MySoti News: Archive

Major Tom

Hey! So we have our first music video in space. I know you all like a space theme in your designs and we’ve got a great collection of Doctor Who and Star Wars inspired stuff. Maybe we need a design to toast the end of this current mission. Get on and get designing! Until next week… Aaron @ MySoti HQ

May 15th

Here's to Harryhausen

Hey everyone! It’s not often I write about less positive subjects, but I was saddened to hear about the passing of Ray Harryhausen -a true creative great. I’m sure many of the designers we have on MySoti will testify to some influence from the great man’s work… even if it did mean hiding behind the sofa with crayons in hand! So, in true MySoti style, I’d like to...

May 8th

New products on the way! Yes, really!

Hey everyone! So this has been underway for some time, but I told you we’d have something new to share very soon. I won’t spoil it by saying what it is just yet, but within the next couple of weeks, we will have another range of great products which I know you’ll love. We try to find unique things for you to personalise and make your own, so inevitably these take time as our...

May 1st

The power of community

Hey everyone! We generally don’t like to single people out for “promotion” as it sets a precedent that we wouldn’t normally be that desirable. On this occasion, we received a message on Facebook a few days ago from someone who had entered a competition and narrowly lost out because he didn’t get enough votes. It got me thinking. Just how powerful is the MySoti...

Apr 23rd

Mission to Mars. Again.

Hey everyone! They’re saying that there’s another plan to colonise Mars. I can’t say that appeals to me a heck of a lot! Maybe it’s the weather, or maybe it’s the idea of coffee that gets recycled every day. What would Starbucks say! That doesn’t seem to curb your appetite for all things spacey (no, not you, Kevin!) as some of our newer designs have proved....

Apr 17th

Ironing the Iron Lady

Hey everyone! Yup, you guessed it. It looks like Mrs Thatcher’s death has had a real effect on people around the world. What did you think of her ? I want to see those designs coming! We don’t normally get in to politics here, but that doesn’t mean you can’t spark the debate! Until next time… Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Apr 10th

It's all about the feedback

Hey everyone! We get a lot of messages from you guys and gals each week. Some good, some not so good. That’s life. We do appreciate all of it, though. Sure, it’s disappointing when people aren’t happy, but we aim to learnfrom those experiences and improve. Long time, loyal MySotians will I’m sure testify to how we have improved. Likewise, nothing warms my heart more...

Apr 3rd

Not so topical

Hey! When I took my regular look through this week’s designs, I was expecting to see at least one “I banked in Cyprus and all I got…”, but maybe it’s a bit soon for those. For all our MySotians over there, you have our support, so one thing we can guarantee is that the bucks will still keep rolling your way for any designs you sell. Until next time… Aaron...

Mar 27th

What's new this week ?

Hey everyone! This is one of those weeks where there’s lots of cool stuff that I can almost talk about, but not right now. I know I tease you about this stuff all the time, but you will have already seen a trickle of new things happening on MySoti over the past few months. There’s more on the way. I will say no more than that! Until next time… Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Mar 20th

Back to random

Hey everyone! Well, I’m in London again this week, and it’s just like Christmas. Only without the fun and the pretty shops. It’s cooooollld! Some things never change, but it looks like all change this week on this week’s popular designs. We’re back to our normal, wonderful assortment of wacky and creative designs. Fantastic! Right, I’m off to find a bucket...

Mar 13th

Clubs continuation

Hey! Hot on the heels of last week’s note, there is still a strong society theme going on. Go teams! We were pleased to get a message from the Royal Society of Chemistry in England telling us how much they liked one of the designs on the site that they are using them as part of a competition they’re running at the Cambridge Science Festival: ...

Mar 6th

New week, new theme

Hey everyone! You know what I love about MySoti (apart from you) ? Every day brings something new: another new design, another customer from a different place around the world who has discovered MySoti and another message of feedback or support from you lovely people! It was only last week when I was talking about comedy (one of my personal favourites), but this week we have societies and...

Feb 27th

Return to comedy

Hey! Regular MySotians will already know about our affection for all things comical. From our associations with the fantastic Stephen Fry to British comedians such as Adam and Joe and TV Shows like “The IT Crowd”. It’s great that we’re still the first choice for comedy design goodness as we now have renowned British comedy double act Collings and Herrin in the mix....

Feb 20th

Love is in the air

Hey everyone! I was about to write something about the fact that Valentine’s Day designs are a bit thin on the ground at the moment, but our prayers have been answered, thanks to the romantically-titled “frogboxes”. Thank you! Wherever you are, and whatever you’re doing, have a great time! For those of you who aren’t celebrating, celebrate some of the naughty...

Feb 13th

Showtime!

Hey! We’re in the movie spirit at the moment. With the Golden Globes just gone and the Oscars and BAFTAs not far away, there’s been plenty of movie-related discussion here at MySoti HQ. In fact, between us we think we’ve seen just about every movie out within the last two months! We love ‘em! Following on from that, we thought we’d take a look at what...

Feb 6th

Bigger and better!

Hey everyone! It looks like even more people are discovering MySoti, and that’s great. Imagine my surprise when even after our recent server upgrade, our traffic increased so much following the release of another design that even they started to creak a bit! For those of you who experienced a slightly slower MySoti experience than normal, we’re really sorry… but the good news...

Jan 30th

January blues ? Not here!

Hey everyone! Sure, it’s cold and sure the last of the holiday festivities are now little more than a distant hazy memory, but here at MySoti HQ, we’ve still got lots to be cheerful about! We’re getting a warm and fuzzy feeling about those beautiful designs (including the perennial favourites of Doctor Who inspired ones), and warmer and fuzzier still as we see MySoti being...

Jan 23rd

News from Davy Jones' Locker

Ahoy Everyone! We’re going all nautical this week to acknowledge another MySoti best seller. Regular visitors may have noticed that the “Creatures of Deck No. 9” shirt from darth_1977 has been Most Wanted for some time, but only recently trumped by the rather fantastic “Utility Belt iPod” by JamesLillis. This one has been a tremendously successful design, so I...

Jan 16th

New Year, New Features

Happy New Year everyone! We’re really excited about 2013, and we hope you are too! Since the end of 2012, we’ve already started work on some new features that you’ll love. You’ll have to wait and see what they are, because I’m not telling! We’re still continuing to find ways of adding to and improving MySoti and it’s all because of the valuable...

Jan 9th

More improvements on the way!

Hey! While there’s still plenty of groans and patting of suitably full stomachs here at MySoti HQ, be assured that we’re still looking after you over the holiday period. You may have noticed a few small improvements we’ve made to the speed of the site, particularly since we moved to our shiny new server, but also some extra bits to help it all along. Over the coming weeks,...

Dec 19th

Winding down ? Not us!

Hey everyone! Things are already winding down for the holidays for many and while we are still well covered here at MySoti HQ, we are being regaled with tales of office parties and the like. We’re even considering launching a line of posters based on photocopied butts ;) Rest assured that we are still as crazy and as sensible as ever, as you’ll no doubt see from the improvements we...

Dec 12th

Shiny and new

Hey! As we keep those improvements a coming, we have just moved to a shiny new server. It’s much faster and has lots more room for your lovely designs. We’re continuing to tune it to give you the best possible MySoti experience, so as always, all feedback is welcome. Don’t forget our hysterically generous 20% promotion. Get a discount on all our products until the end of the...

Dec 5th

Hysterical Holiday Discounts... and The Final...

Hey! The more astute among you should have already noticed that as of last week, we have launched our special holiday discounts. Yay us! We’re offering a hysterically generous 20% off all our products until the end of the year, so make sure you quote “holidays2012” at the checkout in order to claim your discounts. Now the important bit: Christmas deliveries. We are trying to...

Nov 19th

Getting topical

Hey! We don’t normally like to express any political leanings here at MySoti HQ, but you’d have to be living on a desert island not to have heard about the US elections! So, Obama’s back in, and we have a product to match. Thank you, kaysha! Politics aside, we do love a topical design or two. A little joke about current affairs always goes down well over here, but it looks...

Nov 7th

Let's get spooky

Hey everyone! Today is the day. Not just for ghostly goings on, but for a great Halloween discount! To celebrate those wearing sheets with eye holes cut out and all the other shapes and sizes of costume, grab yourself a 10% discount from today and the next week by using “spooky2012” as your voucher code. Party on… but I’ve got some laundry to do on my sheets first! ...

Oct 31st

The party in the middle

Hey everyone. Well, who’d have thought it! I was so distracted by all the sparkly stuff on sale in the stores that I totally forgot about Halloween! It looks like you haven’t, and with less than two weeks to go, we’re printing spooky t-shirts like they’re going out of fashion… well, they are at the end of the month, I guess! Right, I’m off to find a...

Oct 17th

The Power of the Google

Hey! We get lots of mails, some tweets and a few Facebook messages thanking MySoti for the commission payments resulting from sales of their designs. It’s always a heart warming experience to know that we’re spreading a little MySoti love all over the world, but it isn’t all down to us! One of the things we’ve been working on is making MySoti designs easier to find on...

Oct 10th

Holidays are (almost) here!

Hey everyone. You’d think we were already in the holiday season if you look at how many stores are already stocking decorations and various party snacks! We’re not following suit just yet, though! Following on from my last message on the subject, this year, we’ll be shipping faster than ever before (although we’re still at the mercy of various postal services, so...

Oct 3rd

Watch that copyright!

Hey! The question of copyright comes up from time to time, so I thought I should use this week’s newsletter to clarify where we’re at with it. Yeah, I know it sounds dull, but it’s important! We do occasionally get complaints about designs which either directly infringe or in some way appear to pass off other designs or brands. Let me make our position really clear on this:...

Sep 19th

The year in view

Hey everyone! You know, it’s been about a year since Steve handed the MySoti reins over to me, so I wanted to reflect a little on what’s happened over that time. Overall, it’s been a good year, but not without it’s challenges. Shipping times were not great, but with a lot of work and your continued patience and support, we’ve got that right down to what it should...

Sep 12th

Nothing in the news this week

Hey everyone! It’s been a quiet week at MySoti HQ with many of the team taking a well-deserved break. Rest assured that we’ve still got a substantial team in place to ship those orders out in double quick time! Of course, it looks like you talented guys and gals haven’t been on holiday because those great designs keep coming in… so don’t stop! Keep the design...

Aug 29th

Back in the hot seat!

Hey! Well I can stop boring you about the Olympics now that it’s all over. I’m back in the hot seat and casting an eye over this week’s wonderful designs. This week’s most wanted is a particular favourite of mine, no doubt inspired by the equally excellent third instalment of a certain superhero movie. Let’s have some ideas for a theme for some new designs, people....

Aug 15th

I'm still talking about the Olympics

Hey! So, I am talking about the Olympics but you clearly aren’t! Shame. I won’t bore you with it any more… except to say that I now know why the English complain about the weather so much! It looks like you are talking about Doctor Who (again!) with a clever design from theonetruebix, and some pretty eye-popping posters. I’ll get my raincoat on ready for the beach...

Aug 1st

Who is this Boris guy anyway ?

Hey! I’m broadcasting live from sunny London. Who’d have thought that was possible ? Sunny ? The Olympics are just about to start, but everywhere you go, you can’t help but be greeted by recorded messages from Boris. For those of you who don’t know, Boris is the Mayor of London. He’s a real character. I want to see some Boris t-shirts on the site. This...

Jul 25th

Only a few days to go!

Hey everyone! OK, so I know most of you aren’t as buzzed about the Olympics as we are. I get that. We’ve seen a trickle of designs with a sort of Olympian theme recently, but it looks like Dr Who is still winning out because the angels are back on top again! …and with all that said, does anyone know any good places to go in London in between sporting events ? Facebook me...

Jul 18th

Millions of users can't be wrong!

Hey everyone! Well, maybe not millions, but pretty close to. We’ve had some pretty good news (we think) recently in that US TV show “Attack of the Show” has described us as “the best nerd mashup t-shirt store out there”. We couldn’t agree more :) Given that we’re all in such a good mood here because of that, we’re going to give you another Mega...

Jul 2nd

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Blogged down

Hey everyone! You may have noticed that there was a brief interruption to our regular weekly newsletter recently. It seems that some changes happened at in blogging land which temporarily took us off the air, but we’re all back and ready to fill your inboxes with joy one more time! In other news, you may noticed that summer is here. Almost. For a little while anyway. Stand by your inboxes...

Jun 23rd

Lights out... at least temporarily!

Hey everyone! I keep telling you big things at happening here at MySoti. Rome wasn’t built in a day, so these things are taking time, and if I’m honest, longer than I’d have liked, but at least they’re happening! As part of our continuing program to upgrade, improve and innovate, we’re scheduling some brief down time on May 31st at about 6:00pm UTC. Why ? Well,...

May 30th

Design randomness

Hey everyone! The thing I love about MySoti is that every day brings a new set of inspiring, fun, witty, topical and just downright creative designs… and it’s all because of you! We have such a variety of complexities of designs on here and it’s great to see such genius at work with simple designs like this week’s Most Wanted and the passion you all show in your...

May 16th

We're (still) Olympics crazy

Hey everyone! Did I mention we were giving away *prizes* for the best Olympics-inspired designs ? Well, we are! I’m seeing a lot of great designs going in there, but I guess Olympics aren’t yet floating your boats! We’ll have to think of something that /does/ inspire you… apart from Doctor Who… and Star Wars! Why don’t you give me a few ideas on our...

May 9th

Chariots of fire

Hey everyone! We’re going a bit Olympic crazy here at MySoti HQ. Sure, it’s still a few months away, but try telling that to the guys running up and down the stairs holding rolled up newspapers! There’s a healthy debate about who’s interested, who’s not interested and who is just plain indifferent… but we’re not seeing any designs coming in to provide...

May 2nd

Thank you: Part two

Hey everyone! I’ll keep this one really short. We’re in week two of “10% fortnight”, so you have one more week to use the voucher code “fpst3e4”, you’ll get 10% off your orders! It’s my way of saying thank you for being loyal MySoti customers and designers. Get ‘em while they’re hot :) Until next week! Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Apr 25th

Saying Thanks

Hey everyone! You know, I say pretty often how much I appreciate the support and contributions from you guys (and gals) that help make MySoti what it is. I haven’t had an opportunity to show it since I filled Steve’s considerable shoes, so I’m saying it now! We’ve had a lot of work to do to get things straightened out for you, and I really appreciate you hanging in there...

Apr 18th

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Pinteresting

Hey everyone! We’ve had a few people ask about how we feel about Pinterest recently. I thought I’d make this week’s topic about where we stand on all that stuff. Social media is the cornerstone of MySoti. It’s what designers use to bring customers to their designs and in turn, to us. We all need it. We aim to keep an eye on any such trends so that we can give our...

Apr 9th

Spring is here... almost!

Hey everyone. There’s a spring in the step of everyone around MySoti HQ right now. It must be the weather! We’ve shuffled the posters that normally cover up the dreary dampness outside the window so those lovely rays of sunshine can peep through once more! Another ray of sunshine for me at least is you guys and gals. Another interesting choice for this week’s Most Wanted....

Apr 4th

In between

Hey! This is one of those in between weeks. It’s the one where I almost have stuff to tell you, but not quite! I’ll have to resort to being cryptic again and saying things are looking veerry promising with our new thing that we can’t yet tell you about, but we’re still not quite ready yet. Apart from that, check out some of the posters we’ve got on the site....

Mar 21st

Don't mention shipping

…or maybe I will! Hey everyone! You know that shipping times have been something I have been working on driving down since Steve passed the hot seat over to me. Since that time, we’re now able to turn orders of t-shirts, posters and canvases in a matter of days. That’s already a big step forward. On shipping, we’re negotiating the best deals we can to get you the...

Mar 14th

Dr Who is back

Hey! What is it with you guys and Dr Who ? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan too! It’s just that I’m amazed that even when the show is off the air, we still see Dr Who inspired stuff dominating Most Wanted. I love it, and all the non-Dr Who stuff this week is fantastic too. It just shows how much our time travelling friend inspires so many of you. I’m pleased to...

Feb 29th

Let's talk about cash

Hey everyone! This week, I want to talk about money. Cash. Wonga. The green stuff. As a designer, each month your designs earn you $$$ (or £££ or €€€ depending where you are). We do all the hard work in getting those products out to eager customers around the world (did I mention shipping times are grrreat ?), and the designs you’ve toiled over get to millions of people everywhere....

Feb 22nd

Brrrr!

Hey everyone! Nothing exciting to say this week… and I promise I won’t mention shipping… well, maybe just the once. It’s faster and better :) We aren’t letting the adverse weather dampen our spirits. All here at MySoti HQ have smiling faces (and carrot noses in some cases). Keep those designs coming, and see you next week! Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Feb 8th