After a long delay and far too much time spent revising the same basic design over and over again, I have something I'm pretty happy with. And if the rest of you are happy with it, I'll go ahead and get some official Flat Earth Society t-shirts printed. But before I do that, I'd appreciate your input. Is the design decent? Any little changes to be made? To keep costs down, I'm sticking with a single colour print. I'll give you an approximate breakdown of my hypothetical production costs so you'll know how I came up with the hypothetical price tag. I'm not planning on making a profit on these, so the price will just be enough to cover my expenses with any accidental profits going toward web hosting fees and upkeep on my solid gold mansion.
The cost per t-shirt for me would be about ?6.00 ($9.00) in smallish batches (10 or so). That's for a one-colour print on a Fruit of the Loom Super Premium t-shirt. I've read reviews and that seems to be quite a decent quality shirt -- not a cheapo shirt that will stretch and fall apart the first time you wear it.
Shipping costs would obviously depend on where you live. Within the UK, it would be about ?2.00. To the US, more like $7.50 (according to the Royal Mail site). More than likely, people would pay via Paypal so I'm going to factor in their transaction fee as well. So, all told, about ?8.50 within the UK and $17.00 in the US. Shipping to other countries outside of Europe is probably similar to the US costs. These prices are all approximate and may change (especially international orders if currency rates change), but probably not by much.
Your thoughts? In case anyone is wondering, the "IN VERITATE VICTORIA" is taken the preface to Samuel Rowbotham's
Zetetic Astronomy and means, "Victory in Truth". I'm taking it on as the Society's official motto, I think. It has quite a nice ring to it.
