Do have a look round our brand new online shop. We have created a range of useful everyday items sporting the appeal poster image, generously created and given to us by the Daily Gazette.
You can buy a mug, t-shirts (for men, women and children), an apron, a tile coaster, a tote bag, a mousepad (featuring an I love Colchester poster I photographed and featured on this site yesterday), and a bumper sticker with the legend “My other car is a chariot”.
For every sale, the appeal receives 25% of the price.
Items can be ordered from around the world in various currencies. The materials used are very good quality, and CafePress.com, the site which hosts our shop and handles all the transactions, delivery, and customer service for us, offers a 30-day money back guarantee on all products.
Even better, with this online approach, we haven’t had to pay a penny to buy stock upfront. If we failed to sell anything, we wouldn’t lose a penny. And we’re already in profit – five items were sold within 30 minutes of the shop being announced via Twitter.
So, do explore our shop and buy. You never know – if/when the appeal reaches its target, we’ll have to change these items, so you could be buying a collectors’ item. Get them while you can.
