Calendars sell well; we should consider those on a wider merchandising/fundraising scope.
Perhaps partner with a manufacturer or retailer? Quite a lot of funding could come from such schemes. Tom On 13 September 2011 14:33, Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Wikimedia Christmas cards using seasonal Commons images are a good idea. > Ditto the charity calendars idea. If we want those available for this > Christmas, though, we'd probably need to get the ball rolling (however one > does that, it's not my area of expertise) fairly soon. > > Harry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 14:04 > > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise > > I'm not convinced that Postcards are that big an opportunity, unlike Xmas > cards there isn't a tradition of buying charity ones. I'm sure we could do > an awesome pack of "seasonal greetings cards" and there is a well developed > infrastructure around that for us to get into. > > Where there may well be a gap in the market for Postcards is for many local > areas with a little bit of tourism but not enough to support Postcard > production in the era of high volume printing. So tourists to London can > find Postcards of Big Ben and Tower bridge in hundreds of outlets. But the > combination of Commons as source of images and the revolution in print > economics does give us the opportunity to create a Postcard service. I don't > know what the minimum economic run would be for it to be interesting, but I > suspect it would be within reach of some individual shops. I'm thinking in > terms of a webservice that allows people to say where they are and offers > local pictures (from commons) but with a category and search based option > that gives access to everything else. This could let people choose a bunch > of designs and volumes, and buy by credit card or Paypal with delivery by > Post. > > The only drawback, and it is a big one, is that anyone could launch a rival > service and undercut us. Unlike Xmas cards there is no tradition of choosing > charity ones where it comes to Postcards. > > Regards > > WSC > > On 13 September 2011 00:34, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Add a 'your pic here' line under the postcard photo? > > Might it be possible, also, to arrange people - retailers, say - to order > themselves ANY Commons image with that tagline beneath as a postcard? Maybe > have images verified first somehow, to prevent copyright abuse. Massive > infrastructure and time work, but blue sky and all that. > > Iain > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise > From: Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, September 12, 2011 9:28 pm > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > > I don't know how much use postcards, even Wikimedia postcards, would get, > but some of the Commons POTYs would be great for that kind of thing. How we > get past "look at the pretty picture" to "upload your own", I'm not sure. > > In my (relatively limited) experience, it's not the smallest sizes that are > left over! ;) What else makes a good platform for advertising Commons? > > Harry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Richard Symonds <[email protected]> > *To:* 'Harry Mitchell' <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, 12 September 2011, 21:08 > *Subject:* RE: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise > > Tshirts are good, but you do have to get every size, and invariably > there’ll be loads of “extra extra” sizes left over. Something that’d > encourage people to upload to commons would be good though – I did get a WM > Commons Christmas card last year from Mr Forrester! Postcards would be > cheap, easy to make, and we’ve got some wonderful pictures. But would they > be good at getting people to upload? > > PS – I’m loving these ideas. Flip-flops especially! > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Harry Mitchell > *Sent:* 12 September 2011 19:03 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise > > How about t-shirts or something that encourage people to upload their > images to Commons? I've long thought that more people *would* if they knew > about it. > > Harry > > ------------------------------ > *From:* George Watson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, 12 September 2011, 18:44 > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise > > > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Richard Symonds <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > That said, we can worry about the specific legalities later - I don't > want > > > to get bogged down in them now. > > > > The idea that there may even be any sort of legal dimension hadn't > > occurred in even the most over-active and alert synapses of my fevered > > brain! So, I don't know how I managed to plant that seed... > > > > No, I was just trying to picture the merchandise, so whether it was > > going to have a UK mention on it or just be plain Wikimedia was about > > picturing it. > > > > > I'm hoping for some blue-sky ideas. If you > > > could hand something to someone in the street - one thing - that would > make > > > them edit Wikipedia, what would you like it to be? Something that makes > the > > > person go "hmmm..." or "ooh!"... > > > > WereSpiel's ideas of mousemats and mugs are tried and tested but I > > think none the worse for that. If it were within our abilities to > > revolutionise merchandising I suspect we'd be typing our emails on > > solid gold keyboards. > > > > But, OK, blue-sky and would really "make me edit"? > > > > I think the one thing that would most make me want to edit would be to > > see something wrong or that I disagreed with. So it could be a typo. > > You'd have a badge saying "this is a badje [edit]" or "this is a > > quayring [edit]" or "this is a mugg [edit]". > > > > Or, more provocatvely, "Margaret Thatcher was the world's most > > compassionate woman. [edit]" or "Wayne Rooney deserves every penny he > > gets. [edit]". The trick with those, though, is identifying people who > > are likely to disagree. > > > > Some places do promotional USB drives now. I'm trying to think what > > one could pre-load them with, but I'm coming up blank. Maybe it could > > have all of Wikipedia's unusual articles on as seen here...? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WEIRD > > > > Bod > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > The biggest problem with that is NPOV - something like that implies that > WMUK supports the opposite position (i.e., Thatcher lacked compassion, > Rooney doesn't deserve his money). That perhaps isn't what we want. > > It might also be a good idea to look at producing merchandise for other > projects as well - they could do with the exposure more than enWP, I'm > sure. > > -- > Regards, > > George Watson > <http://dendodge.me> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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