RC India promotional merchandise

[anwar]

A friend of mine (one year junior in college) has started this fun social-networking based business of designs from various members being available for tee-shirt printing.  Looks like a fun thing, and I have uploaded RC India logo to the site.

Unfortunately I could not test the quality of the teeshirts printed yet, but I will do so once I reach Kerala.  I do not expect this to make money for RC India, and if at all anything (10%) in future, it will be used for sweepstake prizes.  In fact, let me see if this can be converted to a discount on tee-shirt prices itself. 

Again, I have no direct feedback on the quality of the printed shirts, I will post an update once I have couple of them.

Just wanted to introduce the site to everyone.

http://www.exprez.in/cart/osc/product_view.php?products_id=602&s=guys

I do hope these provide additional visibility to our forum.

In fact, if anyone knows good shops who can do such material in bulk, I will consider getting some (shirts/caps/etc) made in bulk and being sold through LHS(es).

[allthatido]

In fact, if anyone knows good shops who can do such material in bulk, I will consider getting some (shirts/caps/etc) made in bulk and being sold through LHS(es).

Hi Anwar

A friend of mine (Ravi) is in this business of printing Tees for quite some time now...if you want i can talk to him. Here is the link to his website (a basic one though)

http://purplelungi.com/

Regards
Ankur

[medicineman1987]

There is a shop here in Goa which specialises in these things.. We get t-shirts printed there for our college events.. but then i think he gets it printed in Tamilnadu or Andhra or somewhere...

[anwar]

Ankur - Yes, can you get an idea for cost of good quality tee-shirts and caps, with a starting quantity of 50 each ?

Their website is most unhelpful (unfortunately), and NSFW because of the music with no on/off control !

[allthatido]

Their website is most unhelpful (unfortunately), and NSFW because of the music with no on/off control !

Well yes...its not a website someone would dream for !!!  Will get in touch with him asap

Regards

[sandeepm]

Hi Anwar, If the RCIndia Logo is finalized, can i get a good quality hi resolution image of the logo?

Sandeep

[atul_pg]

Just a suggestion. A small logo of rcindia on the left pocket or the web address would look decent..

would be nice to have a t-shirt..

[prateek13]

custom made shirts with the member's id name and id no. on the backside will be cool like a jersy
like if anwar bhai makes a shirt for himself it will be like

                                                                        Anwar
                                                                            2

how is that?

[mpp]

Hi Anwar,

There are many T-shirt printers in Mumbai. But the basic T-shirt mostly comes from Ludhiana. So if some one from the group who's there can get a printer it will work out to be even cheaper.
You can get surely get a good job done in Mumbai. and if Sandeep/Ravi have good contacts (have friends who print) it will help a lot.
For example we had recently got this T-shirt made for our group. Rubber print on good quality football style Jersey cost us @rs.250/- each with individual names (that costs more as each print is different).

[sandeepm]

That is what.....i just want to make some samples before going for production...........Please dont ask me how and what i am gone do....let it be secret please..........yes of course...permission for large production is must from the administrator sahab "Mr. Anwar". i suggest a fix price for such merchandisers should be kept and stored in different locations all over India for distribution.....
WHAT SAY ANWAR SAHAB...

Sandeep

[anwar]

Hi Anwar, If the RCIndia Logo is finalized, can i get a good quality hi resolution image of the logo?

There was some discussion recently about a new design for the logo (and even some color changes for the site layout).  About the logo, I am not sure if it is going to happen soon, because people have to work on new designs, at least a few have to be submitted, and there is a selection/evaluation/negotiation phase.  So I would say we go with what we have.  In fairness to the car folks, I am also a victim of my own selection (as I am also excluded from the logo as a heli lover ).  Plus, one can always make the picture of a car or heli as the primary item on the tee-shirt, and make the RC India logo smaller. 

I have uploaded a fairly big picture of the logo for anyone to use in a non-commercial basis :

http://www.rcindia.org/myfiles/rcindia_logo.jpg

They can sell this for cost + reasonable expenses (shipping/handling/warehousing etc).  If you charge more, I would expect that to be donated towards our sweepstakes (I would prefer RC items in lieu of money).  In fact, I will adopt the design of whoever makes the best tee-shirt as the "official RC India tee-shirt" (the winner gets nothing but bragging rights ).  I am not sure putting price limits is the right thing to do, as there are so many choices when it comes to materials, styles and quality.  I expect people to be fair and true to themselves and towards this forum.

For others who want even bigger images, I have uploaded the Illustrator file (thank you Ankur Kaul for doing this!) :

http://www.rcindia.org/myfiles/rcindia_logo.ai

[anwar]

For example we had recently got this T-shirt made for our group. Rubber print on good quality football style Jersey cost us @rs.250/- each with individual names (that costs more as each print is different).

MPP and others...

Thank you for the response !  Your tee-shirt looks cool, and I would love to see an RC India shirt like that     (well, may be not the olive green color ).  Can you get a quote for 50 pieces for a similar design with the RC India logo (attached in the earlier post) ?  I am sure it will cost extra due to multiple colors etc.  In addition to the logo, the URL (without the "http://" has to feature somewhere on the shirt). 

I thought Sai/RCForAll has some contacts in Chennai who could do this too

[Sreedhar]

I have a suggestion..
If the seller folks of rc in india are willing to sponser.. we could include there logos/site address on the t-shirt for a price.. so that we could provide the t-shirt for free/for a small cost to all even for or friends family to whom evere we all know... thus promoting the hobby and sellers to a great extend...

If i am wrong pls forgive....

[allthatido]

.......I have uploaded the Illustrator file (thank you Ankur Kaul for doing this!) :

The pleasure was all mine Mr Anwar.
Now let me get myself working on that t shirt   and the new logo.

Regards
Ankur

[anwar]

Now let me get myself working on that t shirt  and the new logo.

I feel it is fair to freeze the existing logo for a year or two, to be fair to the folks are going to make tee-shirts based on this logo.

So no harm in design new ones (more than one would be great!), but we will adopt the existing one for a while.

If the seller folks of rc in india are willing to sponser.. we could include there logos/site address on the t-shirt for a price..

That is a very good idea I would consider it a privilege that RC shops are including the RC India logo on their promotional merchandise, as long as they do not use that as an excuse for higher prices   If their logo is small and RC India logo is the primary one, my earlier "cost + expenses" comment would certainly apply when it comes to prices.  Now if they begin to hand over tee-shirts with both logos for free (is there ever anything really free?) for purchases above a certain value, that would be awesome !

[Sreedhar]

Yes Anwar bhai.. Gud idea.. The ultimate goal should be promotion of rc in india......... But guess if i could get the t-shirt for a lower cost i would give few to my friends too... which eventually will promote the hobby....

[sandeepm]

Thanks Anwar for all your efforts. i will try to make some good quantity T-Shirts initially at low cost....for distribution here for forum and RCIndia promotion..i cant say about the quality at present as even i am not aware of the quality available in stock....

Just need one suggestion!!....what color will suit best for T-Shirts for this Logo?

[allthatido]

Just need one suggestion!!....what color will suit best for T-Shirts for this Logo?[/b]

Hi Sandeep

I think white would be perfect.

Regards

[mpp]

Your tee-shirt looks cool, and I would love to see an RC India shirt like that     (well, may be not the olive green color ).  Can you get a quote for 50 pieces for a similar design with the RC India logo (attached in the earlier post) ?  I am sure it will cost extra due to multiple colors etc.  In addition to the logo, the URL (without the "http://" has to feature somewhere on the shirt). 

Thanks Anwar, and that Olive green colour was meant to blend in Jungles.. here i also vote for White.
And looks like Sandeep is into it, so i wont get the quote.
and yes 3/4 colour will cost extra.

Also one suggestion, as the T-shirts arent finalised yet there is still time to change the Logo. It will be good to have a T-shirt with the proper (final) Logo. and there isnt any deadline for T-shirts!!
Professional (or even others) Designers here can churn out designs fast!

[anwar]

I am not sure if the logo needs to be changed at all. I think a plane and a radio are a fair indication of the RC hobby, although there are more parts to it (cars, helis, boats, kites, quads and so on).  I am open to good suggestions, and there are many creative folks here, who can come up with great ideas, so I thought I will keep an open mind about this.  But we need to put some time restriction on this, which can be done by specifying a period of say one or two months, OR by just adopting the existing logo. 

I am not sure adding lots of small items to the logo necessarily makes it inclusive.

And yes, "white" would be the perfect color... just see how it shows up on the header !

[anwar]

Sandeep - I hope you proceed with your plans, regardless of the discussion on the logo.  I think getting multiple designs for consideration in the short term is wishful thinking

[bmanoj2]

When Can I buy one ??

[sandeepm]

Sandeep - I hope you proceed with your plans, regardless of the discussion on the logo.  I think getting multiple designs for consideration in the short term is wishful thinking

Yes Anwar, I am now on this part and asking some sample material to finalize the product. it will be finalized by this Saturday. and first rubber print, Normal print and 1 Bevel (3D type) print will be out by wed max. i am also in the process of arranging sample of embroidery type, the shadow part will be printed and on that embroidery will come.. lets see how these samples come....and when

[mpp]

Thats great.. RC INDIA in embroidery will look great and with the vibrant colours the Tee will surely look good.
Sandeep which type of shirt are you printing it on?? I guess Round Neck.

[sandeepm]

Still Not Decided the type of Tee.....still waiting for some sample, i hope that will be fianlized by 4 today ....Ebroidery thing will ltake some time as sample only is landing costly.....wil lsee some other time........but will surely do....