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Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Post by tomcavill »

highace wrote: post #36

My input: more colours, and a better cut t-shirt. No one I know wears plain white round-neck cotton t-shirts. How about something like this: http://images.asos.com/inv/media/9/3/6/7/2477639/greymarl/im... Taken from here: http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-V-Neck-T-Shirt/Prod/pgeproduct... If they can sell them for 6 quid, surely you could pick up something similar for just a few pounds.

Yeah I like v-necks too. It's definitely something we'll consider, but it has to balance with not having too many options (simplicity being the by-word for this project).

Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Post by mark-r »

logn wrote: post #38

The domain name needs some serious improvement. I think I'd need flashcards to remember how to spell it or even try to google it.

The site name implies Helvetica, but uses Arial in the examples. Anybody who knows the difference will never come back.

Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Post by tomcavill »

alexchamberlain wrote: post #39
tomcavill wrote: post #33

Thanks for all the feedback so far. We've changed the price to $25 (formerly £25) as almost everyone said the price was too (damn) high. Margins will be cut significantly, but it was definitely too high before, and we'll still make a small profit with the new price. We're probably going to put it up to $30 after the opening two weeks, so consider this an 'early adopter' discount... Here's a humble suggestion for fell…

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YOU ARE BRITISH; DON'T PRICE IN DOLLARS.

We'll intro geo-based pricing asap :)

Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Post by tomcavill »

mark-r wrote: post #42
logn wrote: post #38

The domain name needs some serious improvement. I think I'd need flashcards to remember how to spell it or even try to google it.

The site name implies Helvetica, but uses Arial in the examples. Anybody who knows the difference will never come back.

We are using Helvetica Neue with Helvetica as a fall-back, and a Helvetica clone (Nimbus sans) after those two in the font stack. You'd have to have some funny configuration not to see Helvetica. What's your setup?

Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

#46

Post by tomcavill »

citricsquid wrote: post #26

I like that you included photos of the printed t-shirts, also I like that you're using a printer with no web presence so we can't go straight to the supplier, hah. A cute idea that might help people to spread their shirts: If someone creates a shirt (let's say I'm miley cyrus and I make one for my fans, "I The way you described the t-shirts makes them sound quite appealing so I figure I'll order one, no idea what to…

That's a great idea, and something close to what we're thinking a few versions down the line. The free shirt after 5 purchases is very clever, and probably a better model than standard affiliate stuff.

I've changed the footer based on hearing this suggestion a couple of times :)

Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Post by tomcavill »

logn wrote: post #40
tomcavill wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha. Maybe too many. We're not closed to the idea of changing the name if we think of a good one. Suggestions? Thanks re: bootstrap.

shirts.io

That's very cool. I wonder if .io domains are too geek-centric, though?

It's very memorable.

Re: Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

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Post by tomcavill »

noonespecial wrote: post #28

Nice. Very nice. The simplicity is extremely appealing. I'm going to jump on the "price too high" bandwagon as well. Unless you really need that price to cover costs and make any profit at all, I'm going to suggest that you can make more money selling them for just a little less. You're sitting right at that point where a slight ease in price is going to result in a significant increase in quantity sold. Unless your…

Thanks. You're right. We've changed the price down to $25 based on so much feedback suggesting it.
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