[POLL] What would you pay for a bumper sticker?
Ahmed Johnson's Beer Belly
"John Henry" <john...@lowgenius.com> wrote in message
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> Let's say I had this idea to create and sell bumper stickers via
> lowgenius.com. Let's even pretend, for a minute, that people would be
> interested in purchasing them - that the logo or phrase I put on them was
> marketable.
>
> What would you pay for one? I can get blank stickers for around a buck
> each, or a little less - the ink for each one, I figure, would run on the
> order of $.25 each (high quality/high DPI printing), and the shipping
would
> (of course) run as much as 37 cents each. This puts my break-even point
> somewhere around $1.50 each...and let's face it, I'm not doing this for
> fun, I'm doing it to make money (and perhaps a statement). So let's say
> $2? Is that too much? What if I agreed to donate a portion of the
> proceeds to a worthy entity related somehow to the sentiment expressed on
> the sticker? Would $3 be too much to ask?
>
> Just shotting in the dark, y'all know my situation, and the bottom line is
> I'm more likely going to make my own money somehow than find a "real job."
> So talk to me, RSPW'ers - is $3 too much to pay for a bumper sticker,
> especially if you know that a portion of that is going to fund a related
> cause?
3 bucks sounds about right.
The Indubitable, Insurmountable, Unrelenting Fred
> --
> John Henry
> www.lowgenius.com
> I am the lord of the wasteland; a modern-day man of steel
> I gather darkness to please me...and I command you to kneel.
If you're going to have a large assortment, maybe do 3 for $10 or 7 for $20.
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Poot Rootbeer
> Let's say I had this idea to create and sell bumper stickers via
> lowgenius.com. Let's even pretend, for a minute, that people
> would be interested in purchasing them - that the logo or phrase I
> put on them was marketable.
If it's wrestling- or RSPW-related, I'm not getting one. I don't want
it bringing down the value of my car.
-Poot
drives a 1990 Geo Prizm
Jim
Talk about lowering your ambitions. Your daughter, if she isn't already, will
be the laughing stock of whatever school she's in.
>> Just shotting in the dark, y'all know my situation, and the bottom
>> line is I'm more likely going to make my own money somehow than find a
>> "real job." So talk to me, RSPW'ers - is $3 too much to pay for a
>> bumper sticker, especially if you know that a portion of that is going
>> to fund a related cause?
>
>$3 is pretty cheap for a high-quality bumper sticker. You *could* raise the
>price a dollar or two, if you really wanted to.