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Is anyone making something women want?
Not being sexist, but they seem to -want- more than us, and walking into any shopping area seems to confirm that vendors know this. My problem is that from a tech standpoint, it's hard to gauge what a viable need for them is.
- pg 19y agoIn grad school I consulted for a company making CAD software for clothing designers. They said that 60% of the clothing business is women's clothing, and the other 40% shared between men and children.
- aswanson 19y agoThat other 40%, if shared equally between men and children, means that approximately 80% of the purchasing decisions are made by women. I am basing this on the chauvinist assumption that women pick out and buy the majority of clothes for the kids. If this article is correct, that 80% holds for a lot more than clothes: http://www.clickz.com/3363331 http://www.clickz.com/3363331
- kingnothing 19y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if women bought, or at least had a say in, a statistically significant portion of men's clothing as well.
- far33d 19y agoI used to work christmas week at a men's clothing store.. 90% of our customers were women, even though we didn't sell women's clothing at all.
- kirubakaran 19y agoIf it is 60/40 by quantity, I bet it is more like 75/25 by cost. But you do say "60% of clothing business". So I guess the cost was already taken into account.
- gaborcselle 19y agoOn average, men's clothing costs more per item. So it's probably better than 60/40 in terms of revenue, not worse.
- jsjenkins168 19y agoStatistically, they also use the internet more than males. If you can find something that they want, It could be a good idea for a startup.
- staunch 19y agoAccording to what statistic? If you mean population count that's not very significant. There's more males under 65 than females in the US/UK. I'd also bet men use the internet disproportionately more.
- jsjenkins168 19y agohttp://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1004775 http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1004775 Woman users exceed men, and the gap is growing.
- altay 19y agouh, so... does anyone know what they DO online?
- rokhayakebe 19y agothey look for Men
- henning 19y agoDunno. Too hard to emphasize with the weird estrogen-laced ones with axe wounds between their legs. Women like The Sims and MySpace, I know that.
- palish 19y agoWell, I was going to mention http://www.shoutfit.com http://www.shoutfit.com .. but they appear down.
- jward 19y agoI was on a first date the other week and was explaining some of my ideas and the lady I was with nearly wet herself with excitement telling me about a webapp she'd love to have. After thinking about it and asking a few other women I know, I'm going to start working on it and apply to YC with it. Most every idea I came up with seems like someone else has already done. This one... I spent two days searching and found nothing comparable.
- chaostheory 19y agohonestly I don't know why you got 5 points since you didn't mention anything about your app besides that your date "almost wet herself"; and I'm willing to bet that there are 5 other teams with the same idea. Is it anything like this: (porn for women SFW) http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read.php?post_id=378609 http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read.php?post_id=378609
- german 19y agoWell, I think that a webapp should be suited for anyone unless it was created for a specific group of people. About women... I'm a man, and as any man should know, It's almost impossible to understand a woman, so asking a lot of women about your new project sounds like a good Idea to me.
- skippybosco 19y agoSo what you are saying is that you are having a hard time understanding women's needs? ;-) Since you asked, our company is in stealth mode on a product geared specifically for women (not a shopping, dating/rating, community or gossip site).. each demographic has their special needs, we're attempting to address those needs.. I do agree that a web app should be built for anyone. We are building in flexibility, for example, for the significant other of a female to gain value from the app as well..
- falsestprophet 19y agoa computer in every kitchen!
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- SwellJoe 19y agoMost of my other ideas (other than my current Virtualmin, Inc. business) were targeted to women. One a sort of niche-focused social network, one a video/photo dating site, and one a porn site (oh, wait...that one would have mainly attracted men, I guess...but everybody in the valley has a backup pr0n plan...it's what you talk about after a couple of beers..almost nobody is really serious about it, me included).
- altay 19y agowhat? i'm not the only one with a backup pr0n plan? i'd be so rich right now, if it weren't for these bullshit scruples.
- aswanson 19y agoWhat with the ungodly male/female ratio in the valley, and most of the males being of the tech/fairly well financially compensated persuasion, it seems that the economics of the area would dictate that a gentlemen's establishment or 10 would be in order...
- aswanson 19y agoThe above post was meant in jest and is not to be taken seriously...
- SwellJoe 19y agoNo, you're definitely not the only one. I learned at the last YC dinner that pg and the Viaweb bunch had one, too (a pretty clever one, at that).
- staunch 19y agoWell, damn it, now I'm curious. I'll ask: What was this (now decade old) plan? I've worked on some adult stuff in the past. I have no issues with it but I won't be doing anything in it again. Mostly because it's such a relatively small and boring subset of the world.
- bootload 19y ago"... My problem is that from a tech standpoint, it's hard to gauge what a viable need for them is ..." something like "all consuming" perhaps? ~ http://www.allconsuming.net http://www.allconsuming.net
- pramodbiligiri 19y agohttp://www.mizpee.com/ http://www.mizpee.com/ might gain a sizable audience among women.