Comments for Cafepress Premium Shopkeeper Tips, Time Savers, Tricks & Resources | Lekker Blog http://lekkerblog.com Tips, time savers, tricks & resources for Cafepress Premium Shopkeepers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:24:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on CafePressVoice (CPV) Candidates Announced by Kip http://lekkerblog.com/2008/04/17/cafepressvoice-cpv-candidates-announced/#comment-935 Kip Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:20:50 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/?p=81#comment-935 yes ma'am. I'll be taking orders beforehand :) You're not the only one! yes ma’am. I’ll be taking orders beforehand :) You’re not the only one!

]]> Comment on CafePressVoice (CPV) Candidates Announced by jen http://lekkerblog.com/2008/04/17/cafepressvoice-cpv-candidates-announced/#comment-934 jen Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:16:08 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/?p=81#comment-934 Well, that's all I needed to hear! I'm voting Kippy! Caramel & Buttons, please :) Well, that’s all I needed to hear! I’m voting Kippy! Caramel & Buttons, please :)

]]> Comment on CafePressVoice (CPV) Candidates Announced by Kip http://lekkerblog.com/2008/04/17/cafepressvoice-cpv-candidates-announced/#comment-933 Kip Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:48:50 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/?p=81#comment-933 Leather, yes! Fruit leather in Armenia! mmmmm like giant home made fruit rollups. If I get elected, I'll bring a tonne of Cadbury's, I promise! Leather, yes! Fruit leather in Armenia! mmmmm like giant home made fruit rollups. If I get elected, I’ll bring a tonne of Cadbury’s, I promise!

]]> Comment on CafePressVoice (CPV) Candidates Announced by Adam http://lekkerblog.com/2008/04/17/cafepressvoice-cpv-candidates-announced/#comment-932 Adam Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:48:49 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/?p=81#comment-932 I knew she liked ponies - but didn't think she ate them. I knew she liked ponies - but didn’t think she ate them.

]]> Comment on Tuesday’s Topic: Celebration by BurnTees http://lekkerblog.com/2008/04/08/tuesday%e2%80%99s-topic-celebration/#comment-931 BurnTees Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:57:08 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/?p=79#comment-931 so awesome! :) so awesome! :)

]]> Comment on Originality by Ina http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-762 Ina Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:57:05 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-762 Unfortunately originality and quality is not always what sells and what people like. Don't forget that people like "belonging to a group", they need it, so wearing the same slogans and same designs is sometimes part of this need. Many people, not to say most of the people, don't necessarily need original ideas to wear and get inspired from - they just prefer the same, old martini glass, with the same old stars, same colors, and they don't give a damn who designed it and how original this design is. So many shopkeepers are driven to copying the same designs, well OK they change the font , colours and disposition a little, but they don't dare to put a campari glass instead of the martini glass, because they know it will not sell. I believe that WE, t-shirt designers, can educate the public and if WE stop copying and reproducing the same stuff, knowing that perhaps we might sell less, we wiil teach the potential clients how to appreciate originality and creativity. Thanks for this nice discussion Jen... Unfortunately originality and quality is not always what sells and what people like. Don’t forget that people like “belonging to a group”, they need it, so wearing the same slogans and same designs is sometimes part of this need.

Many people, not to say most of the people, don’t necessarily need original ideas to wear and get inspired from - they just prefer the same, old martini glass, with the same old stars, same colors, and they don’t give a damn who designed it and how original this design is. So many shopkeepers are driven to copying the same designs, well OK they change the font , colours and disposition a little, but they don’t dare to put a campari glass instead of the martini glass, because they know it will not sell.

I believe that WE, t-shirt designers, can educate the public and if WE stop copying and reproducing the same stuff, knowing that perhaps we might sell less, we wiil teach the potential clients how to appreciate originality and creativity.

Thanks for this nice discussion Jen…

]]> Comment on Want to be featured in a Lekker Shop? by Dawn Govender http://lekkerblog.com/lekker-selections-shops-we-love/want-to-be-featured-in-a-lekker-shop/#comment-159 Dawn Govender Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:47:03 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/lekker-selections-shops-we-love/want-to-be-featured-in-a-lekker-shop/#comment-159 I'm interested in your choice of the word "Lekker." Are you South African, by any chance? I'm in the process of opening a store...getting my graphics prepared. I have a number of Christmas designs as well as a lot of photos of African wildlife and landscapes. I’m interested in your choice of the word “Lekker.” Are you South African, by any chance?

I’m in the process of opening a store…getting my graphics prepared. I have a number of Christmas designs as well as a lot of photos of African wildlife and landscapes.

]]> Comment on Originality by jen http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-118 jen Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:17:23 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-118 Michelle - "Seems" is the important word. I don't think I originated it in the retail world, but the fact is that those are some of the earliest (and according to CP "Best Selling") bachelorette designs in the marketplace. And it's not just my stuff either, just an example that fit at the time. Take "Lil Bro" and the other sibling variations. Way, way back in the early days of the MP, someone did a "Lil Bro" design which looked like 6 blocks (an example, not sure if it's the CP originator: http://tinyurl.com/2vjmnd). It seems like every new baby shop that opens does their version of that design. I am just suggesting that maybe SKs should, (can't believe I'm saying this) think outside the box and not just get their design inspiration from the MP. It's not just the elements you use that make you "unoriginal". You can make the martini glass your own and have a kick ass design like I'd never seen that I'd love to affiliate. But if you just do the same matini glass, words and stars that's all over, you aren't adding anything unique. Or, if you find that your only inspiration has already been done to death in the CP Marketplace, perhaps you were just a little too late. When I find myself in that situation, I just open an affiliate shop and promote the work of other designers. Michelle - “Seems” is the important word. I don’t think I originated it in the retail world, but the fact is that those are some of the earliest (and according to CP “Best Selling”) bachelorette designs in the marketplace. And it’s not just my stuff either, just an example that fit at the time. Take “Lil Bro” and the other sibling variations. Way, way back in the early days of the MP, someone did a “Lil Bro” design which looked like 6 blocks (an example, not sure if it’s the CP originator: http://tinyurl.com/2vjmnd). It seems like every new baby shop that opens does their version of that design. I am just suggesting that maybe SKs should, (can’t believe I’m saying this) think outside the box and not just get their design inspiration from the MP. It’s not just the elements you use that make you “unoriginal”. You can make the martini glass your own and have a kick ass design like I’d never seen that I’d love to affiliate. But if you just do the same matini glass, words and stars that’s all over, you aren’t adding anything unique. Or, if you find that your only inspiration has already been done to death in the CP Marketplace, perhaps you were just a little too late. When I find myself in that situation, I just open an affiliate shop and promote the work of other designers.

]]> Comment on Originality by Michelle http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-117 Michelle Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:49:40 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-117 I understand what you're saying to a point, but at the same time it seems like you are claiming to be the originator of a martini glass at a bachelorette party. Even if designs are similar, there is a great chance, especially with something so basic as the designs being discussed, that people have similar thoughts and ideas. It doesn't take a genius to come up with the idea of a bachelorette party with a design featuring a martini glass or a cosmo glass or a shot glass and so on. Just like a bachelor party will be identified with beer glasses and strippers. It's just the way it is. Like you I don't look in the marketplace too often because I find so many of my designs being ripped off. I loathe being in newsletters and in the popular shop lists because I can literally track the copycats in my shop. The less I look at the marketplace, the better I feel because I have less to get upset about! I understand what you’re saying to a point, but at the same time it seems like you are claiming to be the originator of a martini glass at a bachelorette party. Even if designs are similar, there is a great chance, especially with something so basic as the designs being discussed, that people have similar thoughts and ideas. It doesn’t take a genius to come up with the idea of a bachelorette party with a design featuring a martini glass or a cosmo glass or a shot glass and so on. Just like a bachelor party will be identified with beer glasses and strippers. It’s just the way it is. Like you I don’t look in the marketplace too often because I find so many of my designs being ripped off. I loathe being in newsletters and in the popular shop lists because I can literally track the copycats in my shop. The less I look at the marketplace, the better I feel because I have less to get upset about!

]]> Comment on Originality by Kip http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-116 Kip Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:18:48 +0000 http://lekkerblog.com/2007/06/14/originality/#comment-116 What about 2 pence? ;) What about 2 pence? ;)

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