Some compete in sports - we are inviting all of our shop partners to compete in the T-Summer Games 08.

Sports and summer are two very t-shirt hungry competitors. Our T-Summer Games 08 is their arena where the apparel world comes together to contend for recognition, respect and the ultimate prizes. There are three areas of competition open to all: Best Grabbed Design, Best Rated Design and Top Selling Design. Enter your summer and sports related designs to go up against the best of them and win big!

The competition runs from August 18th to August 25th.

I am going to start with the prizes because they are as good as gold! -  Ipod touch 8GB, Samsung NV24HD Digital Camera, Wacom intuous3 A4 Tablet, Premium Shop Upgrades and some Zexis T-shirt Books.

Calendar of Events

• August 12, 2008 -August 17, 2008 - Training
  • learn the rules, get to work on summer and sport designs
• August 18, 2008 - August 25, 2008 - Competition
  • This is where it counts! Upload your designs on the Marketplace or in your Confomat with the tag “Sport08”.
• August 26, 2008 - September 5th, 2008 - Judging
  • Selection and publication of the winners by Spreadshirt

The Events - we have 3 categories in the T-Summer Games

• Best Grabbed Design
  • The winner of this category is the design which is grabbed by the most shop partners during the competition and integrated into their shop (either through the marketplace or the Confomat in the user area) as of August 25th.
• Best Rated Design
  • The winner of this category is the design which has the best rating in the marketplace as of August 25th.
• Top Selling Design
  • The winner of this category is the design which was sold the most during the competition (August 18th to August 25th).

Rules - we have those too!  Click here to visit the T-Summer Games 2008 page and get all the details! 

For those of you who like to surf Spreadshirt on Saturday morning we want to give you the heads up that we will be having some scheduled routine maintenance on the site. This will take place on Saturday, July 26th between 2:00-4:00am EDT . During this time, online services on our platform and all related shops won’t be operational for the following:· www.spreadshirt.net

· www.spreadshirt.com

· www.lafraise.com

A screen will inform customers to come back after the scheduled maintenance period, when we will be back up and fully operational as before.

We apologise for the short notice of this announcement and for any inconvenience this might cause you.

Your Spreadshirt Team

Here is the scoop- on June 20, 2008 - Spreadshirt is celebrating International T-shirt Day - as part of the celebration we are hosting an event in Boston, MA.

Friday June 20, 2008, 3-6pm
Spreadshirt Tent, Farmer’s Market at Copley Square
Boston, MA

Everyone is invited to attend (you can RSVP on Facebook or Upcoming.org)

To celebrate the occasion we are giving away 75 custom t-shirts every day until June 18. T-shirts will be available for pick up at the tent on June 20, 2008.

• Visit the special t-shirt day shop here.
  design your shirt
• proceed to check out, double check your order
• enter the coupon code T-DAY08BOSTON and click “Redeem”
• If you are one of the lucky 75 for that day your t-shirt will be free
• The free shirt won´t be shipped top your home - you have to pick it up in Boston at the Spreadshirt tent located at the Farmer’s Market in Copley Square (corner of St. James Ave. and Dartmouth St.) between 3PM and 6PM on June 20th.

Use coupon code DAD4 (In Canada CADDAD4) to save 20% off all men’s products, minimum order $20, offer good until June 9, 2008.

We are glad you asked.  Spreadshirt is declaring the first day of Summer, June 20, 2008 -  International T-shirt Day.  You can learn all about the celebrations and even win a t-shirt at t-shirtday.com

Come and Celebrate with us!

The first International T-Shirt Day is an initiative of Spreadshirt. Our goal is to make the first summerday in the year (June 20th in the US, June 21st in Europe) the “International T-Shirt Day”. We will celebrate with local events in Berlin and Boston, but feel free to join us if you’re residing some place else!

Why would you celebrate the T-Shirt Day?

First of all, T-Shirts are our business and we love them as a medium of self-expression. Second: Because we feel it’s time to celebrate the “most universal fashion garment”. Think of the role T-Shirts have played in popular culture. Think of all the memories that are connected to your favourite shirts. Of all the political, thoughtful or just funny messages people are carrying around on their chests and backs. And at the same time how fashionable T-Shirts are. We think, these are enough reasons to celebrate. (Of course, you can also think: lucky me, I got another excuse for just going out and party without having to make up a reason myself…).

And why would you celebrate it on 20th and the 21st of June?

This day is the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year - which day could be more perfect to wear T-Shirts all day long? And yes, it happens to be on two different dates in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, it´s the international beginning of the t-shirt season, on which you shouldn´t have to worry about countless layers of clothes to feel good.

And why in Boston and Berlin? How can I join?

Berlin and Boston are the places in which we will celebrate (because we’re located there) - and you´re more than welcome to join. We will let you know about the location details soon.

If you’re too far away, living in New Zealand or Guadelope feel free to celebrate in your area. Meet with your friends, listen to music, have some ice cream and drinks - chat about your favourite T-Shirt and enjoy the day together with us. Just make sure you let us know how you celebrate: tag your pictures, videos, blogposts, twitter-streams with t-day08 (and we’ll do the rest).

Father’s day is almost here - show dear old dad how much you love him with a custom gift from Spreadshirt! Our Father’s Day Sale starts today and ends June 9, 2008 - save 20% off all men’s products, minimum order of $20. Use coupon code DAD4 (in Canada CADDAD4).

If you have a shop with Spreadshirt - feel free to use this spiffy banner to help promote the sale to your customers. Banners are always available in the shop admin (Shops –> Marketing –> Banner Services). We also have banners for the Canadian coupon codes too.

We have just added categories to the Holidays & Occasions section of the marketplace for Weddings and for Birthdays. Both are great occasions for a custom gift and this should make it faster to find the perfect design for the perfect gift.

Mother’s Day is near, don’t panic - think custom gift for mom and save.

Use coupon code Mom4 (in Canada - CADMom4) to save 20% of the order of any women’s product. Minimum purchase $20, offer is good until May 5, 2008.

We have simplified pricing for vector designs and text. Here is Temple’s post from the forum with the details:

Many of you have talked about complexity charges, specialty color charges, etc and wanted to see some changes….well we have some good news for you. Within the next couple days, we will be changing pricing for vectors.

ALL vector designs, regardless of complexity will be $3. There will be no additional charges for complex or super complex designs. Two and three colored designs will remain the same pricing, so a two color design will be $5.50 and three color will still be $9.

ALL flex and flock colors will be priced the same, so there will be no additional charge to glitter, glow in the dark, sparkle, metallics, etc. No matter what vector design you choose and color, the price will be $3 for a one color vector, barring any design commission of course.

One last thing…Text up to 5 lines will be $3, so you can print one line or five lines and the price will remain the same at $3. If you add an additional design or additional text box, then as it is now it will be an additional $3.

Digital Design pricing will remain the same. At this time, we are expecting to fully launch this on the 17th. When we do launch, then your existing products will change to reflect the new pricing, so product pricing will go down for products that are using complex, super complex, specialty flex, metallic flex, or two or more lines of text in the same text box. All other product pricing will remain the same, since those designs would not be affected.