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

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 13:01, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 2009/11/25 Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
>>
>> 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"? :-)
>>
>
> 1&1 customers (1&1 is a hosting company) have a link in their administration
> control panel which links to Spreadshirt with a discount applied.

Ah, I see. Yeah, I don't think we want to get locked into something like that.

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