dolla dolla coin y'all....

good day, kidlets! i'm happy to announce that at long last, we now have a working affiliate program on this web site. i attempted something like this a few years ago, but it wasn't very well designed. this is simple and robust- no forms to fill out or personal information to divulge. you simply add your email on to the end of a URL, and when anyone who follows that link buys something from this site (even if it's weeks or months from now), you instantly get an e-mail notification and, if you have paypal, get paid $5 within 24 hours!! if you have a very popular blog or web site, lots of friends online or even if you just want to save $5 on your next order, you should really consider giving it a test run. go take a peak and see if it's for you.

and to help you in your moneymaking efforts, i've posted a ton of new zbq banners and links for you to use. so go nuts.

but that's not all the good news i have today- aw no. i've also completed the new zbq shopping cart, which i think is a bit friendlier than the paypal cart. it allows you to monitor the contents of your cart without leaving the site, add or remove items very easily, plus you get a cool 4% discount for each additional item you add. order 4 shirts and save 12%, order 8 shirts and save 28%. order 12 shirts or more and you automatically get the wholesale rate, which is nearly half price! you can't really beat it with a stick, especially when you consider that shipping is still (and will remain) absolutely free for any and all customers, ad infinitum. damn we rule.

as if that weren't enough excitement for one day, there's a new "pre-order" shirt of the week up today: crushR is yet another wrestler-themed shirt of awesomeness. available on your choice of style, color and size, at $3 off our regular price, until midnight june 1st.







wowzers! more to come. get it in ya.

sham who?

pigeon ATAK!

just posted new stock, fresh and ready for shipping, in ATAK. mostly sport grey tees, but also threw a 3X american apparel slate in there as well.



in my travels i also discovered a couple of shirts that had been overlooked: an XL ATAK (red) on royal blue and a couple of white krushbot tees: one white, one 3X. if you're paying attention. remember, shipping is free kids- even for international orders.

so i've been working away on the customized zbq shopping cart, and i'm incredibly close to finishing. what's so great about that, you may ask? well, for starters, it's going to save you money. how so? well, if you order more than one shirt at a time, you'll save 4% for each additional shirt you order. that may not seem that impressive, but it adds up fast. and thanks to the built-in affiliate program it can even make you money too: without even having to sign up or fill in one form, you'll be able to participate in our affiliate program, where we will pay you $5 for each and every sale you send our way. and that of course includes your own orders! so if you buy a shirt using your unique affiliate ID, you automatically receive a $5 discount just for participating. and if you can get a bunch of other people to buy stuff, you'll be rich in no time. rich, i tells ya! i'm hoping to get it all up and running by tomorrow (friday) night, if not by the end of the weekend for sure. so keep yer eyeballs peeled.

les masqs et les parfums

new shirt print posted today- masqs et parfums is based on a photo by our favorite photographer, montreal's nico stinghe. this print is available for pre-order on your choice of style, color or size of shirt, for $3 off the regular price, until may 23rd, 2009.










you can check out more of nico's stuff by perusing his LOVECATS galleries here, here, here or here, or check out his ever-evolving website, anothersidewalk.tv.

i'm leaving town for a few days, so you might not hear from me for a little bit. more shenanigans next week.

contest shmontest

okay, now i remember why i never have contests.....no one freakin' enters them. how do you expect to win anything if you don't take 30 seconds to enter? that being said, we did at least get 3 people off their lazy duffs long enough to string a few letters on their keyboards together to answer our current ongoing contest question, which is "what can we do to improve this site?". and here they are......


different backgrounds with each new refresh -javier

have a section for underwear, boy and girl underwear, and different styles as well -micah baker

put up more sexy women(: -saul

ok, so those are all good. i think having different backgrounds with each refresh is a neat idea, but might get very distracting. the undies are already on the way, in fact i'm going to be working on those next week. and i'm also working on getting a lot more pictures of sexy women very soon- that's always a nice perk, if you'll excuse the term. so anyway, i'm going to give the free shirt to saul, because he used a smily. no other reason really, it's pretty arbitrary. don't like it? well, enter the damn contest yourself, or if you're that much of a wussbag get your mom to do it for you.

so, only about 24 hours left to pre-order ATAK, then i'll be posting an entirely new shirt design early on saturday morning. 'til then amigos.......

to boldly go....

it's the number 1 flick in north america right now, so i'm sure i don't need to tell you how FREAKING AMAZING the new star trek movie is, but just in case: THE NEW STAR TREK MOVIE IS F**CKING INCREDIBLE!! as a kid who grew up watching the original series and was disappointed by the tepid bland pablum of "the next generation" and all of the other namby-pamby series that followed it, this movie was a breath of fresh air and a true return to everything that made star trek great in the first place. captain kirk hitting on everything that walks, shit blowing up left and right, crew members in mini-skirts and bad scottish accents- it's all here, and so much more. well-written, well-cast, and extremely well-executed. if you haven't seen it yet, you need to- now. i know i will be again. hoot!

and just because, here's another set of nico stinghe's awesome photographs. nico will hopefully be shooting the new zbq catalogue later this year, and the next new shirt design is also based on one of his photos. did i mention that i like his stuff? well i do. yes, i think i do.













word.

ATAK of the killer t-shirts

so i was hoping to post a brand new shirt today and i spent the morning trying to print a prototype. but, as so often happens with screen printing, the print wasn't really working as planned, so now it's "back to the drawing board" and hopefully we'll get it done next week. so in the meantime, i thought i'd make another print available for pre-order 'til then. robin antiga's ATAK is one of the older prints we've done on shirts, going back to about 2004, and is still one of my favorites.







and just to keep things interesting, i'm also making another color variation available as well: ATAK (red).





these shirts will be available for pre-order on any size, color or style of your choice, and at a $3 discount, until midnight may 15th. after this run we'll probably be cleaning out the screens, so there's a good chance it won't be printed again for a long time. you have been warned!!

krushty

just posted some krushbot shirts to the database- got some black, asphalt and royal blue t-shirts in stock and ready for immediate shipment.



started working on a new print today, i'm hoping to wrap it up tomorrow and be able to get it online for pre-orders by tomorrow night!

did you know that i do custom shirt printing? well, i do. in fact, i do it so much that i'm thinking of posting some pictures of some of the stuff i do from time to time. i just did these really cool hoodies for a local comic book shop the other day, and last week i did like 360 shirts for a band from ottawa called today i caught the plague. if you are looking for a reliable screen printer to help you out with your band, t-shirt line or team shirts, you could do worse than me. i've been doing this for about 12 years and, i dare say, i'm starting to get pretty good at it. so if you're interested write me at zero@zeroboutique.com.

coming soon: some fresh new polo shirts in prepschool, a contest winner, another LOVECATS set and much more. glee!

speaking of t-shirts (and such)...

just posted some speaking of shirts to the database- everything you see is in stock and available for immediate, free, shipping anywhere in the world. in stock shirts always go in the mail within 24 hours- often much quicker.





so you may have noticed i didn't put up a "shirt of the week" this week. that's because i'm working on a new print that i really wanted to put up next, but it's taking a little longer than expected. plus i'm just getting caught up with printing the last batch of pre-ordered shirts (that being krushbot- and there should be some of those going up on the site within a day or 2 as well). when i decided to do this pre-order thing again, i said i wouldn't allow myself to fall behind- so if that means there are some weeks when nothing is available for pre-order, then so be it. keeps things a little more interesting, anyway. i should have something new for you by the weekend, so keep your eyes peeled.

loving the new shop! if you're in halifax come by and say hi- we're at 2823 isleville (one street west of agricola, just north of almon). we don't have the store set up yet, but it should be some time before the end of may. i'll post some pictures here when the place is looking a little more presentable.....getting some contest entries so i will see about announcing a winner by the weekend as well. get a crack at a free shirt, folks- you'll find the contest on the right hand side of the blog (or possibly on the bottom if you're on a low res monitor). peace out and talk soon.