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Greaterskies, http://greaterskies.com http://greaterskies.com - sells posters of the sky, thousands of stars and all the planets as seen from a place and at a t
by juanre 12y ago
Greaterskies, http://greaterskies.com http://greaterskies.com - sells posters of the sky, thousands of stars and all the planets as seen from a place and at a time. Selling PDF ($24) and printout. Seems to be getting popular as a wedding present, also for birthdays. Common lisp backend computing the posters, Python and Javascript for the rest. Very nice conversion rate, but I haven't found the time to work on improving the number of visits.
- cupofjoakim 12y agoThis is really nice! You should add some options for style though, I found the yellowish-names really hard to like. Whoever buys this needs to hire a print designer, if only to do minor correction to the basic template.
- juanre 12y agoThank you! And you are right, my strength has never been graphic design. But a significant fraction of visitors are buying, so I'd be inclined to spend the resources in gaining visibility.
- marban 12y agoCan you describe the actual production + s&h process? I assume it's 100% outsourced?
- juanre 12y agoSure. When you buy the printout the PDF gets computed, and an email is automatically sent to a US-based print service provider who prints and ships. You can also download the PDFs. When you buy the PDF only (the most popular version, despite the fact that the price of the printout is very competitive) everything is of course automated.
- aurumpotest 12y agoQuick note: on the homepage, bottom left: "But isn't this like any other start chart?" I assume it's meant to be 'star chart'...
- juanre 12y agoCorrect. Thank you very much. Fixed.
- dshanahan 12y agogot a ballpark amount you'd sell for?
- juanre 12y agoWould you mind contacting me by mail? I'd rather do this privately.