MySoti News

Let's talk about cash

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:31:30 +0000

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. What could be easier ? Our most recent top earner, ladyfawn has netted Bambi-beating sums of over $750 already!

As a customer, you get access to the freshest, most cutting edge designs the finest of the Internet have to bring, and you can get that warm, squishy feeling for supporting the artists who brought them to you. Kinda completes the circle, doesn’t it ?

That’s it for this week. See you next week for more MySoti creative action!

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Brrrr!

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:32:13 +0000

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

No apologies this week!

arishimediatechnologies — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:06:42 +0000

Hey!

I think I’m getting the hang of this! If I’ve got it right, you should be reading this message just a couple of days or so after it goes on the blog.

So, what have we got to talk about this week ? Yeah, I’m going to talk about shipping again. We’ve had our best delivery times for the past year, so don’t be shy, fill up that basket! We’re still trying to improve it so that it’s perfect in the future, but it’s still getting better. In particular, posters and canvases are now going to be shipped faster and more reliably than ever before. Another win!

A big “hello” to the other countries around the world who have seen the MySoti message reach their shores. This is what makes it all so special! But then, for you designers, that’s more customers. More $$$. We like.

As always, keep those great designs coming in!

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Apologising for the apology that referred to the apology from last time

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:44:15 +0000

Hey everyone!

Just when I thought I’d finished apologising, I’m apologising again. That last newsletter… which may now be this newsletter by the time you see it was the same as last week’s. I screwed up. Again. Sorry!

We’re continuing to make good progress on shipping and we’re also working hard on sorting out customer services. We are now putting more processes in place to resolve issues for you more rapidly, and hopefully giving less reason to have issues. Hang in there, we’re improving things day by day.

That aside, I’ve been so touched by the support and enthusiasm have shown for everything about MySoti. Steve wasn’t wrong about you! Thank you.

I’m also really pleased to have received suggestions from you on additional products and features you’d like to see. Keep them coming. There are some that we are already working on, and some that honestly didn’t occur to us, so they’re just great to see. Our priority is to smooth out the shopping experience in the first instance, but as I’ve already teased you before, we do have some new developments up our sleeves. We’re going to tease you for a little while longer, but we’re soooo close!

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Did I push the wrong button ?

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:46:09 +0000

Hey everyone!

If you’ve read the blog from last week, you’d have seen that I still haven’t got this newsletter thing right. I thought I’d had it all figured out. I didn’t because you saw exactly the same message as the previous week! Damn!

So here’s hoping I’ve got it right this time, so if you’re reading this in your mail program, it worked!

One thing we seem to be getting closer to getting right are the deliveries. Not only are we squashing those lead times week on week, but we’ve also been delivering lots of cash to our most excellent designers. Yay you guys!

That’s it for this week!

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

How do you drive this thing ?

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:52:17 +0000

Happy New Year!

So first an apology: the last couple of newsletters kept coming up with different designs from the proper Most Wanted ones. My bad. I’m still trying to figure out which button to push! Fingers crossed that it’s going to work this time!

I guess you’ve already heard about my New Year resolutions. While it’ll take a little time, these are some resolutions I won’t be breaking! We’re making reasonable progress and we’re working at compressing those lead times even more. It’s going to be a more streamlined 2012 for all concerned.

Designers, you lucky guys and gals should already be feeling a bit richer and more payments are on the way, so there’s never been a better time to hit those January sales.

We’ve also been progressing the exciting but still super secret discussions on future developments. I still can’t say what it is yet, but I know you’ll love it!

Until next week!

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Times Tumbling

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:57:00 +0000

Hey there everyone.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve eaten waaay too much during the holidays!

While many others have ground to a halt over the holiday period, our little elves haven’t stopped! Our shipping times are gradually getting shorter, and we’re working hard to keep them that way!

It looks like the rest of you haven’t completely stopped either! There’s another bunch of great new designs on the site and they keep on coming. I love ‘em. You will too!

Now where did I put my party hat ?

Happy Holidays everyone :)

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Hello from the New Broom!

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:25:00 +0000

Hey there everyone.

I’m so pleased to be writing this first blog entry from the MySoti hot seat and help Steve keep the MySoti dream alive. He said you guys are special, and he’s totally right! Just look at the new cool stuff available this week alone.

So I know there are a few things Steve wanted to sort out to give both designers and customers a smoother ride. It isn’t going to happen overnight, but we’re really working hard to accelerate the good work that Steve started. I say “we” because I have some friends helping spread the load. I guess I should give you my manifesto. Here goes:

1. Shipping times will be drastically reduced. This is our top priority, so expect to see those lead times shrinking to e-commerce friendly turnaround times very soon. I’ll make an “official” announcement once we’ve nailed it.

2. Customer service will be more rapid, and you’ll have less reason to need it!

3. More products! I’ve already started the conversations to move this on. I can’t tell you what we’ve got in store for you just yet, but I know you’ll just love it! Stay tuned.

4. More opportunities to make money! It’s all super secret at the moment, but we are in conversations to get your products in front of more people.

Many of you may also have noticed that the calculations on commission payments look as if they have changed recently. This isn’t what’s happening. Our technical drones have been working on fixing some problems that have been discovered during the hand over. None of you will lose any money, and your commission payments will be the same as before. I promise.

Both Steve and I really appreciate you guys and gals hanging in there and supporting us. You’ll soon see that your loyalty is well placed!

Happy Holidays everyone

Aaron @ MySoti HQ

Big changes are a' coming

arishimediatechnologies — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:42:58 +0000

So, as I alluded to last week - and on my twitter-feed (@HuntyHunt) there have been some movements within MySoti and finally I am able to talk about them.

In a nutshell, because of other time commitments and my increasingly strange personal life I am standing down from my day-to-day duties and handing over to my good friend and the new chief of MySoti, Aaron.

Aaron has been aware of MySoti for many years and has been involved in a small way with the site since its very beginning. He’s bravely stepped up to the plate and his first task has been to takeover from me and work hard on securing a much improved delivery network for the new year. From what I have seen he’s very, very close at nailing this logistics nightmare for good, bringing in some very exciting new products and a better experience all round. It’s a very exciting time. Expect a post from him within the next week with more details.

The bean counters are making a few changes to the structure of commission payments over the coming months which will result in a slight delay in the short term, but you will get your money in full very soon.

And so, that’s it. The end of an era for me.

Those of you who bother to read these will know that I am very proud of the community and the little marketplace that I’ve built up pretty much on my own over these past few years… I only hope that you continue to support those who have taken over the site now, and that they show you as much care and love in return.

For the last time my MySoti’ans - love you, bye!

Steve - MySoti HQ x

Out.

Stuff, nonsense and things...

hunty — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:30:24 +0000

As always there’s a load of cool, new stuff on MySoti. But you all new that.

Most of you are here reading this news because of the nonsense happening with our delivery times again. Well, we ARE shipping and we ARE getting your orders out as quickly as humanly (and in some cases robotically/computationally) possible. Obviously with the holiday’s fast approaching we’ll be working around the clock to make sure that things get quicker too.

Which brings me onto my next set of things to talk about. Changes are happening here internally within MySoti and these are things that will only help MySoti regain it’s rightful place up and online within the upper echelons of cool places on the Interpipes.

More about that soon. For now - look at our cool stuff!

MySoti HQ x

MySoti FREE Money - and err... Holidays SOON!

hunty — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:28:08 +0000

Right. Time is precious.

So let’s get to it…

If you sell stuff with MySoti there are many benefits:
1) It is FREE. Designing with us costs you NOTHING! Nada! Zilch!
2) If you sell stuff through MySoti - stuff that you’ve designed - you MAKE MONEY!
3) What? You didn’t see the FREE MONEY MAKING benefits above? How much more do you want!?

So with that said…

It’s going to be Holiday’s soon. And with our less than amazing shipping record you would do well to think about making those custom purchases sooner rather than later.

Just sayin’

Until next week,

MySoti HQ x

Writing these things is hard...

hunty — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:03:48 +0100

…seriously, how are you supposed to write a new thing every week?

I mean we’re just a small company who print, sell and ship designs created by YOU across the GLOBE day in and day out - helping you all earn money and make your chests, walls and rooms look more and more awesome by the day.

It’s not like we’re amazing or anything.

YOU’RE the AMAZING ones!

Until next week,

MySoti HQ x

Shirts, Prints and Stuff...

hunty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:47:20 +0100

…you know the drill.

YOU make COOL stuff using MySoti and sell it using our services!

Check it!

MySoti HQ x

Looking for one of those new phones?

hunty — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:49:07 +0100

…then if you’re a designer on MySoti you might be in luck?

Sold any shirts or posters this month? If so, check your PayPal accounts and you could be pleasantly surprised.

We’ve just made all of the payments of sales made from August 21st 2011 through to September 20th 2011.

And if you don’t fancy one of those new swanky, voice-controlled phoney-woney things, well… I head T-Shirts or Sweatshirts make cuddly replacements for the latest technology.

Until next week,

MySoti HQ x

Oooh-weeee-ooooh! Weeee-ooohh!

hunty — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:36:04 +0100

Do you know what that noise is? Nope, it’s not that.

It’s the theme tune to Doctor Who - obviously.

Why are we singing it? Well, partly because the series comes to an end this week but mainly because this week sees a [time and space] relative TARDIS load of Who inspired designs being made Most Wanted.

Co-incidence of timing? Is Melody Pond the Daughter of a robotic Roman and an artificial flesh lady?

Until next week,
MySoti HQ x

p.s. Shipping is slow at the moment but we’re turning most orders around within 30 days. We really do appreciate your patience.

It's nearly OCTOBER - How did THAT happen?

hunty — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:58:00 +0100

So September kind of got away from us didn’t it? I guess now it’s time to get stocked up with candy and putting money aside for the thanksgiving, Christmas, Guy Fawkes night parties?

Maybe you should design some Halloween shirts and see if you could make a little extra money that way? Just a thought…

Until next week,

MySoti HQ x

p.s. Not sure why last week’s email newsletter just send out to everyone again. BUT our apologies; the 24% off code was for last week.

p.p.s. You could try typing OOPS in the voucher code box though - you know… Just to see what happens?

24% off at MySoti for the next 24 hours!

hunty — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:43:52 +0100

Yes - it’s a lame marketing attempt!

Why? Because contrary to popular belief MySoti isn’t making millions of dollars a day in sales and we’re not all sat around the pool using $100 dollar bills to pick the caviar out from our teeth.

So.. if you’ve got shirts on MySoti that you’ve had your eye on - OR you are a designer who wants to email or tweet ALL OF THEIR CONTACTS with a link to your stuff and a 24% off code then DO IT NOW!

(We like the idea of sitting around a pool spending money on mojito’s and finally living like Ari Gold in Entourage - only without the breakdown and with a little more respect for our PA’s).

Until next week - MySoti HQ x

p.s. Oh what’s that? The voucher code? Sure it’s ARIGOLDISGOD (valid until September 15th 23:59 GMT).

Today felt like a Thursday. It's already been a long week...

hunty — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:43:16 +0100

…so cheer yourself up with loads of new shirts and prints courtesy of the awesome community of awesomeness that is MySoti.com!

Spend wisely my young MySoti’ans.

MySoti HQ - x

MySoti Money Mail - We've just paid our THOUSANDS to designers like YOU!

hunty — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:26:21 +0100

Ola MySoti’ans!

We get a few emails a day here at MySoti HQ complementing us on our designs and we’re always immensely flattered. Mainly because our shirt design days were average at best and what the mails really want to do is to complement YOU, our amazing designers on the work that you guys upload day after day.

So it’s nice to be able to pay you all back every month with your commission from all of your hard, earned sales. And this month has been wonderful.

We’ve literally paid out thousands of dollars/pounds/euros in monies to every designer that has made a sale within MySoti.com.

So when you’re buying shirts through us you can rest assured that you’re also putting some well-deserved cash directly into the pockets of those who actually deserve the fruits of their labour - your fellow MySoti’ans!

Until next week,

MySoti HQ x

No news today - just the USUAL, INCREDIBLE SHIRTS!

hunty — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:11:33 +0100

Cute bears, clever band-aids, a wonderful Dr Who/House pastiche, a cool play on the old stag party idea, a clever samurai/Super Mario mash-up, a zombie/playing card thing, cute pirates, a sweet octopus and just a cute illustration.

And that’s just the stuff for this week that’s been voted on. You should see everything else…

MySoti HQ x