Mumsnet merchandise - your input needed please

[JustineMumsnet]

Hi all

After years of being asked to come up with MN merchandise and (aside from some incredibly tight t-shirts with virtual mother on them way back in the early-2000s) pretty much sticking our collective fingers in our ears, we've finally found someone who can help us produce and sell a qualiteee online range - hopefully available in time for Christmas. And we're looking for your input.

We reckon a range of T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and mugs with Mumsnet in-jokes/ popular phrases - which is what folks have mentioned in the past - but is there anything else we've collectively missed? And what do you want on them? A T-shirt telling all and sundry to LTB? A mug asking whether YABU? A hoody announcing that it' really best to RTFT?

Ideas very much welcome please

Trolly coin like this

I'd buy the car sticker (Mumsnetter on board) and the reusable bag (AIBU to save the planet by using this bag)
Not sure about t-shirts and hoodies. Maybe.

DILLIGAF isnt very mumsnetty, its everywhere so not sonething that particularly relates to mumsnet.

I like the size of thelogo on the mug.

on the teeshirts, I think the logo could be smaller, so it looks like a fullstpp or a copyright symbol?

wtf is dilligaf???

ah.
no, never heard that one and this is my second home

I can't bear that thing of putting stage directions in brackets (of whatever shape). Can we not just say what we mean, instead of implying we can commission little marionettes in other people's heads acting out what we mean?

It's like (and "like" is a key part of this phenomenon, a word that is used to introduce a "clip") instead of saying "and I am simplify horrified" we just click an embedded link in the powerpoint presentations of ourselves (in which we are always doing duckface) to show a well lit clip of ourselves "doing" "horrified".

this is why young people use like so much.

"And I'm like... [clip]"
"And he's like .... [clip]"
"And so they turned round and were all like [clip]"

Stop playing videos and say what you mean!

For the future-baby grow with 'I haven't read the books' on.

Kids tee 'this is just a phase'

The mumsnet logo is really crap. Sorry. Its so dated looking. I wouldn't like it on any merchandise. I don't mind the other slogans you are suggesting just without the Mumsnet logo.

I like "I haven't read the book"

superram Nice ideas those. Thanks!

All being well, we might have a link today. I'll post it here first, and then roll it out the rest of the site next week. We're a day late for cyber-Monday, but still in plenty of time for Christmas.

Right then (adjusts bow tie, smoothes down hair, gives a gentle cough), here's a link to the Mumsnet merchandise store. It has just gone live and so may have a few technical gremlins, but we've tested it until we're blue in the face, and we can't think of any reason not to roll it out.

Before you click on the link, I should say that:

• All T shirts are currently showing a male shirt image by default, but this will be fixed next week. Women's fit tees are of course available for everything.
• These are the launch products. We'll do more in due course, including tote bags and other things.

Here you are then. Cyber-Tuesday's newest outlet is open for business.

I do like 'Naice tea towel'. Meh on the rest.

OMG. This is so exciting.

I nearly missed the tea towels because I was clicking on the product categories instead of browsing the whole lot!

SO exciting sparklingbrook that you felt immediately compelled to throw your credit card at it, right?

I can't choose. I want lots. YABU to have lots that I want to buy Stuart.

Stuart, if you are wearing a bow tie, is it a Mumsnet bow tie? And if yes, why is it not available to purchase?

And could you come up with some FWR-specific merchandise? I'll be back when I've thought up some ideas.

Have you put a sticky in Active to advertise it?

Not yet, sparklingbrook. This is a soft launch - just in this thread for now. We've a load of advertising and PR/social stuff coming just around the corner.

AngelaDaviesHair - err, coming soon. Possibly.

Ooh a soft launch. So we can't link to this thread in Chat or anything?

Does the first person to place an order get their entire order free?