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Re: Merch by Amazon

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Post by pearlsteinj »

nightbrawler wrote: post #6
pearlsteinj wrote: post #4

Interesting business model...Promoters design shirts then advertise to their customers to buy them? Amazon gets the $$ and the promoters get brand awareness and a few cents of royalty...

Their example shows that a shirt selling for $19.99, the designer/promoter would get $8.89 royalty. More than a few cents and not a bad deal for not having to deal with the actual production.

And if you use anything but their lowest quality shirt and make it double sided then your cut is dropped to about $3.40..true it's more than a few cents but still a pretty small cut per shirt.

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Post by austenallred »

And in other news, Teespring is launching an ecommerce store.

Seriously though, the thing that Teespring really nailed for me is the experience. It's so unbelievably smooth, hats off to that team. Every inch of the product is very well thought out.

I just doubt that Amazon can do something as well when it's one of the million things they have on their plate.

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Post by Zikes »

devindotcom wrote: post #9

Great until they decide to offer their own line of merch and yours isn't allowed in the store any more...

They wouldn't want to confuse their customers with merch that's not compatible with their body types.

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Post by kumarm »

No details on whether you can sell only to US customers or worldwide. SDK Seems small enough for people to integrate into Games and make some easy money if supported worldwide.

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Post by zeeshanm »

austenallred wrote: post #12

And in other news, Teespring is launching an ecommerce store. Seriously though, the thing that Teespring really nailed for me is the experience. It's so unbelievably smooth, hats off to that team. Every inch of the product is very well thought out. I just doubt that Amazon can do something as well when it's one of the million things they have on their plate.

Well, Amazon also has an army of middle managers, engineers, and others.

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Post by adventured »

pearlsteinj wrote: post #11
nightbrawler wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their example shows that a shirt selling for $19.99, the designer/promoter would get $8.89 royalty. More than a few cents and not a bad deal for not having to deal with the actual production.

And if you use anything but their lowest quality shirt and make it double sided then your cut is dropped to about $3.40..true it's more than a few cents but still a pretty small cut per shirt.

That depends on the volume you're moving.

With their volume discount (400 per week), and a nicer quality shirt, you can make ~$7.30.

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