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

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.

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.

Regards

Thom