A fellow on YouTube suggested that I sell merchandise relating to the blog and Nintendo etc. It's something I've heard before but, for whatever reason, my head started spinning with possibilities this time around. And this is basically my idea...

I was thinking of starting an online store to sell t-shirts etc (and other forms of clothing, including beanies etc), but for all the designs to come from members of this community (forums, blogs + YouTube). These designs would relate to Nintendo or gaming or be referential to the community itself, but would also be free from any sort of branding.

Then, a select few designs are brought together, placed in this online store, and all the profits are given to charity: water, partly because that's a cool thing to do, but also because it'd be a pain to deal with revenue splitting.

Basically, this'd be an independent site that I could advertise via the blog and all that, would give designers in the community some exposure (because I'd be happen to mention their portfolios etc on the blog) and would also get more money raised for charity.

Is that interesting enough and worth doing? And let me know if you're a designer and this is something you'd actually want to be involved in.

I didn't think this through in great detail. It's just been floating around my head for the past half hour or so, but I really like the idea of building something with the community that extends beyond just the blog and forums.

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I'd buy basically anything to help the site, blog, and charities, as well as its members. Signed beanies anybody?
EDIT: Post 200 in the name of David's beanie.

I love this idea. Sell beanies that have your face on them.

And what Sepharos said. I'd kill for a signed David beanie. Kill.

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I'd love to buy some 3DS Blog merchandise.
DO IT.

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Sounds like a great idea, most sites i've seen have some kind of merchandise store, and this sounds great when donating money to charity:water too, I reckon you should do it

Sounds great!!!

We need a tshirt that says: "Believe for Barkis is willing"

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Hahaha, Barkis merchandise. I can totally picture so many people purchasing that stuff.

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for FC and awesomeness!

Maybe a T-Shirt that says "Reggie is watching..." or "Reggie sees all."

OR "MY BODY IS READY."

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Sounds like fun, I'd defiantly buy some stuff if I could. Especially your trademark beanie

So how far is this going? Just some t-shirts, hoodies, and other stuff right? Maybe even mugs. Heh, I could see that; Barkis mugs. :P