--- "Thomas R. Koll" tomk32@gmx.de wrote:
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:08:00AM -0700, Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- "Thomas R. Koll" tomk32@gmx.de wrote:
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 05:01:00AM +0200, Erik
Moeller wrote:
For the WikiReaders I'm currently setting up a
webshop. I'm still
working at it, implementing a multi-seller
function.
The idea is that everybody can sell printings,
CD/DVDs or
merchandise stuff on the site. For the sellers
the biggest
advantage is the central marekt and for the
customer cheaper
shipping is a big advantage (I neither live in
CafePress country
nor do I have a credit card).
Sounds neat. The fact that CafePress only accepts
US dollars and is only in
English is a big drawback. On top of that, they
are pretty darn expensive.
Maybe it's a good time to start discussions
about an official
Wikimedia shop. Comments?
I don't know since that would require us to have
storage space, a distribution
system, a secure server to handle credit cards,
and a staff to fill and send
out orders and deal with problems. Unfortunately
CafePress has very little
competition and what little does exist has many of
the same problems CafePress
does.
Damn, we're building the biggest encycopedia in the world. We can do such a little shop ourself.
Except a few we could have external sellers in our shop, for me storage is no problem or costs, the 1000 WikiReaders won't take much space anyways. I hope that the devs can setup a secure server, can they? Here in Germany credit cards are quite unpopular, bank transfer is still number one and if I have to print another 1k copies of the WikiReader they might be sent out on bill/account and not on advanced payment.
ciao, tom
Hello Tom
I am not sure I understood everything yet; but to who are these wikireaders gonna be distributed ? Or, through which means ? Several means ? Only through internet ? In schools ? Meetings ? What are you planning ?
Are they gonna be sold ? If they are, how much ? Why sold ? Do you consider they are only instrument of promotion, or knowledge distribution as well ? Were the 3000 dollars definitly given to support WikiReaders, or are they a help to be reinbursed while the WikiReaders are sold ?
Could you update the meta page accordingly. I think that it is important that we keep track of * promotional production * distribution of free knowledge * foundation money use
Both for us internally, perhaps for plannification of annual money use later, and definitly for outsiders who wish to follow foundation activity. If that is a personal move to distribute knowledge, that is interesting as well.
Ant
__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/