Would selling new VS T-shirts be a good idea?
I don't know if it would boost VideoSift's revenue stream or not, or if it's an effective form of advertisement, or if there are enough interested members who would buy one. That's why I'm asking. Here's an idea I had for one:
I'm not saying it's great; it's just an idea. I figured a few famous thumbnail images might help to convey that we're a site with famous videos. The only thumbnail on that t-shirt that could cause problems is the one of Yahtzee, because I'm guessing it's trademarked. The others I'm pretty sure aren't. If any of you can think of better thumbnails to include then please suggest them, or if you have a completely different concept for a shirt design then please suggest those too. I don't know how all the colors in my design would come out on a silk screen, so maybe mine wouldn't work anyway.
Or we could go with this:
Talk among yourselves.
I'm not saying it's great; it's just an idea. I figured a few famous thumbnail images might help to convey that we're a site with famous videos. The only thumbnail on that t-shirt that could cause problems is the one of Yahtzee, because I'm guessing it's trademarked. The others I'm pretty sure aren't. If any of you can think of better thumbnails to include then please suggest them, or if you have a completely different concept for a shirt design then please suggest those too. I don't know how all the colors in my design would come out on a silk screen, so maybe mine wouldn't work anyway.
Or we could go with this:
Talk among yourselves.
22 Comments
rasch187I love my original Sift t-shirt. No offense kronos, but that t-shirt was awful. No one would want to wear that. We need t-shirts like this or this.
but it's a *quality idea, I'll give you that.
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SagemindI Voted on Vieosift.com and all I got was this Awesome T-Shirt!
kronosposeidonI'd wear your shirt, rasch. If I never wanted to get laid again.
rasch187^ You might as well accept your destiny, man.
dystopianfuturetodayHahaha..... Dag damn it!
dotdudeThe person who created "Animator vs. Animation" is protective of his stuff. There have been problems keeping working copies of his video at times.
The prairie dog image originated from a television show - not sure if there would a problem with the creators even though it went viral later.
ponceleonholy shit, I'm so buying the jesus shirt.
blankfistHaha. The choggie shirt is priceless. No, seriously, it's priceless like a Monet.
kulpimslike'em all! of course, if you go with choggie t-shirt, you'll have to reinstate him as a full member;)
EklekI'd be for tshirts, a VS-store with also mugs and pens etc.
Maybe a (white and black) tshirt design with the VideoSift logo amidst a colourful channelcloud (cf. tagcloud but then based on our top 87, would also be a nice site feature btw!) inside the screen space of a blown up standard videoplayer?
Wait I photoshop it. Tshirt should be black and many more channels (less bright and a little smaller) should be placed all around the central logo.
gwiz665It could just be "Jesus *failed"
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(edit: D'oh.. sorry, kp.
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dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
Lucky and I have been working on a project for the last few months that will mean more VideoSift shirts. I love my original VS Tee, but I want a new one too.
Expect some big news around the same time we launch VS 4.0 (which is to say, soonish)
thepinkyWhat's that one in the middle? I've seen all of them except that one and it's torturing me!!!
Eklek^
http://www.videosift.com/video/I-like-Turtles
RedSkyWhat I think VS could use is some kind of simpler, maybe catchier and more iconic icon. Then you could easily stick that on a shirt, and it'd look great. Like, take a look at the approved video hosts in submit video. Something along the lines of the College Humor icon, or the MySpace icon but representative of VS obviously. Anything that's more symbolic than literal would work great.
Because personally I would never wear a shirt that makes me a blatant walking advertisement, especially if it insists on having both the title and even a website on it, but if it's something more subtle I'd be up for it. I mean and it'd still work for publicity, people'd be like "oh what's that logo about?" and then you could tell them about VS.
gwiz665"*sift" could be a possible logo.
ant>> ^ponceleon:
holy shit, I'm so buying the jesus shirt.
I found that one offensive as a Christian.
antHow about a shirt that displays random videos from VS.
SagemindI think we need to stay away from T-shirts that contain "inside jokes" such as Dag on the Cross.
Stick to generic motifs that help relay a "Brand" mentality while still trying to be clever.
lucky760>> ^ant:
>> ^ponceleon:
holy shit, I'm so buying the jesus shirt.
I found that one offensive as a Christian.
Why do you find Christians so offensive?
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