T-Shirts

[rickl]

Hey guys! I'm going to try to have a couple t-shirts made, and sell them at the swap-meet with most of the profit being donated to the club. I'm planning to feature our fishy logo, but was wondering what people would want, other than a big fish on the front? I could make them Spring Swap meet 2012 shirts, or just MCAA shirts in general. I think a front-pocket/back full image would look nice, but printing on the back raises the cost by ~$5 per shirt.

I know for sure I can do small color logos, and big black/whtie logos, I'm hoping to get a larger colored version available as well if I can get a vector-graphic editing program to recolorize the image for me (I had a friendly neighborhood graphics-wizard vectorize the colored image for me so it can be printed bigger, but I don't want to impose on her any further)

What would be a reasonable price to charge for the shirts? I was thinking $15 max, but any less than $10 and it's hard to break even on small quantities, which doesn't leave much for the club donation.

I suppose I should turn this into a poll, but for now, just shout out with opinions! I figure if I bring a half-dozen shirts and they sell like hotcakes, maybe we can do a club fundraiser for the next swap meet.

So -- the questions I need you guys to answer are :

1) Swap-meet shirt, or just MCAA? If just MCAA I'll probably just let the logo fish stand alone, but if I do a swap-meet shirt I'll add something like "MCAA Swap Meet, Spring 2012"

2) How do you feel about black-and-white logos? I thought about making some smaller ones with just the line art, as "color-it-yourself" kids shirts, maybe even bring some fabric paints and set up a picnic table as a painting station. Unfortunately kids shirts aren't any cheaper, but it might keep them busy for awhile.

3) Front only vs Front/Back? Price would need to go up about $5 for front/back. If we didn front/back would you want full size logos on both sides? "pocket" logo on front and big logo on back? Logo on back and text on front? text on front and logo on back?

4) Price pain tolerance. Would you buy a shirt for $20? $15? $10? I don't think any lower than $10 would even be feasible, and at that price-point it would definately have to be front-only.

5) Sizes? I was thinking a pile of XL with a few 2XL (unless I kid color-it kids shirt, then I'd probably get some adult smalls and maybe some youth larges).

I can't front too much cash, so I'll probably only be looking at 5-10 shirts total unless I get totally overwhelmed with positive feedback.

-Rick

[Jess Puff]

WooHoo! Thanks for doing this!!!

Since you asked... here goes

1. I like the idea of doing an MCAA shirt with no date. This way, if they don't all sell at the spring swap/meet we have other opportunities to unload them (if you will).

2. I don't have kids, so I can't really comment on the idea of color-it-yourself shirts, other than it sounds really cool and I might have to buy one and color it myself HAHA!

3. I personally like front/back logo'd shirts but have several that are front logo only and I like them just as well. If it's cheaper to do front only, I say go that way and that allows for a higher profit margin.

4. I would buy a t-shirt for $15. $20 might be a stretch for me and I'm pretty loose with the cashola, if you know what I mean.

5. Well, I'm a size Medium... lol but I think most of our members are guys and L, XL, and 2XL are probably going to be the biggest hit. It might be easier to get an order together ahead of time and then bring some extras. If you do take orders, count me in for a medium.

I agree that a poll might be in order.

[ree123]

I LOVE fish T-shirts !!!
Front only and front and back.
I have already made some for myself, but would support the club and buy a XL or even an XXL if yoiu get them, so pencil me in for the support. I usually buy 2XL's.
I agree with Jess, no dates, that way they can be worn over and over @ future swap/meets and be sold at future swap/meets too.