I'm thinking about starting a small online store that sells many different Linux, BSD, UNIX, and GNU based bumper stickers for your car.

I was wondering how many people would probably buy one of they saw one they liked on the website? 20% of each sale would go to the appropriate organsiation (e.g. if we did a debian sticker, 20% would go to debian)

The reason I'm considering starting up this store is because there isn't really very much good Linux merchandise you can purchase to advocate linux. Since I can't find any, I figure I'd do it myself!

If we get enough money from sales then we'd also move on to T-Shirts, Keyrings, License plate frames and anything else we could brand with Linux slogans and such.

Your thoughts, ideas?

No, however i would buy a Linux sticker for my box to replace the Windows stickers that have been taken away.

Yes, given that it says Slackware and is small enough to
fit on the lid of my Thinkpad completely :}

Case-badges don't really make sense to me, there's not
that many people sitting at my workstation(s) to make it
a good enough marketing eye-catcher, and I pretty darn
well know what's installed ;}

I wouldn't, however, put a bumper sticker on my car,
no matter what for :}


Cheers,
Tink

i wouldnt buy a bumper sticker, but the other day i saw a "linux fish", similar to a "Jesus fish" or a "Darwin fish" that I thought was pretty cool. might buy one of those.

I think there is a bigger market for case badges and small smaller 'use-on-anything' badges. Perhaps you should switch. P.S. Would buy a linx case badge

You won't find any bumper sticker of any kind attached to my car's bumper. Ever tried to sell a car that's covered in stickers? However, I would buy Linux stickers of any kind to put on my computers or whatever else I put stickers on. I will agree, there's not much out there in the way of merchandise to display one's love for Linux, etc.

I would download the image
and burn my own sticker

but only if it were released under the GNU licence

floppy

Same here.

I'm moving this to General - it's not technical and, strictly speaking, it's not really a Linux question. Good luck with the shop.

I have no bumper to stick it to - but i do have windows (the transparent thingies), why do you hate us window owners so much

I hate bumper stickers. I would never soil my Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S with a vulgar bumper sticker.

I have been known to buy (and use) a Linux bumper sticker:

http://www.celticgeek.com/about.html

I bought this from:
http://www.thinkgeek.com.

Sure, I would. I plan on modding and fixing the Jeep till it turns to dust. So the bumper stickers might help hold it together.

I'd like to see the case stickers as well, make some flat and thin for laptops so I could stick a little one on the lid.
Window stickers are becoming preferable to bumper sitckers now a days, you should offer both.
How about custom stickers as well, upload your image and have it printer on a bumper/window/case sticker for a small fee.

I have 4 or 5 Linux bumper stickers. Mind you, 0 of them are on my actual bumper (or anywhere else for that matter on my car). I do have a little apple sticker in one corner of my rear windshield and a little tux sticker on the other, but they are easy to remove. They also provide symmetry to my angry Buzz and GT logo in the middle

Nope, my recumbent bicycle doesn't have any bumper.