Some questions for my band...

Evil · Mon 05/04/2004 03:18:00

Well, my band is "official" now. We've got most of our members and we've got a few songs written. We wanted to look into t-shirts and webspace. Our t-shirt design is simple. Obviously, our name is Duck.

Well, what are some good companies that do t-shirts. I dont want no shitty cafe-press stuff, but I dont want to have to spend a ton and have to buy 100 shirts. I was thinking like 20 or so.

As for web space, I've been looking for some cheap stuff. I've been looking into a unlimited everything site. Its not very popular, but the "customers" seem to like it. Its probably a scam. Its cheap, but I know LGM still lurks, and I'm trying to scam him out of some money, so I wont list any info about the site. I really just want a lot for a little.

Any info or tips you have would be greatly helpful. Expect to see some music from us sometime in the near future.

Toefur · Mon 05/04/2004 04:38:29

And what the damn hell is wrong with Cafepress!? Bah... I really hate Cafepress, to be honest.

As for webspace: There's no such thing as unlimited anything. Any host that offers unlimited is lying. More to the point: You don't need unlimited. I doubt you need much at all. Unless you become phenomenally popular.

I knew a website for a popular UK hardcore band, and they didn't use more than a few gig of bandwidth a month.

I suggest: http://solidinternet.com

Good, reliable, trustworthy company... and cost effective to boot.

Edit: By the way: What sort of music do you guys play?

TerranRich · Mon 05/04/2004 04:46:57

No, seriously...what IS wrong with CafePress? It seems okay to me...

Unilin · Mon 05/04/2004 04:47:54

Can't beat the heartbreakclub, though. Man, those guys are awesome.http://www.heartbreakclub.org/

MrColossal · Mon 05/04/2004 05:29:29

the shirt i got from cafepress, wore it once, washed it, it's ruined

Ionias used cafepress to get a test Fatman CD and said it was utter shit

i think their deal is quantity, not quality

Toefur · Mon 05/04/2004 05:38:33

I don't think CafePress's quality is THAT bad. Definately not with their clothing, otherwise they wouldn't still be in business. While quality, obviously, isn't as good as a screened shirt... it's decent. I have a CP shirt, I've had it for about three years now... it's faded a little bit (as most shirts do after time) but it has retained it's quality as much as a non CP shirt.

My beef with CP is their prices. Base prices of 14 bucks for a shirt before markup is added? Rubbish. Then you factor in their shipping...

I don't think their CD's are that bad, almost-near professional pressed CD's, but again: not cost effective enough. They do books now, too, and they are almost on par with commercially printed books.

MillsJROSS · Mon 05/04/2004 05:40:40

I'd suggest trying to find some local print screen shirt makers near you and seeing what you can get from them. A small business is more willing to meet a customers needs.

-MillsJROSS

Gregjazz · Mon 05/04/2004 06:05:08

What you need to do is quickly register your name on Bandname.com or bandreg.com to claim your bandname. ("Duck" is not taken yet -- amazing, amazing!)

I think bandreg.com is free to register a bandname.

Nacho · Mon 05/04/2004 11:05:22

Quote from: Geoffkhan on Mon 05/04/2004 06:05:08
What you need to do is quickly register your name on Bandname.com or bandreg.com to claim your bandname. ("Duck" is not taken yet -- amazing, amazing!)

I think bandreg.com is free to register a bandname.

Duck is no longer available... I registered it to name after my polka band. thanks for the link Geoff!

Spoiler

April's fool!!!

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Evil · Mon 05/04/2004 13:26:55

Quote from: Geoffkhan on Mon 05/04/2004 06:05:08
What you need to do is quickly register your name on Bandname.com or bandreg.com to claim your bandname. ("Duck" is not taken yet -- amazing, amazing!)

I think bandreg.com is free to register a bandname.

I know. I gotta get a paypal first. $:-\$