NFLPink Gets the OK!

**OnTheWayUp** · 02-26-2008 08:39 AM

Glad to say I took everyone's advice and contacted the NFL.
It wasn't easy, had to have a lawyer do it, they wouldn't respond to my emails, including the "I may be trademarking your images" email, I thought I would definetly gain some interest, but no.

But anyways, the NFL had no problem with the site, stating that the disclaimer and a link to their site was a great start. As far as the NFL Pink Clothing line, my lawyer advised me that as long as the symbol and colors are not the same as the NFLs', there will be no problems, since they are not associated with the words NFL Pink.

With this being said, I already have 1 well known article writer, MrsO, who has published many articles on associatedcontent.com, and many more who have advised me that they would write for NFLPink long term, so the article section will be a hit on the site.

I've also had several sellers wanting to sell their merchandise on my website, with a 50/50 split including Pink jerseys, hats, shirts, even pink football cleats.
Manufacturing is underway with our logo on Pink footballs, and i am still looking for someone to manufacturer t-shirts and other products for me at a decent price, because I don't want to do bulk buy due to not knowing how successful the t-shirts will be.

My goal is to have 1000 registered members within the first month, I have several advertising methods on my list including getting all my articles submitted to the most popular sites including digg, associatedcontent, and all the sites my writer has accounts for (she will be helping me market). She will also be writing a press release for the site. Remember, you can view the updates at Nflpink - A Woman’s World to Football.

Just keep me in your thoughts and hope for the best.

Onthewayup

P.S. You can view a rough demo here.The black background will be changed to a lighter color to make the site more inviting. All comments are welcome.

**tazman9r** · 02-26-2008 08:52 AM

That's terrific. A little initiative can go a long way. I almost can't believe that it was as easy as you say, this may boad well for my own communications with larger entities in the future.

Keep us in the loop on your success and milestones, they are very educational.

**MASapparel** · 02-26-2008 08:53 AM

awesome job man, way to step up and get work done.

mail me with what you are looking for as far as getting shirts made and I will hook you up with a great deal.

**BusinessAdviser** · 02-26-2008 08:59 AM

Congrats, bud.

**OnTheWayUp** · 02-26-2008 09:02 AM

Thanks guys, I appreciate your comments. It was very frustrating trying to contact them, as they probably thought I was a nobody (which I still kinda am,until my lawyer contacted them

) but yea they like the fan sites, which create more money for them (more female fans tuning in), so I guess its a win-win situation.

MAS, mail is on the way.

Thanks everyone!

**ASJ** · 02-26-2008 09:17 AM

Congrats! Good job taking the appropriate steps to move forward.

Good luck with the site. Make sure to keep everyone posted on it's success!

**GuyBBY** · 02-26-2008 09:52 AM

Congrats, much success to you and keep us all posted!

Best

G

**malahverdian** · 02-26-2008 10:08 AM

Congratulations, let us know how things are moving along... how long have you been working on this and how do you already have suppliers and etc?

**OnTheWayUp** · 02-26-2008 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by malahverdian

Congratulations, let us know how things are moving along... how long have you been working on this and how do you already have suppliers and etc?

I have been working on the idea for about a month, and the website for about 2 weeks. Finding a great supplier is the tough part, because you need someone trustworthy and with references, which most suppliers do not have, unless you pay a huge amount for these supplier lists, and that in itself is another problem, since there are many ripoffs on the internet. I have found people through ebay that sell products that I want on the site, and have made deals with 50 percent of them, where they basically dropship for me.

As for the pink footballs, I do have a supplier.

**JonnyBoy** · 02-26-2008 12:23 PM

Onthewayup,

I just want to congratulate you and say you are doing quite a fantastic job! I like the NFL Pink site as well. Good luck and as others said, please keep us informed.

**2gould** · 02-26-2008 12:42 PM

onthewayup:

Great job, I am glad to see you took the responsible route and it worked out well for you! I personally think your idea/concept is one of the better ones I have seen recently. All the best!

Charley

**OnTheWayUp** · 02-26-2008 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by JonnyBoy

Onthewayup,

I just want to congratulate you and say you are doing quite a fantastic job! I like the NFL Pink site as well. Good luck and as others said, please keep us informed.

JonnyBoy,

Thank you so much, it really has been a learning experience but so far, so good. We just finished up a survey for one of our weekly articles, which consists of asking 25 men and women a question about a football player, that is not a playmaker. We tell them a name and have them respond with the player's position and team. We did this to test whether female knew more about the players than the males. Wanna know the results?

You gotta tune in the site, at the end of march. You wouldn't believe the answers we got! We actually hooked this girl up with a passerby, just because she got the answer right....

Note to self: Add sports dating to site