Doesn't feel that notable. The friction of a native app download vs just using the web means that an app is rarely the right answer for shopping. Makes sense to ditch the app and focus on web.
Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
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Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#12Anyone know how they handled payments in the app? If it wasn't through Apple I wonder if Apple was coming after them to get their 30%.
Apple only takes a cut from the sale of digital goods, not physical ones.
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#13If you have a decent number of iOS users, why pull the app? Why not just let it spin out into deep space, and stop supporting it with updates?
That's an honest question, by the way.
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#14The app has had about 200k all time downloads~
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#15Threadless shirts are hands down the worst quality clothing I've ever bought online. Great designs, terrible quality. I didn't know shirts could be sewn up with so little material. Felt like I was wearing a light handkerchief. I instantly returned my shirt and had to cover shipping, sneaky bastards.
They used to print on American Eagle tees, when they started making their own shirts I stopped buying them - the quality seemed to be okay last time I bought one, but the fit was weird.
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#16If you have a decent number of iOS users, why pull the app? Why not just let it spin out into deep space, and stop supporting it with updates? That's an honest question, by the way.
They may have a decent number of downloads, but none of us knows how many users they have. I don't know how long the app has been on the store, but it only has 53 ratings which indicates very little engagement.
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#17Threadless shirts are hands down the worst quality clothing I've ever bought online. Great designs, terrible quality. I didn't know shirts could be sewn up with so little material. Felt like I was wearing a light handkerchief. I instantly returned my shirt and had to cover shipping, sneaky bastards.
I guess they are living up to their name: less threads.
Maybe they should branch out to other products and compete in other markets like Headcase (phone covers) and Stickermule.
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#18I wonder if Apple Pay for the web has something to do with this.
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#19Threadless shirts are hands down the worst quality clothing I've ever bought online. Great designs, terrible quality. I didn't know shirts could be sewn up with so little material. Felt like I was wearing a light handkerchief. I instantly returned my shirt and had to cover shipping, sneaky bastards.
Must've changed since the early days when I bought 20+ of their shirts. Ended up wearing most gardening, etc and never had any tear or feel flimsy at all. Been many years since I bought from them though.
Re: Threadless is shutting their iOS app down next week
#20If you have a decent number of iOS users, why pull the app? Why not just let it spin out into deep space, and stop supporting it with updates? That's an honest question, by the way.
Because you lose control over your product for those percentage of users. What happens when you want to run an A/B test and a huge chunk or your users is on a platform you can no longer create tests for? What if the A/B test is wildly successful now you can't even ship those changes to a chunk of your users?