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

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.

Thom