Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] New Donate Link Graphics
Thanks Golden Ribbon,
Should we keep the list on google docs spreadsheet?
On Tue, 2016-02-23 at 03:47 -0500, Golden Ribbon wrote:
This would be a great way to double up on funding the Inkscape cause and spreading
the Inkscape brand in one swift motion.
I also selfishly want some inkscape branded things. A cup of tea and a t-shirt with inkscape's logo on it ;-)
Martin,
Hi Mark and Hi Brynn
Mark
we're producing the Elvie strip for Linux Voice magazine (using a
combination of MyPaint and Inkscape), and getting paid for it, we've > been able to cover our hosting *and* made a small donation to Inkscape last year. Unfortunately, however, more time on Elvie means > less time on The Greys, which is why there hasn't been a new strip for many, many months :(
Thats a good observation, however merchandise provides an alternative to straight donations, as well as a reward for persons who donate high amounts. Presently inkscape doesn't have alternative funding options. In addition it doesn't cost us anything to keep it online.
Brynn
But if Inkscape had a site for t-shirts and other merchandise, etc. that
certainly would be more convenient for me (especially if I'm >doing it alone -- not much interest in my postings, so far). Calendars would be another nice product, where the artwork was made with >Inkscape. Maybe there could even be a contest to choose 12 images!
The merchandise can be given as rewards for the competitions that people win, the key is to engage the inkscape audience to remind them that the inkscape agenda still exists and encourage them to donate by spreading the inkscape brand and message. Thats how content marketing works, The Linux Voice is a prime example of the benefits of content marketing.
DocMo
Should we keep the list on google docs spreadsheet?
Sure, that way everyone can collaborate on it
I also selfishly want some inkscape branded things. A cup of tea and a t-shirt with inkscape's logo on it ;-)
lol Doc Mo, I'd buy one and I'm sure there are others who want an inkscape shirt or mug for the same reasons.
Regards Phillip
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> wrote:
Thanks Golden Ribbon,
Should we keep the list on google docs spreadsheet?
On Tue, 2016-02-23 at 03:47 -0500, Golden Ribbon wrote:
This would be a great way to double up on funding the Inkscape cause and spreading
the Inkscape brand in one swift motion.
I also selfishly want some inkscape branded things. A cup of tea and a t-shirt with inkscape's logo on it ;-)
Martin,
Mark
we're producing the Elvie strip for Linux Voice magazine (using a
combination of MyPaint and Inkscape), and getting paid for it, we've > been able to cover our hosting *and* made a small donation to Inkscape last year. Unfortunately, however, more time on Elvie means > less time on The Greys, which is why there hasn't been a new strip for many, many months :(
Thats a good observation, however merchandise provides an alternative to straight donations, as well as a reward for persons who donate high amounts. Presently inkscape doesn't have alternative funding options. In addition it doesn't cost us anything to keep it online.
Just to clarify, I was specifically replying to Brynn's suggestion of having "The Greys" merchandise (for anyone who's not aware, The Greys is a web comic that I create with a friend, entirely using Inkscape). I don't think *that* merchandise would sell well enough to make it worth the effort.
I *am* in favour of more general Inkscape branded merchandise, however. The dilemma is that you can either go with a print-to-order company online, in which case the prices are high and the profits are low; or you can get some merchandise mass-produced in which case the initial outlay is high, you have to deal with sending orders out yourself, and you could end up stuck with a lot of unsold stock - but the profits are potentially much higher.
Unless someone really wants to deal with posting merch around the world then a print-to-order company seems like the only way to go, but don't expect to make a lot of money for the project from it (of course, branded products have a less tangible role as advertising that shouldn't be overlooked).
Mark
P.S. If anyone really does want some Greys merchandise, we do have T-shirts and CD-ROMs available via our website. Although it won't *directly* support Inkscape, we do try to give a reasonable proportion of our earnings back to community projects, as we did with our donation of over 10% of last year's gross earnings to Inkscape.
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