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Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists
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#22Cool but have to do math in my head while reading the page initially, can you add total price.
Idea: sell some AI generated art for charity.
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#23Question for founder: who takes on credit risk, the artist or Art in Res? Who does buyer credit check and determines interest rate? What does "responsible for damages" mean?
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#24I like to go to the local art institute's sale for students.
I've found some amazing things there for ~$50 to $100.
Personally I would find it hard to spend a great deal more than that based on a web view. The difference between 'meh' for me and 'amazing' is very subtle / really shines when you see it in person.
Still a great idea.
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#25I really am not a fan of showing a price and then only finding out after clicking into a piece of work that that price is not the price of the art but of some monthly payment. On top of that not showing the ∆ between the monthly payment price and the all at once price clearly is really maddening. Overall I'm ok with the site and the idea but the pricing structure and display seems to be designed to trick people.
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#26This is a great idea! I've browsed for quite a bit now. My only suggestion is that the thumbnails are a bit small, so it's hard to see the image without clicking on it.
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#27One thing I've always been curious about with art in this price range ($500-5000) is the resale value. Say your tastes change and you'd like to get rid of one of these after a few years, how painful is it to sell? What are your chances of getting 50% of the purchase price? 90%? 150%?
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#28Overall, I like the selection and I hope it goes well. It is genuinely hard to find something good that won't break your budget anywhere else. I am not sure if it was intended by filters on left side are grayed out for me ( took a while before I realized I could change them anyway ). Good luck! edit: side note/question. Any plans for including sculptures?
Thank you! This is great feedback. The filters are lower contrast because we want the attention to stay on the art. But they might be too low-contrast and introduce usability problems.
We love sculpture and we're really excited to have it on the site. Sculpture is tricky, though, because shipping is usually more expensive and it's trickier to pack sculptures in a way that keeps them safe. That said, we're gradually rolling it out. We have a tiny number of sculptures on the site right now and we're going to add more as we get more confident in shipping them.
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#29Very cool, but too expensive for me.
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#30I really am not a fan of showing a price and then only finding out after clicking into a piece of work that that price is not the price of the art but of some monthly payment. On top of that not showing the ∆ between the monthly payment price and the all at once price clearly is really maddening. Overall I'm ok with the site and the idea but the pricing structure and display seems to be designed to trick people.
Right on the main page under each piece it says "$XX - X months"... I feel like that's pretty up front.