Over the years, I’ve participated in a few derbies. I’ve never printed (despite making it into the fog once), and I’m still trying to better myself as an artist and graphic designer.
I’ve recently started a Booster.com campaign – I’m printing an original design at $16/ea. on a AA t-shirt – but it’s struggling to make even the minimum order. So, I have a few questions:
1: Would posting a link to my campaign on these forums be against any Shirt.Woot community rules? The last thing I want to do is tick anyone off.
2: Can anyone recommend other online forums/websites/communities that may be interested in contributing to a Booster.com campaign?
3: Besides Booster.com, has anyone had any luck with print-to-order t-shirt websites (like Zazzle)?
I suppose, after all these attempts at submitting a design, I’m just interested in seeing something of mine printed on a t-shirt. Thanks for your time, guys. -:]
I see, I see. Is there, by any chance, a list of forum rules posted somewhere on the site? I was trying to locate one, but I didn’t have much luck. -:] Oh! For future reference – that’s all! Not for the sake of argument, I promise. -:]
I completely understand and will, of course, respect the rules! However, I do have to say that I’m not sure that “shilling” would be the most appropriate word to use in this instance. I could understand if you had said, “We don’t allow advertising or self-promotion”. Shilling usually refers to something inherently dishonest; it’s a bit harsh. -;] People who shill also tend not to ask for permission before doing so.
The short answer is no not really, we kinda just decide what we do or do not want in the community, and usually directly linking to your sales and actively trying to point people in the direction to buy or support you in some way is not allowed and we do consider it shilling. If you want to, like many other artists, put a non-invasive link/image in your signature leading to your website/product page/whatever, that is fine, but if it’s overly large or you clearly just start commenting with no real purpose other than to get your post & signature seen, we reserve the right to change or remove your signature/posts.
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Thank you for the clarification. I still can’t agree with your use of the word, but I understand. -:] I had seen users in the past post a link to their TeeFury design selling on a particular day, so I was testing the waters. That’s all.
O~h, thanks for linking to that thread. Interesting. It’s been almost a year since anyone posted in it, though. Booster.com is more of a crowd-funding campaign, too (despite the fact that I’m really just using it as a means of seeing something of mine printed), so I’m not sure whether I would really want to self-promote in that thread. Plus, I wouldn’t want to upset any current forum rules, so I’ll probably still refrain.
I’m just musing out loud, though. I appreciate your pointing it out. -:]
Yeah, I noticed that the thread fizzled out pretty hard. Oh, well. To everything, turn, turn, turn … and all that related babble. -;[ Seems like traffic has diminished all across the site/forums; I can’t believe one of my first designs ever got over 600 votes when first place is now printing at under 200. It’s a different atmosphere. (Sorry to get off-topic, though.)