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Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

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Post by desigooner »

samdk wrote: post #7

Design feedback: Your 'buy now' and 'learn more' buttons on the homepage are very hard to see. They need to stand out. Make them bigger and bolder, or change the color (red would stand out much more and still fit into your overall theme), or fade out the background slightly. Or, ideally, do more than one of those things. You really don't want those buttons to be hard to see. Cost and details of what you get should be…

How easy is it to cancel? Whats the quality of the socks like? Where are they made? Where are large pictures that depict some sort of detail about the socks?

None of this was evident in the minute I spent looking around the site and I ended up closing it.

Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

#54

Post by sbecker »

I think it's an awesome idea, much like http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/. And just like that site, you should A) make a funny video that will make people laugh. I almost signed up to DSC because of that video and know friends who did. And B) make a big ass button next to it with the price that leads you to the subscription page.

It's almost there. The design is compelling and made me consider it and click all over the site to see what else there was to see.

Also like DSC, consider adding a couple pricing tiers. A $1 a month?! I almost can't say no and would just sign up for the hell of it. Maybe $1 a month just gets you fresh pair of white socks. $11 gets you the amazing mustache socks.

Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

#56

Post by mmcnickle »

jurre wrote: post #37

Looks really cool. As other commenters pointed out I also couldn't find the price and I think you might be missing part of your target audience when you say: You're at a party talking to an attractive member of the opposite sex .

>>> You're at a party talking to an attractive member of the opposite sex.

You're at a party talking to a member of the attractive sex.

A small change to make. I feel a bit conflicted suggesting a change to be inclusive of gays when the idea to do so was triggered by the stereotype in my head "What about all the well-dressed gay guys?". Odd...

Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

#57

Post by droithomme »

This is a great idea.

Popup photos of socks need to be larger with more detail.

Consider annual subscription at $99 or less and see if that helps. 11*12=$132 is a lot for socks, especially since some of them are going to be duds.

Need more photos to jump start this than the first 4 months of selections so one can more accurately judge your taste.

Consider a birthday or holiday bonus sock - annual subs get 13 socks.

Bug report: I see 5 blog titles listed but the urls to all but the first one lead to a 'not found'.

Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

#58

Post by dhx »

blhack wrote: post #16

MAKE IT MORE OBVIOUS TO BUY THIS Put a gigantic button under that sock graphic that says: "Sign up now for $11/mo" I want to sign up for your service, but I almost closed the page thinking that you hadn't launched yet. The only thing that kept me looking was the gallery. Since it looks like you've been doing this, I /kept/ looking for the sign up link. You need ot change this immediately! Also put a price on this thi…

Also place the following in the top horizontal menu on each page:

  Buy
  a subscription

Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

#59

Post by jrkelly »

desigooner wrote: post #51
samdk wrote: post #7

Design feedback: Your 'buy now' and 'learn more' buttons on the homepage are very hard to see. They need to stand out. Make them bigger and bolder, or change the color (red would stand out much more and still fit into your overall theme), or fade out the background slightly. Or, ideally, do more than one of those things. You really don't want those buttons to be hard to see. Cost and details of what you get should be…

How easy is it to cancel? Whats the quality of the socks like? Where are they made? Where are large pictures that depict some sort of detail about the socks? None of this was evident in the minute I spent looking around the site and I ended up closing it.

I didn't ask any of these questions, understood the larger concept, and signed up. it sounds like you just don't like socks.

Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business

#60

Post by tseabrooks »

droithomme wrote: post #57

This is a great idea. Popup photos of socks need to be larger with more detail. Consider annual subscription at $99 or less and see if that helps. 11*12=$132 is a lot for socks, especially since some of them are going to be duds. Need more photos to jump start this than the first 4 months of selections so one can more accurately judge your taste. Consider a birthday or holiday bonus sock - annual subs get 13 socks. B…

Not sure what their margins are. But I'd give them 99$ today to send my wife 13 pairs of socks. :-)
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