LunaShy 168 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 Hey Feld0 have you ever thought about getting some T-shirts or other products printed up for the forums? I think it would be a great way to raise more money for you and i know for that i for one would buy a good amount of merch on my paychecks : ) 2 come play some xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLARE 952 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 They'd have to be over priced to make a decent amount of profit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectRKA 2,848 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 They'd have to be over priced to make a decent amount of profit. Not really. Sell a lot for a small price = profit as well. x) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaShy 168 March 24, 2012 Author Share March 24, 2012 They'd have to be over priced to make a decent amount of profit. if they go through a decent company they could easily make shirts for 25 plus shipping and make prob a 10 to 15 profit on each shirt. If they sold 200 shirts they would have a profit of around $2000 i know this sounds like a lot of money but Feld0 does a good job running this site and i dont believe he is making any profit at this time come play some xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLARE 952 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 Not really. Sell a lot for a small price = profit as well. x) What about manufacturing costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian Jones 2,655 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 Not really. Sell a lot for a small price = profit as well. x) There would need to be a lot of interest, also remember that because of overseas shipping costing a small fortune, only North America would really see the benefit of the sale, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dany Heatley 160 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 Not really. Sell a lot for a small price = profit as well. x) sure but do you think feld0 wants to package and ship shirts all day? He already has to manage all of the forums... ¿ʇı ʇnoqɐ ʇɥƃıɟ oʇ ʇuɐM˙ǝzıs ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ʇ,uǝɹɐ slıdnd ʎɯ ɥɐǝʎ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectRKA 2,848 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 sure but do you think feld0 wants to package and ship shirts all day? He already has to manage all of the forums... Lol. I know that. All I was saying was that it doesn't need to be overpriced to make profit... -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor XFizzle 8,669 March 24, 2012 Share March 24, 2012 (edited) It wouldn't be worth it if done via a custom shirt printing site like Redbubble or Spreadshirt because you need to mark up the price a ton before you get any decent size profit. Then it also probably won't be worth it if Feld0 or any other mod seeks out a local printing company, get shirts made, then have to ship them out to forum members, considering there's a bunch who live internationally from the shirt provider. Nice idea, but not really practical at this stage I think. Edited March 24, 2012 by Doctor XFizzle 2 MLP Forums' resident timelord, sports dilettante, and purveyor of wit and humor~*Traveling Timelord Nonpareil*~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone 384 March 25, 2012 Share March 25, 2012 What he said. Not practical at this time. Unless a savvy user takes up the call. But then things would get pretty complex. Someday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaShy 168 March 26, 2012 Author Share March 26, 2012 I think it would be more possible than any of you are making it sound. come play some xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcato 2,143 March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 This would technically be feld0 making profit off of something he didn't create. The products would likely be MLP related of course, so when its like that he's technically making money off the MLP franchise and the people who created it would get nothing. This could cause major legal problems and that is NOT something we need. Although the idea may sound good it simply would not work unless FULL permission was given from the creators of My Little Pony to do it. 2 ~Relax and enJOY life. True joy is a BLESSING.~ ~Musician, poet, writer, and all-around storyteller~ Interests: Old literature, ancient history, MUSIC, fantasy, anime Best Pony: Tiaaaaaa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonshy 2,305 March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 I ordered a shirt and I put mlpforums.com on the back. LIFE HACK! 3 Yeh Want to know how to get more page views? Click here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,526 March 26, 2012 Founder Share March 26, 2012 RainbroDash, I appreciate that you're looking out for me and suggesting a way for me to get something for myself out of this site. While I do run MLP Forums as a volunteer, I am going to need to pay for college somehow. This would technically be feld0 making profit off of something he didn't create. The products would likely be MLP related of course, so when its like that he's technically making money off the MLP franchise and the people who created it would get nothing. This could cause major legal problems and that is NOT something we need. Although the idea may sound good it simply would not work unless FULL permission was given from the creators of My Little Pony to do it. Say that to all the bronies who sell music, custom toys, plushies, and t-shirts already. There are some bronies who earn thousands of dollars from this fandom, and it is generally highly encouraged to buy products from them from what I've seen around the ponynet (perhaps rightly so, because some of the fan-made merch is incredible). I wouldn't be opposed to adding a store of some kind to MLP Forums. I have actually had the idea on my mind for a while, and selling custom pony merch made by our members is something else that could possibly be done with it (though I don't know how many members we have here who do that). There is an IPS application called IP.Nexus that would allow us to have an online store right here on the site, fully integrated with your forum account and everything. It would probably make the most sense to get the shirts printed in Vancouver and ship them out myself; I wouldn't mind doing that. I ordered a shirt and I put mlpforums.com on the back. LIFE HACK! Do I get a royalty for this? 9 Avatar credit: robinrain8 Signature credit: Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcato 2,143 March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 Personally i just don't know if it would be entirely legal. But if everyone else making money off of it isn't getting permission from hasbro first then i guess they don't really care? They probably have made enough money off of everything else that they don't even bother. PFFFT feld0 gets royalty! But feld0, don't forget some of that royalty goes to the staff because they do the work of keeping it clean! :3 ~Relax and enJOY life. True joy is a BLESSING.~ ~Musician, poet, writer, and all-around storyteller~ Interests: Old literature, ancient history, MUSIC, fantasy, anime Best Pony: Tiaaaaaa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo 206 March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 Store shop? That mean we could start drawing T-shirt/Sweater art concepts for the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonshy 2,305 March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 Do I get a royalty for this? Me: Hmmm, hey Peter look a new member!Feld0: Where? Me: *Runs with shirt* I don't know, just pictured this in mind for some reason xD 1 Yeh Want to know how to get more page views? Click here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page.Turner 940 March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 I think this is a fun idea, but not something for a free website O; I mean... you'd have to either know accounting or hire an accounting in order to figure out the costs because when you make and sell a product, you might just need a business license! And you would need to think about taxes, as well. If it was for donations, like making T-shirts just to keep the site running, it'd be easier than making a profit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokuc 8,173 March 27, 2012 Share March 27, 2012 There is an IPS application called IP.Nexus that would allow us to have an online store right here on the site, fully integrated with your forum account and everything. It would probably make the most sense to get the shirts printed in Vancouver and ship them out myself; I wouldn't mind doing that. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nouth 496 October 1, 2012 Share October 1, 2012 (edited) This idea sounds awesome... And about the legal problems : I think that copyright problems could be easily avoided by notusing original show characters, but using some custom mlpforums charactersinstead (e.g. : The Feldicorn. I do not say that Feldicorn should be used for shirts (although it would look bad-ass imo), but as far as I know, if the artists who made it allowed Feld0 to use and sell the picture... I can see no legal problems there.). I think that it would kill two birds with one nuke - you avoid legal problems, and also get absolutely original T-shirts. Also, imagine MLPforums community attending to BroNYcon / any other big convention in uniform like this Edited October 1, 2012 by Nouth 2 Splendid siggy by Chaotic Dischord, awesome avatar by Suntouched Coco!Ask me anything you want ! You'll make me happy and (most likely) get an answer !Omnia vincit Amor. When the world around you turns gray, stop, and think about rainbows.-->(> How would you describe me ? <(<-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor XFizzle 8,669 October 1, 2012 Share October 1, 2012 I think that copyright problems could be easily avoided by not using original show characters, but using some custom mlpforums characters instead Even though I wouldn't wear it around my parts, I would give my soul to see someone wearing a shirt that says "XFizzle is My Doctor" on the front. Then "Trixie is a pony whore" hidden on the collar or something. MLP Forums' resident timelord, sports dilettante, and purveyor of wit and humor~*Traveling Timelord Nonpareil*~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbyboi 588 October 1, 2012 Share October 1, 2012 Pretty cool, but it might cost a lot of money/time for Feld0 and the rest of the admin to print and create all those shirts. However, this would be good for conventions, as Nouth had stated. Fun thought, though.......Now your making me want to buy one!! An MLP forums shirt would be cool, but I'm not sure if admin can make enough, or even sell enough. I think that maybe if we do have shirts, their only for members who have achieved something (Example: Go to at least on Bronycon) but that would be a bit unfair. Who knows? Maybe we can have shirts. But it's up to admin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nouth 496 October 10, 2012 Share October 10, 2012 Okay, being a bit of necromancer here, but I would like to ask if there are any news and if Feld0 has decided whatever to bring this to existence or not ? Splendid siggy by Chaotic Dischord, awesome avatar by Suntouched Coco!Ask me anything you want ! You'll make me happy and (most likely) get an answer !Omnia vincit Amor. When the world around you turns gray, stop, and think about rainbows.-->(> How would you describe me ? <(<-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
</pony> 8 October 18, 2012 Share October 18, 2012 Oh, definitely shirts! I can imagine them with contests for shirt design. Winner gets a free shirt, and their shirt design a reality! (Profit still going to MLP Forums.) kthxbai. :3 <//end> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokuc 8,173 October 18, 2012 Share October 18, 2012 @, Hehe I wonder what Feld0 would say if I put up a t-shirt to buy in RedBubble with "MLP Forums" on it. If there never will be an official t-shirt.. I'd make one for people to buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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