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[Howzat]

Stickers were made on the computer as samples, looking for feedback...

[leeroy_acko]

I like the simplicity a lot

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Any to go on the back mate or are they the same as the ones you had up a while back...looks ok would need pairing with a black grip to keep in with the colour scheme and ould move them a bit lower down so the grip doesnt cover up the sticker.

Would have the killer part in silver reflective and a nice gloss back for the rest of it but then thats just my opinion, Im sure others will disagree

[Howzat]

Yeah bit boring at the mo I think... Killer was meant to be red... but I ran out of ink

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Bad times!!!! Yeh thought it was red and black as your colour schemes....mix in some silver perhaps and an outline for the Instinct to break it up a bit and add a bit to them to jazz them up a bit??

[Liam-SCCC]

you could have the black carbon effect like the newbwery c6+, that looks really classy

[RoCo Da Pixie]

The look good, Basic design, but that often works best, Like tom said, If you were to add some nice touches, they would be very good.

[Ashvir]

Silver Border would look amazing IMO

[Colesy]

If I'm honest I think they're a bit bland. I appreciate the simplicity but I agree with Tom when he says add silver or something (electric blue ) to break it up a bit or make it stand out.

Sorry to be lame.

[procricket]

i like them could do with a little graphite colour but i like the minimalistic look.

[Howzat]

If I'm honest I think they're a bit bland. I appreciate the simplicity but I agree with Tom when he says add silver or something (electric blue ) to break it up a bit or make it stand out.

Sorry to be lame.

I agree mate, they are boring!

[SillyShilly]

I would have a shot at making up an entirely new design - the one you have is ok, not good but not bad - it wouldnt hurt to have a little play around with fonts/colour etc. I know your printing them from your own printer so the quality wont be fantastic but like the others have said it would be good to border the word instinct to make it a little clearer and defined.

[steelcouch]

things you should remember is that the most popular bats dont actually tnd to be the bats with the best performance.
 first impressions matter.
look at the wisdens test gave Piri Piri best bat!!??
and kooks, GN, etc sell a lot of bats.

i also think that just because you guys know a lot about bats and batmaking does not nescassarily man you have a good eye for design and merchandising.

Addidas probably spent six months solid with teams of different designers in different countries coming up with ideas.

 In short get a professional to come up with a design, and will come to you to mend their bats.
stick to what your good at is my moto.
youe design is fine, but if you lined it up with six different brands and asked joe public to pick one......

one example is Tailisman awesome bats that arent done justice by the stickers.

 the sticjers are your shop window andhas to represent the huge effort you have gon e throught to creat a cuttinh edge quality product with snazzy deseighn etc, your companies story.

its difficult to do, the Indians are slowly catching up after years of (No Swearing Please) stickers and as a result becoming more popular.

get the professionals in!

[Jamieh]

I do agree with steel... to a degree... but I'd additionally say it depends on your goal really. I mean a small boutique bat maker may only be looking to make a couple of hundred bats a year at most, and for this I think the main selling point is the quality of the bat, rather than the stickers. However if your looking to try and take on the GN's, Kooks of the world, perhaps like a Mongoose, then branding is absolutely critical and you'd definately need professional help then.

Also, for a small independent batmaker (as I am hoping to become!) cost is critical, and I'd rather put start up costs into the bat and get my product right, then hopefully improve branding/marketing as you go.

Anyway, no right or wrong I guess!

My opinion on Leo's stickers - I prefer understated stickers persoanlly, so like them!!

[petehosk]

How about throwing it open to the forum members to see if anyone comes up with any designs you like? could be a good starting point?
You could define the design points you are looking for, and I bet there are people talented enough on this forum to come up with some worthy designs?