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I worked with a dozen startups to put together the Startup Sticker Pack: http://startupstickerpack.com/ http://startupstickerpack.com/ A dozen stickers from co

by rpicard 13y ago

I worked with a dozen startups to put together the Startup Sticker Pack: http://startupstickerpack.com/ http://startupstickerpack.com/ A dozen stickers from cool companies for $5. I'd love to hear from people about why they would / wouldn't want to buy one. It's not quite selling as well as I'd hoped. I'd also like to hear from startups / groups who might be interested in buying one for each member of their team. You can email me at mail+hmo@robert.io (+hmo is to track if any spam comes from posting it here).

thaumaturgy 13y ago
This would be nifty schwag for tech talks and other events at co-working spaces and the like. I didn't know it existed.
- rpicard 13y ago
  I'll try getting in touch with some co-working spaces to see if their interested in some sort of bulk deal. Thanks for the idea.
auxbuss 13y ago
Great idea :-) A couple of observations: I'm a non-USian, and while it looks like you ship worldwide for 5 USD, it's not crystal clear. Be good to make it so. Also, I'm a Brit -- we're very polite ;-) -- so 5 USD including postage feels like I'm taking food off your table. I think most non-USians would be happy to pay an extra couple of bucks. Just a thought. Or maybe go down the middle and say, 5 USD + 1 USD shipping worldwide. (Here's my thinking: Hmm. 5 USD. Seems cheap. What if it doesn't really include shipping. Hmm. Don't really want to get into that discussion. Move on.) Also, while you have some great start-ups in their -- \o/ Buffer -- personally, I'd be in the market for cool tech. I see you have Firebase, which is awesome, but my current faves would include redis, jruby (new logo recently), and a few others. It would increase your workload, but of you could let a customer pick, say, twelve from 20 or 30, mixed start-ups and tech, that would be great. Okay, I'm rambling. Good luck with it.
- rpicard 13y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. I've clarified the text to show that it's free shipping worldwide. I like the idea of letting the customer pick from a list. I'm not entirely sure how much I'll pursue this beyond the first batch, but I'll keep that idea in mind if I do another round. Thanks again for the suggestions!
notduncansmith 13y ago
This looks really cool! I would definitely raise your pricing, if you want to stay in the single-digits then $8 (or even $7) would be great. I'd also look into formalizing your team sticker offer: 10% off for orders over 5x or something along those lines. Edit: start hawking these at conferences. You'll make bank. Also, bookmarked to order in a few days when I get paid.
- rpicard 13y ago
  Thanks for the tips. I'm working on getting a better landing page together. I'll look into formalizing that bulk discount too.
topcat31 13y ago
Nice idea! I imagine that 90% of your sales (if not more) will come from wholesale. I think I saw you were reaching out to co-working spaces and so on but I'd ensure you're speaking with conference organizers, hackathon organizers etc etc. The biggest problem there is that they will likely want their sponsors on the stickers rather than your set of startups... Maybe you flip the model on it's head - get the startups who are on your stickers to finance the stickers and then offer the package for free to consumers. It's basically free marketing for these startups - maybe you share the customer's email address with the startup too in return? Feels like a small investment from each of the companies but you might get more orders that way? just some thoughts

by rpicard 13y ago

thaumaturgy 13y ago

This would be nifty schwag for tech talks and other events at co-working spaces and the like. I didn't know it existed.

rpicard 13y ago
I'll try getting in touch with some co-working spaces to see if their interested in some sort of bulk deal. Thanks for the idea.

auxbuss 13y ago

Great idea :-) A couple of observations: I'm a non-USian, and while it looks like you ship worldwide for 5 USD, it's not crystal clear. Be good to make it so. Also, I'm a Brit -- we're very polite ;-) -- so 5 USD including postage feels like I'm taking food off your table. I think most non-USians would be happy to pay an extra couple of bucks. Just a thought. Or maybe go down the middle and say, 5 USD + 1 USD shipping worldwide. (Here's my thinking: Hmm. 5 USD. Seems cheap. What if it doesn't really include shipping. Hmm. Don't really want to get into that discussion. Move on.) Also, while you have some great start-ups in their -- \o/ Buffer -- personally, I'd be in the market for cool tech. I see you have Firebase, which is awesome, but my current faves would include redis, jruby (new logo recently), and a few others. It would increase your workload, but of you could let a customer pick, say, twelve from 20 or 30, mixed start-ups and tech, that would be great. Okay, I'm rambling. Good luck with it.

rpicard 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I've clarified the text to show that it's free shipping worldwide. I like the idea of letting the customer pick from a list. I'm not entirely sure how much I'll pursue this beyond the first batch, but I'll keep that idea in mind if I do another round. Thanks again for the suggestions!

notduncansmith 13y ago

This looks really cool! I would definitely raise your pricing, if you want to stay in the single-digits then $8 (or even $7) would be great. I'd also look into formalizing your team sticker offer: 10% off for orders over 5x or something along those lines. Edit: start hawking these at conferences. You'll make bank. Also, bookmarked to order in a few days when I get paid.

rpicard 13y ago
Thanks for the tips. I'm working on getting a better landing page together. I'll look into formalizing that bulk discount too.

topcat31 13y ago

Nice idea! I imagine that 90% of your sales (if not more) will come from wholesale. I think I saw you were reaching out to co-working spaces and so on but I'd ensure you're speaking with conference organizers, hackathon organizers etc etc. The biggest problem there is that they will likely want their sponsors on the stickers rather than your set of startups... Maybe you flip the model on it's head - get the startups who are on your stickers to finance the stickers and then offer the package for free to consumers. It's basically free marketing for these startups - maybe you share the customer's email address with the startup too in return? Feels like a small investment from each of the companies but you might get more orders that way? just some thoughts