Rejection

The discussion on removing rejections

Designs that get rejected are typically submissions that do not follow the instructions of Shirt.Woot or that do not fit the requirements of the derby. There can be other reasons for a submission to be rejected but ultimately it is up the people who manage Shirt.Woot.

I like to see the rejections. They usually are not very well presented but it is entertaining to go through them. Some of them however, I wish would just be redone the correct way and resubmitted because their design is great.

Just follow the instructions on the submissions page and you should be fine. Any other questions concerning your piece can be email to service@woot.com.

Today’s Winner

Everyday there is a new shirt! Everyday there is a great deal! The day a shirt wins it is only 10 dollars. Shirts sold after on others days may very but the reckoning shirts are still only 15 dollars.

The day’s winning shirt also comes with a short, informative, and entertaining narrative. In this description, most everything you need to know about the shirt is presented. For instance, it mentions the colors that were used, the designer’s name, a discussion about the new Woot shirt, and sizing information.

It can be confusing to some people because the Shirt.Woot winner of the day is actually the winner from the last derby therefore has nothing to do with the derby that at the time maybe going on. There is this over lap to give time for designs to be submitted and voted on. Only the top three voted pass into distribution.

The designer does get paid. His pay though, depends on the profit his winning shirt brings in or does not bring in.

Fog

After a derby is announced and the submissions start coming in, voters start voting. The top three voted shirts are produced and sold. But this will not be announced till the end of the week. So to keep the interested buyers on their toes, there is this thing called the Fog.

You are allowed to see how many votes a submission has unless a submission is in the top nine voted. The top nine are in the Fog. They call it the Fog because you are kept unknowing how many votes these nine have acquired. This is to prevent voters on from expecting a certain one to win.

As the Woot writers put it, if you knew the top three before they were announced then that would be much fun!

Colors and Other Nitbits

Here are some of the guideline that you must follow to if you want to submit a design. These are also found on Shirt.Woot.com and under FAQ for their site.

• Maximum 16" x 20" design dimensions
• Use our official shirt templates as a guide:
• Use Pantone Solid Coated color swatches for your design or else we will have to convert your colors
• Maximum of 6 spot colors
• Gradients and halftones are strongly discouraged (for now)

Along with some PDFs and other files, everything is provided to make sure that you have the right information to submit your design properly. They will not except anything less than.
The reason for only allowing six colors is for cost efficiency. The more colors printed on the shirt the more it is going to cost. If the shirt is only going to be sold for 10 dollars than this is very vital.

The reason to avoid gradients and halftones is because of print also. However, instead of this being a cost issue, it is more because it will be printed on a t-shirt. Meaning, to print, a special t-shirt print is used. This printer prints using little dots making gradients impossible to print. So if you are going for that effect then try using a pointillism method.

Buying an Older Model

The only way to buy a previous winner is to go to the Reckoning page. If the shirt you are looking for is not on the list, then I’m sorry but you are out of luck. Woot will keep a shirt around as long as it is selling. A winner the day it is announce will be sold at a lower priced until the next winner comes around. Then that shirt is taken down and in the running for the Reckoning. If it is not making it in the reckoning then it is to be taken down seen no more.