Roller Derby Merchandising
We all know the first staple of the merch table for a roller derby league comes down to what you can either do DIY style, or what you can afford out of pocket until you sell those tickets and get a good fundraiser turnout. Once you've made it through a successful season or 5, what kind of stuff can you then sell, and what is out there?
Well, almost every league I have come across so far has the standard team and league T-shirts. There are variations, tank tops, long sleeved long style tops, but it's shirts. Some at games make water bottle noise makers. There's pins, tiny and large galore. Stickers and more stickers. (I LOVE STICKERS and magnets by the way) There's CafePress for ship per order stuff, and then there's the leagues with some sponsors or cash that have a stockpile of merch. Below are a few new or interesting things I found.
Rat City Rollergirls in Seattle are releasing their own trading cards July 29th. They also have a Roller Derby Music compilation CD for sale. I am impressed with this league. Did you know about Fast Girl Skates out in Seattle? I contacted them for some info and an interview, but I guess I did it wrong, but it's awesome that there is a roller derby retail store, owned by and there for rollergirls. Hopefully they will get in touch sometime.
The Sin City Rollergirls in my favorite vacation destination, Las Vegas, NV sell prints of their bout posters.
The Texas Rollergirls have shot glasses and beer koozies along the trucker hats.
There are pin-up and roller derby calendars, embroidered patches, and the like.
After scrolling through 25 or so leagues at random from the list of leagues on Wikipedia, I have to offer up this:
If there's a league out there still only using myspace that needs some website design done, give me a shout and I'll cut you a good deal with a good designer to get you started if you haven't yet recruited a webgeek like me onto your league. Myspace is cool for networking, but man... the designs make my head hurt *hahaha* Just Kidding, Myspace.
Support your local roller derby and buy stuff!
Well, almost every league I have come across so far has the standard team and league T-shirts. There are variations, tank tops, long sleeved long style tops, but it's shirts. Some at games make water bottle noise makers. There's pins, tiny and large galore. Stickers and more stickers. (I LOVE STICKERS and magnets by the way) There's CafePress for ship per order stuff, and then there's the leagues with some sponsors or cash that have a stockpile of merch. Below are a few new or interesting things I found.
Rat City Rollergirls in Seattle are releasing their own trading cards July 29th. They also have a Roller Derby Music compilation CD for sale. I am impressed with this league. Did you know about Fast Girl Skates out in Seattle? I contacted them for some info and an interview, but I guess I did it wrong, but it's awesome that there is a roller derby retail store, owned by and there for rollergirls. Hopefully they will get in touch sometime.
The Sin City Rollergirls in my favorite vacation destination, Las Vegas, NV sell prints of their bout posters.
The Texas Rollergirls have shot glasses and beer koozies along the trucker hats.
There are pin-up and roller derby calendars, embroidered patches, and the like.
After scrolling through 25 or so leagues at random from the list of leagues on Wikipedia, I have to offer up this:
If there's a league out there still only using myspace that needs some website design done, give me a shout and I'll cut you a good deal with a good designer to get you started if you haven't yet recruited a webgeek like me onto your league. Myspace is cool for networking, but man... the designs make my head hurt *hahaha* Just Kidding, Myspace.
Support your local roller derby and buy stuff!
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