I'm fairly certain that all those logos in their are copywritten and thus illegal for you to stick on socks and sell.
Show HN: Threadless for socks
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Re: Show HN: Threadless for socks
#22Interesting idea - however, without some close-up example photos of how those patterns would look on a sock, I wouldn't want to purchase any of those.
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#23Really 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.
There is something to be said for the novelty of giving out socks. I might even say that many people don't notice tshirts due to "banner blindness," they tune out the myriad logos on shirts and don't form a lasting impression.
I would definitely remember the company giving out wacky socks, especially if they were wearable (in terms of material quality).
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#24Been waiting for something like this for a while. Having tried a ton of socks, I find build quality varies quite a bit. Dont see any discussion of this on the site - can you elaborate?
I build quality is good. The socks are similar to the socks made by the company Sock It To Me
Re: Show HN: Threadless for socks
#25Have 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!
We ship everywhere!
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#26I'm fairly certain that all those logos in their are copywritten and thus illegal for you to stick on socks and sell.
Is it possible to get a copyright on a logo? I thought it wasn't and hence the reason for Trademarks. Still illegal, just curious.
Re: Show HN: Threadless for socks
#27I'm fairly certain that all those logos in their are copywritten and thus illegal for you to stick on socks and sell.
Is it possible to get a copyright on a logo? I thought it wasn't and hence the reason for Trademarks. Still illegal, just curious.
A specific logo design is as protected as any other original image you can create. That logo can contain words or shapes that are protected by trademark. They're not mutually exclusive protections.
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#28Have 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!
You should check out http://www.northbranchmerchants.com/
Re: Show HN: Threadless for socks
#29Really 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.
There is something to be said for the novelty of giving out socks. I might even say that many people don't notice tshirts due to "banner blindness," they tune out the myriad logos on shirts and don't form a lasting impression. I would definitely remember the company giving out wacky socks, especially if they were wearable (in terms of material quality).
People may or may not notice t-shirts, but the people wearing the t-shirt assume they're going to be noticed. It's a subtle, possibly not-entirely-conscious decision. But it's a decision. The idea is that people wear t-shirts as signifiers/broadcasters of their self identity. They don't necessarily think of socks the same way -- partially because they're not thinking socks will be seen, and partially because it's just not an ingrained psychological pattern.
I'm not saying novelty socks can't happen, and certainly there are a few fashion labels making a pretty good buck off of socks with fun, quirky, and unique designs. That's sort of an emerging space in the apparel business, actually. But the use case is somewhat different from the novelty t-shirt market.
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#30How is this "Threadless for socks"? The whole point of Threadless is that they're crowd-sourced art that the community votes on.
This just seems like standard corporate merchandise printing, like when you get your logo on a bunch of pens.