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Greetings All:
The question for this thread is:
If AntiOnline.com had an on-line retail store, would you be inclined to purchase products from it for yourself or for your place of work? Why or why not? If yes, what types of products would you like to see it carry?
It would be awesome to have a retail store. I'd love to get AntiOnline merchandise and I'd definitely like a shirt or some products. Maybe (and this can go with members part-tim question) a team of programmers making certain AO products for the Computer? I don't know, I'm just throwing out ideas. But yeah, definitely the store. Merchandise would be great, and it would help increase traffic/ bring in more members. (Can't forget revenue either)
No I wouldn't buy anything from Antionline. Why ? Because this isn't a shopping site.
No it isnt a shopping site but it would be a nice add on and people that dont want a store dont have to shop in it.Personally I would like to have an AO t shirt or other clothing and like spyder said it could broadcast the website to bring more people in.
Ok, then let me put it this way. If there was a big link to the retail side of things I wouldn't care. As soon as I saw a tshirt or mug or some other novelty item on the main site( something that wasn't part of the ad/link to the retail store) or any section of the forums, it would lose its appeal instantly. If you want it, fine, but keep it away from everything else.
Overall though, I am not here to buy a shirt or mug or anything else like thinkgeek sells. That's not why I came here, that's not why I still come here, and it never will be.
damn jeez.. just sell it if its this much trouble jp
Anything but antionline paraphernalia would be a pain in the ass to run. You could of course sell concessions to select vendors to sell as antionline with cs provided by them.
if it was just a small link to a subdomain with a site yes ao merchindise is great idea :)
rioter
You what, I have emailed you about this before JP. I think you should have all types of Antionline merchandise, you certainly have gotten enough exposeure. I would LOVE a yellow antionline shirt, coffee mug, mousepad ect, all realativly cheap to manufacture, and the profit would be maximum. However if you wanted to be taken more seriously,you sould sell a security software package that optimises a computer/networks security and could include some custom admin apps. I dunno really just brain storming.
I do know this, that I would HATE to see AO go away. And If I had to buy a shirt or two to keep it alive, I'll do it. Those few days when AO was offline last week , I sat at my console staring at the start button like a lost child. Please do everything you can to keep Ao alive JP. This site means alot, to alot of people. Simply the reference alone is worth more than I have found anywhere else.
I have been logging on to this webpage for a little over a year now, and I keep coming back. The quality of this site HAS decreased in a many of ways over this past year, but in MANY ways it has exceeded far beyond what any other message board has put out. Props to you JP, but please, Keep This site ALIVE.....
Yes, I would buy antionline products as mentioned, T- shirts (with a well thought up logo), mousepads, coffee cups etc, but most of all good security software and such.The store as mentioned should be part of the site but partitioned off in a seperate area. It would be an offshoot of the larger part which is security You could start off with only a few items to see how it went. Auntie
Good idea, but, only if the items you are going to sell are any good, compare what you are thinking about producing to the items sold at the www.thereg.co.uk and www.thinkgeek.com
The item there don't sell because they have thinkgeek and the register all overthem.
So that I'm trying to say is the idea is only as good as the items you have to sell. if the items are crap so will the number of sales.
SittingDuck
I would buy tech stuff from Antionline.com, but only if they new about and tested the products that they would sell. If they just opened up a normal online store I probably wouldn't buy. But if they only had products that the people at Antionline knew about, used, and wrote reviews on, then I would definatly buy from Antionline.
I like the idea of selling security software. Why not produce a security scanner, firewalling ap, network security tools, ip resolvers, etc...and sell them to the public. It would definetly appeal to most of the people who come here. You could even hire some of the better programming members to write the software. I think that would be a great idea. You could also sell shirts like the ones at thinkgeek, etc... Just remember that not all the stuff should have AntiOnline tagged all over it. A simple "1337" t-shirt would prolly sell.
Or you could get a sort of deal with some software companies (with non-suck software) much like Safeway does. Buy the Antionline store-brand antivirus solution! :p Well, I don't think that would really work...
Personally I'm just plain not a mug/hat/t-shirt person, regardless of the subject.
Hmmmm..... it's an interesting idea, but how would that affect the content and objectivity of the site? I mean, when somebody pops in and says, "Hi, what's the best firewall?" the answer will be, "Well, ours of course." Whether it was true or not, I have a feeling that there would be a certain amount of mistrust from people seeking that kind of information if AO were selling such products. I'm not sure that mixing education and marketing would be such a hot idea.Quote:
I like the idea of selling security software
I would, however, go for mouse pads and coffee mugs.
Again, because i cant vote ill post my opinion on here...
I think id buy a few things here and there from an AO store, definately a lunchbox... hehe, i already have my t-shirt, i need another one though cus i got a ketchup stain on it!!! waaaaah
/me still wants my AO lunchbox.
Seriously though. A side page with t-shirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads and of course lunch boxes with the AO logo would be cool. I'd buy some stuff.
I would buy items from an antionline store. As for items... hardware firewall, antivirus software, security related books and of course the antionline lunchbox. :-)
Yes I would by.
And after reading some posts, I think it would be of best interest to just have a separate link to the shopping site. AntiOnline focuses on internet security, not clothes.
I would definitely buy AO shirts..mugs..and assorted merchandise if this was implemented.
But the question I have in mind is, if we will have an online store, how safe is this going to be.
This will give some malicious hacker another opportunity to test the security of the site
Would this compromise the security of the site?
How safe is it going to be that a sophisticated hacker wont be able to obtain credit card numbers?or break into the server?
he he
I'd flaunt a tee shirt....
A resounding YES. I think that is a great idea to generate revenue.
The AntiOnline logo would have to be an eye-catcher. (I enjoy this site, but the logo on the web pages looks like it was done with crayons...sorry, personal observation...{I await the backlash}...)
Guys, I think we all want our Lunchboxes that were promised those many moons ago. If anyone should get it first, it should be souleman.
[list=1][*]Lunchboxes[*]Tshirts[*]Mugs[*]Assorted-Tableware[*]Posters[*]Toys[*]Caps / hats[*]Mousepads
and ofcourse
[*]Stickers of all kinds[/list=1]
But this could (and I think should) be an off-site thing..
merchandise.antionline.com* or something
* link does not work.... DUH
And it is not nescesary to say: be done by someone else..
:drink:
Yeah JP,
This is a Cool idea!
I would buy AO publications, mouse mat, lunch box, T-shirt, underwear, etc
Paladin
I always wanted an Antionline bandana
connecting to a sub is a better idea.
the logo is another issue .
you can get a special deal from companies such as Zone Alarm to resell the upgrade and get comission .
u can do that with many companies, i think so.
AO underwear, ooooooo!!!! I shuder to think. "Whats protecting your public assets"? None other than AO's new security briefs. Look out Norton a new BOX is in town.Quote:
To funny P2P :) think of JP's avitar in all the private places. At any rate I'd buy stuff and most of it already in other posts. As for the logo I like the crayon look, me thinks that part of the design was to let people assume a lamer did it when in fact a pretty smart guy and team put up a secure system and log all the attempts, I still look and and read the logs here alsways good info there. Go for it JP the site should make a profit, not selling out just making a living :)