Posts Tagged ‘roundbottom’
New Roundbottom: An End to the War and a Friendship
Filed Under: My Writing, Photography
Good morning, ladies and gents. It’s that time again. A new post has gone live over at the Informatitron. It seems the doctor and friends have put an end to the Bird Queen-Boggart ordeal, but not without a price. This post surprised me, as it runs about the length of a traditional short story. I never intended to be so… wordy on the site, but I suppose you can take the nerd out of the writing, but you can’t take the writing out of the nerd.
More good things coming up on Roundbottom this month. The more memberships I sell, the more I can pour into hiring models and doing more elaborate photo manipulations. So please, if you enjoy reading Dr. Roundbottom and listening to his exploits each week, consider buying a membership.
Are there images that you want that are limited editions, but you don’t want to drop so much cash on a print? I’m considering dropping the limited prints entirely at the moment. There’s been little interest in them, and while I was really hoping that they would provide the boost I need to see this project through into the coming months, I suppose I could just sell everything as a membership kit option or standalone small, cheap, unlimited prints. Anyway, enough about that. Coming up shortly, a photo of the day.
New Roundbottom Podcast: Ghosts and Faeries Oh My
Filed Under: My Writing, Photography, Podcast
It’s Monday, and that means we have fresh Dr. Roundbottom news on the interwebs. This week, it’s a Field Sounds podcast solving the answer to the last podcast’s mystery, and also, Miss Watkins tells a story of her first encounter with a spirit. A couple of new characters never heard before show up, too. All around, it’s a fun cast.
One other thing. If you have been looking forward to purchasing Roundbottom membership, now is your chance. The Foundation is open for new membership.
The print store has also been moved on site and now offers paypal buttons for each limited edition print, which is most of them. Note that ordering one of the limited edition prints gets you a full membership kit as part of the bargain. 16×20 prints! They’re HUGE and absolutely gorgeous. You know you want one…
And to my fine, fine commenters: keep it up. You people above all others are keeping me at this project.
Roundbottom Foundation Memberships Now Available
Filed Under: My Writing, Photography
The kits are ready to go. Head over to the Foundation page to learn more. They include everything I mentioned before: 8″x10″ print, selected from one of four, a letter of thanks, and a personally addressed membership card in a wax-sealed envelope. The letter includes a password to get you into the Members Only area of the site, which has behind-the-scenes tutorials, essays, recordings, and more.The cost? Only $35.
An official announcement will go on the Clockpunk site with this week’s podcast episode, but I’m making a special announcement here to my friends. Who will be member #00001?
Limited edition prints of all other images are going on sale this week as well. Prints will be 16″x20″, limited to editions of 10, and will cost $125. These prints include a free membership. So stay tuned for an announcement for how you can order those if you so desire.
The Roundbottom Foundation membership makes a great holiday gift for the steampunk family member! Buy a couple of dozen and your whole family will be set. It’s the gift that keeps on giving all year long!
Which E-Commerce Method?
Filed Under: Photography
I need some advice from those of you who have sold things online. I have a couple of different routes here and I’m not sure which one is best.
First of all– the membership kits are ready to start going out the door. They will start selling on Monday if not sooner. The only question is, which method should I use to sell them?
I have two options I’m looking at. One is that I use an Etsy account and pass people interested in buying a membership over to the Etsy website. The fees look okay. One thing I don’t understand though is that Etsy charges you by the count for the things you list. But it looks like everyone just lists a quantity of one. ANy experienced Etsy sellers that can explain to me why people do that? For the membership kit, do I just list it with a quantity of one, then, what, relist each time someone buys it? Not clear from the FAQ how that works.
The other alternative is to use Paypal Payments and create buttons on the site. You can use Paypal Payments to collect payments via Paypal or credit cards. Fees look roughly the same as Etsy. The downside here is that Etsy would possibly get me extra sales from people just browsing Etsy.
And then maybe there are options out there I’m not even aware of. So, potential buyers, fellow merchants–what’s the best way for me to do this? I’m hoping to have something set up by Sunday night, so please let me know your opinion.
