I think you should help your prospective customers by creating a section for "Apartment-sized" furniture. Most furniture being sold today is still House-sized and/or designed for very large people. Geometry is everything. Also, it would be cool if you could aggregate offerings from small, independent furniture makers. I like it already. Keep going.
Startup Idea: The Best Way to Buy Furniture – Would You Use This?
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#22I actually think this idea is pretty great. I am currently in the market for a new chair, and have a specific style in mind, but have had trouble finding it just by going to stores. I also think browsing on Amazon is a terrible shopping experience. A simple place to find furniture from different retailers could be really useful.
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#23I would use a site like this to make a shortlist, but then I would go to the shop to try it - so that means 0 affiliate money.
Thanks for the feedback! What if we gave you an organization/collaboration feature where you could also save items you like, organize them by item type, tie them to a budget, collaborate with others to decide or get help with design. The idea, is that we are with you through every step of the process. Would that make you more inclined to buy through us?
Not the GP, but I'd act the same way. Unfortunately, nothing that you can do online will make me buy through you. I'd need to see and try the furniture before buying.
Maybe you should focus on only presenting the furniture. That would make the site a kind of ad where selers pay to display their products. Or maybe you should just focus on people that are not like me.
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#24I think you should help your prospective customers by creating a section for "Apartment-sized" furniture. Most furniture being sold today is still House-sized and/or designed for very large people. Geometry is everything. Also, it would be cool if you could aggregate offerings from small, independent furniture makers. I like it already. Keep going.
I think these are the way to go. If you aggregated small, independent furniture makers in addition to or instead of the large companies, it would differentiate you from your competition a lot better. Someone else mentioned that these brands you are using have pretty good online experiences; I think that's true, but that the smaller or regional guys don't.
There is some competition on the high end here from One King's Lane and others, but I also noticed that under the 'baller' section you still have the max cost at 2500. Custom or really beautiful furniture like Thomas Moser costs significantly more than that.
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#25i like http://www.furniturenear.me for this. found a coffee table thru them a month or so ago
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#26I stopped reading at "baller", which is irrevocably linked in my head to the word "douchey". That's not a lot of feedback, but I hope it's helpful, since it's easy to change.
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#27I owned a furniture company for a little bit... So understand I am a furniture snob. West elm and restoration hardware are shit...
Baller should be
http://www.hudsonfurnitureinc.com http://bocci.ca Herman Miller Skram Maybe even room and board.
Know the market better and you will have better success.
Other then that I think its a great start.
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#28Oddly enough, last night I was hanging out online, decided to look at some furniture and noticed that browsing for furniture online still largely stinks. Consequently, I agree that you've found a problem in need of a solution. Unfortunately, while I'm a big fan of browsing for furniture online, I wouldn't buy anything more substantial than a bookshelf online. I don't buy furniture terribly often, so when I do, I look…
I'm actually somewhat similar. I'm moving relatively soon and was trying to find furniture but it's difficult to both find things and figure out how everything would fit together. I'm not worried so much about how long it'll last (other than general feel, I'm not sure I could tell) but it's generally not clear just how large the furniture would be.
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#29I think it's useful. Last time I had to do furniture shopping, I had to keep going to a bunch of different sites to see who had what I wanted and what their price ranges were.
I also like the grouping of items based on cost range, as that was how I was primarily searching for stuff.
The only place it falls apart for me is in the ability to create a shopping cart. I may be in the minority, but when I was furniture shopping I was looking for a whole room or set of things. With this site, it's very easy to buy one thing, but when you want to buy 3 or 4 pieces it can become a bit of a hassle.
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#30I would use it. I don't like going to furniture places and trying to figure out what I want, so your website appeals to me. In fact, if this is still around in a few months when I furnish my apartment, I will use this.