So Dave's new Halforums store got me thinking again about the pathetic state of my school's store. We've been muttering for years about upgrading our apparel, mugs, etc. and selling it to students and alumni, but no one has gotten around to doing it. Most of it looks dated and it sitting around collecting dust. Our centennial is this year, and even our principle/dean is interested in doing something merchandise-wise for it.
Thus, I ask this community - what do you look for in a on-line printer and distributor of goods?
We have a few requirements:
- must ship to Canada, at reasonably cost and at reasonable speed
- cheap, without looking like it
- really really easy to maintain and set up
- (ideally) ethically produced merch (fair-trade, and all that jazz)
- (ideally) able to add some previously existing items NOT from the distributor (I highly doubt this is an option anywhere, but I'd love to clear out our stock room)
There are probably more requirements, but these are the ones I know of.
I've found a couple that look fine enough (cafe press, printfection, printmojo, ecwid [not ideal, but an interesting alternative]) , but I'm not sure how to read through all the buzz-words. Who else should I be looking into?
Thus, I ask this community - what do you look for in a on-line printer and distributor of goods?
We have a few requirements:
- must ship to Canada, at reasonably cost and at reasonable speed
- cheap, without looking like it
- really really easy to maintain and set up
- (ideally) ethically produced merch (fair-trade, and all that jazz)
- (ideally) able to add some previously existing items NOT from the distributor (I highly doubt this is an option anywhere, but I'd love to clear out our stock room)
There are probably more requirements, but these are the ones I know of.
I've found a couple that look fine enough (cafe press, printfection, printmojo, ecwid [not ideal, but an interesting alternative]) , but I'm not sure how to read through all the buzz-words. Who else should I be looking into?
