Crossposted (also to http://4-ch.net/iaa/kareha.pl/1342677170/1) from a /req/ thread (http://4-ch.net/req/kareha.pl/1155783400/20 -- HTML anchor tags, still present there, removed due to overzealous spamfilters), which has not gotten any replies in the week since I posted there:
>What would people say to the idea of 4-ch merch? I've been wearing the organic fitted tee version of this one for a couple years by now, but why not open an official shop on some printing site like Zazzle, Spreadshirt and/or Cafepress to help pay for hosting bills?
>Also, am I correct in my assumption that I don't need to ask permission before I print DQN-kun AA onto a shirt for myself? How about if I want to sell one with "http://4-ch.net/dqn/" printed on the front, and said AA on the back? Or DQN-kun bumper stickers? Do tanasinn.info and/or SAoVQ have any official merch outlets and/or plans to start them?
What would you fine people say to the idea of wearing/using Channel4 BBS-themed t-shirts, hoodies, tracksuits, raincoats, vests, boxers, keychains, coasters, posters, dakimakura (my single greatest idea to cater to SJIS Art fetishists yet), tote bags, bumper stickers, button badges, etc.? What about print-on-demand collections of your favourite threads?
I would also like some official input from 4-ch mods and/or admins regarding permissions and where to forward any resulting profit.
Is hosting really that expensive?
I'd wear a DQN shirt no matter how great or awful it'd be, but I'd hope it'd look nice. Though I think it'd be wrong if you were commercializing it for your own ends...
>>2
I don't know about hosting costs these days, but extra money for admins can't really hurt. Also, my Mittens shirt (http://www.cafepress.com/mf/18862954/it-carries-out-and-is-w_tshirt -- I recommend the light-coloured fitted version) seems to have great quality printing, and I like the font colour used as well. I just have not the faintest idea where profits from its sales go.
>>4
Great, my first customer! Now I only need to find a site that prints them ...
All proceeded go to me to maintain my hedonistic lifestyle of taking it easy at everyone elses expense.
Please, don't commercialize the last nice-went-mediocre things on the internet.
>>7
The nice thing about our humor, though, is that it's far too niche to be picked up by everyone who so much as glances at it.
I'm a little wary of the commercialization aspect, I'll give you that. Still, so long as the store remains a relatively hush-hush place for us to get some cool stuff, I'd support it.
>>7-9
I'd be happy to put stuff up for zero mark-up on the printer site's standard prices, if nobody on the operations side of 4-ch wants anything to do with the merch profits. It's just that if I'm allowed to use this idea to help support the site, I'll happily do so.
>>11
Would you prefer if I offered every design in a single uniform colour?
A DQN shirt is something I would wear as pajamas. I'd be too afraid of somebody asking about it if I wore it in public. I only ever wear a plain t-shirt and jeans in public.
boxers, dakimakura, and pajama pants (not listed) would all be good to me. I mean I'm poor but id love to try to get merch.
I'd wear a DQN themed school girl outfit.
Call me autistic, but I've never seen the point in wearing a shirt with an in-joke only you will understand.
>>16
It's not so much the social aspect of the design which counts, but the comfort of knowing you belong to a niche community whose specific memes you can actually identify with. I'd wear a DQN shirt for that purpose alone. Plus, considering the social aspect anyway, our cryptic signs would represent just that; the fact that we do belong somewhere, that we're proud of who we are, regardless whether others know exactly what that may be.
>>18
That makes sense. I suppose it's like putting up posters or choosing a desktop wallpaper, even if nobody ever enters your room.
Maybe I'd buy something, but only if the funds went to Squeeks.