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As long as I don't have to give away any copyright and the quality is good, I'm all for it :DOf course not! Like with DD, you keep 100% of your copyrights and all things related to that.
how much of a precent you get from a sale?I can't recall right now, but I remember thinking at the time it was a pretty good deal ^^
I've been thinking about making up a Gertrude & Brunhilda calendar & was pleased to see they do calendars. Wiigii!
Do the mugs only feature a small, squarish picture or can they do wraparound?
I'd love to offer this cartoon on a wraparound mug.
how much of a precent you get from a sale?
Will we be able to put certain designs ONLY available on one kind of product, for example a picture used only as a T-shirt design?…from memory, I think it's up to the buyer. If the art is up for sale, the buyer can put it on anything its resolution allows.
So how are the taxes handled with the money you make? Would you have to report this "income" to your local tax department? And would you have to get a business license or something?You'll handle that the way you handle any extra income. It's your choice how you report it. How do people report their project wonderful balance, e-bay, cafe press etc?
Interesting. Well, it's not directly adult and you're not paying for adult services. It would be more like buying lube, sexy underwear or an erotic book on e-bay, which you can do on Paypal I believe.You will indeed be able to have adult stuff on there.Has PayPal changed its stance on not wanting its service used for Adult stuff? That would seem to be a bit of a problem.
Ooooh, T-shirt ideas….soooo many T-shirt ideas….
Seriously, this sounds like an awesome idea.
Getting merchandise for a comic set up is difficult for those of us that aren't business minded, but this sounds like it would make things a lot easier.
Assuming it is done well, I am very excited.
I'm not a fan of how T-shirts are only white. Also all the samples they have are just square pictures put on apparel. I'm all for being able to sell merchandise on DD but I would wish for more customization than just a square on a white shirt.As Pit_face says; the main point is that it's connected directly to your DD account. :)
True. I'm not unhappy with this just wishing for more. All the other things they sell makes up for the apparel I suppose. I mean puzzles! PUZZLES! XDI'm not a fan of how T-shirts are only white. Also all the samples they have are just square pictures put on apparel. I'm all for being able to sell merchandise on DD but I would wish for more customization than just a square on a white shirt.As Pit_face says; the main point is that it's connected directly to your DD account. :)
There will be customisation like cropping and zooming- depending on the resolution of the images you've uploaded. But if it doesn't meet all you want, there's always Cafe press to supplement your inventory ;)
I don't think EZPrints is a t-shirt focused business. As has been mentioned, they're more about offering a variety of products people might want and letting them customize what gets put on it. It's sites like Scary Go Round and TopatoCo which have given everyone the idea that t-shirts are the way to make money off webcomics. The truth is you have to actually have great t-shirt designs to sell a lot of t-shirts. And if you have that skill, you don't need a site like DD's upcoming store. There's tons of t-shirt sales places out there like Threadless where you can get paid for your submissions if people think they are good.
We did complain about white-only shirts, but apparently EZPrint just doesn't stock other colors. The upside is that I think they don't put a limit on the number of colors you can put on a shirt- which means probably they are made a different way than limited-color printing. I'm not sure how that would impact the quality, I've never messed with t-shirts.
It remains to be seen how non-standard proportions would be represented on the actual merchandise. Most of them will just end up being cropped to fit (like on products like the puzzles and prints, which are a set size), although the buyer will be able to control where the crop boundaries are. Things like the wraparound mugs asked about earlier… I'm not sure.
True. I'm not unhappy with this just wishing for more. All the other things they sell makes up for the apparel I suppose. I mean puzzles! PUZZLES! XDI'm not a fan of how T-shirts are only white. Also all the samples they have are just square pictures put on apparel. I'm all for being able to sell merchandise on DD but I would wish for more customization than just a square on a white shirt.As Pit_face says; the main point is that it's connected directly to your DD account. :)
There will be customisation like cropping and zooming- depending on the resolution of the images you've uploaded. But if it doesn't meet all you want, there's always Cafe press to supplement your inventory ;)
I'm not a fan of how T-shirts are only white. Also all the samples they have are just square pictures put on apparel. I'm all for being able to sell merchandise on DD but I would wish for more customization than just a square on a white shirt.
I think I only have to report my "income" to the local tax department if I actually get a check or something from Paypal. I could be wrong, though. My bank told me that the money is transferred directly to my own account, but something tells me I may still have to report it. T_T
Question: What does that mean? Do I have to go and get a copyright to sell it then? I haven't copyrighted any of my stuff, they're webcomics!By creating something you own the copyright on it automatically. Official copyright is a separarte process and not usually necessary for things like webcomics.
Hm. Will there be a new forum sub-topic for the stores? In regards to advertising or other questions?We've asked for that, definitely at least for help issues. We feel like there are too many forums going on right now but we've never gotten a response from Plat about forum-changing requests. They just haven't had anyone to put on the job. I think the store might be worth its own help forum though. We aren't sure how much support the store will need (or even who might be able to answer some of the questions, though Oz and I will help where we can, and will be adminning some aspects of the store).
Lonnehart:
I dunno how your local tax laws might work, but in the US *any* income must be reported. There's a separate line on the return for "other sources of income" which is meant to encompass internet sales, personal payments, bake sales…
Getting money electronically transfered has no significant difference from writing a check. The bank goes through the same processes and it's reported in the same way. If it goes through a financial institution, it's trackable. Paypal isn't "under the table."
Lonnehart:
I dunno how your local tax laws might work, but in the US *any* income must be reported. There's a separate line on the return for "other sources of income" which is meant to encompass internet sales, personal payments, bake sales…
Getting money electronically transfered has no significant difference from writing a check. The bank goes through the same processes and it's reported in the same way. If it goes through a financial institution, it's trackable. Paypal isn't "under the table."
Question: What does that mean? Do I have to go and get a copyright to sell it then? I haven't copyrighted any of my stuff, they're webcomics!By creating something you own the copyright on it automatically. Official copyright is a separarte process and not usually necessary for things like webcomics.
It just means that we're not going to be approving images with Daffy Duck on them.
Hey, this looks really cool. Might become a good source of income for some of the artists around here. Especially the ones with popular comics.
theRedDeath mentioned that this didn't offer comic printing but I don't suppose it would be that hard to add such a feature in a later date, should this thing take off.
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