Introduction to OurBandShirts

I guess I should start this blog off with a bit of an intro to OurBandShirts.co.uk.

There were a few things which got me thinking that this would be a good idea and being obese was actually one of them. (For the record I lost 25% of my bodyweight this year and the obesity is over with, I now have a load of clothes way too big for me ) But the point about the obesity was that when I went to gigs and they were selling shirts, they never had my size.
Whilst it may not make sense to get XXXL shirts printed for your merch stand, there are people out there who want it. The same must go for girls who don't like the standard unisex shirts or people who prefer vest tops etc.
Then there were the bands who don't have a merch stand. If there are people watching you play, there has to be a chance that at least a few of them might want to wear your T-shirts. Maybe it's the cost of buying the stock or the prospect of lugging boxes of unsold shirts around or just the fact that you need someone to actually do the selling every night but a lot of bands aren't selling shirts.

So, I set a goal to remedy these obstacles and I think I've pretty much got it. With OurBandShirts a band can sell shirts in a whole range of sizes, styles and colours. They don't need to fork out cash they might not recoup. And perhaps best of all, they don't need to lug around boxes and do the selling themselves :)

Along the way I realised that for a band, signing up to sell their shirts through my site would also bring extra benefits. As I intend to promote the site, that is going to mean promoting the bands on the site. So even if no shirts get sold, a band who are listed on OurBandShirts.co.uk will get increased exposure through things like this blog and my tweeting, facebooking and digging.

Now all I need to do is get the word out to the bands and get them onboard...