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Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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This is a very interesting pricing model. As the supply decreases the equilibrium price is forced to rise regardless of demand. Also interesting that theoretically worse logo options are what's left at a higher price in the end. Could put pressure on buyers to just settle and go with something.

Isn't the quality of the logos left really dependent on the ability of previous purchasers to pick the better quality logos? I would say that it isn't necessarily true that the worst logos are last, much depends on the customers. Plus, it is a fairly subjective metric. (obviously there is a floor here)

But why is there an assumption that he won't be continually adding new logos, presumably using the knowledge of what's been selling to inform what types of new logos to add. I think it's brilliant.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

> After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. I'm sorry but you seem to be one of them. Think outside the box please.

This completely. People don't forget that in technology, novelty (and by extension innovation) is the entire goal. And following the groupthink of best practices puts your squarely in the middle of the pack. In short, we don't have enough free thinkers in our industry, so I pretty psyched to see this site.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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If he sells all 50 that he has, he'd net an average of $1020 per logo. (First one was $40, price increases by $40 per logo, last logo is $2,000, total net is $51,000)

That's a highly unlikely "if". I doubt they'll sell any logos for much more than $400, which averages "only" $146.66 per logo. That's pretty good one-off revenue if the logos were already finished, especially considering they can probably sell the remainders on the side for some extra cash, but it's probably not a sustainable business model.

Currently at $560, with $20 increases.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#194
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I don't know. I think the feeling of getting it cheaper if you jump on early outweighs it.

The early momentum is great, but the problem is sales will basically stop after the price hits a certain level.

>sales will basically stop after the price hits a certain level //

Sales from the site, but not referral sales for bespoke logos.

Also it helps to provide information as to the price that people will pay for logos.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#195
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Wouldn't it make more sense that the price would go down as more are purchased, as the most popular logos are already taken? Is someone really going to pay $1000 for 'Mr. Grin'

If there's a logo there that you like, the upward-racheting price adds urgency and drives a 'need to pounce' lest a) it disappear, and b) the price increase.

The author is pouring gasoline onto the impulse-buying fire.

At the long end, there are plenty of people who might pay a premium for a logo from someone whose logos are so good that they sold 48 of them in a day....

The author/artist is clever.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#196

Fun site, the magic is this one line: " Need a custom logo? Let’s chat! yo@metafizzy.co " The chance of you needing one of the pre-existing logos is small, the chance of needing a logo period is higher, and seeing the portfolio of logos gives you a starting point to imagine things. The only negative is that it might anchor you emotionally to a lower than average price if the current logo price is small enough. The we…

The premade logos aren't even a bad idea: If you have a project, and you see a logo in the premades that fits well with it, than you may well buy it when you hadn't previously considered paying for a logo.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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That's a highly unlikely "if". I doubt they'll sell any logos for much more than $400, which averages "only" $146.66 per logo. That's pretty good one-off revenue if the logos were already finished, especially considering they can probably sell the remainders on the side for some extra cash, but it's probably not a sustainable business model.

Currently at $560, with $20 increases.

And that's where it remains, 1 hour later. Looks like he hasn't sold one in a while

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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They are allowed to use the bower logo? http://logo.pizza/img/custom-logos2.png https://bower.io/img/bower-logo.svg

He's the creator of the bower logo. It baffles me that you excluded the most obvious reason before ranting.

I would hardly call my question ranting. I figured it was possible the author had created the logo, but I didn't know for sure.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#199

Fun site, the magic is this one line: " Need a custom logo? Let’s chat! yo@metafizzy.co " The chance of you needing one of the pre-existing logos is small, the chance of needing a logo period is higher, and seeing the portfolio of logos gives you a starting point to imagine things. The only negative is that it might anchor you emotionally to a lower than average price if the current logo price is small enough. The we…

It sorta reminds me of this one: http://www.horriblelogos.com/

Well they're much better than the generic/overused logos[1] from my previous favourite logo-related HN discussion[2].

Hilariously (for me) after I sent that link to my sister, she revealed the recent purchase of an alleged custom-creation - a 'rainbow link of people' style logo that was almost a replica of one from that generic set.

Evidently logos are hard, but once you get past the biggest decision (should you bother to try to have one that reflects what you actually do / sell) finding a cheap one becomes much easier.

[1] http://www.gtgraphics.org/genericlogos.html

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8071383

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#200

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After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

>"After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model." It's very risky to preface your opinion with a statement that might reflect on yourself potentially. IMO, This model is used successfully all the time in hundreds of variations, from Saas products upping prices as they add features, to people buying on sale before the price goes up, to pe…

Your comparisons are completely invalid. This is quite different from penny auctions or services that get better in time.

This is inverse actually, as less desired logos get sold at higher and higher prices.

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