Isn't commission earned unpredictably? Or do they not still have volume discounts?
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§ ita § - Jun 19, 2003 1:33:19 pm PDT #2631 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jun 19, 2003 1:35:07 pm PDT #2632 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Isn't commission earned unpredictably? Or do they not still have volume discounts?
I can look up their definition of "volume" on the site, but we never earned any commission during the busiest F2F ordering period, so I'm not worried.
[edit: Volume pricing starts at 20 items/month. So far, we've never been close to that.]
Jesse - Jun 19, 2003 4:06:20 pm PDT #2633 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We have gotten money back from them. Not a lot, but some.
§ ita § - Jun 19, 2003 7:17:43 pm PDT #2634 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Volume pricing starts at 20 items/month
It has to be the same item/same pattern, I'm guessing, right? Then we should be good.
amych - Jun 20, 2003 2:51:55 am PDT #2635 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm far more worried about the copyright issue than the commissions, where Cafepress is concerned.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2003 4:26:02 am PDT #2636 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Looks like the copyright issue has always existed, though. And now it's a bit better.
Swag is being bought -- do we have an alternative provider.
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest TOS reader except when it comes to domain registrars.
Sue - Jun 20, 2003 4:46:54 am PDT #2637 of 10005
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That non-exclusive license clause seems pretty common on web services. I know the Atlantic Forums have a similar kind of clause, and I think Worldcrossing do too. I don't think they stipulate an end date however. I think it's a clause that just allows them to publish trademarked or copyrigthed things -- they don't claim any ownership or exclusivity to the license.
Jessica - Jun 20, 2003 5:53:27 am PDT #2638 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It has to be the same item/same pattern, I'm guessing, right?
Exactly. We've sold 20 items in a month before, but never 20 of the exact same style/pattern.
AFA our intellectual property rights are concerned, the Member Agreement states unequivocally that we own everything. That said, in exchange for using CafePress, we grant them a license to use our product designs to advertise themselves [while we have accounts with them, and up to 90 days after an account is closed]. (Their mailing list will occasionally send out "hey, this is really cool stuff, and you should buy it!" emails -- I just recently got one with a whole bunch of Martha-Stewart-in-jail-wear. Or one of our logo shirts might show up in a graphic on their front page.)
amych - Jun 20, 2003 5:55:10 am PDT #2639 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Good. I misread or dismembered the IP issue, in that case. I'm happy to have done so.
Wolfram - Jun 23, 2003 6:49:48 am PDT #2640 of 10005
Visilurking
With all the talk about cafepress and board funding issues, I was wondering why we don't have affiliate links for places like Amazon and Buy.com. With all the Buffy-related DVD purchases made by Buffistas (not to mention Farscape, Harry Potter, upcoming Firefly DVD etc.), it could probably raise a few bucks. Has this been discussed already?