Cool! Are you printing and shipping these yourself or do you have a fulfillment partner/service?
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#12This is really cool! A few things:
The design tool allows the full spectrum of colors and the uploading of high-res photos. I'm doubtful that this [1] would print.
Also, I'm sure you need large orders for this to make sense, but 500 feels pretty high. If you allow orders of 50 pair, I'm in for 50 of these [2]. :)
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#13tees have an advantage in that they can say something to others. socks don't, usually. unless your feet are up on the table. anyway, it's a GREAT idea. hope it is profitable.
yeah that is true but I think that is also an advantage for socks. you will where them more because you don't feel like your advertising for someone else.
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#14I would love if you could also make something a la thredless/spreadshirt/lafraise ...
Because I'm always looking for "fantasy" socks (e.g. not just plain socks, don't know the proper English idiom for that) and they are quite hard to find.
I understand that you need a certain volume for a batch to be worth doing, hence the "let people create design, vote and then sell the most popular one" idea.
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#15Really cool widget, but to me your tagline seems wrong. You give away tshirts at conferences because people notice them, they don't notice socks. Just say, make cool socks.
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#16I like this, I really do, but is there any way to easily offer smaller batches at higher prices per sock? I understand that it is easier to make in bulk.
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#17Have you looked into expanding to the UK market? I don't think you understand how big the market is for colo(u)rful socks here!
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#19Really cool widget, but to me your tagline seems wrong. You give away tshirts at conferences because people notice them, they don't notice socks. Just say, make cool socks.
This is precisely the reason. I was going to answer that question in a separate comment until I noticed yours.
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#20So...This is what it's come to.
But anyways, let's assume it gets funded for $1M+. Here's a few thoughts: - The workflow from design->buy should be a lot simpler. I was expecting more of a CustomInk experience. (1. Pick the type of sock, 2. Design, 3. Buy in ANY quantity). - Buying socks should definitely not be an email-only experience, and definitely not with a minimum of 500 pairs. I understand making, say, just 10 pairs is much more expensive,…
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- Separate the controls for resizing and rotating an image. I don't want to be resizing and rotating at the same time.