Excellent idea, needs more info. Pictures, at the least!
Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
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Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#72I don't wear weird socks but I would enjoy a surprise "gift" sent to me every month. A weird gadget, a cool piece of art, something nice. I would gladly pay for this. "thesurpriseclub.com" is available...
How much would you pay? You'd need to pay close to $3-400 a year to get a weird gadget or a piece of art. Plus shipping. It's a non-starter for most people, unless you make it exclusively for the rich.
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#73Toe socks any time soon? And, 2 pairs at a time? My wife loves wearing mismatched crazy socks, and is hooked on Vibram Five Finger shoes. Myself, I can't wear toe socks unless they have really-long toes (and almost none of them do).
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#74Your website is pretty, but you you need to inform the user of three things.
1. How to pay for the service. (I looked around the page for "buy" then I looked at the source page for "buy", I didn't find it. It wasn't before I came to the comments that I knew where to look).
2. How much it costs. It should be bigger and easier to read.
3. Details on the service. Monthly cost, one pair sent each month, only available for US residents.
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I suggest making a short summary in the graphic that stands a bit out with a summary of the service, as well as putting the "buy" or "subscribe" alongside the home/now/view/read/write.
Also, if the rest of the world is excluded because of too high shipping-costs, how about offering a collection? Say every half a year, for an additional shipping. No reason to not take money from those willing to pay :)
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#75I don't wear weird socks but I would enjoy a surprise "gift" sent to me every month. A weird gadget, a cool piece of art, something nice. I would gladly pay for this. "thesurpriseclub.com" is available...
I want to do something like this for DIY electronics. Not sure whether to target beginners or more experienced builders.
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I don't like socks? If it's sarcasm, I'm missing it. I've got socks that cost 3$ a pair through ones that cost 30-35$ a pair and quite a few of them all at that. While you might choose to blindly dive in, I like to ascertain the quality of the product that I'm getting.
And why spend 12$ a month on these when I can buy something from Happy Socks or Richer Poorer socks for 12$ a pair from a multitude of patterns and designs whenever I want to and be assured of good quality every time?!
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#77been scanning the site. looks cool, love the concept. I got slightly annoyed that I couldn't find the price. Came back here, cntr+f price, ah seccond paragraph... ah yes it's there... oh I now see it's also on the subscribe page, yet I somehow still missed it .. I guess the colored images took my attention!
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#78MAKE 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…
I thought the large Buy Now button was not that hard to see :)
To me it really blends in with the picture on the front page. It took me a long time to find it.
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#79I don't wear weird socks but I would enjoy a surprise "gift" sent to me every month. A weird gadget, a cool piece of art, something nice. I would gladly pay for this. "thesurpriseclub.com" is available...
How much would you pay? You'd need to pay close to $3-400 a year to get a weird gadget or a piece of art. Plus shipping. It's a non-starter for most people, unless you make it exclusively for the rich.
$30 per month is not "exclusively for the rich", is it? Not in the Western world at least.)
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#80I absolutely love this and was about to sign up when I noticed that you don't specify sizes. I have large (size 15) feet. Are your socks going to fit me? You should mention sizing or let people choose. Also the blog isn't working.
Have to agree with this. Fun socks for $11/month is cool, but only if there's an option to get socks that fit my 14EEEE feet.