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Show HN : I've started an online (and offline) sweetshop

21 points by thehodge 15y ago

thehodge 15y ago
I really like being able to bridge the gap between online and offline things... so in September a friend of mine and myself put together a prototype of a sweetshop concept, today we have relaunched the website with some new features and a new design..
- buf 15y ago
  Congrats on this, Hodge.
caiusdurling 15y ago
It's pretty sweet (no pun intended) being able to choose sweets in such an awesome fashion; and then they get delivered and you get to enjoy the sweets as well. Repeat customer, love it. :-)
stephengoodwin 15y ago
I read "sweatshop" and was rather confused for a bit.
- nbclark 15y ago
  Haha yes me too. Glad to have misread.
- thehodge 15y ago
  now I'M going to read it as sweatshop! :)
scsmith 15y ago
Great idea. Mixing the past with the present, even if it's novelty some of these are classics. I'm not proud of myself, since I'm supposed to be being healthy, but I just ordered some.
dogonwheels 15y ago
Looks great! I'd been bemoaning the lack of local sweet shops with family over the weekend and then clicked through to find you're only a few miles away! (I'm in North Leeds) A couple of thoughts on the site: - I'd rather see how many pink shrimps, or fried eggs I'm getting, rather than '20g'. Even if it's just approximate. - A more 'see through' bag would be good. I realise I could click to see the contents, but I kept getting carried away and adding too much. - The £2.50 delivery was initially off putting, and then I realised you do local for £1 and larger orders for free. I'm sure you'll be getting my custom :)
LinaLauneBaer 15y ago
+1 I like it as well although the experience on my iPad could be better. It seems that your implementation relies on mouse move events and ignores my touch-move events... But I like the idea. :-) I might order something once my next shipment from Candy Japan arrived. :-)
chippy 15y ago
Great transition from online to offline. And everyone likes sweets. What other things do you think could work like that?
mrbonner 15y ago
For one second I was reading "I've started an online sweatshop"

21 points by thehodge 15y ago

I really like being able to bridge the gap between online and offline things... so in September a friend of mine and myself put together a prototype of a sweetshop concept, today we have relaunched the website with some new features and a new design..

buf 15y ago
Congrats on this, Hodge.

caiusdurling 15y ago

It's pretty sweet (no pun intended) being able to choose sweets in such an awesome fashion; and then they get delivered and you get to enjoy the sweets as well. Repeat customer, love it. :-)

stephengoodwin 15y ago

I read "sweatshop" and was rather confused for a bit.

nbclark 15y ago
Haha yes me too. Glad to have misread.
thehodge 15y ago
now I'M going to read it as sweatshop! :)

scsmith 15y ago

Great idea. Mixing the past with the present, even if it's novelty some of these are classics. I'm not proud of myself, since I'm supposed to be being healthy, but I just ordered some.

dogonwheels 15y ago

Looks great! I'd been bemoaning the lack of local sweet shops with family over the weekend and then clicked through to find you're only a few miles away! (I'm in North Leeds) A couple of thoughts on the site: - I'd rather see how many pink shrimps, or fried eggs I'm getting, rather than '20g'. Even if it's just approximate. - A more 'see through' bag would be good. I realise I could click to see the contents, but I kept getting carried away and adding too much. - The £2.50 delivery was initially off putting, and then I realised you do local for £1 and larger orders for free. I'm sure you'll be getting my custom :)

LinaLauneBaer 15y ago

+1 I like it as well although the experience on my iPad could be better. It seems that your implementation relies on mouse move events and ignores my touch-move events... But I like the idea. :-) I might order something once my next shipment from Candy Japan arrived. :-)

chippy 15y ago

Great transition from online to offline. And everyone likes sweets. What other things do you think could work like that?

mrbonner 15y ago

For one second I was reading "I've started an online sweatshop"