protoncharging.com: Some swag is just for me.

| October 23, 2006 |

Some swag is just for me.

Not all the swag for Proton Charging's tenth anniversary is available to the masses - some of it is just for me.

Posted at October 23, 2006 01:53 PM

Comments

Share blast you, share! I would totally wear that proudly with protonchargings logo on it.

Posted by: Matthew Kaplowitz at October 23, 2006 08:50 PM

Nice !

Posted by: Jerome at October 24, 2006 01:10 AM

Nice, I love it... post the logo in high resolution, so I can trace it on CorelDRAW and print my own tees!! ;)

Posted by: Rolo Gb213 at October 24, 2006 10:48 AM

Well, the one-off prototype cost $70 (it's very high quality hoodie and printing) - If I think of a way to share at a more reasonable price, I'll certainly do that.

Posted by: castewar at October 24, 2006 12:43 PM

maybe if you were to set up a little system where we could donate to keep pc up and running, you could email us a nice high quality scan of the logo to print out ourselves. it could work, especially if your a big guy like me and these wimpy 2x shirts don't work for ya!

Posted by: Randy at October 24, 2006 03:13 PM

It's not a bad idea, but I don't really need help keeping PC up and running. Like I said, if I can find a good system to produce a run of shirts, I will.

Posted by: castewar at October 24, 2006 03:14 PM

I still have not gotten the adress so I can send for the buttons!

Posted by: Jade at October 25, 2006 12:05 PM

I haven't gotten an email from you - email me again.

Posted by: castewar at October 25, 2006 03:58 PM

Well, you could always open a shop at cafepress.
Profit-margin is low but it's a good way to get shirts, hoodies, thongs, whatever out there to people who want them without having to handle production yourself. Quality is quite good too.

Posted by: jef leppard at October 26, 2006 08:21 AM

Proton Charging Thongs? I'm there.

Posted by: Peter Randall at October 26, 2006 11:45 AM

Well, between you and me (and the internet), I have opened a CafePress site, a few months back - I'm very carefully looking into it more though. I haven't been happy with the quality of some of the stuff they produce, and I find their shipping pricey, especially if you're outside the US, as you only have the one shipping option.

Stay tuned.

Posted by: castewar at October 26, 2006 01:29 PM

Depends if Chris here could be done for breaching copyright with Cafepress... I've been led to believe that CP has a fairly strict policy as to what can and can't be put on a shirt/hoodie/mug or thong.

Posted by: Ben King at October 27, 2006 06:23 AM

They actually ok'd the design already - I had a small test run of the buttons made through them until I found better, cheaper, closer options. Unless I were to make significant dollars from the venture, which is not the point and ideally I'd be charging the CP basic price only, I doubt it would be an issue.

Posted by: castewar at October 27, 2006 12:03 PM

Chris

Here are a couple of CafePress alternatives.

http://www.spreadshirt.com (Canada: http://www.spreadshirt.ca)
http://www.customink.com (Canada: http://www.customink.com/cink/r.jsp?C=64)

I don't know how good they are as I've never used either of them. There was a time that I was considering making my own merchandise for sale on Spook Central. I would have used the photos of Ecto-1 (and other "star cars") that I took at auto shows a few years ago. As the photographer of the photos, I own the copyright on them, so I don't have to worry about that. If anything, I'd have to worry about trademarks, but if I'm careful about what I show and what text I add, I should be okay. However, I ultimately decided not to do it as it just didn't seem worth the time and hassle.

Posted by: Paul Rudoff at October 27, 2006 07:39 PM

I like the shirt and the logo. Hopefully there can be some way we can get one 2.

Posted by: Jared at October 28, 2006 08:03 PM

Thanks Paul - handy links. Some limitations in the print options, but they could be do-able.

Being able to offer for both the US and Canada is a big plus.

Posted by: castewar at October 30, 2006 08:41 PM

Hey, always glad to help... and hug!

Posted by: Paul Rudoff at November 1, 2006 10:28 PM

I can do those up for you on light-coloured shirts two blocks from your home, Mr Stewart. At a reasonable price. I'm just sayin' is all.

Posted by: Toren at November 9, 2006 12:21 AM

Also if you want to share the eBay store I'll be opening up, can do.

Posted by: Toren at November 9, 2006 12:22 AM