Group buy, help the little guys out idea....

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Originally Posted by Mr. Farley Alright, since DopeStatus chimed in first... maybe they can be the first company this month. Maybe select a range of things that you would like to sell (or a combo package. EX: T-Shirt/DVD combo) and maybe some parts and lets put it to a vote. Vote for the item you want. Your vote will count as a good measure for the company to indicate total demand for that product(s) and go from there. If all of the items offered can be done and receive plenty of votes then great... if there are not enough votes for 1 particular item then that item won't be offered at a "Group Buy" discount and normal prices apply. Would something like that work?

You have a good idea but group buys might have to be setup differently for different companies.
I'll use clothing companies for example. Some clothing companies keep tons of blank shirts on hand and when an order comes in, they just heat press the design on there. This way they don't have a "limited quantity" per se.
DopeStatus on the other hand, uses screen printed shirts that we outsource and once that design sells out, we discontinue the design. I like to run it this way to keep the designs fresh and so that not too many people have the same design.
Long story short, maybe in our case, we could give a shirt (of their choice) and a dvd or 3 shirt combo at a discounted rate.
I think we could have a calendar with designated months to certain companies or we can have certain days out of each month that each company holds a group buy offer.
So many ways to go about it lol.