The Adopt a Dog NorthEast charity support thread

Check this out guys, I e.mailed petplan, don't worry re my spelling, im sure thye wont mind too much:rolleyes::D

Hi, we are in the process of setting up a new site, with more than 260 hits in the first day of "not even going live" we thought you may be interested in giving us a petplan link to feature on our site, we would be grateful for any donations from petplan for the feature of the initial links and of course the original offer of a donation for every new policy taken via our site, as an example our old site (now closing to be updated had 29,000 hits.):rolleyes:
(half of our hits where prob me trying to get into the damn thing when it kicked me out all the time):D:D



Thankyou

Michaela

Adopt a dog

It's official, I can scrounge with the best of them:rolleyes::D

They initially mailed me to ask to put their link on the old site
 
I have emailed a few people for you about these calender. i thought someone was sorting them already? i will get some prices and get back to you. When i go to fat club on tues i will see someone as she has just done all the help for heros calenders so she could help. Plus she is a really good photographer she does weddings. Owt else you want me to try and work my magic on?

ps whats with the new name ;) :)
 
Just caught up on all this :p

I feel awful as I havent done anything to help :(
I'm happy to be someones bi*ch... if one of you important people would like to delagate (sp?) the ***** stuff to me, I'll do whatever you want :D
 
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Pix said:
Spudlet, was it 'dedication of it's founder Diane'? Or is there MORE I keep missing? *begins to get a little paranoid* :p

Hehehe, I like it Charem! :D
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Yes, that was the one! Sorry, had gone to bed last night. I always have to get someone to check my stuff over, it's really hard to spot them when you ahve written something yourself, I find.
 
A gsd attached to Santa's arse as he tries to escape back up the chimney?

That would be how Loki would react to some fat bloke in a red suit breaking in at least :rolleyes:
 
MurphysMinder said:
No 7 (sounds like the Prisoner doesn't it?) if you could do any sort of design with GSDs on I am sure some of the mafia on here would be interested.:D
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Wish you guys could have warned me before I joined, i'm now sat in a dark cellar guarded by a rotty with nothing but a sketch pad, pencil and a flickering candle for company! :p

I'm sure a GSD will pop up somewhere, afterall they are my favouritest!:p
 
dingle12 said:
I have emailed a few people for you about these calender. i thought someone was sorting them already? i will get some prices and get back to you. When i go to fat club on tues i will see someone as she has just done all the help for heros calenders so she could help. Plus she is a really good photographer she does weddings. Owt else you want me to try and work my magic on?

ps whats with the new name ;) :)
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dingle12 - I'm setting up the calendar but can't get the quotes or handle the printing properly from over here. We're almost finished planning so let me know if you need to know any of that kind of stuff to get the quotes.
 
JimMoriarty said:
Not wishing to step on toes or put anyone's nose out of joint but, have you considered utilizing a service like CafePress?

A no-capital-required inclusive service.
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*Points to the above quote*

Oh god, I can't believe I'm saying this. Some of you are going to want to lynch me lol :o

I've been looking into how I can make it possible for people to buy stuff straight from the website. Now, I can do it. BUT I'm not sure how WELL I can do it. I know you guys won't mind, but we also want strangers to purchase stuff as well, and two of the important rules of selling online are 1) Make it look professional, people need to trust you before they input any card details and 2) Make it as easy and as fast as possible for people to buy what they want. (can you tell half my family are boring e-commerce types? :rolleyes:).

Now like I say I can make it work, but on the current platform the website is using I'm not sure how successful I'll be with points one and two above. In the new year I'll probably be looking at better hosting, with full support for various database formats. It would be fairly easy to integrate shopping cart features then. At the moment though it's more likely to be printable order forms (creates hassle for the customer) or somehow using paypal (creates hassle for the person putting the orders together).

I know the likes of Cafepress and Zazzle only pay you a % of what you sell (don't know what it is off the top of my head mind). But that does reflect the fact that there are absolutely no costs involved in purchasing, creating, and posting the merch. And no effort either, put the designs on your site and wait for the money to roll into your account.

Anyways just thought I would bring it up as I was looking into how I can do it on the website this morning. And I will find a way to make it work if you want, promise! Please don't lynch me or burn me at the stake! :(


*Runs off to uni to hide out for the afternoon*
 
Oh, if the % received for sales on sites like cafepress/zazzle/spreadshirt is just plain thievery, setting up an Amazon shop is pretty simple to do.

*is now going to be late for lecture ooops!*
 
Pix said:
Oh, if the % received for sales on sites like cafepress/zazzle/spreadshirt is just plain thievery, setting up an Amazon shop is pretty simple to do.

*is now going to be late for lecture ooops!*
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Eak, *run girl run* we cannot have u being late for lectures or using this an an excuse to be late:rolleyes::p

Can anyone who has an obsession *coughs* spudlet type people proof read (or whatever you like to call) it read my mail shot (post shot):rolleyes: letter to previous adoptees, and add any more or make it better?
 
OCD type proofreader available here :) You have my email address, so feel free to send stuff across and I'll have a look at it once I finish my stupid work (amending and sending invoices *yawn*)
 
Rana said:
OCD type proofreader available here :) You have my email address, so feel free to send stuff across and I'll have a look at it once I finish my stupid work (amending and sending invoices *yawn*)
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Thankies, can also give u Dippy updates and I have some little video clips of him.:D
will copy and paste letter now, if I can find your e.mail in me PM's:o
 
Ooooh Yay, Dippy vids!! I shall now log onto my email and obsessively press "Refresh" until they arrive :D

Shout if you can't find it, can always re-send separately.
 
Right can get embroidary and the hoodies ect as follows the prices are for logo on left chest then website on the back, boss can have jumpers for the weekend and finger crossed all done within a week.

Hoodies = £11
Jumpers = £11
Fleece jackets = £11
Padded fleece jackets think they are thermal £14
Polo shirts = £8

He has said go for silver stitching as the white wont last as long but will go white is you want.


He is making no money on them as he showed me the books where the hoodies are coming from, could of done cheaper if nothing on the back.

Let me know what you think of price and if vyou want them.

Regarding the calenders i will see what i can find for you.
 
Oh wow dingey, thats looks fab to me, I Pm'ed carey with prices for hoodies on another site as in (sell them out ) prices which hwere about £19.99 if I remember, so by the looks of those prices I can pay upfront, the rescue can pay me back when its rich enough:rolleyes:, and I wont go hungry in the mean at those prices:rolleyes::D

CAREY get on and take a look u spivlet:p

Clander prices would be fab too dingey, my printers have not replied yet, neither have that rajpack thing about boxes:(:mad:

Galupy may have an idea of how many calander we need:confused: hopefully, cos I aint got a clue, I suspect 12, as we def know thos who's dogs are in will want one each:rolleyes::D:D the rest are surely a bonus:D
 
I think we are going "cost effective" for calanders, but obs nothing to s h a i t e for the sake of a few pennies and going with the "can u give discount for charity" we are advertising the comp on face book and we have "how ever many hits on our site already angle":rolleyes:
 
dingle12 said:
How many calenders are you wanting? and what sort? i will get emailing and asking about for you x
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Can you get prices for any ranges for up to a 100 at a time? We'll likely handle printing by ordering a small amount to begin with and then potentially doing another printing later if the demand is there. A range will help us figure out pricing and amounts to do.

Thanks dingle12.


P.S. Cayla: we'll be selling more than 12 :rolleyes:
 
dingle12 said:
Right can get embroidary and the hoodies ect as follows the prices are for logo on left chest then website on the back, boss can have jumpers for the weekend and finger crossed all done within a week.

Hoodies = £11
Jumpers = £11
Fleece jackets = £11
Padded fleece jackets think they are thermal £14
Polo shirts = £8

He has said go for silver stitching as the white wont last as long but will go white is you want.


He is making no money on them as he showed me the books where the hoodies are coming from, could of done cheaper if nothing on the back.

Let me know what you think of price and if vyou want them.

Regarding the calenders i will see what i can find for you.
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Those prices are great Dingle, I know for a fact that my boss won't be able to match them, cos he will want to make some profit on them, and is not an animal lover so can't pull on his heart strings.:( Also as I said previously the earliest he could prob do them would be January, if your boss can do them asap that would be brill. I agree about silver rather than white, had been going to mention that, white looks tatty very quickly.
 
Ive found this for the calenders, ive been playing about ifs a fun site they do everything from mugs, hats, car magnets, posters and banners. It says 50 % calenders slimline ones are from £4.99 but desk ones are only £1.99. If someone sends me the photos i can do it. i have contacted them to see if they can go any cheaper so will let you know but they are the cheapest so far.

Also im not on facebook :( is it only C rescue dogs going in? my boys want to be famous :)

http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/personalised-calendars.aspx?xnav=TsrImage
 
MurphysMinder said:
Those prices are great Dingle, I know for a fact that my boss won't be able to match them, cos he will want to make some profit on them, and is not an animal lover so can't pull on his heart strings.:( Also as I said previously the earliest he could prob do them would be January, if your boss can do them asap that would be brill. I agree about silver rather than white, had been going to mention that, white looks tatty very quickly.
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Right just need the numbers now so boss can order the hoddies and need to know if you want any fleeces.
Need sizes and colours.
 
Nope anybody can enter their dogs in the comp to be in the calendar :D You don't have to be on facebook to enter either, but I think that's where the voting will be, as it's possible to set up special voting pages (somehow, lol).
 
can someone stick this photo on for me then and tell them to vote :)

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or

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They have to have an Olympic theme! Galupy will be releasing full details soon I think, so get your camera dusted off and ready :D
 
dingle12 said:
can someone stick this photo on for me then and tell them to vote :)

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Hey dingle12 - thanks for your help getting the prices! The desk ones do seem pretty cheap - was that for the kind in the CD? Also, was that per calendar for how many?

Cute piccies! The calendar is actually going to have an Olympic theme and we are going to be running the competition for about 7 months beginning next month with voting beginning in January. We're going to ask for the photos to be of dogs depicting different sports each month (choosing from a group of sports so that people have a lot of choice). I'm going to post on here possibly later today or tomorrow what each month's sports will be as well as some preliminary instructions so that people can get taking pictures. We'll give the instructions, etc. for entering a few days later but it will likely be paying via Pay Pal (5 pounds per photo) and entry via email (we're still working on the email we'll use).

Stay tuned!
 
Pix said:
They have to have an Olympic theme! Galupy will be releasing full details soon I think, so get your camera dusted off and ready :D
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My goal was to post an example too ... but I'm not sure the Galupy mutts are going to oblige :D. I'll give it a go later on before I post the sports. Right now, I have to finish my lunch and get back to work to pay the bills :).
 
dingle12 said:
Right can get embroidary and the hoodies ect as follows the prices are for logo on left chest then website on the back, boss can have jumpers for the weekend and finger crossed all done within a week.

Hoodies = £11
Jumpers = £11
Fleece jackets = £11
Padded fleece jackets think they are thermal £14
Polo shirts = £8

He has said go for silver stitching as the white wont last as long but will go white is you want.


He is making no money on them as he showed me the books where the hoodies are coming from, could of done cheaper if nothing on the back.

Let me know what you think of price and if vyou want them.

Regarding the calenders i will see what i can find for you.
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There is no way I have found anything to remotely match those prices online? I would say go for them Cayla :):)

Off to remind myself what Pix said about ordering merchandise...
 
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