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If I were to venture a guess. It's more then likely the fact that it's Cafepress. Which is great for a custom shirt, if it's 1 shirt, for yourself. But seriously, do honestly expect people to buy this T-shirt for 24 bucks, plus shipping?

Not a chance sir. It's just not that cool. You start offering them for, say, 15 bucks, I'd buy one. As it stands right now, I can make that shirt for around 4 bucks. At home. With a graphic on the back. And my color of choice shirt.

I know that you and the rest of the Alla team have more resources then Cafepress. Hell, I've made T-shirts. Just print them up and sell them cheaper.

Oh and I know about the "Value Shirt" and thats a damn joke. It's a thin, white, crap T-shirt you get at Walmart 3 for 5 clams.

Maybe you could include a 10% Coupon of the Store when you do premium. Because I'm not getting my magazines, thats for damn sure. This at least, could be tangible.

Oh yes, and for the 10K'rs. I think it would be awesome if you gave them this design as a bumper sticker when that poster hit 10k

Edited, Jul 19th 2007 4:36pm by Kaelesh

Oh god, I don't think we should give people any more reason to spam to 10k then there already is!

I've looked and been tempted to buy a few.. but saving for a wedding soon (that my and theladyfriend are paying for ourselves) Plus having to move her 2000+ miles to me.. so I'm kinda watching what I spend and where... Maybe I should but 1 or 2 now so its still up in a year or so when funds are a little looser

It's all because we don't have yo-yo's!

One thing we could do to potentially increase the shirts popularity would be to comission a few art pieces from some of the Webcomic artists from some of the games we cover.

Honestly, twenty-four dollars plus shipping is alot of money for a T-shirt, at least for me as a college student.

Most T-shirts in stores are ten to fifteen dollars each, and so that is what I base mentally my price-range upon for a T-shirt that I am going to buy, wear, and abuse.

People are drawn to this site first and foremost for the games and the gaming info. That is what you need to keep in mind when you are designing the shirts/thongs/whatever. Honestly, if you were able to license some things like the FFXI nation symbols or be able to have an EQII symbol on the back/breast pocket, that would be very cool and would make me more want to buy a shirt.

Rather than just trying to solely promote the site, try to promote the site in conjunction with the games that bring the site to life, and include images and stuff that reflect that.

I like this website and all...

Ya know...It's a little nerdy to wear.

Anyhow, as for why I haven't bought one? With the price of gas as it is along with all the other bills to pay, my social/personal budget is tighter than ever. When I have the extra cash, I usually go for a book or video game. My premium is set to auto-renew (August 21st?) and I'm considering changing. I just don't spend enough time here.

I got my custom shirt in, and I'm loving it.

I'll probably order a bumper sticker or something at some point, and will definitely be getting another custom shirt both when I hit Sage and when I hit 10k, but at this point, I am broke.

I actually forgot.
I was going to buy some stuff, then I moved and forgot in all the ruckus.

The price is due to using Cafe Press. We actually have very little profit margin on the items. The advantage of using them is that we can have pretty much unlimited items and designs for sale, as they make them one at a time when they are ordered. The disadvantage is that you pay a premium for that advantage. We have to charge at least what the charge us to sell the item. As an alternative, we can order a whole load of shirts up front with a single design through a different company and sell them for $10 to $15. But that would limit us to that single design and color.

Still, what we might do is keep cafe press for the multiple designs and also offer a single color/design shirt (probably the Allakhazam logo with Knowledge is Power on a black or dark blue shirt) through someone else for maybe $10 to $12. Would that be something you would be interested in?

I was thinking about adding additional products, such as mice, USB devices (cup holders that keep drinks hot/cold), things like that. Gamers like gizmos and geeks like gizmos as well as t-shirts n mugs. Something to think about.

I didn't even know we had one. So my vote goes toward advertising. I didn't read a single post above mine (I'm too tired), but offering a first time purchase coupon could be a draw. And I think a set discount (even small 5-15%) for the premium members who care enough to support the site, would be a nice show of appreciation. Have sales on complete underground dorkdom holidays, like Decemberween.


You could also hire this one chick named "Growlingbunny." She is wicked awesome when it comes to customer service. And she practically lives on this site.


Just my thoughts on it.^^ ...uh, Sir.

Ok, we need a new shirt, with a green up arrow and a red down arrow on the chest!