We do own the rights to the brand newschoolers.com.
I know it seems weird that we don't let people make things with our name on them and sell them, and there's a very simple reason why.
You see when a product with our name on it is being sold for profit (whether ours or yours) that product is obviously associated with our name. Now if the random person from the forums who was doing this was a great guy and a good business person, it could all be fine. But, what if all of a sudden they take 100 orders and then never send the product out? Or what if you get it and the product is absolute shit?
Then what if the seller just disappears... who will they come to? They will immediately contact people at NS and be like "Hey, I got fucked" and we would be like "Yeah but that wasn't us" and then either the person in question or an angry parent would say "Aren't you responsible for things with your name on it?"
They would be right. Even if people understood that it wasn't us who made it, a shoddy product or a large scale screw over tarnishes the name of Newschoolers.com.
We do take every single request of excited entrepreneurs out there into consideration, and if you're going to do something like this you HAVE to wait until it can be an official NS thing. I mean if you and your buddies are getting together and making some shit just for you, then whatever thats all good. But if you're selling it to the community then its important that it happens through us!
I know that we currently have a super shoddy offering of products to buy, but that will all change really soon. Personally I'm not a big fan of the silicone bracelets, I think those are kind of a done trend... but what are your guys thoughts?
lets turn this thread into a "what kind of stuff would I like to be able to buy from NS" thread!
I would like to see:
-more t-shirt designs
-hat (what kind will be cool next year?)
-lanyard - these things are handy and timeless
-Rolling papers?
Post up some ideas, or vote for ones. We will start offering products, just keep being patient with us. We're only 4 people!