I’m extremely proud of every single item that I ship out of my little “merch store.” Been operating out of this same bedroom for about three years now. Cardboard boxes line halfway up the walls, I have one dresser full of shirts and another full of packages for shipping, plus an entire closet full of other products that I’m just breaking into.
I’ve launched a black friday sale early, starting now. Check it here. I’m giving out free CDs and other things like my new lyric stickers with every order, but really, I want you to know that you supporting goes a long way. Shows me there are people out there who are letting the music find a home in their life and their world. Shows me that the words on these clothes and in my songs can describe more than just how I’m feeling at the moment. Keeps me going.
Also, if this isn’t DIY, I don’t know what is.
Every day, I spend at least some time working on my store. That time might be brainstorming designs for new products, researching how to make my ideas for merch a reality on a shoestring budget, or updating the backend of my online store design (just revamped it all to be newly photographed with a sleek black background, for example). I’d say my favorite time daily is physically packaging and mailing the items. My friends at the post office tend to know when I have a new product on preorder and they definitely know when an album is coming out. Love them all, they really hold it down for me in a million small ways.
I’m proud to have the vinyl and the book out with Holes In Our Stories. Those marked big first times for me, things I wasn’t able to pull off yet with TMTL and KYFC. I try to make every release have something new to offer and try to never repeat the same ideas unless I can get creative with them in a revisited kind of way.
There aren’t many Revive books left, so if you’d like to read it, now is a great time to order.
My black friday sale includes the best discounts I could think of:
-every order gets a free Holes CD
-every order gets free new lyric stickers, listed in the store for the first time now
-every order gets a free wristband (let me know in your order notes which you’d like)
-10% off everything in the store
-discount bundles unique to black friday that are all 30% off or more
Hope you find something that feels meant for you.
All items designed by me & my friends.
All items sent by me.
THANK YOU.
-dylan
BLACK FRIDAY SALE