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I'm very happy to say here to everyone that our dreams of bitcoin gaining widespread popularity is almost becoming a reality. We all just need to continue playing our part.

You may be surprised as to what has prompted such a conclusive statement from me, but i will share my episode.

I manage a branding company outside the activities of forum, and in the last couple of months we have had an increased number in demand for branded items carrying the bitcoin logo, and sometimes with personally text depicting the benefits.
See pictures of some of the orders we have concluded.
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Clients Order
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Finished work

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Clients Order
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Finished work

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Clients Order

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Finished Work

It will interest you to know that some of these new customers i have had are not forum members on bitcointalk, but just normal individuals who have been influenced positively by bitcoins and are preaching the message and spreading influence, what are you doing?

Actually a matter of surprise.Your move will inspire a lot of cryptocurrency fans around the world. You will go a long way.In fact, we have never been able to think like you. You have contributed a lot to Bitcoin by thinking like this.We all wish you the best of luck in the future and your contribution to cryptocurrency.

It's nice and overwhelming to see those people that have come to you and ask for that logo, it's benefiting both of you.

I was just thinking yesterday what if I'll go out and wear a t-shirt having a little logo of bitcoin at the back bottom side of my t-shirt. But I've also remembered that it's not just the enthusiasts that we're going to deal with personally.

But there could also be those bad people that have ill intentions to us if they've known that we're into bitcoin and could do an attack through their wrenches.

Everybody can contribute in his own way. Design and content creators are the greatest influencers imo.
It's amazing to see such an expanding growth of the demand for those items. Keep up the good work Bro  ;)

And even if they are not forum users, if they are interested to wear those items, it means, they have the curiosity about bitcoin or crypto market. So I believe, they will also do their search on their own. And if the OP mentioned about this forum to them, then, maybe some of them will take a look at this forum and who knows, they will create their account and learn more about crypto. We don't know who will influence our crypto knowledge, but if anyone wants to know, just allot a lil bit of your time to enlighten them about this market.

The images in this was good enough to look and stable promotions.This can be solved easily in the legalization country.So the government or police will not care about this.Incase crypto is not legalised one in your country and your had wear this cap or shirts.Then the police may ask you,about you investment in the crypto currency.They may ask you to pay tax for the same,it will not be good one.

This is an indication of widespread of bitcoin. Earlier people feared to talk about bitcoin, and now that has changed. Finally people have turned towards the future, and what you're doing is really a support factor in giving more visibility to bitcoin. Even now there'll be people around, who doesn't want to be part of bitcoin network. Quite often seeing such will attract users to give a try, maybe the T-shirt/bitcoin.

In the previous quote it is said about such an act of promotion will cause problem getting the attention of police leading to unwanted taxation. Maybe that too can happen, if promoting bitcoin is crime according to their law.

You downplay yourself, man, the goods themselves look pretty good. Interest in Bitcoin wouldn't necessarily be the only factor for the growth of your store, delivering continuous quality goods should also be one of them. I'm curious whether you have an official site you work on or are just using social media to spread publicity and accept custom orders.

That's going overboard, I mean in that case, I'm pretty sure a lot of creators (drawings, songs, poems, any creative art basically) that portray negative stuff such as death, killing, depression would all have some sort of punishment just because the topic they portray is, well, negative. Legalized or not, wearing clothes or creating content about Bitcoin should be allowed, it's basic freedom.

If you are an investor, this is considered a way to promote bitcoin becoming more and more popular, but if you are simply a fashion designer, this is considered a creative and trendy way to increase income, increase profits for the company.
Let's say you are not a crypto investor but when you see that crypto is a hot topic that is searched a lot and attracts a large number of participants. Then designing some products with logos bitcoin, crypto I think no problem for you. The police will not have enough evidence to charge you with crypto investment and tax or fine you if you live in a country where crypto is banned.

That's good to hear. I am interested to know what country you are from.

Anyway, I also thought of somehow contributing to the promotion of Bitcoin by wearing the Bitcoin logo, but then I was eventually discouraged. I now have reservations of displaying myself to the public as my own bank. I have already heard of a handful of crimes related to Bitcoin ownership. I'm sure you have already heard of the so-called $5 wrench attack.

I am still promoting Bitcoin by carefully and properly describing it among friends and acquaintances, promoting awareness specifically rather than promoting Bitcoin investment.

I always want that kind of business like Antonop but just don't know how to start.  ;D

In the family, I'm the one they knew who is into Bitcoin and they usually ask me everything whenever they need something about Bitcoin although I'm not really that good, particularly in mining. But I always give them the idea of when to sell and when to buy.  

I got some blame but not really serious because I normally just say it's speculation there is a chance that the price will fall further. I think my contribution is enough to say I did help make my relatives make money at some point. Making sure the money they spend is just extra money makes it safe for me to get serious blame.

I like one of the hat designs among the pictures that you shared. It is true that BTC and many other cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more popular as time passes, but they haven't achieved mainstream popularity yet.

Most people still don't like them and think they are just scams and nothing more. This will definitely change as more time passes in my opinion.

In my own analysis, I think we are really seeing an increased interest with Bitcoin in particular and with cryptocurrency in general. The recent debacle in Ukraine which is now being invaded by Russia is actually helping highlight the importance of Bitcoin with both sides of the isle both using the digital asset for their own specific purposes. And of course, there are now many famous and big financial institutions that are already a part of the Bitcoin bandwagon with many outspoken personalities freely promoting it to their circle of influence and followers. So the question is what am I contributing something that can be helping Bitcoin achieve more mainstream popularity? Aside from being a member of different crypto forums, am also advising some of my friends on the risks and rewards involved with Bitcoin and crypto as education is the biggest key for people to gain the benefits with this technology. And I love those designs you got there...hope that one day I can also get hold even just that t-shirt or maybe I would just look for someone here in my country that can print similar designs.

I don't know what you mean by 'Almost' because I see a reality of btc mainstream adoption already, it is no longer a dream.
If a country can already legalized btc, some government officials accepting btc, big companies accepting btc and the list goes on, I don't see why the dream is almost when it is already happening.
It is good to see your support through your artwork but btc already pass this stage long ago.  Keep up the good work.

Social media has been our main point for sales, Our official store is on Instagram, it is where we display our jobs done to reach out to both local & international clients, and then on WhatsApp to keep up with our existing client database.
I wouldn't want to post our Instagram handle here, so it doesn't seem like i am trying to pursue a personal motive to advertise my company, but if you're interested in seeing what we have done, please send a personal message.


Nigeria, what is also interesting to know is that although our government recently started to frustrate crypto activities in the country in a bid to turn people's attention, people are still unperturbed by their actions... people still proudly make orders for items branded with bitcoin logo's without fear from the government. Bitcoin has truly offered freedom, and that freedom is here to stay.


Sure, we are a credible business that has made several deliveries of branded items worldwide both bitcoin related and unrelated, please send me a private message, so we can discuss further.

Yes.

It's common today that the people that have found success in crypto and most of them are not in crypto, they're just having fun and proud that they're into bitcoin.

That's why through their happiness, they're going to give the best that they can to show how happy and supportive they are through wearing bitcoin/crypto merchs.

Good job, because I think the bitcoin symbol is very interesting and other than that most people out there only know the bitcoin name and that way they will know the actual bitcoin symbol which I think is very nice and interesting if we use something that has a bitcoin symbol.
hopefully the OP can thrive by spreading the bitcoin symbol plastered everywhere or on things that people use frequently and that can be seen by everyone who likes it, and that will get you lots of orders and also make people curious and interested in bitcoin.

I don't mind someone promoting Bitcoin in this way, but it still depends on the environment in which the individual is. A person who goes to a Bitcoin conference or a person who promotes some of their own Bitcoin-related business will take the opportunity to send a message with their clothes. On the other hand, the average person should always ask himself whether it is wise to draw attention to himself with such clothes, because our own safety should always be a priority.

I would love to wear a T-shirt or hat with the BTC logo, but I’m sure it would only bring me problems, so I try to keep all my crypto activities online.

I think we live in a time where someone takes a t-shirt and it's just a t-shirt, the message is not as influential as before, I mean specifically in the very sense of putting on or wearing any type of garment with the bitcoin logo or a message.

Today you use a digital avatar and its disclosure is very powerful, but whatever the case, it is not easy to have or pretend to wear clothes of this type, it is dangerous in certain places, if bitcoin has the phrase "be your own bank" having an advertisement of this type means marketing it... and consequently, far from influencing normal people, you can attract bandits...

I like non-literal messages with bitcoin, a t-shirt that says "decentralization" or the simple letters "DEX", TXs, etc, even BTC.

 

Just a quick question, how do you reach out to these individuals? Since most of them did not come from this forum, are they your regular customers in your business who just happened to be curious on cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, to be specific) as well?

This is very surprising as the widespread knowledge of cryptocurrencies is indeed increasing. Over the past years, there is this stigma attached to cryptocurrencies flagging them as something that cannot be trusted on due to its decentralization. With its active and growing popularity, people are now joining this movement in advocating its use, which is very beneficial in the long-run.

Out of curiosity, are you willing to ship your orders overseas and what are the price range of your products, OP?

I think this is a welcome idea good enough toward the propaganda of bitcoin awareness in the society, people who are yet to know or heard about it will make moves to know what's all about bitcoin, branding in general goes along way in advertisement and bringing this into bitcoin awareness and campaign will also create a sound initiative on how we've move from different era of money before landing into bitcoin, i look forward to seeing to the distribution of bitcoin branded materials as surveineirs and gifts to the immediate society for free.

I am planning to print Bitcoin-related drifit shirts. One for myself, one for my beautiful supportive friend and a few more for a small giveaway event to the local community. I’ve created a local Facebook private group only exclusive for people living within the region which is more on NFTs since it’s an easy gateway for them in all walks of life to be introduced to Bitcoin.

I have started making educational videos about Bitcoin, NFTs, how to earn, etc., using our dialect known as Ilonggo, one of the Filipino sub-languages as there are many dialects here in the Philippines. It’s because I am planning to boost up the awareness here in the city and within the region. Only a few handful of us here know about Bitcoin, crypto, NFTs, etc., so since no one have ever created a local group focusing in this space, so I’ve decided to do it.

I'm trying to share the information that I have to the people that already have knowledge to Bitcoin or crypto in general.
I'm a shy-type person thus, I don't have the guts to share what I know out of nowhere. I mean if there is somebody near me that is talking about Bitcoin, I will try to talk to them and if there is a problem then I will share some solutions that I know will help them.

I still remember 2017 when I'm starting to learn crypto. Nobody but only 3 of us knows cryptocurrency and it stayed the same for 2 years. Then come 2020 where I'm hearing some people around me talking about crypto for some reasons. I'm surprised but happy at the same time because they already have an idea regarding crypto. Now 2022, I know many people around me that is investing into crypto and I'm trying to help them thru sharing my experiences. I wish I know how to print T-shirts or at least I have some funds to use to at least share the information to the public but....I'm still happy with how Bitcoin and crypto are becoming more popular right now :).

This is such a great development, to spread the knowledge of bitcoin by designs on outfits. This will go a long way to publicize the existence of bitcoin and would interest more people to know more and keen into the idea. Even those that have no access to social media or internet would know something of such exist and would be curious to know more about it, and also for those that haven’t come across it before in the internet which is absolutely unlikely. Bitcoin is gradually expanding its coarse and we are all happy to be part of it now.

Bitcoin become the most interesting investment nowadays. Many have been curious about how these people who invest in Bitcoin are doing.
The amazing trend that Bitcoin has been bulgar to us and also these marketing strategies like OP had, the more it leads to people wanting to know about cryptocurrencies.

I remember last year when I wear a jacket with a written word of Bitcoin someone asks me if I invest in Bitcoin? I say YES and then smile.
This means that more people have been aware of this new trend of investment.

Looking at these pictures is interesting. I saw one, and the last one is a meditator with the BTC symbol on his head :)

Many of them are funny and creative. I think I will learn from you to make more people around me love crypto and will be very willing to buy BTC related products :)

You took the opportunity of widespread popularity of BTCitcoin and actually benefiting with the bulk orders you are getting, appreciate your business and keep on rocking as those design looks cool. There is nothing much we need to do right now to spread the word as each and everyone who invested in any financial sector would know about the entire cryptocurrency space.

I am not the OP, but I do have a similar business in content as well, I provide content on very easy stuff to show people what they can do, and how they can do it, and I have to say the interest is rising quite exponentially as well. Like 5-6 years ago it wasn't even close to what it is today, and right now it is insane.

You may imagine it could be because my website got more popular or something like that and it is true that it did, but I have been following up on the market itself and I have seen it go up as well, like my competition got bigger too, I am keeping a track on everyone in my niche and they all got bigger and better as well.

That is so cool to see. Definitely there are big changes happening in the world of crypto. Even I can see how there are huge number of commercials running throughout different channel providers. This was not possible earlier due to stringent regulations and unclarity of bitcoin usage. After the bill was passed for the current financial year things changed rapidly. Lot of exchangers got released, they started promoting it every platform possible. Well in my country this change can be seen clearly as it is way different than last year.

Your company actually promoting the bitcoin in perfect way. There is always craze for such T shirt and caps these days. But from memes to bitcoin pictures on the T shirt is real maturity.  :P

Yes, bitcoin adoption is growing fastly. The institutions and countries/governments are adopting bitcoin.
The most important thing, we as a retail investors , should do is not to panic sell our holding on bitcoin dumps. Every time we sell out bitcoins, the whales and institutions are buying them cheap.

Congratulations OP for your entrepreneurship!
It is also an initiative to give bitcoin more relevance in our daily lives.
The idea is good because you are informing people about bitcoin. Just as people like to wear clothes with their favorite brands in the same way you are inviting people to wear clothes on bitcoin it could be seen as a brand but it is more than that it is the freedom and empowerment that we are for struggling.
It is also very timely now that the massive adoption of bitcoin is approaching because with something we do we help people to get more involved.

I think this is a sign that people are getting more bold and now they are not afraid to show their support for bitcoin, after all there are many countries around the world in which bitcoin is illegal or at least there is not a law that specifically states its legal status so people being cautious was natural.

However it seems that people are slowly waking up to the fact the fiat system in which they have been relying for so long is showing signs that are not favorable and that there is not much which can be done about it to fix it, so alternatives have to be found and bitcoin is there to provide an early escape to those that are wise enough to take it.

Your designs are really good. You really should consider advertising your works on service board. People pay good money for these services. I don’t mind wearing a customized bitcoin T-shirt, I actually did something similar for charity cause last year.  I got a lot of attention from passers by (good attention the type I wanted). It’s a good, subtle way of promoting bitcoin.  

You have a good taste of art OP so i'm not surprised if people will keep coming back to you for orders. Just keep doing it, its a great way for bitcoin awareness.

Well, i've known a friend of mine who keeps using his cap with bitcoin signature and he wears it everywhere he goes. Luckily, the people here are not thinking such negative attacks on him knowing he's into bitcoin. But you are right, it could trigger those bad people ands make you as their new target. So we should still be careful at all times. Currently, i'm into sharing my bitcoin experience into some of my relatives, not really my idea but since they ask for it so i'm sharing them some tips too if ever they want to enter into crypto market.

Good to know the interest from the public for bitcoin icons and logo is increasing faster right now. It means people not only are aware of bitcoin, but also want to wear its symbols, consequently promoting it to even more people, intentionally or not.

Well, in my case I just try to talk about bitcoin as much as possible when talking about cryptocurrencies, finances, economy and investments. I give all legitimacy to bitcoin on these matters, so that is how I'm contributing so far, although I hope to do more futurely.

:) It's nice to see that people are more interested in this market, although I'm also trying very hard to spread knowledge to everyone around me, but the area I live in is still not known. Seeing these pictures of you, I have the idea of creating a large panel with crypto images to further decorate my house.

Appreciate your work to start this bitcoin customised business of wearable things and nice to see you have customer base also giving you orders.Once i bought similar hat but that was from local market with simple btc sign over it but unfortunately it was lost and didn't found another one.So wish you all the best for your business and these small signs are indications to widespread of adoption.

No they are not promoting bitcoin but it was their clients that demand those designs. The one that promotes bitcoin are the people that wear those caps and bitcoin printed t-shirts. Nice quality of work right there @OP. How I wish there's a shop on my local that sells bitcoin or crypto items, specifically t-shirts.

There are a couple of shops online that does that but I am afraid to order because what if the sizes of the shirts won't fit on me? And also what if the quality of the shirt is bad. In terms of contributing in spreading the word btc/cryptos, I am sharing my knowledge to the people that I know. They can be my family, friends and neighbors.

Another contribution I can share is asking some businesses if they are accepting Bitcoin as payment?
Why I am asking it? Because let's say for example if they don't accept it but it will start their curiosity like they will start to ask about Bitcoin, what is Bitcoin or how it works.
In that way, it could help to spread about Bitcoin to other people.

Good for him but still give him some advice of taking extra care of himself when he's going outside with that sign that he owns bitcoin.

In your case, I'm also doing the same and it's for my relatives. I'm also fine telling it to the others but I'm waiting for someone to ask for it and not I'm the one to tell and encourage them to listen.

It's actually nice to talk with other people if you've got the same interest in investing in bitcoin. But these days, we have to be careful as well with whom we're talking and what we're telling them. There is nothing wrong with sharing about bitcoin and supporting it on your way but just take care.

That’s one disadvantage of online shopping, the quality you see in the pictures most likely isn’t what you get when the shirt arrives home. If you want a bitcoin customized shirt, I suggest you buy the shirt yourself and go to a shop that prints designs on shirts like OP. There are different means of spreading information, and I believe this is a good way of promoting bitcoin.

Wow, that's really amazing. Don't you have a website or something ? If you have one you can share it here.
If you don't have a website yet then you can get one and I am sure that it will improve your demand quite significantly.
It's good to see that one of the forum members is having their own crypto merchandise business.
It's also a great way to spread awareness about crypto.

I completely understand your concerns and they are not unfounded, many online vendors  have indeed painted a bad image for the online business, delivering unsatisfactory products to clients who make orders, but amongst the bad and dubious lot, there are a still few and credible ones like mine that are concerned with getting more customers and growing, hence distance ourselves from anything that can spoil our business name.

There is a solution to this, a good merchandise company can tell your size from a recent picture of you if you can send it to them.
We usually ask you -If you want a fitted T-Shirt or a free one. Depending on your preference, the best and most appropriate size for you can be determined.

A company with bad quality products will not have recurring or frequent customers, nobody goes to where they were giving something substandard again.

First of all, your designs are a total beauty, I love it, I'm not one to wear a hat in real life because it gives me a headache, but I think that with a BTC hat I wouldn't get it... but seeing your experience I think that what is increasing people's interest in BTC is simply the "need", since the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 the covid-19 caused us all to be in total and absolute confinement, and people seeing that they could not go to their jobs, many unemployed had no choice but to look for options, among these BTC, whether through casinos, trading, investment, whatever, but they found this way, for me that is one of the reasons, and the others is because nobody trusts banks and traditional economic systems anymore, it is logical and understandable, many have already opened their eyes.

That's one of the disadvantages of online shopping but the convenience that it could provide is also promising. The best thing that you can do is to look for shops that have a good reviews or better ask the seller about your concerns. This kind of Bitcoin stuff will surely attract more users and Bitcoin lovers will surely purchase it because it's also another form of promotion that will surely have a positive impact on Bitcoin.

Since the beginning of Bitcoin invention, there had been a continuous adoption and flow in price. In the next few years coming, almost the world population would have adopted the Blockchain and Bitcoin as a method of payment and transaction.

I am very happy that you are doing a great job. I am not in your field but I recently got a rented shop i am using for my barbing business. I decided to accept Bitcoin so more customers can understand that Bitcoin is the new money that will drive away the normal paper money very soon.