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Show HN: Hacking the cremation urn industry – Artisurn.com
I have been a fan of hn for a long time. I spent a lot of time lurking and then finally made an account. I have found a lot of the startups getting launched on or through this site as inspirational. I am not a programmer but I do consider myself a hacker. I am originally from Russia but now live in the US. This is my third business and my first online business.
I did all of the design and setup of artisurn.com myself using shopify. I would appreciate any feedback or tips from the community on any way to improve on what I have created.
I feel that the funeral business is ripe for disruption and I've chosen to start in the cremation urns category as a proof of concept. So far things have been moderately successful. I'd really appreciate any feedback. Thanks!
- sejje 13y agohttp://artisurn.com/ http://artisurn.com/
- chiph 13y agoNice site. Will there be an option for a cat's paw on the pet urns in addition to the dog paw?
- matryoshka 13y agoThank you for your kind words. The paw print is intended to be either a cat or a dog paw print. You also have an option of selecting a personalized cat tag that can go on the urn's lid instead of the standard paw print. See design #4 here: http://artisurn.com/collections/pet-urns/products/segmented-pet-urn http://artisurn.com/collections/pet-urns/products/segmented-....
- detritus 13y agoI sincerely fail to understand how the listing of this site here in any way supports a supposed 'hacker ethos' or is 'disruptive' to a specific industry. If I was only a tiny bit more cynical I'd presume you were merely fishing for linkage. Best of luck to you in your business, of course — you've done a solid job re-styling Shopify. I just don't get what's HN-relevant here.
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- DanBC 13y agoWhen's the last time you bought a cremation urn?
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- penguinlinux 13y agocongratulations on your online business, I see some people don't like these sites here because you are not a Solo founder using some cool language or library. I admire your drive to setup a business online. One suggestion would be to reach out to pet cremation companies and offer them a catalog of your products so that they can recommend them to their clients. I had a pet parakeet die recently and I would've loved to have a nice box where to put his remains instead the boring and sad looking box I got. I would've paid good money for it and I know people love their pets. Keep up with this great idea, add more entries in your blog and good luck to you .
- matryoshka 13y agoSorry for your loss. Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate that you have shared your experience and offered advice. It helps to know that people need handcrafted urns.
- detritus 13y agoActually, my migivings arise from a difference in culture betwen Europe and the States, I now realise — nothing, at all, to do with the conceits you've presumed. Simply that we don't suffer the same restrictive funeraal industry that you guys appear to.
- MyNameIsMK 13y ago"So far things have been moderately successful." Please share your sales figures.HN would appreciate the insight. Your product is fascinatingly different.
- matryoshka 13y agoArtisurn.com was launched one month ago and I've had 3 sales so far averaging $150.