[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia merchandise at CafePress

[Jay Bowks]

From: "Erik Moeller" <erik_moeller at gmx.de>
> Jay-
> Thanks for the kind words.

Well earned, nice job of merchandizing!

> Some people might prefer something more subtle.

The crispness of the logo won't
suffer if your PNG file is large
enough. Also if you want a
golf type shirt logo, it would
be miniscule, anything in between
looks a bit off, but that's only my
opinion. If you're going for promotion
and propaganda, let the logo be
obvious.

> As far as I understand I can only create one product per type in the basic
> shop. We already have a logo mousepad which I think looks fairly nice. Of
> course if Wikimedia covers the costs I'm all for upgrading the shop, but I
> think we should test it with some orders first.

Yes, I agree; the current mousepad
looks very nice too. One idea is that
you can change the image on the item
monthly, this gives folks a reason
to visit the site again and again to
see what's new. You can have
featured graphics, contest graphics,
special event graphics, etc.

After the site gets going you'll
notice it will pay for itself, specially
if you're only charging $5 on top
of the item cost. You may even
want to hold monthly sales on
certain items and have only a
$1 or $2 profit instead, this will
encourage the sale of that item
and also give folks a reason to
visit again and see what's on sale.

You can also buy in bulk for
events. The minimum quantity
is 15 items to get the reduced
price. This may be a good
way of promoting Wikipedia
at functions etc.

Keep up the good work ;-)
and
Stay Wiki!

w/ regards,
Jay B.