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Re: Show HN: A gift giving service for men (built in 10 days and generating revenue)

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Recommendation: Change "Schedule gifts to be sent to the females in your life" to "Schedule gifts to be sent to the women in your life." "Females" sounds like cop-speak.

Or even more softer/friendlier sounding "Schedule gifts for women" (gifts are usually sent or given and can be assumed as so, and it's assumed they are for women in your life and not random women in the universe).

Re: Show HN: A gift giving service for men (built in 10 days and generating revenue)

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post #9

Good concept, bad pricing. Not owning your product and selling it at a high markup (starts at cost + ~$20 for small items and converges to 20% markup for more expensive items I believe) will prove to be a non-viable business model. Consider offering some customization, bundling, or outright proprietary products - difficult to do, but that's often the way to own the space. Eg look at Warby Parker and how owning the pr…

Our prices include: tax, shipping and gift wrapping as well. We need to do a better job stating this to our customers.

Re: Show HN: A gift giving service for men (built in 10 days and generating revenue)

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post #11
post #4

Recommendation: Change "Schedule gifts to be sent to the females in your life" to "Schedule gifts to be sent to the women in your life." "Females" sounds like cop-speak.

Or even more softer/friendlier sounding "Schedule gifts for women" (gifts are usually sent or given and can be assumed as so, and it's assumed they are for women in your life and not random women in the universe).

I'm a/b testing a few of these. I'll add your suggestions to the mix.
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