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Generally, women love receiving gifts just to show you care. $50/month is showing a small token of appreciation, from flowers to gift boxes. It's obviously no s

Generally, women love receiving gifts just to show you care. $50/month is showing a small token of appreciation, from flowers to gift boxes. It's obviously no substitute for the more thoughtful gifts you may give once or twice a year.

pavel_lishin 12y ago
Are you not concerned that this might backfire horribly? This is basically outsourcing caring. I can definitely see someone interpreting this as "He doesn't care enough about me to spend time thinking about what I would like." I don't mean to be shitting all over your business idea; I don't think it's a bad idea, but there are definitely some, uh, marketing problems to be overcome :P
- scottieb33 12y ago
  I have definitely thought about that and for the most part we'll be sourcing directly through major companies like 1-800-flowers, anthropologie and etsy. And I love the criticism, only way to improve a mvp :)
  - zck 12y ago
    One thing you could do would be to have the purchaser choose from three options (e.g., a bouquet of flowers, a chocolate box + teddy bear, or a wine glass set). While this would make logistics more complex, the end result would be more tailored gifts -- for example, many people are allergic to flowers. If they get a bouquet, they'll question why it was purchased. And if you solicit feedback after the gift is received, you can start doing some sorts of recommendations. If this user's significant other really liked the wine glasses, maybe next time you have one of the options be a picnic accessories set. If not, you offer more chocolate. Also, letting the purchaser choose the gift means it's not a surprise to the purchaser when it shows up. This eliminates possible awkwardness where the purchaser doesn't know about the gift.
    - scottieb33 12y ago
      Great idea!
dragonwriter 12y ago
> Generally, women love receiving gifts just to show you care. Without comment on the gender stereotyping, I think lots of people in relationships like frequent, minor indications that there partners are thinking of them. Those people are unlikely to be satisfied (though may initially be deceived) by having this pawned off on a paid third party (whether the cliché of the wealthy professional whose gifts to their partner are all chosen by their assistant, or a service like the one proposed here which basically has the same relationship to the cliché as a cleaning service with a a variety of clients has to a full-time maid working for one employer.)

pavel_lishin 12y ago

Are you not concerned that this might backfire horribly? This is basically outsourcing caring. I can definitely see someone interpreting this as "He doesn't care enough about me to spend time thinking about what I would like." I don't mean to be shitting all over your business idea; I don't think it's a bad idea, but there are definitely some, uh, marketing problems to be overcome :P

scottieb33 12y ago
I have definitely thought about that and for the most part we'll be sourcing directly through major companies like 1-800-flowers, anthropologie and etsy. And I love the criticism, only way to improve a mvp :)
- zck 12y ago
  One thing you could do would be to have the purchaser choose from three options (e.g., a bouquet of flowers, a chocolate box + teddy bear, or a wine glass set). While this would make logistics more complex, the end result would be more tailored gifts -- for example, many people are allergic to flowers. If they get a bouquet, they'll question why it was purchased. And if you solicit feedback after the gift is received, you can start doing some sorts of recommendations. If this user's significant other really liked the wine glasses, maybe next time you have one of the options be a picnic accessories set. If not, you offer more chocolate. Also, letting the purchaser choose the gift means it's not a surprise to the purchaser when it shows up. This eliminates possible awkwardness where the purchaser doesn't know about the gift.
  - scottieb33 12y ago
    Great idea!

dragonwriter 12y ago

> Generally, women love receiving gifts just to show you care. Without comment on the gender stereotyping, I think lots of people in relationships like frequent, minor indications that there partners are thinking of them. Those people are unlikely to be satisfied (though may initially be deceived) by having this pawned off on a paid third party (whether the cliché of the wealthy professional whose gifts to their partner are all chosen by their assistant, or a service like the one proposed here which basically has the same relationship to the cliché as a cleaning service with a a variety of clients has to a full-time maid working for one employer.)