The Republic of Heaven

Do you all remember our shop? It hasn't been having much activity lately and I'm hoping to get it a bit more prominent. What sort of things would people be interested in actually buying? I've set the prices as low as I can to get any sort of mark-up at all. We can use any of the fan-art already there (since we got licence for them last time) and can probably use some more if we asked nicely. I'd love one of those Sraffie mugs.. You can see the sort of options here. Please brainstorm.


p.s. calandar is the best

I've really wanted to get some stuff from there for a while. It's just been a case of me not having a enough money. I think more stuff and more art might be good, but I can't give any specific ideas.

It's US-only remember, so it's an extra $7.00 for shipping to here, (with $4.00 for each additional item).

hang on... you can get a sraffie mug customized with fanart? (or is my imagination making stuff up again...)

i'd love to buy something, but i can't make online purchases bc of the whole credit card thing... unless there's some kind of alternate option?

my mum would have a fit if she saw me wearing a *gasp* where's your daemon shirt... all the more reason to get one

That's exactly what you can get! Did you follow that link in my post? That's the one we have at the moment, with just "Sraffie of BridgetotheStars.net" written on it in our awesome font. If that's not enough, then pick something from our fan-art and I can make one of those too. Greyscale looks nicest on mugs I think.

I think it takes debit cards there. Visa is listed, and my debit card is one. It does say 'credit card' though, hrm. Damn our kiddy fanbase! Is your mother afraid of the internet pirate criminal ninjas getting her card details by any chance?

I refuse to have a credit card so I'm a bit knackered.
I'd like a T-shirt, please Santa.

What I'd really like is a Will Parry action figure with knife, rucksack, daemon and detachable fingers.

I have just made the best product ever:

Aw Will, that's so cute!

Yeah...cute.

Except if you're in England 'armoured' is be spelt wrong.

It pained me to type that. But that's what yonder Americans will be searching for.

Wow, I didn't even know there was an HDM shop! Amazing the stuff you can buy on the Internet. I love the Sraffie mugs. Pity it's USA only... damn those shipping costs.

I'm trying to look into UK equivalents now, but there's nothing really comparable. I'm investergating http://www.makemymegastore.com at the moment.

If I had the time I'd make stuff and sell it.

I really want a t-shirt with an alethiometer on it...

Will wrote:I have just made the best product ever:

*thinks that bear looks remarkably familiar* .....didn't everyone agree that it was about the worst idea ever, so we took it down? (Since no one had actually bought one...) ....but hey, if people like it now... *shrugs*

What about some new ideas for t-shirts? The "*gasp* where's your daemon" one seemed to sell the best, followed by the Will one... the Lyra one was never really good though. And remember, we're limited in what we can put on....

maybe you could put favourite quotes from the books...

That Iorek and Iofur fanart on the sticker/mousemat/etc could make a nice t-shirt, possibly.

Edit: Oh, and how about the TRoH logo, and the BTTS main page logo? Or a picture of the Aurora with Bridge to the Stars written across it?

angelofboox wrote:maybe you could put favourite quotes from the books...

nope, we wouldn't be allowed to.

That Iorek and Iofur fanart on the sticker/mousemat/etc could make a nice t-shirt, possibly.

Edit: Oh, and how about the TRoH logo, and the BTTS main page logo? Or a picture of the Aurora with Bridge to the Stars written across it?

I thought there was a shirt with that Iorek/Iofur image on it? We could probably do the main page image, but I'm not sure if we have permission to use the TRoH image on something other than the site itself.

Merlyn wrote:

That Iorek and Iofur fanart on the sticker/mousemat/etc could make a nice t-shirt, possibly.

Edit: Oh, and how about the TRoH logo, and the BTTS main page logo? Or a picture of the Aurora with Bridge to the Stars written across it?

I thought there was a shirt with that Iorek/Iofur image on it? We could probably do the main page image, but I'm not sure if we have permission to use the TRoH image on something other than the site itself.

Only long-sleeved and hoodie, from the looks of it - and the pictures are tiny.

Another thought - maybe Kate would let us use some of her fanart?

There's this with the bears on: http://www.cafepress.com/hdmbtts.8964471 (edit: ah, you saw it)

I'd suggest a bigger one with just the image, but we're only able to sell one of each type of shirt, so that'd mean losing a Will/Lyra, which sell well. The Lyra shirt actually sells more than the Will shirt. I finished up the calendar - it seemed to have been left without the cover image or the January, so that's up there too now.

Merlyn wrote:

Will wrote:I have just made the best product ever:

*thinks that bear looks remarkably familiar* .....didn't everyone agree that it was about the worst idea ever, so we took it down? (Since no one had actually bought one...) ....but hey, if people like it now... *shrugs*

I thought you'd only used the heart picture on a sticker? I thought I was so cool.

Oh! We can use Milton all we want. He's long dead. Into this wild abyss and so forth.

I am going to get a journal and a calander if i can get hold of my dads credit card.