ptooey wrote: 
Just the fingers?

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
The fingers are kinda creeping me out.

 ptooey wrote: 

 

 ptooey wrote: 
I put a some uncategorizable stuff under "Scott Larsen Design," but it's generally agreed that the "brand name" packs the most punch in an Amazon search, so most sellers say "Dabbing Unicorn" in the brand name for their dabbing unicorn T shirts.

I sometimes put a code into my listings so that I can link to search results for that code—because I have other styles in that same "brand" and I should incorporate a master code into everything, but I keep forgetting. I also forget to use the "brand" I was trying to stick with for similar shirts . I'm so good at this!
 
But you can see the problem with Amazon's program that Manbird, Proclivities and I are in: I have several designs up, but in some cases hundreds of variations on that design. Amazon doesn't gang them together like they should, so say you want one of the Honey shirts, you'd have to specifically search for the state you want*, then choose from hoodie, T, etc. It's dumb, but there's a little hope that Amazon will consolidate things like that so when you search, you don't get a wall of exactly the same design on all its iterations.
 
*Check out the copycat on that I have lurkers on my facebook page who think I'm a genius; anything I post there gets stolen. I don't think I'll have a lot of trouble with that one tho.
 
Sometimes they take a screenshot of Amazon shirts and put them on their own store or bonanza etc. I'm hoping this one gets stolen.

 Proclivities wrote: 
That's what I thought. Kind of annoying, 'cause I have a t-shirt addiction problem and prefer to have something unusual or distinctive (LOVE my Duck Girl shirt, BTW). Amazon can be plenty strange sometimes.
 
Edit: Dammit. I might need a high-balls shirt, too. 

 ptooey wrote: 
If you search "Finwailin shirts" or whichever seller name, it usually will show the whole line, but I haven't found a way to "save" a store or seller the way eBay allows.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Hey, is there any way to look up your (or Manbird's, or Proclivities') specific "store" on Amazon? It'd be nice to periodically browse through y'all's stock.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
So I went thru all that trouble for this:


I honestly don't know what it means With this gig, there's a lot of "throw it at the wall, see if it sticks" market research.

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 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
I had a helicopter pilot that used to look for American companies he thought were going to expand into Canada and then he would try to register a business under their name so he could sell it back to them.
 
It never worked but he had fun trying.

 islander wrote: 
The USPTO used to have this einsteinian cachet about it, but clearly they are asleep at the wheel. People apply for TMs and aren't immediately denied, even tho there's no way they have been doing business with that name...

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Just show them your passport and tell them you own the trademark (in partnership with a few other patriots). 

 Proclivities wrote: 
I forgot about the eye!

I uploaded 7 things last night that are all going to get flagged for a TM issue.  
 
1 or more, actually. There's a TM on "Don't Tread on Me" but Amz doesn't seem to be rejecting those... there are hundreds up. But still, I wouldn't have used it if I'd realized. I might still write my senator... that's like getting a TM on the Declaration of Independence.

 Manbird wrote: 
Other brave souls went first. They may decide to crack down on it oh god I'm sorry I'll stop now.

oh dear

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
I thought they had an algorithm that might catch that word. 

 Manbird wrote: 
It is. Why? What do YOU think it means? I give a definition just in case your mind is dirty. IN CASE

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
that's surely not merch...

Low-hanging fruit:

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Pretty cool - I was looking into some of the Chinese fonts to use, but thought better of using some online translator.  I realized later that I used Helvetica instead of Arial (which I tend to do) - the upper-case "R" has a diagonal "leg" in Arial.