ChinaBun
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Hi! I just introduced myself in a long, rambling post in the Introductions section (August 15, 2017). Here it is: http://www.rabbitsonline.net/showthread.php?t=87862
Hmm, I'm not sure I did that link right. Will have to see how it looks when I post. I also need to learn how to use the smilies. I remember how skilled some of you are in using these! Quite clever.
For the last nine months or so I've been designing t-shirts to sell on Amazon. The program is called Merch by Amazon and one has to apply to be able to sell shirts there. The waiting list is long. I applied just to see what it was like, and ended up really enjoying it. I don't have design training, so I'm learning as I go. Full disclosure: I don't make the illustrations myself. I either find them for free or buy them. Sometimes I have a text in mind and look for an illustration to go with it, and other times I look around on illustration websites for inspiration. I'll see a graphic and think, that would make a great t-shirt if I added so and so text to it! Or maybe it would make a great shirt on it's own, with no text. It depends on which website I use whether I am allowed to use an illustration on its own or if I have to add text or other elements to it. I make shirts for several niches, with the rabbit one being the largest. That's because I just love bunnies so much!
The name of my rabbit-themed shirt brand is "The Purple Rabbit". When I was trying to think of a brand name for the rabbit shirts, I looked around my room to get some ideas. You see, I have a lot of stuffed rabbits around my small apartment. Maybe you do, too! My eyed lit on a purple rabbit that two cyclists from California had given me after I hosted them for a week. (I host total strangers who are traveling, using the websites Couchsurfing and the Warm Showers List. I specialize in hosting cyclists and hitchhikers, though I also host regular backpackers. I have hosted hundreds of people from all over the world. It's very interesting. It helps that when I started doing this I was living in a tourist city, Xi'an, and now I live in a city that is on the way to the border with Vietnam/is the first city travelers come to after they cross over from Vietnam.) I had actually said to the two cyclists that I think I had enough stuffed rabbits, not knowing that they had already bought me the purple one! They gave it to me when they left, saying that they knew I had enough, but hoped one more would be fine. I said that there's always room for a purple rabbit! I'm writing this in the U.S. When I get back to China, I'll take a picture of the purple rabbit for you.
At this point, the shirts on Amazon are only available for U.S. buyers (and maybe Canadian, I'm not sure). They should be branching out to the U.K. and Europe in the future, though the timeline hasn't been revealed yet. I also have a Purple Rabbit store on Zazzle, which I'll talk more about later. They ship to other countries, though I have to say that the prices of items are higher than on Amazon.
I normally price my Amazon t-shirts at U.S. $17.99. Sellers are allowed to choose their own price. A lot sell theirs for $19.99, though newcomers will price theirs lower to make more sales. With more sales comes the ability to put more designs up. I'm limited to 100 designs until I sell about 50 more shirts, then I can upload up to 500 designs.
I plan to offer two shirts a week at a discounted price. I'm also going to permanently lower the two shirts that are specifically designed for kids. Watch here for the special offers. For now, the link to all of my shirts is https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011?ie=UTF8&node=7141123011&field-brandtextbin=The+Purple+Rabbit
Hmm, I'm not sure I did that link right. Will have to see how it looks when I post. I also need to learn how to use the smilies. I remember how skilled some of you are in using these! Quite clever.
For the last nine months or so I've been designing t-shirts to sell on Amazon. The program is called Merch by Amazon and one has to apply to be able to sell shirts there. The waiting list is long. I applied just to see what it was like, and ended up really enjoying it. I don't have design training, so I'm learning as I go. Full disclosure: I don't make the illustrations myself. I either find them for free or buy them. Sometimes I have a text in mind and look for an illustration to go with it, and other times I look around on illustration websites for inspiration. I'll see a graphic and think, that would make a great t-shirt if I added so and so text to it! Or maybe it would make a great shirt on it's own, with no text. It depends on which website I use whether I am allowed to use an illustration on its own or if I have to add text or other elements to it. I make shirts for several niches, with the rabbit one being the largest. That's because I just love bunnies so much!
The name of my rabbit-themed shirt brand is "The Purple Rabbit". When I was trying to think of a brand name for the rabbit shirts, I looked around my room to get some ideas. You see, I have a lot of stuffed rabbits around my small apartment. Maybe you do, too! My eyed lit on a purple rabbit that two cyclists from California had given me after I hosted them for a week. (I host total strangers who are traveling, using the websites Couchsurfing and the Warm Showers List. I specialize in hosting cyclists and hitchhikers, though I also host regular backpackers. I have hosted hundreds of people from all over the world. It's very interesting. It helps that when I started doing this I was living in a tourist city, Xi'an, and now I live in a city that is on the way to the border with Vietnam/is the first city travelers come to after they cross over from Vietnam.) I had actually said to the two cyclists that I think I had enough stuffed rabbits, not knowing that they had already bought me the purple one! They gave it to me when they left, saying that they knew I had enough, but hoped one more would be fine. I said that there's always room for a purple rabbit! I'm writing this in the U.S. When I get back to China, I'll take a picture of the purple rabbit for you.
At this point, the shirts on Amazon are only available for U.S. buyers (and maybe Canadian, I'm not sure). They should be branching out to the U.K. and Europe in the future, though the timeline hasn't been revealed yet. I also have a Purple Rabbit store on Zazzle, which I'll talk more about later. They ship to other countries, though I have to say that the prices of items are higher than on Amazon.
I normally price my Amazon t-shirts at U.S. $17.99. Sellers are allowed to choose their own price. A lot sell theirs for $19.99, though newcomers will price theirs lower to make more sales. With more sales comes the ability to put more designs up. I'm limited to 100 designs until I sell about 50 more shirts, then I can upload up to 500 designs.
I plan to offer two shirts a week at a discounted price. I'm also going to permanently lower the two shirts that are specifically designed for kids. Watch here for the special offers. For now, the link to all of my shirts is https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011?ie=UTF8&node=7141123011&field-brandtextbin=The+Purple+Rabbit
