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It seems they "only" had $150,000 in funding, but as they were basically white labelling the Segway ES2[1] I'm surprised they didn't just hold onto their sales

It seems they "only" had $150,000 in funding, but as they were basically white labelling the Segway ES2[1] I'm surprised they didn't just hold onto their sales revenue to purchase the product... Interestingly enough, about 2 clicks around their site and you realise they didn't even put the effort into setting up their Shopify site correctly... - https://unicornrides.com/collections/all https://unicornrides.com/collections/all [1] - https://unicornrides.com/pages/unicorn-shipping-update https://unicornrides.com/pages/unicorn-shipping-update

Someone1234 7y ago
Playing devil's advocate here but the Shopify issue is because they removed the only products they sold on Shopify (that's why it 404s at /products/unicorn-scooter-product), that results in the collection being empty and that page showing up. So their Shopify was likely fine until the business went under. Then they quite correctly stopped letting people make additional orders.
- thenickevans 7y ago
  This is correct
EdwardDiego 7y ago
Ah, the good ol' default "all" Shopify collection.
mikestew 7y ago
I’d rather they white-label the Segway than build the monstrosity in the video. Though the Ninebot won’t let you tote your three year old on it like in the video. (WTF? I know people do it, but advertise it as a feature? I ride a Boosted Rev to work every day, and my advice is: no one under 13 admitted, at all.) Others in this thread are saying it was $700? Why not buy the Ninebot for $100 less? Or were the shipping models really going to have custom deck as in the video?
- giarc 7y ago
  Perhaps their Unicorn Club (maintenance and repair program) was their selling feature?
- taude 7y ago
  EDIT: Sorry, mis read your comment the first time. I was excited that you had a hookup for $100 scooters. ~where do you get a Ninebot for less than $100? [1] [1] https://store.segway.com/segway-ninebot-kickscooter-es2~ https://store.segway.com/segway-ninebot-kickscooter-es2~

Someone1234 7y ago

Playing devil's advocate here but the Shopify issue is because they removed the only products they sold on Shopify (that's why it 404s at /products/unicorn-scooter-product), that results in the collection being empty and that page showing up. So their Shopify was likely fine until the business went under. Then they quite correctly stopped letting people make additional orders.

thenickevans 7y ago
This is correct

EdwardDiego 7y ago

Ah, the good ol' default "all" Shopify collection.

mikestew 7y ago

I’d rather they white-label the Segway than build the monstrosity in the video. Though the Ninebot won’t let you tote your three year old on it like in the video. (WTF? I know people do it, but advertise it as a feature? I ride a Boosted Rev to work every day, and my advice is: no one under 13 admitted, at all.) Others in this thread are saying it was $700? Why not buy the Ninebot for $100 less? Or were the shipping models really going to have custom deck as in the video?

giarc 7y ago
Perhaps their Unicorn Club (maintenance and repair program) was their selling feature?
taude 7y ago
EDIT: Sorry, mis read your comment the first time. I was excited that you had a hookup for $100 scooters. ~where do you get a Ninebot for less than $100? [1] [1] https://store.segway.com/segway-ninebot-kickscooter-es2~ https://store.segway.com/segway-ninebot-kickscooter-es2~