[Suggestion] JCNET T-Shirts

[kewlpiggy88]

A lot of fanclubs out there have a distinctive t-shirt so that when they go to concerts, jay can recognize them more easily and i think it would be cool to wear it around. we could hold a contest for best t-shirt design and then a leader from each country or whatever could ask a local t-shirt person for prices and such.

[seaweedpatchkid]

LOL. If you guys want to, I know a guy who does shirts for cheap (don't know if he does online stuff), or we can do it online. If I remember correctly, my friend had a "store" where he made "Do the Doug" t-shirts. If the admins agree to it, I can go find out where the site is.

It's absolutely free to seller, but I think t-shirts will cost like...15 bucks? I don't know if there's anyway that JCNET can actually make a profit off of it, but we'll see.

Tell Patchy oki? Patchy find for you~


But I think people will start looking at us weird if we wear "JCNET" on our shirts.

[linny]

Well, I've had to design a few shirts since coming into high school, and from what I've learned, making t-shirts is fairly cheap *if* you make them in mass quantity. Around where I live, t-shirt stores typically charge cheaper the more shirts you get printed. No shirt should cost any more than $15.

It's an interesting idea. A lot of large-scale sites I know have their own shirts and accessories and whatnot. The questions I'm wondering before we even get to questions about the t-shirt itself...

- are the admins okay with such an idea?
- how many people are geniunely interested in buying a shirt if there were to be one?
- how much would it cost to send these shirts out (since people who frequent these forums come from all over the world)?
- who would be the one to print these shirts and send them out?

[seaweedpatchkid]

LOL. *points to her post above*

We'll cross the other rivers when we get to it. o_o

[pianochic250]

i think that's a FABULOUS idea. i would really want a jcnet shirt. haha who cares if ppl think i'm weird. i would definately buy one if this plan went out into action. but yeah, the process could be kinda complecated though... but i'm sure there's some way we can figure this out!

[r3minisce]

i think it`s a great idea as well, i wonder if jay knows about this site lol .. it`d be cool if he could reply to us, dontcha think :excited: and someone could give a shirt to jay -if this idea ever happens- then he can wear it as well .. haha :shifty:

[fajitapita]

dude, i think its a good idea. and it'd be cool if we were at a concert and saw someone else wearing it, it'd be like an instant way to recognize each other and be like, hey, you're cool cuz you're on jcnet too!

[kewlpiggy88]

yeah i think it would be really cool to wear it at a concert. i know a LOT of people are from singapore and they have more chances to see jay and stuff, and then when jay comes to the US, he might recognize jcnet and be like, "DIAO!" or something. i dunno. it's hard to coordinate since this IS an international site, but if other sites can pull it off, i'm sure we can too!

for my junior class t-shirts, the guy never called back for his payment, lol.

anyway should i PM a mod or stg? i was thinking they would see the thread and just respond?

[eimiie]

I would totally wear a shirt that has JC.net on the back. I would wear it not only for his concerts, but also at school. :laughing: Tell me about it when you guys have this planned. :-)

[jayx8318x]

Well this idea has been brought up many times before. I don't have any problems with it. But the reason why it always dies before it starts all the time is that no one is really interested. Personally, I wouldn't wear the t-shirt to a concert or anything unless I know at least 50 other ppl will be doing so as well.

Another thing we could do is distribute them on a limited testing basis, say to Singapore or Malaysia first where there are more Jay fans. The JCNET t-shirts can be localized in a way. Kinda like Hard Rock Cafe t-shirts where they have the name of the place on them. Like it'll have "Singapore" on it somewhere for SG members, "Europe" for members hailing from the various European countries, etc. But also, there really is no reason to do it NOW...I mean Jay won't have another world concert till 2006.

Anyways, if you all still want to do this, then somebody(ies) needs to organize it, plan it, and distribute it. I won't be doing this frankly because I have other things to do. And I've done enough for this site (g d it! ..excuse my French). You'll have our full support. Only thing is you have to run all designs, how much it'll cost, etc. by us since we will be paying for the production of the shirts I presume (basically be the middle man between the members, and distributers, and us..by us I mean me really).

You guys always run some nice ideas by. But always ask yourself 1). Are there enough ppl interested? and 2). Am I willing to do it or help do it/organize it cuz the site admin only has 2 arms and is not a robot.

For those wondering, Jay HAS been told about JCNET in person, and knows we exist. We doubt he ever visited, or really even cares since we are an English site. Once Jay has decided on a new distribution company (since it appears he's done with Sony), we will again try to petition for an "official ____ fanclub" stamp that we can display proudly.

[Katie23]

I love the idea of JCNET Tshirts, :-) although I think I wouldn't buy one unless it's in my size, plus I don't wear Tshirts much (even to concerts) At concerts, I prefer to buy more 'girl-like' shirts, you know, those that fit more. Like these

http://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:LCG0RKeuLAoJ:www.derondeshop.be/shop/files/main/VM_elba_white_top.jpghttp://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:ofMfZ2Qh5cUJ:images.speurders.nl/images/47/4752/4752852_1_detail.jpg

These I would wear, not only to concerts. :D But I guess Tshirts are cheaper. (although I would reason that less fabric less costs, but that isn't the way it works right).

The idea of having the shirts localized is so good. :thumbsup:

If the distribution is a problem, maybe we could only do a designingcontest, with the winning design as the official JCNET logo (or maybe a few, so ppl can still choose). And then people who want a shirt can go and get a shirt printed themselves. Cause then there's no distribution issue. And there may be ppl who would want a shirt but don't like to buy things through internet. But anyway, then the design would have to be distributed instead of shirts...is that possible? (don't know how these things work)

To see if ppl are interested, we could make a poll right?

[kewlpiggy88]

yeah, if i plan to undertake this project, at least for the USA-ers, it would have to be after APs and SATIIs though. i like katie23's idea though..doing it yourself. it might be more expensive to buy just one, but with shipping costs it should be about the same??

[eimiie]

I dunno, I think I would be more likely to buy a T-shirt if Jay-Chou.net was going to produce them, and we can just order them. For one thing, my parents probably won't let me design a t-shirt that says Jay-Chou.net and get it made. And plus, many people don't know how to get a t-shirt printed. It would be more complex for people to do it themselves.

[Katie23]

Hmm, didn't think of that, that it could be difficult for people to get it printed for themselves. But kewlpiggy88 also has a good point about the costs, printed one shirt for urself will cost more that printed many, but you don't have shippingcosts. I think for those who don't know how a shirt is printed, a guideline could be setup, plus I think people in printingshops are sure willing to help ;) But first things first, there must be people who are willing to figure this all out, whether we go for distributing or printing ourselves (maybe even both could be done, coz if there's a design, it could be used for both the mass print and single print right?) I would like to think with those who can help. I think it's most convenient if members in countries with a lot of fans/members participate, coz distribution could me easier (especially if we do a pilot distribution first). We could set up 'quarters': one or two in US, one in Europe, etc.

[chizzu]

hmmm... that reminds me of my jersey design for myJAYsian :bleh:
Devonn have the idea of designing basketball jersey so that (according to her) Jay can wear when he play basketball. we gave jay the jersey during mteet the fan session in Malaysia

here is the design :wink2:
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/93/20/4460239/1144882585780l.jpg

we gone thru this printing problem and judging from my experience, $$$ is the most important thing. who is going to sponsor the printing cost? we actually owe the printing company till we finish sellling the jersey :bleh:

The distribution also another problem. the problem is HOW? even we also having trouble distributing it in Malaysia alone :bleh:

[jay_is_cute]

i personally would be very interested in JCNET t-shirts, but i dont like the idea of having to go get them printed ourselves. i would rather have JCNET distribute them. there could be a main distributor in every country who could ship to interested buyers in that region.

This could be a good oppurtunity for a fundraiser too.

[Katie23]

Yeah, fundraising for JCNET :P

But it's difficult to find a distributor in every country, maybe even one for more than one country. But those distributors have to be willing to pay in advance I assume. I don't like getting financially involved in these things, don't feel comfortable. I guess I wouldn't mind taking the Dutch distribution, but hey, there are only four Dutch members, and don't know if they want a shirt.

But even if the distribution/printing issue isn't solved yet, we could still have a designing contest right? That would be cool, plus maybe people are getting more involved once they've seen the designs :P

*likes this topic* :)

[kewlpiggy88]

mm, the money issue is a toughie, i dunno if anybody would be willing to take on the risks. personally i would, but i know my parents wouldn't agree to it at all. i mean, i can help the person who's distributing in CA or all of the US but just..after APs!

[Smonkkey]

I'd buy a shirt, but it would kinda depend on the design. If it was kinda a sleak design that could be worn anywhere, i'd get one. The biggest problem for me would be money... i guess it would be hard for me to send money, unless i could mail it. The idea is nice, but it will be hard to distribute it. =\

[seaweedpatchkid]

If it gives you guys any vote of confidence, we were talking about it in the chat room today. :D You should stop by next time to talk about it. You never know when you might run into an admin. HINT HINT.

[lina_chasez]

:excited: wow!

the idea itself is excellent, :wink2: but just as the other girls, i do think that money is a really big problem to us all! :oops:

i think that printing it ourselves is not really difficult and in long term is much more easier than getting it distributed! :shy: why? because the people who do it are really interested and nobody else would get involved in that! of course we can always see if otherpeople who live in the same place have the interest and get it printed together! :rolleyes:

by now, i guess the essential thing is to design it! when people see the design they will get more interested! :D

[pamujung]

It's good idea as everyone said but we all know the same problem out there is the nice design, the money and the distribution :hmm:

If we have one project header at each country to distrbute (I mean got the same logo/design/whatever but the same to print in each country and distribute it) But also we have to vote if so many interested in this tee. And if we gonna do this, we should do it as an official one.

Really wish to see JCNET tee someday or JCNET's an official webbie :cloud9:

[kewlpiggy88]

maybe we could have a "trial" country? like singapore because it's small and there are a LOT of singaporeans here on JCNET. just an idea.

[beyOnd aLL reasOn]

Yeah that's a good idea kewlpiggy...it should be localized in one place first, and then if that's successful you can expand it!!!!

Singapore is a good suggestion actually...but would they be made in Singapore? Or shipped there? Or...what?

This is such an interesting idea!!!

[petricia]

hmmm... i am all for the idea... i will definitely buy a JC.net t-shirt if there is one...

edited: sorry... did this in lecture just now... :shy: that's why so short...
anyway, i'll be glad to help... esp. during my holidays (May to July/Aug) but i am practically a noob at these kind of things... moreover, like what charmian said who is coming up with the '$' and to coordinate the whole thing? and the design etc... that would be a big headache. :worry:

[charmian]

singaporean here.

i'm all in for the idea. :D

BUT first, who's our representitive to do the admin, to do the design, to collect money and finally, to give out the shirts?

wah. complicated.

[jayx8318x]

Well gauging the interest for this from this post and asking around, it does appear to be some interest. And like someone said, once the designs are shown and it's nearing Jay's concert, I'm sure there will be alot more interest.

We'll make sure the design is something sleek and which you can wear at school or just casually without being..er embarassed...lol I personally wouldn't wear a shirt that had "jay-chou.net" in big ass writing around, or even Jay's face on it. We'll probably give 2 choices of a unisex t-shirt, and a baby-doll type shirt for the girls..which are cuter IMO. And I definitely want the idea of "regional" shirts to follow through (e.g. have it say "JCNET" and "Singapore" "USA" "Malaysia" etc..underneath, and a generic "JCNET-International" for countries with fewer members.

Another idea brought up to me was pre-ordering. Which means people have to pay for the shirt before receiving it. This will help out ALOT financially and we'll be only ordering what we need, instead of ending up with a bunch of shirts no one will buy. But we're afraid not many ppl will trust giving money without getting something immediately. Any ideas on how to ease people's nerves?

Also, anyone can provide legal insights into this? We'll be using "JCNET" on the shirts, there is a Chinese company called "JCNet" ...I hope it's not infringing on their copyrights.

Financially JCNET has some money from donations and YesAsia commission to help finance this, although dipping into it will affect paying for the site server and which we will have to raise the donation goal for 2006.

Other alternative would be having me help fund it (to be paid back through yearly donation drives) or through people pre-ordering (preferred). I would prefer not to have to pay for the entire thing myself, so if 3-4 people can help split up the initial cost with me, that would really help. I'm estimating cost will be between $500-$700 for 100-150 shirts.

Another thing, JCNET does not have to make a profit from this at all. Although it would be nice, but that would mean raising the price of shirts to about $20, while we would like to keep it around $15. Since JCNET makes money mostly from donations, we can do something like "donate $30 or more and get a free t-shirt"

The important thing is that JCNET cannot LOSE money from this.

Anyways this will be a long process. I couldn't imagine everything finalizing till around this fall, maybe even January '06.

We can make up the t-shirt committee, who will do things like:
- making polls asking public opinion concerning whatever needs answering
- coordinate a design contest
- research which distributor can give us the best price
- seek out JCNET members who can be regional distributors to the other JCNET members

My idea for this would be:
1). T-shirts are made in one location, say USA
2). The regional distributor in USA delivers in bulk to the regional-distributor in the other countries
3). That person now distributes to the general members and collects money (if not pre-ordered), and pays the USA regional-distributor (most likely me).

Anyways, I hope that helps clear up some things.

[htruc]

I'm not really sure if I would buy it online. I never did buy anything over the net because their's all these risks. :oops: But if it was sold at a store, there's a 90% chance I would buy it.

The donation and get a free shirt is a good idea.

And for the logo design, you can use the winner of the logo contest thing. Remember this: http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9366 I don't know how this thread is going so far, but the best voted design can be used on the JCNET t-shirt.

That's just my two cents. :shy: And sorry, I don't know anything about marketing and sales. Though the poll you made can help.

[xin0829]

Yeah~ i'm so excited over this idea. I will buy as long as the design is nice and the price is reasonable for it's material, definately 100% cotton right? Beside concerts, i will wear it to anywhere too, that helps in promoting the website... haha..

I am willing to help in any way i can, i'm from Singapore by the way. I would prefer


1). T-shirts are made in one location, say USA
2). The regional distributor in USA delivers in bulk to the regional-distributor in the other countries
3). That person now distributes to the general members and collects money (if not pre-ordered), and pays the USA regional-distributor (most likely me)..

rather than purchasing online, cos not everyone is comfortable and would not know how to.

However, if by the above way, i don't mind being the distributor for my country, but someone has to tell me how to send the money over to the MAIN distributor, (say, jayx8318x). Sorry this question may seems dumb, but i never do it before, no idea how it is done. I don't have cheques at home, or can i get one from the bank? I have no idea.

Alternative, if any trusted and kind soul out there from Singapore could help, after i collected the money from those who pre-order, i will pass it to you and you transfer to the MAIN.

Better if, someone work with me with the collecting and distributing. I will distribute while the other collects the money?

Regarding the trial, means trying out in certain countries first, but what if it doesn't turn out well? *ducks* Means other countries not going to have the tees? Then what about those "trialed countries" who already owned it, how are they going to deal with the tees? Still wear it or not? Maybe it's better that if majority in jcnet wants, we will start to work out at the same time, so every regions will recieve around the same period.

Just a little information, someone had read that jay will be coming to singapore late this year, so if the tee can be ready by then, it can be shown to jay. Not sure though, here:
http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11378

Lastly, i believe the tee will look different if the design is put up and each of us go print our own. Especially so if the colour tone. And the measurements for the design have to be put up too. So i would prefer making all at one region.

Just some thoughts. =)

[cloUdsuRFer]

i guess you could always go ahead and design it, find a place to print it, estimate numbers so u can get a quote, THEN set a deadline like all orders need to be placed and maybe a deposit paid by <<insert date here>>. and once that date is passed...then you can order them. that way there is a rough time frame for WHEN the tshirt will come and people will have comitted them selves with a deposit large enough that they won't suddenly change their minds and not want it anymore, but small enough that they won't worry about it

then they can pay once the designs have been printed and are ready to be sent out....

i dunno if having a deposit system will make things too complicated tho


sounds fun but!

[pamujung]

I can take over Thai members here, mostly I know all of them but don't really sure they want to buy it or not.

1). T-shirts are made in one location, say USA
I know it's comfortable to make it in one location but made in USA the cost will be higher than in asian countries right ? Should it be made in some asian countries ? But there's still the transfering money problem.

[petricia]

is it possible that people from various countries try to find out the prices and the quality of the t-shirts first? like pam, i am also wondering if the t-shirts that's printed in Asian countries are cheaper...

i dun mind scouting around in Singapore first, though i must say that looking out for prices is not my forte..

[cuso4]

i've handled printing of tees kinda thing before, so i probably could get some contacts of tshirt suppliers. the price mainly comes from how many colours are on the tshirt (usually its about S$50 for a colour) divided by number of tshirts and additional costs like the actual shirt itself(prob about S$7+) and printing costs(S$1 for a colour/shirt - not sure about this... forgotten the actual price).

but a design is needed in the least, a simple one, so the cost wouldn't be too high for the colours.

i did a polo shirt for my cca before, it costs about approximately S$14 per tshirt, printing both front and back, with 2 colours in front, 3 colours behind for 40 people. but if its printing for number of people like hundreds, probably the cost of a colour might be higher? i'm not too sure, can ask the supplier though.

i'll really look forward to handling a tshirt production in singapore if there was one. it could probably start somewhere first and singapore, being so small, might be a gd place to start with, to see wad the response is like.

as compared to selling it online, for distribution within a country, i can suggest renting an area for distribution, or else it could be sold in shops that sell those celebrities' collectibles(e.g. jay's face on a mug/pillow or selling jay's pepsi cans). there is one such shop in Takashimaya Shopping Centre and we can distribute for them to sell, as if renting their service in the shop to sell the t-shirts, to cut costs as compared to renting an area/pushcart to sell those shirts. *note: renting a pushcart in Orchard Area costs about S$3000 a week if i'm not wrong.

it could be a business venture. :D

my 100th post. :happy:

[xin0829]

there is one such shop in Takashimaya Shopping Centre and we can distribute for them to sell



I think that shop had closed down, walked pass by 2 days ago, realise it's under renovation for another shopbrand.

[smilepiggy]

Hmm, i guess there's the problem arising from the distribution fees and all since we're all over the world. making it in a place where its cheap to make tees but having to send them overseas may be qt expensive as well.

Ugh. but its truely a very cool idea. i guess, if we have many people ordering, and a nice but simple design, it sould cost abt $15 in singapore. shipping it overseas will increase the cost tho.

[Katie23]

Hey! Here’s a summary with the main points, to have things a bit organized.

The idea is to have a JCNET shirt.

Reasons and benefits
· There’s a chance that Jay starts recognizing them
· We could recognize each other as JCNET members (since we don’t have face to face meetings)
· You could wear it to Jay’s concerts
· You could wear it on all other days
· The site is getting promoted

Ideas and thoughts
Ideas about having a JCNET shirt
Karen (jayx8318x, administrator) doesn’t have any problems with the idea. People will look at us weird for wearing these shirts (not shared by all). We could give one shirt to Jay as a present. There seem to be enough interest to let this idea work out. If this thing is started, it probably won’t be finalized till fall 2005, or early 2006.

Distribution
We could distribute on a testing basis first, say to Singapore where most fans live. We could get the shirts printed ourselves, if the distribution doesn’t work out. If we get the shirts printed ourselves, it will costs more, but there won’t be costs for shipping. Printing the shirts ourselves will be more easy, but it will probably cause differences between the shirts. More people seem to be interested if we go for the distribution idea, so that’s plan A. Instead of letting some ppl sponsoring the printing and distribution, pre-ordering is an alternative, which is preferred by Karen. Pre-ordering is also more efficient, since there won’t be ‘left-over shirts’. Concern with pre-ordering is ppl won’t trust giving money without getting something immediately. Ideas to solve this problem are welcome. For Singapore, Xin0829 is willing to be the distributor. For Thailand, Pamujung is willing to be the distributor.

The shirts
The shirts could be localized, so with the name of the member’s region on it. For the design, we could hold a contest. Even if the distribution issue isn’t solved yet, we could still hold a contest. If the design is known, probably more people will make up their mind about (not) wanting a shirt. We will probably be given two choices of a unisex t-shirt and a baby-doll shirt for the girls. It will be made sure that the design is something ppl will want to wear without being worried about looking stupid. Designs, costs, etc must be run by de admins first. For the design, the winner of the logo contest can be used http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9366.

Money
Designs, costs, etc must be run by de admins first. The costs are estimated to be around 15 dollar. The estimation is 500-700 dollar for 100-150 shirts. Printing in mass quantity will make the shirts cheaper than printing a few. Printing in an Asian country could be cheaper than printing in USA. According to cuso4, the price mainly comes from how many colours are on the tshirt divided by number of shirts and additional costs like the actual shirt itself and printing costs. To keep the costs low, the design is preferred to be simple. JCNET has money from donations and YesAsia commission to help financially, although the donation goal for 2006 will be raised as a consequence. JCNET doesn’t have to make a profit from this all. Most important thing is that JCNET cannot lose money from this. Collecting money for the shirts could be accompanied by fundraising for JCNET. An idea is to do something like: ‘donate 30 dollars or more and get a free JCNET shirt’. You can help by sharing the initial costs with Karen, 3-4 people are wanted.

Most important
Who is going to get the shirts printed?
Who is going to distribute the shirts?
Legal issues also have to be solved. There is a Chinese company called JCNet.

We could make up a committee, with the following taks:
- making polls asking public opinion concerning whatever needs answering
- coordinate a design contest
- research which distributor can give us the best price
- seek out JCNET members who can be regional distributors to the other JCNET members

Karen’s idea for this would be:
1). T-shirts are made in one location, say USA
2). The regional distributor in USA delivers in bulk to the regional-distributor in the other countries
3). That person now distributes to the general members and collects money (if not pre-ordered), and pays the USA regional-distributor (most likely Karen).

Rest
Jay himself knows about this site.
Once Jay has decided on a new distribution company, we will try again to petition for an ‘official___fanclub’ stamp.

So I guess, now it's time to set up the committee. Who wants to join? I'd like to join. Who do we have to contact for this? Karen?

Sorry for the long posts, thought this summary could clear some things up. Hope it does :shy:

[cuso4]

its closed? den probably can find other ways for distribution. i think its possible to get license to sell from home, as in keep the stocks at home and sell when ppl wanna buy. or renting pushcarts/areas or something.

how about each country print their own? as in the same design, same logo. probably the shades may be slightly different and designs are different, it could be just like a variation to tell apart from fans of diff countries. printing in an asian country is cheap, but after its shipped over it might just add up to the similar cost if printed in that country itself.

but before worrying about distribution fees and all, i think the selling of jcnet tshirts should be launched in a country first, to see the response. and this waiting-to-see-response takes time too.

[jayx8318x]

Thanks Katie for summarizing all those points. I guess the best thing to do is try it out in Singapore first.
Renting out a space is kinda outta the question, aren't those places crazy expensive? It'll defeat the purpose of trying to avoid shipping costs cuz it might end up costing the same in the end, maybe even more.

Well if someone doesn't mind, maybe sell them out of your house? I know it sounds kinda funny, but don't you all live fairly close to each other? Another thing is someone can just go from house to house and deliver them. Or maybe someone works in the mall, or one of those push cart stands selling something else, maybe they can distribute the shirts on the side?

But I don't think shipping cost for a shirt is that much. Shirts are light weight, just ship them in those strong plastic mail bags, shouldn't cost more than USD$2.50. A box would cost more.

In terms of payment, I know alot of kids here can't pay by check, credit card, or paypal. The only other option is cash. I know it's not safe, but many people have given us donation by mailing cash before and there hasn't been any negative effects. Since it is not a fairly large amount, maybe ppl will take the risk. And we do have an SG address they can send to courtesy of macdawn.

[cuso4]

Well if someone doesn't mind, maybe sell them out of your house? I know it sounds kinda funny, but don't you all live fairly close to each other? Another thing is someone can just go from house to house and deliver them. Or maybe someone works in the mall, or one of those push cart stands selling something else, maybe they can distribute the shirts on the side?

it is possible to sell out of the house, i don't mind doing it. the thing about push carts is that its madly expensive too. i had quoted the rental in one of my previous posts, about S$3000 for a week in town area for an individual pushcart. and if its just selling it by the side(i.e. 'borrowing' their pushcarts), i guess we might/would have to pay them some rent or commission to the pushcart owner since they would have their own goods to sell. no right minded pushcart owner would gladly leave a space for us to 'just put it to sell' at the side.

the thing about selling out of the house is that if the number of shirts round up to a lot, probably printing in hundreds, it might be illegal since it's a form of doing business and probably have to get a license or some sort.

[kewlpiggy88]

the thing about selling out of the house is that if the number of shirts round up to a lot, probably printing in hundreds, it might be illegal since it's a form of doing business and probably have to get a license or some sort.

since this t-shirt 'venture' is basically non-profit, it should be okay, right?

[cs_omigosh]

That's a great idea..! Haha..We can identify each other when we go concerts or any other Jay related actitivies. However, i feel that the tshirts should not be too flamboyant, if not I might not dare to wear it..haha..

Anyway, there are so many creative members in JCnet and i am sure someone will come out with a great design that is simple and eye-catching. Maybe we can have a mini competition and we can vote for our favourite design..

Or maybe we can have a different design for members from different countries (a mini competition could be done too!). So members from each countries can design their own tshirts (During Jay concerts, it would look like a school sport's day event..where members from different countries look like they are each representing their own "school"..haha..). However, certain logos such as "jcnet.com" and "too diao for words" should be standardised. hehe..

Oh yah, it would be great if the moderators from the various countries can help to organise the making of the tshirts for their own countries. (I think tshirt material is similar and could be done anywhere). In this way, we won't have the issue of ordering online and the availability of use of credit cards (Seriously speaking, I do not trust online buying. So many hackers around!).

If not, we should make ALL the tshirts in Asian countries such as Indonesia (the prices are much much cheaper).

Finally, I am just wondering, if there is no Jay pics/Jay logos etc, then I don't think he will know that we are from the same club who are supporting him right?

Thanks for reading such a long post..! Haha..Those are just some of my ideas..

Edited: Opps, after reading the summary post by Katie, i realised some of my ideas have been mentioned..haha..sorry

Cheers!

[cuso4]

since this t-shirt 'venture' is basically non-profit, it should be okay, right?
probably. but i cannot confirm about this since this is after all its a form of 'exchange' at a larger scale. singapore has rules about any little rubbish that goes around here.

i might be able to get a contact that does shirts in singapore and thailand as in they got their printing factory in singapore and thailand respectively so the shipping fee is waived. so if it does carry out in singapore, the next stop maybe shall be done in thailand.

and the thing about distribution, i might be renting a pushcart in my friend's school(TP) for selling of accessories or bags, so it probably could be distributed there as compared to distributing from someone's home. distributing from someone's home is free but it might be inconvenient for family members, who knows.

is this tshirt making really going to commence?

[cs_omigosh]

Hello...I went to Jaycn.com , and they also had a club tshirt which I thought was quite nice...

Anyone interested can go this website to take a look: Jaycn Website (http://bbs.jaycn.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=26&ID=396870&page=1)

[audrey_ckl]

maybe we can hold a competition for designing the tee. and let members vote which is their fave before printing it. like that, we keep our options open and at least everybody has a say. how bout tat??

[christalx]

I think that's a great idea. But I wouldn't want to wear a t-shirt with Jay's face slapped onto it. AT least, the T-shirt should be more deisgned than a slapped squared picture.

I'd buy it, especially if it was nice quality too.

[liwei_jay]

hi guys...
we (jaymie and i) are planning to print some tees for JCnet...
cuz we're planning of meeting Jay at the airport and during the premiere this 21st of June...
since he's comin to s'pore.. :sweat: hehe...
anyway...
was hoping if you guys hav any ideas which you might be able to suggest to us??
and bout the page that cs_omigosh suggested which hav JCN's club shirt...
i can't see it... :shy: dunno chinese... :sweat:

so please... :please:
anyone has any ideas?? or can gimme a pic or page which shows de JCN's club shirt...

thanks in advance

[jaymie]

hi people, how about the jayclub.com.tw one? (official jay fanclub) its pink with white letters...very cute! the material not very good though... just for reference

[kirasuran]

welll......i rekcon u should totally jus design one yourself and get it printed in the shops....i know i would do that!! so, i dont hav any pix to show u...i actually that we were talkin bout making REAL SHIRTS FOR THE WHOLE OF JCNET!!! tha twould be AWESOME!! its like, neopets! excpet...real. hahaha.. yeh i would go with the idea of making jcnet tshirts! and then...we could have our member group tshirts! how coool would my Silence Alliance tshirt be? ?? sICK!!!

[countess]

Yes i totally agree with the shirt idea!! i will so so buy one if it gets made..but soz iam not creative enough to actually give any designs. Maybe liwei jay, you could PM one of the Moderators or the Admin to get them to officially hold a comp and advertise throughout the forum..cause atm i don't think this idea is getting enough publicity.

Also a design that i think would be sleek would be a simple black tee with some nice Jay related words eg as suggested above "too diao for words'.. i think something subtle but Jay fans would know what it was on about.

[liwei_jay]

hmmmm...
PM one of de mods?? :sweat:
i dun even knw whos our mods.... :rolleyes:
i guess i would try.... :wink2:
i also wish that we would be able to get this tee going on...
who knows might be able to make it for meetin Jay... :oops:
but that would be of cuz... bluffin my self.. :dry:
since it's like 15days more only to meetin Jay... :rolleyes:

[charmian]

hmmmm...
PM one of de mods?? :sweat:
i dun even knw whos our mods.... :rolleyes:
i guess i would try.... :wink2:
i also wish that we would be able to get this tee going on...
who knows might be able to make it for meetin Jay... :oops:
but that would be of cuz... bluffin my self.. :dry:
since it's like 15days more only to meetin Jay... :rolleyes:

omg. *slap forehead*

they are just members who have colours on their userID. like lepencil, jiandanai, catseyes, macdawn. anyone of above and of course, many others.

and err. dont keep rolling your eyes. they'll drop sooner or later. :whistle:

[liwei_jay]

wahahahhaa :lolabove:
good one... eyes dropping out, yah...
most probably... soon too... :rolleyes:

as for how to indentify the mods and administrator... :dry:
of cuz i knw how... :hmm: juz that dunno who should get...

ok...
recently got cut of reps point becuz i got too many smilies in my post??
which i think is ridiculous..
cuz i dun think i'm de only one...
and TO THE ONE WHO CUT MY REP POINT!!
are you gonna go around cuttin ppl's rep's point juz cuz we got to many smilies??
really ridiculous...
another thing... :-) if u wanna make comment...
might wanna make sure u read properly what u write before u post it.. ;)

[masterewok]

back to the old point of selling from your home, I can't really sell from my home but on the first saturday of every month, my dad sells carts at the de anza college flea market(in california) I definitely wouldn't mind selling from his shop, once the idea is created that is, and there'll have to be some way to get it to me......how's that idea sound for a california distibutor

[sofiii]

i think that if u buy like a VERY large quantity of shirts and then send a bunch of them like some dude who's willing to package and ship them in they're country to the shipping fees would lessen...

but what if someone mistakes JC of jesus instead of jay chou?? akward.... lol

[Melvin]

Yeah.......... I think this is quite a good idea... perhaps it has popped up in my mind before... its is quite cool to be wearing a jc-net t-shirt to jay's concerts, as it gives you a sense of identity. It sort of proves to others that you know more about jay than the average person. Otherwise, you might seem to others as someone who is a complete newbie to jay chou. for someone who has supported jay for so long, it seems just 'right' to get some recognition.

anyway, i think that it will be cool as we will be able to identify with fellow jc-net members in the public. then we can accurately gauge how many real fans of jay there are here.

But wait, there's one important thing...

I think that great effort should be put into the design of the t-shirt if this idea was carried out. the t-shirt should not look too strange or queer, otherwise we wouldn't feel like wearing it for fear of looking stupid.. imagine if it had gigantic I SUPPORT JAY-CHOU.NET words emblazoned across the front.. it would look riduculous, in addition to making you look like a walking advertisement.

As for the colour, maybe you could have one type of black and one of white, for different occasions.

I would probably pay about US $10 for it...