Possible Products for The Writer’s Scrap Bin

As you might recall from the anniversary post, I am considering creating merchandise for The Writer’s Scrap Bin. These products, as explained in the Yop Poll on the same topic, would be used to help raise money to keep this blog going. Whether these products would be for sale, as an incentive for a routine pledge, or both, I haven’t decided. I might also use them as giveaways to my newsletter subscribers as well. Before I make these decisions, I want to show you some of this potential merchandise and get your opinion.

All merchandise will be made through Vistaprint. I’ve tried my hand at designing some products on there, and I’ve signed up for the monthly Promobox. All of this merchandise might end up for sale, or maybe only some of it.

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This first gallery has images of prototype merchandise I’ve designed with my logo. These include: a pen, sticky notes, a mug (front and back), and, just to show you everything I’ve been working on, my business cards. They’re very simple but because they have my logo, I’m fairly fond of them. I will probably make adjustments, including fading my logo on the sticky notes and creating a higher-quality image of the logo for use on merchandise. However, these images should give you an idea of what will be available.

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The second gallery depicts the products from my first Promobox. This Promobox included: a t-shirt, flat notecards, small stickers, and a premium pen. As they are part of the Promobox subscription program, they were designed by one of Vistaprint’s professionals with minimal directions from me like which colors and style I would prefer. These are, in my opinion, stunning. I am especially fond of the t-shirt and the flat notecards.

As the Promobox is monthly, I should have more options to present to you every month until I can no longer afford the $25/month. I will try to post about future Promobox products on the Facebook and Twitter accounts for The Writer’s Scrap Bin. However, I will most likely be updating this information on the blog’s new Instagram account.

What would you think? Would you buy any of the above products or pledge a monthly donation to this blog to get them? Can you think of any other kinds of products or design ideas which would persuade you to buy these? Would you sign up for the newsletter if these were one of the monthly giveaway options? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!