Re: Merchandising, merchandising.. on the postgresql.eu site

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:49, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 2009/11/24 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 15:13, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> > 2009/11/24 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 15:37, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> >> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> 2009/11/17 Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>> > Okay, Spreadshirt's bulk ordering department have come back
>> >> >>> > saying
>> >> >>> > they can make exceptions to their rules depending on anticipated
>> >> >>> > volumes.  Is there a way for us to gauge demand for particular
>> >> >>> > items?
>> >> >>> > If we knew certain items would sell well, I'm sure they'd be able
>> >> >>> > to
>> >> >>> > accommodate us.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I don't think we have any real way of telling how popular an item
>> >> >>> might
>> >> >>> be.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > In any case, where do we go from here?  Is someone able to make a
>> >> >>> > decision at this point, or is more information required?  Do you
>> >> >>> > want
>> >> >>> > me to look into more online stores for options (please suggest
>> >> >>> > some
>> >> >>> > if
>> >> >>> > so), or find out any more information before deciding?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Well, aside from the couple of items they don't have, it seems to
>> >> >>> me
>> >> >>> like Spreadshirt offer the best option for us. Anyone disagree?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> *ping*
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > OK to go ahead Magnus?
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like a go for me.
>> >>
>> >> A quick check makes it look like we need to create a single pgeu
>> >> account with them, to run the store from. As in, it's not possible to
>> >> create a store and have multiple accounts manage it. In that case, it
>> >> seems like we should create an @postgresql.eu address for it, and
>> >> register that, from the beginning - and then just hand out the
>> >> password to someone interested in doing the grunt work :-) Can someone
>> >> confirm that this would be the way to do it?
>> >>
>> >
>> > I've fired off a couple emails to Spreadshirt.  One was to see if we
>> > could
>> > get a discount for choosing them (as there appear to be affiliates who
>> > offer
>> > discounts for joining Spreadshirt anyway) and the other to see if there
>> > is
>> > any way of managing a shop with more than one account.  If they can't
>> > move
>> > on that 2nd one, I can't see a problem with it being managed from a
>> > single
>> > account.
>>
>> Nope, not really. It's just easier to delegate and remove delegations
>> if they're off separate accounts, but it's certainly not a
>> dealbreaker.
>>
>
> Okay, their email didn't answer my question so gave them a call and
> explained that we'd want multiple logins to manage a single shop, but they
> said it didn't work like that.  Only 1 account per shop, but multiple shops
> per account (not what we want).  They made it clear that if you had several
> people managing the shop, you would have to share the account details round.

Fair enough, so we'll do it that way.

> As for the discount, they said the only discount available is a 5% discount
> off the base price if booked through 1&1.  This might not be a good idea
> even if we did this as it could link the account to a 1&1 account in some
> way.

Enlighten me, what does it mean to be "booked through 1&1"? :-)

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