Time for a subject line change, I think!
--- Daniel Westinghouse <shipyard_bilge_rat_at_yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I'm going to try to pick together a licensing
> package when I get the chance, mostly adapting
> text from clc.com's forms...
Cafe Press have a similar sort of thing. Tokes and I will
be doing most of the work and want to try and be price
competitive. Tokes has his own business (web site
currently down due to server change), but we aim to try and
return a sensible amount to the artist, where many of these
other places charge like crazy and give very little back.
With artists who are guaranteed to get sales, we charge no
setup fees and plan to be able to offer a wide selection of
images.
Tokes' dream is to eventually be able to offer all artists
the ability to have their images put onto t-shirts. Tokes
has his own work on shirts at the moment (I'd give you the
link to have a look, but like I said, server currently
being changed) and we were talking about which artist to
ask when JMH mentioned printing shirts - an obvious first
choice! We're talking full colour heat transfer (good
quality too) in sizes from small up to 5XL. One of the
things that looks like it may be hurting us is postage and
international money transfers back to the artist - we're
seeing what we can do. Suggestions welcome.
> collegiate group charges $100 per year per license per
> article manufactured.
No such issue for us. Anything 'lightweight' and 'flat' is
generally better, since it means shipping will be cheaper.
We can do coffee mugs, but postage is pricey.
> They have
> manufacturer labor requirements- no slave, child or
> anti-union labor must be used in manufacturing.
Tokes and I have a great time when we get together and
print the shirts, etc. He does this sort of thing for a
living, so he's very professional about it. He's stressed
several times that he wants this to be a project because we
love the art and want to do this sort of thing. Offering
people a service they want and not about just making a
buck. Tokes also has credit card facilities, making it
relatively easy for most people to place international
orders.
> I don't know what your requirements are.
We require a 300dpi (or greater) image in the appropriate
size to go onto a t-shirt and the artist's go-ahead along
with a link to the ordering site (back up soon!) placed on
their group, web page etc. We'll take care of pretty much
everything else. Obviously the more the artist promotes
our (in the plural as in "them and us") product, the more
sales they will get and better for all envolved.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, finally found a way to help JMH (if
he'll let us).
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Received on Tue May 24 2005 - 15:56:50 CDT