Re: GNOME Store

[Luis Villa <luis tieguy org>]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Paul Cutler <pcutler foresightlinux org> wrote:
> One thing I really liked about Zazzle's implementation of the Mozilla store
> is that they also have an international store:
>
> http://intlstore.mozilla.org/
>
> Cafepress does have separate stores for Australia, England and Canada.  I
> did not see this option on Hackerthreads.
>
> I liked that Mozilla was able to set up a subdomain, I don't know if the
> other partners offered that.

I believe this was a 'special' deal for Moz (since they have such high
volume) but it certainly can't hurt to ask Zazzle.

Luis

> Paul
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org> wrote:
>>
>> I would be nervous about us creating our own store.
>>
>> In addition to all the web stuff (which is probably easy for us), we'd
>> also need to preorder goods, store them some where and fulfill orders.
>> Rosanna sends out Friends of GNOME gifts now and it is a lot of work.
>>
>> Zazzle, Cafepress, and Threadless are all in this business. Zazzle will
>> give us http://zazzle.com/gnome and let us brand it how we want. And then
>> they will handle all the printing, orders, payment and shipping.
>>
>> The Mozilla Foundation uses Zazzle to give you an idea of how things can
>> be set up.
>>
>> Stormy
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Paul Cutler <pcutler foresightlinux org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Alex, thanks for your comments.  Copying the marketing list as well.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Alex Launi <alex launi gmail com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Paul Cutler
>>>> <pcutler foresightlinux org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be the first to admit I don't have all the information on the
>>>>> current setup, including adding products and the revenue model.  However, in
>>>>> my experience at a former employer running e-commerce sites, having a punch
>>>>> out site with a different URL decreases customer conversion to buy.
>>>>
>>>> I will definitely agree that as a consumer I am a bit put off by being
>>>> redirected. An integrated store, where I know (or at least feel like I know)
>>>> that all my funds are going right to the organisation I'm buying from
>>>> increases the likelihood that I will buy.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One alternative that came up in #marketing in IRC last week was using
>>>>> Zazzle, who manages the Mozilla store (http://store.mozilla.org/).
>>>>
>>>> What does this get us? Is it like running our store but someone else
>>>> runs it for us?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to gauge if there is any interest in the community around this
>>>>> idea?  If so, we may want to create a small team that can help screen
>>>>> artwork, choose what kinds of merchandise to sell in conjunction with a
>>>>> fulfilment partner, and work with the web team to get a store implement.
>>>>
>>>> I think there's a market for it, and if it wouldn't end up being a major
>>>> expense, and would actually help bring some more income to the foundation I
>>>> give it a thumbs up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> --Alex Launi
>>>
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