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Oct 31, 2006 09:23 |  #1

Ive recently just finished shooting a calendar for a fundraiser at my university....Funny though I have no way of selling it. I was wonderng if there was an easy way to sell it online? Anyone have any ideas, would be greatly appreciative thanks


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Oct 31, 2006 09:42 |  #2

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Oct 31, 2006 09:51 as a reply to  @ PhotosGuy's post |  #3

hmmmm Im skimming over the results...and this makes sense for photos you can upload...but a tangible calendar that has been printed and sitting in boxes next to me? do these services allow you to sell a product that is not online? Or is there a company that will produce your calendar and sell it..? It hasn't gone to print just yet.


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Oct 31, 2006 10:09 as a reply to  @ rocker83's post |  #4

As a business venture you sort of put the cart before the horse on this one. You have a narrow window for selling calendars for the next year and I can see that there is a sense of urgency to this.

How about putting a copy of the cover or a small collage of some of the pages on the front page of your smugmug account and asking them to email you for an order. Make sure you are setup to accept paypal.

You can do it the old fashioned way and put up a copy of this same collage on bulletin boards around the university. Does the students union not have a web page of their own you can put it on. What about the university's page itself.

As much as I detest ebay you could put it on there with only a "buy it now" amount (if you can still do that). If you word the ad right hopefully the right people will find it.

Craiglist, I've only become acquainted with this site and not sure how well it will do.

How about trying to cut a deal with the university bookstore or any other stores in or near the university. They will probably want a cut but you don't want these sitting around your room in March either.

Some of these involve some good old fashioned leg work and salesmanship. Good luck.


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Oct 31, 2006 10:10 |  #5

why not sell it at uni?


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Oct 31, 2006 10:31 as a reply to  @ philbyuk's post |  #6

My hands are tied by many things....the student book store is a barnes & noble...they do not allow outside vendors...to sell within their store....Other than that, there are no real outlets to sell on campus...
As much as boston toots itself as a liberal city, my college seems to shy away from "bikini" calendars and their advertising....aye.

I wanted to give myself 2 months for selling this calendar. I know it doesnt sound like alot of time but its enough for how many I would like to sell. I thought of having a calendar release party...and to advertise as much for that... so it could be bought there...I just really wanted to have an online outlet for this....I understand your lack of faith in ebay as I agree with you...
I basically wanted a website with a shopping cart...I would advertise through smugmug, but I don't believe I have the right account to be doing something like that. But I thank you for all your efforts, I will look into the smug mug venture


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Oct 31, 2006 10:31 |  #7

I agree with Sheldon, but to answer your question, some sites will sell calendars for you. You'll have to sift through to find them.


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