Custom hand screened QR code tee shirts

https://www.etsy.com/listing/110845581/custom-hand-screened-qr-code-tee-shirts

You get the QR code and one line of text, printed on either the front or the back of the shirt. 
Only $22.00 for a completely customized shirt.

 

You can request custom shirt colors.

• Run a sociological experiment to see how many people will actually scan your shirt.
• Be your own business card.
• Advertise your web site.
• Wear your phone number or email address at the club.
• Speak your mind freely but discretely.
• Wear your biography (up to about 3,000 alpha-numeric characters) on your chest. Note; however, that older phones won't be able to read something that large, so you might want to do some editing of your life story down to around 300 characters :D.
• Say something; be it clever, pithy, groundbreaking or just plain insane.... Whatever you want.

Are you worried about censorship or offending my delicate sensibilities? Don't be; short of inciting people to physical violence, and within the range of what my QR code generator will accept (i.e., words with accented characters might not work), I'm pretty open to anything.

The shirts are hand-screened. You can request that the code be printed on either the front or the back of the shirt. One line of text (60 characters maximum) is included (if desired) and can be used as you like. Print your business name perhaps, or a note that says "SCAN ME!" - whatever you'd like. 

There is no up-charge for shirts larger than XL or for tees/baby dolls for females. 

Use the "Notes to seller box to request:

• Size and type (male/female) of they're not otherwise listed.
• Shirt color not listed (QR code must be black).
• Whether you want the code printed on the front or the back of the shirt.
• Text for the plain text line (if you desire one).
• Text for the QR code. Please ensure that the text is exactly as you want it to appear. I am not able to guess whether typos or grammatical errors are deliberately included for effect.

Get it for only $22.00: https://www.etsy.com/listing/110845581/custom-hand-screened-qr-code-tee-shirts

New Atari computer shirt up in the shop

Many people are not aware of it, but Atari was a major player in the computer market for many years. Starting with the 400 and 800, on up through the ST, TT and the Falcon; they put out an impressive selection of quality gear.

I have been using Atari computers since 1979 (and I still use them to this day).  Invariably though, if I mention that I like Atari, people assume that I am talking about their gaming consoles (I never even owned one of those until the late 90's).

Today, I put a new Atari related shirt up in the shop.  It's a generic "I heart" tee.

I heart Atari Computers tee

You can get one at I heart Atari Computers tee at The Wits End.

New item: MOS Technology MOS 6502 tee

Are you a fan of the MOS Technology 6502 or one of the many variants? Atari, Apple, Commodore and many others used this chip in their 8-bit computers. It was also used by consoles such as the Atari 2600 and Nintendo's NES.

I cut my teeth on variants of the 6502. I well remember poking code into page 6 to add machine code to my Atari 8K BASIC programs.  I still have some of my Atari Macro Assembler programs floating around on cassette and 5.25" floppies.

This design is currently on sale for 25% off of the regular price.  It's only $11.99 and bulk discounts are available.  Check it out at:
http://thewitsend.aliboom.com/MOS_6502_tee/p3224001_13871179.aspx

You can also request a special order, if you desire your own color of shirt and ink.

First sale at the new online store. Yay me!

Just had my first sale at http://thewitsend.aliboom.com! Technically, it is the second sale; however, the other one was handled via email and phone call and doesn't register as a sale in the records on the site.

The sale is significant to me (thanks Herb!), because I'm actually paying for a storefront, and I want to make sure that I am at least getting that money back.  Being on a fixed income, I want to be able to show my wife that opening an actual store (as opposed to our shop on Etsy) was a good decision.

This is the item that was sold:

Atari 8-bit 'Ready' prompt tee

Like Monty Python and Venn Diagrams? Here's a shirt for you!

Expectations Venn Diagram - NOBODY Expects the Spanish Inquisition

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition. Well, except possibly Cardinals Ximénez, Biggles and Fang. 


Want this shirt?  You can get it here.

These shirts are screen printed on heavy weight pre-shrunk 100% cotton. All shirts are printed on demand. This shirt will generally be screened, heat set, and shipped within one to three days of your order.

At the moment, the shirts are sourced locally; and we attempt to use Gildans or Jerzees; however, we will also use heavy weight Hanes or Fruit of the Loom tees if that is all that is available in a particular size. We can accept special requests; if you want a different color or type of shirt or ink, if you'd like the graphic to be a different color than the text, we'll be happy to work with you, just send us a note and let us know. 

For special orders, please understand that since we currently source our tees locally, we can't guarantee the availability of a particular color in all sizes.  This is normally only a problem in sizes larger than XL.  In addition, for the women's fitted shirts, we currently have no control over whether the shirt will be scoop neck or v-neck.  Contact us and we'll do everything we can to get you the shirt you actually desire.

Visit us at http://thewitsend.aliboom.com

Tomorrow is the last day of the sale on military shirts

Did you know that you could potentially save about 63% on these shirts?  The offers can be combined.  If you take the sale price, the buy three and get one free, and one of the 20% off coupon codes like TWE20OFF, a shirt was was originally $15.99 would effectively cost $5.99.
Visit the military view of our shop and check them out

All five armed forces represented,
veteran and retiree shirts coming soon
and can be specially requested now.

Liberal, Progressive, and Atheist
are currently available.

There are some military slang shirts
available too.

Stop on by and check them out. 

I sure would like to figure out the pattern.

Running an Etsy shop is interesting. I do screen printed tee shirts and onesies, and I never know, from month to month, how things are going to go.

Take February, for example. It was one of my best months ever, it tied December, which had all of the Christmas sales. Yet that was only through the 24th.

Then take March, which at the moment, is the worst month I've had since the very first month that the shop was open. I had one sale between February 25th and March 8th, when I would normally have  had something in the range of 10-15 (the beginning of the month is when I get the majority of my sales.

I have tweeted one of the shirts and have gotten four sales off of that tweet. Two days ago, I tweeted the same shirt, the tweet got over thirty favorites and was retweeted twenty-six times; to a potential audience of over 165,000 people (yes, I know, the audience is not really anywhere near that big) and not a single sale. I would have been thrilled to get 1/100th of one percent of that audience!

A little while ago, I was doing a brisk business in Atari related shirts. I decided to run a sale, which would have really given people an excellent break on the price. That was a bad move; I have not had a single sale on Atari related shirts in a month and a half now, ever since the day the sale started.

I'm really just curious about how this all works. I love that people like my items, and buy them. However, being on a fixed income, I also look forward to the sales to help me stretch my money through the month. Understanding how it works would help ease my stress.

New sections up in the shop

In order to make it easier to find things as our inventory of designs grow, we have started putting sections up in the shop:

For tees related to atheism, visit View Atheism.

Example from the Atheist section.

For tees related to Atari computers, visit View Atari.

Example from the Atari section.

For tees related to the military (with a liberal bent), visit View Military. There are quite a few new shirts up in this section.

Example from the Military section.

All of the other tees are currently uncategorized.  There are also sections for onesies, tote bags, bumper stickers, etc..

Two new Atheist tee shirt designs are up in the shop.

I've added two new tees to the shop.  They are a variation of an earlier shirt with modified text that should be easier for some people to read.

One version includes the Atheist Symbol and the other includes the Invisible Pink Unicorn symbol.

This shirt is available for $15.99 and can be found at https://www.etsy.com/listing/224184766/atheism-is-myth-understood-with-atheist

This shirt is also available for $15.99 and can be found at https://www.etsy.com/listing/224185096/atheism-is-myth-understood-with-ipu

Atari related items on sale at The Wits End

Just wanted to let everyone know that my shop is having a sale on all Atari related items from midnight (I'm in the Central timezone, GMT -6) tonight through the end of Friday. This includes shirts related to the Atari 8-bits, Atari ST/TT/Falcon, programming, Zork, MOS 6502, etc. The tees will be $11.99 each (there's also a buy 3, get one free option). Coupon codes also still apply. You might give FUJINUTS a try for 20% off.
https://thewitsend.etsy.com

Activity in my shop

There are a number of new items up in my Etsy shop, here are a couple of them.

These two are related to the Doctor.

Visit https://thewitsend.etsy.com to see all of the items that are available.

Do what I do. Hold tight, and pretend it's a plan!

Personally, I prefer to be called Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All