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Re: Show HN: My post-YC-rejection start-up

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Post by greglockwood » Mon, Dec 06, 2010, 9:26 PM UTC

kertap wrote: post #7

greglockwood wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have, but they are under the Limited Production page: http://www.invincibilitee.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=101 The link you posted is for legacy shirts, that have proven to sell well and will be available permanently. I know the 3-tier system might be a little confusing, and we are trying to make it as intuitive as possible. That's why I posted this, so thank you for the suggestions!

I don't think it's that intuitive. After see the awesome shark picture I went looking for more and clicked the T-Shirts link under invincibilitee. If you're not going to put something under the first link in your side bar maybe you should have a message on that page directing the user to the non immortal tees.

Very good point. Doing that now. Thanks again everyone for the suggestions!

Re: Show HN: My post-YC-rejection start-up

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Post by netmau5 » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 6:32 AM UTC

Nice to see you're back at it again and weren't afraid to publish your first iteration. I prepared some feedback for you at http://www.sparkmuse.com/feedback/Invincibilitee, I hope you find it helpful.

Re: Show HN: My post-YC-rejection start-up

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Post by JPK5 » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 8:10 PM UTC

Did you give up on your 1st idea just because YC rejected you?

I've had a similar idea in the past, and I think there is a market for a such a site. I think it's a shame you gave up on something because of one rejection.

Re: Show HN: My post-YC-rejection start-up

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Post by vabmit » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 9:14 PM UTC

http://www.zazzle.com/ is already very dominant and vertically integrated in that space. Did you knowingly launch a clone? Or, think that this was an original idea? How do you hope to compete with them and the others doing the same thing? What's your value add?

To me, this space seems too cots, low margin, and crowded, to even build a lifestyle business in. But, good luck!

Re: Show HN: My post-YC-rejection start-up

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Post by greglockwood » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 7:10 PM UTC

vabmit wrote: post #14

http://www.zazzle.com/ is already very dominant and vertically integrated in that space. Did you knowingly launch a clone? Or, think that this was an original idea? How do you hope to compete with them and the others doing the same thing? What's your value add? To me, this space seems too cots, low margin, and crowded, to even build a lifestyle business in. But, good luck!

Zazzle is a large custom t-shirt company. We do not make custom tees for people, we are our own brand that offers select designs created by artists around the world.

If I was to compare us to an already established company, it would be much closer to Threadless, Design by Humans, or Uneetee than Zazzle. We are aware that we are not the first to create a shirt company in this manner, but we believe that there is plenty of room in the market, and that our original and exclusive designs will help us cave out our own niche in the market.

Re: Show HN: My post-YC-rejection start-up

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Post by greglockwood » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 7:14 PM UTC

JPK5 wrote: post #13

Did you give up on your 1st idea just because YC rejected you? I've had a similar idea in the past, and I think there is a market for a such a site. I think it's a shame you gave up on something because of one rejection.

We have not given up on the college degree idea yet, but we see it as a longer-term project in terms of setup, so we put it on the shelf while we were able to get this setup in a relatively quick order (a month).

So no, we haven't given up, and we too think there is a market for the site.