with an international focus. I've  
never used it but it seems nice. Anybody used it before?

Shipping costs: http://www.spreadshirt.net/en/GB/Service/Help-1328/categoryId/277/articleId/542

Regarding the elephpants, I think also a great idea. However I know a  
little bit about the source of the elephpants and it might be  
difficult to get them. That's why there aren't anymore left and  
everyone wants one! The problem is the company that makes them  
requires bulk order, ie tens of thousands of elephpants and payment up  
front, so a huge investment is involved. Although I think the  
elephpants are so popular that its about time someone figured out an  
alternative! Let do it!

Johanna

On Mar 6, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Petra Dreiskamper wrote:

> Hi Lorna and everyone,
>
> Just a quick shout from me:
> I think it's a great idea and I can't really help with the online
> retailers but what about selling a pink-phpwomen elephant? To  
> accompany
> the blue little fella?
> (Or has this been suggested a 1000 times already?)
>
> Petra
>
>
> Lorna Mitchell wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I want to let you know about some ideas that have been going around
>> about making phpwomen.org merchandise available - so you could just
>> buy your phpwomen shirt, or badge, or whatever, online and get it
>> delivered to your door.  We have talked before about doing this via
>> cafepress - however the costs associated with buying from cafepress  
>> if
>> you are in Europe (and I guess indeed anywhere outside North America)
>> makes this unappealing.
>>
>> The longer-term plan is that we'll have a shop full of phpwomen
>> branded stuff that people can buy - the funds will go into our  
>> account
>> and we can use these to fund our other activities, such as helping
>> members get to conferences, funding giveaways at conferences, and
>> probably other things that we haven't yet thought of.  To this end we
>> need to:
>> a) find a suitable online retailer
>> b) decide what stuff we should sell and what designs should be on  
>> them
>>
>> Can anyone suggest an alternative online retailer that could print
>> items on-demand and ship at reasonable cost right around the world?
>> If so, please reply and let us know - and if you've got any  
>> experience
>> of these, good or bad, that would be useful to know as well.
>>
>> We're also on the look out for suggestions of items, designs for  
>> those
>> items, and any other comments/ideas of how to make fun things
>> available!  One idea is to run a competition and get people to submit
>> design ideas - and get some prizes for the best entries, which we can
>> then use in the shop.  However we'd need a volunteer to make all that
>> happen - so if you're up for it, or have any suggestions of who could
>> do it, just let us know!
>>
>> Please do reply, we really want to hear from you.  If everyone just
>> lurks, nothing will ever happen - so even just a "can we have mugs?"
>> message is helpful.  Let us hear you :)
>>
>> Regards, looking forward to a flood of responses...
>>
>> Lorna
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