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r/Beekeeping•
mrbigpopular

Any interest in reviving the r/beekeeping t-shirt?

About a year ago one of our members created [an r/beekeeping t-shirt design and campaign](https://www.reddit.com/r/Beekeeping/comments/34ce3p/bee_tees_rbeekeeping_tshirt_campaign/) that a lot of people were interested in. I didn't buy a shirt then (didn't have the money) but am interested in getting one now. Seems this is the time of year our sub-reddit is most popular so I thought I'd see if there was enough interest to revive this campaign so I can finally get my shirt!

EDIT: A lot of people are saying they're interested, but that won't bring the shirt back. You have to actually pre-order the shirt and if they get enough pre-orders then they'll print the shirt again!

Posted Apr 13, 2016, 12:17 PM UTC · edited

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mrbigpopularOPBaltimore, 2nd yr, 2 hives•

Here's a direct link to the t-shirt campaign for those who are interested. After ordering my shirt it says we need 27 more orders before they will re-launch the campaign and print the shirts.

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IfICantScubanewbee, 2 hives, MD•

I like the reddit beekeeping logo. I don't like the reddit.com/r/beekeeping on the back though.

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MrTemple•

Agreed. Deal breaker for me.

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SnortWasabi•

ditto

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alwaystacobellFlower Growing Bee Lover•

Not stoked about that either. u/mrbigpopular any chance it could be offered again without the URL? I'm not a beekeeper, but i really like bees... i just want a SnooBee

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red-it11th year, 34 hives•

It's down to 11 now.

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MIBeeNoobFour Hives 2nd year•

If the design can be put on the back I would but two or three of them.

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Texas_Beekeeper🐝 9th year, 68 hives•

I'd prefer the design on the back, too.

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RedWingWoodySecond year, 1 hive so far, SE MI.•

YES. As soon as I got mine, I instantly wished I had ordered three more. :)

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mrbigpopularOPBaltimore, 2nd yr, 2 hives•

Great! The more people who pre-order the more likely they'll re-launch the campaign and print more shirts.

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alltheinterwebs•

I'll buy a couple, but I would really like a hat, or a sticker for my car.

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mrbigpopularOPBaltimore, 2nd yr, 2 hives•

You'll have to talk to berticus about that. He's the one who did the design work for the shirt. I'm sure stickers could be arranged as well. I know I'd buy one!

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alltheinterwebs•

Thank you!

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

I would consider making stickers. My main problem is that I don't really want to deal with money/distribution. Teespring makes t-shirts easy because they handle all that. I never was able to find a similar service for stickers last time I looked, but I'll look around again.

Would you want just the logo? The URL too?

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

Your sticker wish, my command: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/11715-reddit-beekeeping-snoo

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alltheinterwebs•

Sticker arrived in the mail! Thanks!

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alltheinterwebs•

Thanks! Ordered one for my car. I might get a few more and stick them on my hives!

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

I'm gonna be RIIIIIICH!

Kidding. As stated before, I make between $0.18 and maybe $0.50 per shirt. If I start rolling in dough I'll do something fun with the money for this sub (giveaway or some such).

I just logged back in to my teespring account and relaunched the campaign officially. It'll end in 10 days. I had to set the minimum at 40 (last time I was able to set it to 5 shirts, but clearly their profit math has changed). I'm happy to see we're already more than halfway there!

As far as design changes go, I'm happy to take input and do something different next year if there's interest. I didn't really get any feedback the first time around so I made the shirt that I wanted. I wanted to promote the sub at my bee club meetings so that's why I put the URL on there.

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RedWingWoodySecond year, 1 hive so far, SE MI.•

Just ordered my 3... :) I was wearing my other one the other day & someone in Whole Paycheck, er, I mean Whole Foods recognized it as Snoo. Geeks of the world, unite!

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mrbigpopularOPBaltimore, 2nd yr, 2 hives•

I just received an email saying they're printing my shirt and sending it by May 9th. Went to the campaign page and it says they need 16 more to print, so I'm not sure what's up with the mixed messages. As long as I get my shirt I'm happy =)

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

Yeah, it seems like their threshold for actually fulfilling the order is lower than the campaign threshold. Basically if they'll make a buck, they'll print it even if your campaign "failed". Who knows... it's all very opaque.

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RAsHaveMoreFun1st year, NJ•

if more people order does the price go down at all?

Either way I would probably bee interested

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mrbigpopularOPBaltimore, 2nd yr, 2 hives•

I don't think the price changes. If you want to revive the shirt you have to place a pre-order. If they get enough pre-orders then they print a batch of shirts.

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

The price is fixed. There's a threshold you need to meet before it's worth them printing a batch, so that's really the only motivation for hitting a target number.

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doornoob1 hive. 2nd year. NJ•

I ordered 2. 23 still needed.

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XDEF66•

20 left after I ordered my 2

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danenone•

I just placed my order

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Johnny5Liveson4 Hives 1st year FL•

Only 1 color? And some stickers would be nice

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

There should be orange-ish and gray available for both men and women. I think their shirt availability has shifted a little since last time I ran the campaign... some options are gone, but I don't think I can tweak things now (I didn't know this would be kicking off again).

I'd consider doing stickers... would you like just the bee logo or something more?

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Johnny5Liveson4 Hives 1st year FL•

ah i did not see the gray one [was on mobile] just ordered 2

and as far as stickers i like just the logo

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berticus2nd Year, 2 Hives, Rochester, NY, USA•

I found a place that'll do stickers without me having to deal with any envelopes! Here they are:

https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/11715-reddit-beekeeping-snoo

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amethystrockstar3rd year - 25 hives•

Reserved. 17 left.

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