So, I’ve decided to take the plunge and go into the brave world of Coffee Spot merchandising with a Coffee Spot calendar for 2014. The idea is to produce a professionally-printed calendar, A4 in size. Each month there will be landscape, A4 picture from one of the Coffee Spots I covered in that month.
Each calendar will cost £12.00, with a flat fee of £1.20 postage and packing (UK only), regardless of how many you order. For non-UK orders, I will provide you with a specific quote for the postage.
Update: it looks as if the calendar will be going ahead! However, I’d still like some more pre-orders please…
The gallery below shows the Coffee Spots that will be featured in the calendar, along with some shots of the samples I got back from the printers.
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17Now comes the tricky part… In order to get the calendars printed at a price which makes sense, I need a minimum print run of 50. So, that means I need to have reasonable confidence that I’m going to sell somewhere near 50 calendars…
This is where you, dear readers, come in. Put simply, I need to know whether you’ll buy the calendar. Although at this stage no money will change hands, I do need a pretty firm commitment.
Update: I’ve got the sample calendars back from the printers and, even though I say so myself, it’s looking great! I’ve added a couple of pictures of it to the end of the gallery. The other good news is that I’ve got enough pre-orders that I can print 25, so if all else fails, I’ll go ahead with that print run. However, I won’t be printing more unless I get more pre-orders since the next print quantity is 50 and I don’t want 25 unsold calendars on my hands!
Also, I’ve discovered that I can do a nifty little desktop calendar as well! Check out the end of the gallery for some pictures of it. If you want a desktop calendar IN ADDITION to a wall calendar, they are just £6 (again, you need to pre-order). If you just want a desktop calendar on its own, they are £9 each (plus the flat fee of £1.20 for postage).
So, please leave me a comment below, letting me know how many calendars you want and whether you want any desktop calendars. The aim is to have them printed at the start of December and shipped out to you by mid-December at the latest so that you can have them in time for Christmas.
If you’d rather not publicly commit yourself, you can always drop me a line using the Contact Form.
If you’ve pre-ordered, I will be in touch once I’ve ordered the calendars from the printers. Obviously I will need your address and you will need to pay me. I can take Visa debit cards, credit cards (Visa, Mastercard), Paypal or you can use good, old-fashioned cheques.
November 2014: after the success of the calendar, I am now producing a 2015 Coffee Spot Calender!