On 27 July 2012 17:19, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 27 Jul 2012, at 09:14, Andy Mabbett wrote: > >> On 27 July 2012 17:04, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> [Of Wikimedia-UK merchandise] >> >>> The question is more, is it worthwhile doing and/or pushing for? Is there >>> a market, and sufficient benefit for the projects? >> >> The charity of which I'm a trustee, the West Midland Bird Club >> <http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/> partners with a supplier of >> on-demand merchandise (see link & pic on WMBC home page). We supply >> the artwork, they make up shirts, caps and so on (knickers, if you >> must!) as and when an order is received and supply them direct to the >> customer, paying us a commission. No overheads, no stock to hold >> (though that's an option, should we wish to), no running out of >> women's style before men's. > > The downside is that such suppliers are typically lower quality and always > much more expensive compared to buying stock in bulk...
Perhaps; but in this case the comments received on the quality have been appreciative. With no outlay and far less inconvenience, I wouldn't expect the same amount of profit. Costs are viewable on the supplier's website; I've not made any comparison, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
