I’m working on creating four calendars for 2009. Hopefully this week I’ll be able to put them up for sale.

I’ve decided to use redbubble for my calendars. There are lots of options for calendars out there, but I chose redbubble because I think the quality is the best. And I really don’t think it’s in my interest to have poor-quality stuff out there. I figure redbubble is looking to fill the art niche, and all the reviews of I’ve read of its calendars are enthusiastic.

Cafepress’s website was totally un-intuitive to use, and I ended up having to create my test calendar twice. I wish Imagekind made calendars, because I love being able to just import my images from flickr, titles, tags and all. Redbubble’s site is pretty handicapped because as far as I can tell, you can only upload images one at a time, which is a REAL pain in the ass.

I’m a bit concerned about pricing my calendars. Redbubble’s base price is $19 CAD. My first thought was that this is way too high. Who’s going to buy a calendar for more than $20 plus shipping when you can pick up any old calendar for $15? And that would leave me virtually no profit to donate. But then I thought about how my prints start around $20, unframed, and go up depending on the paper and size.

It seems to me that if the images are reproduced well on good paper, a calendar is like buying 12 unframed prints, and getting to look at a new one every month. Or like hanging pages from a photo book on your wall. Now THAT is worth more than $20 to me. So I’m pricing my calendars at a 50% mark-up, which sets them at $28.50 CAD. That leaves between $5 and $9.50 for donation. So stay tuned for calendars…