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[biggerfish]

Sure looks like it to me. Registered at GoDaddy.com http://whois.godaddy.com

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WHOIS Search Results for: BESTPROMOTIONSINC.COM

Registrant:
Best Overseas

13400 Riverside Dr.
Suite 207
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: BESTPROMOTIONSINC.COM
Created on: 06-Jan-99
Expires on: 01-Jan-06
Last Updated on:

Administrative Contact:
Chandwani, Anil ayers@olivefountain.com
Best Overseas
13400 Riverside Dr.
Suite 207
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
8889566006
Technical Contact:
Chandwani, Anil ayers@olivefountain.com
Best Overseas
13400 Riverside Dr.
Suite 207
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
8889566006

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.INTERNET-DNS.NET
NS2.INTERNET-DNS.NET
NS3.INTERNET-DNS.NET

Registry Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
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WHOIS Search Results for: CAMERAREADYART.COM

Registrant:
CameraReadyArt

13400 Riverside Dr.
Suite 207
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States

Domain Name: CAMERAREADYART.COM
Created on: 24-Nov-99
Expires on: 01-Jan-10
Last Updated on: 27-Dec-04

Administrative Contact:
Chandwani, Anil ayers@olivefountain.com
CameraReadyArt
13400 Riverside Dr.
Suite 207
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
8889566006
Technical Contact:
Chandwani, Anil ayers@olivefountain.com
CameraReadyArt
13400 Riverside Dr.
Suite 207
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
8889566006

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.INTERNET-DNS.NET
NS2.INTERNET-DNS.NET

Registry Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK[/INDENT]

If I was gonna be sneaky, I think I'd hide it a little better than this.

[sourcemaster]

Wow, I will make sure not to use them. Thanks

[Allan]

So they have a distributorship. I have used them for years and NEVER once have they contacted my customers. There is a MAJOR difference from selling direct and also having a distributorship. The pond is bery big and unless you are directly competing with them, why worry?My big issue is a supplier that sells direct at a lower price than waht is given to distributors. If you were to not use every company that had a distributorship then you would be sorely limited in your choices.

Be wise and don't use "knee-jerk" logic.

[biggerfish]

I agree. I posted this as an fyi.

[jim7226]

Distributor or not...they've always given me great service at a reasonable price. I will continue to use CameraReadyArt in the future until I find a better alternative.

[Sierra]

I think they are just making good use of their resources - namely, a pool of talented artists. I have also used them for several years and have always received exactly what I need in a short turn-around time. -And never heard of any type of contact with my clients.

[MarketingGuru]

CameraReadyArt.com is owned by the same owner of the distributorship Best Promotions. Same location. What protection do we have that they will not make a sales call to our clients that we are getting the artwork created for?

[mpossoff]

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[Allan]

I love how a thread that is 2 years old gets revisited. Read the thread and you will see that there is NO protection in a OPEN MARKET.

You have to protect yourself by providing the best service available. That being said, I have stopped using CRA because I have found a great artist that is not interested in Promotional Products at all.

$15.00 a job.

[ridety]

www.24hourartwork.com


'Nuff said.

[MarketingGuru]

Artwork service companies, I have not checked to see if they are owned by a distributor:

www.artworksource.com
www.johnpadlo.com
www.vector-artonline.com
yourart@bellsouth.net
www.riptaw.com
www.fixlogo.com
www.submitartwork.com
www.artfixers.com
www.officebeacon.com
www.keystonedistributors.com
www.nofeargraphics.com
www.source24x7.com
www.grafissimo.com
www.logorestoration.com
www.zeusgraphics.com
www.xyberoptics.com
www.vectorartstudio.com

[Allan]

How about not giving free advertising? This site needs to be able to sell ads as well as give information. Talk to your favorite supplier and service provider about being a part of the success of this site.

[PromoteYouMe]

wow i had no idea, this makes me think twice.

[kristiy]

First of all, who cares? My art g0-to-person is also doing some distributor work, but just because he has the logo does not mean he knows what the logo is going on, what the project is all about, who the contact person is at that company, much less the relationship I have with them..
I think it would seriously ruin their graphics side of their business if they tried to make sales calls to a company based solely on the fact that they know that they are ordering "something", and besides, by then, that order has already been given to me anyway-

[jim7226]

kristiy said:

First of all, who cares? My art g0-to-person is also doing some distributor work, but just because he has the logo does not mean he knows what the logo is going on, what the project is all about, who the contact person is at that company, much less the relationship I have with them..
I think it would seriously ruin their graphics side of their business if they tried to make sales calls to a company based solely on the fact that they know that they are ordering "something", and besides, by then, that order has already been given to me anyway-

I agree. I have used CRA as my primary art retouching source now for over three years and have had no problems whatsoever with them going direct to my customers. They perform decent work at a fair price. Sure, I could switch to another vendor for those art needs, but why break a relationship that shows no signs of needing fixing.

[isellpromos]

So, here's the deal on Camerareadyart.com.

I was somewhat concerned hearing they might also be a distributor; however, that wouldn't affect my using them. Although they would have the logo, what would they honestly do with it? You could go to Brands of the World and get virtually any logo you want. So what! If they had my clients name and phone number, then I might be a bit leary.

In any event, I spoke to Darren Benjamin, the manager at Camerareadyart.com. He assured me this is completely false. They have NOTHING to do with Bestpromotionsinc.com other than being in the same building. They are owned by a company called ACE INFOWAY out of India and have more than 1800 employees and have been in business since 1997. When you go to
http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIsVerify.aspx?domain=camerareadyart.com&prog_id=godaddy this is what you get...

Registrant:
Camera Ready Art

13400 Riverside Dr.
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: CAMERAREADYART.COM
Created on: 24-Nov-99
Expires on: 01-Jan-10
Last Updated on: 29-Mar-08

Administrative Contact:
Paruchuri, Nikhil nikhil@camerareadyart.com
Camera Ready Art
13400 Riverside Dr.
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
8189286797

Technical Contact:
Paruchuri, Nikhil nikhil@camerareadyart.com
Camera Ready Art
13400 Riverside Dr.
Sherman Oaks, California 91423
United States
8189286797

Domain servers in listed order:
NS51.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS52.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

Makes me wonder if perhaps a competitor of Cameraready might have falsely posted information. Anyone can cut and paste whatever information they want... if I wanted, I could change any and all of the information above.


Might be a good idea before believing everything you read to call the vendor and get your own clarification. Darren can be reached directly at 888.956.6006. I was not asked to write this post but felt strongly that wrong information is being passed on.

[PromoteYouMe]

Anil Chandwani is the common owner in both the artwork company and the promotional distributor (domain info who from 2006). If Darren said they have nothing to do with Best Promotions then this is possibly false information because Anil C. was involved at one time or still current owner? I was ok to use them in either case however if someone is not telling the truth or covering up their true identity, I have a problem with that. You need to be upfront to build a trustworthy relationship.

[pluspromo2]

This is kind of off the subject but since you're talking about art suppliers I have to ask. Some time ago I contacted some of these art suppliers mentioned on DT. Many of you said they charges were really reasonable; i.e., $15, $30 and so on. But I was quoted prices of $250 and up. What did I do wrong? Is there something I should tell them or is there a certain kind of artwork that comes under these prices?

Frida