[kokoro-cafe]

@kokoro-cafe: I noticed that a lot of people liked the merchandise idea maybe designs can be made, then orders can be taken in before the actual production, so that you won't have lots of stocks lying around, and as you mentioned, it would be cheaper to send them in bulk and maybe have a key person assigned per country for the order   but I do know that if you do have more orders, then the item gets cheaper, hmm...

Thanks for all your hardwork too! I really met a lot of nice people in this forum and I learned a lot of otome games as well  

Haha, yea I guess I could make it a limited edition item or something. I'm really tempted because I want a mug. XD I have a couple of ideas of how to keep it cheap-ish (including shipping) so maybe I can ask around about that.

Advertisements that like to lag when they have either music or voice in it...Thats my pet peeve. I mean its annoying enough, when they actually speak to you. Another than that i'm fine with adverts, well if they are related to otomes then thats even better :P

I want a mug as well lol...

@Joanie Backstage Pass :O Oooo I've been waiting for that to come out for yoinks....I want to play it now *sniff*

I hate those advertisements too.  Especially when I can't find the off button. I definitely will not be putting those on the site.  I can't guarantee they will always be otome game ads but I will try to keep it in context with the community.

I'll do some research about the mug XD

[LadyAyaRose]

@kokoro-cafe Oooh the ones with no sound that you cant turn off...Gah that annoys the hell out of me. I constantly get them when I try and watch stuff on anime tycoon. All I can actually make out with the advert that has been playing for over a week now is basically - Alex likes dump trucks...I mean what on earth is it advertising.

I dont know even where its playing from either. ..

Looks like optional donations, merch and adverts seems to be the most popular one so far :O

[Aiwethryne]

My group's treasurer (I guess she's to be considered as such) found a relatively good service for creating our mugs. I would have shown picture examples of the quality with price markups, but everything I recorded for myself is trapped on my broken laptop. We looked at and chatted about so many great merchandise sites (whether anime/manga affiliated or not) to make custom orders with that I had bookmarked... on my laptop. *fails* I'll have to ask when I think of it, or impossibly surf through the last few years' logs.

Grr, this is why I wish we had posted this info as actual posts on the forum, rather than chatroom stuff.

The merchandise route is still something for the further future, however. Things have to be conceived, produced, everyone is unpaid, yada yada~ While it's something to look forward to, let's not get our hopes up for having it really soon.

[kokoro-cafe]

@kokoro-cafe Oooh the ones with no sound that you cant turn off...Gah that annoys the hell out of me. I constantly get them when I try and watch stuff on anime tycoon. All I can actually make out with the advert that has been playing for over a week now is basically - Alex likes dump trucks...I mean what on earth is it advertising.

I dont know even where its playing from either. ..

Looks like optional donations, merch and adverts seems to be the most popular one so far :O

Maybe they were advertising dump trucks?  

My group's treasurer (I guess she's to be considered as such) found a relatively good service for creating our mugs. I would have shown picture examples of the quality with price markups, but everything I recorded for myself is trapped on my broken laptop. We looked at and chatted about so many great merchandise sites (whether anime/manga affiliated or not) to make custom orders with that I had bookmarked... on my laptop. *fails* I'll have to ask when I think of it, or impossibly surf through the last few years' logs.

Grr, this is why I wish we had posted this info as actual posts on the forum, rather than chatroom stuff.

The merchandise route is still something for the further future, however. Things have to be conceived, produced, everyone is unpaid, yada yada~ While it's something to look forward to, let's not get our hopes up for having it really soon.

Agreed, that would take a bit of research.  I have a few ideas for the mugs which could probably be easily done with images I have at my disposal, I just need to find someone who can make the items.  I want to make it really unique so hopefully I can find someone to make what I'm thinking in my brain. I know someone I can ask about custom made mugs but a few more sources would definitely help.  

[LadyAyaRose]

Advertising dump trucks Lols. What can someone do with their personal one :P


Actually have you tried to advertise this forum on other sites to draw more people in ? I found this site looking for some walkthroughs as I constantly got the bad ending with. My Sweet Prince., but it was like further down the page than the others. Don't know if it will help, but we could catch someone that is the forum saviour. Well if one doesn't exist already here :)

[kokoro-cafe]

Advertising dump trucks Lols. What can someone do with their personal one :P


Actually have you tried to advertise this forum on other sites to draw more people in ? I found this site looking for some walkthroughs as I constantly got the bad ending with. My Sweet Prince., but it was like further down the page than the others. Don't know if it will help, but we could catch someone that is the forum saviour. Well if one doesn't exist already here :)

Hmmmmm.... to start a dump truck collection? lol

I think I've only told a few people about this forum~ everyone else just sort of found their way here lol but no actual ads for the place so I'm surprised how many people use this site already.  I think until I get this place running smoothly if I advertise and a ton more people show up this site might just crash.  

[terracottarose]

I work for a screen printing shop that has worked with other vendors. A popular item are the silicone bracelets. Honestly if you can find a vendor then you can get custom made ones for less than a dollar not to mention shipping on those is very little and most persons don't mind paying it to $5 for one of those. Message me if you have any questions. I know I would buy/donate $5 every few months to have a new bracelet. Just an idea.

[kokoro-cafe]

I work for a screen printing shop that has worked with other vendors. A popular item are the silicone bracelets. Honestly if you can find a vendor then you can get custom made ones for less than a dollar not to mention shipping on those is very little and most persons don't mind paying it to $5 for one of those. Message me if you have any questions. I know I would buy/donate $5 every few months to have a new bracelet. Just an idea.

Thanks for the idea! My friend that's working with me on the Kokoro Cafe game offered to work with me to brainstorm and work on some ideas for some merchandise for the fundraising once she finishes with a convention this weekend.  I will mention this to her and see if we can work with it.  

[Aiwethryne]

Mostly unrelated to all this, but good luck to your friend's Seattle convention~

It is amazing how so far just ads and optional donations are nearly tied with ads, donations, and merch. Even though I do support the merchandise thing, I still chose the former because merchandise is still a far-off thing. Mugs are kind of an easy start, though, since I don't imagine that variety is the focus, when nothing is for certain, yet.

[kokoro-cafe]

Mostly unrelated to all this, but good luck to your friend's Seattle convention~

It is amazing how so far just ads and optional donations are nearly tied with ads, donations, and merch. Even though I do support the merchandise thing, I still chose the former because merchandise is still a far-off thing. Mugs are kind of an easy start, though, since I don't imagine that variety is the focus, when nothing is for certain, yet.

Oh, she was actually in Chicago this time. Haven't spoke to her yet so not sure how it went.  I'll let her know you wish her luck.  

I think mugs could be a focus since the forum is called Kokoro Cafe. But I would like more merchandise ideas before I do anything~ I figured if enough people are interested in merchandise it would be worth doing some research over it and see if I can pull it off that's why it's in the poll. No promises it would be soon though since I have a ton to do between now and end of December.

[joanie]

How about keychains or mobile phone accessory?  

[LadyAyaRose]

I suppose you might of well add ... Stick on things (iron on) stuff for T-Shirts. Heard they weren't that bad to create.

Unless my naming of them is so bad you couldn't tell what it's suppose to be....It's just I actually don't know their true name. Haha

[kokoro-cafe]

How about keychains or mobile phone accessory?  

Those would be super cute but I'm not sure where I would get those made   Have to ask around I guess.

I suppose you might of well add ... Stick on things (iron on) stuff for T-Shirts. Heard they weren't that bad to create.

Unless my naming of them is so bad you couldn't tell what it's suppose to be....It's just I actually don't know their true name. Haha

I remember making something like that in middle school. I just can't remember how I made them. But those should be easy. Just wonder how many people would be interested in it.

[LadyAyaRose]

I'm wondering on something but how is the hosting of this site going right now? I know I had access denied for 10 seconds the other day but the other days it's perfectly fine and no lag whatsoever.

[kokoro-cafe]

Lately it's been running pretty smooth lately, I'm surprised.  Maybe that major lag and downtime a month ago annoyed enough people to get off the server or at least upgrade.  Nothing is reliable still, like password retrieval but it's been going okay for the most part. But then again, there isn't some event going on in GREE so I really can't stress test the site.  I think in a long run it's better to upgrade just in case and I'm in the middle of preparing stuff to fund-raise money for it so I might as well just keep going with the plan. This host changes so often I never know what to expect so I rather not tempt fate anymore. Last time when the site went down on me twice I was trying to access the forum to make a backup of the forum in case I had to move to a different host. Almost had a heart attack because I thought I wouldn't be able to download a backup ever again because every time I tried the site shut down. So not letting that happen to me again...