Show HN: A gift giving service for men (built in 10 days and generating revenue)

https://morebrownies.com/

by spontaneus • 15 years ago

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morebrownies.com

Francon• 15 years ago

Nice! I like the about us page.

acangiano• 15 years ago

It's nice, but it leads me to think that they are a Y Combinator company. Are they?

keeptrying• 15 years ago

How much money are you making by the way? Thanks.

jawns• 15 years ago

Recommendation: Change "Schedule gifts to be sent to the females in your life" to "Schedule gifts to be sent to the women in your life."

"Females" sounds like cop-speak.

gcl2• 15 years ago

Or even more softer/friendlier sounding "Schedule gifts for women" (gifts are usually sent or given and can be assumed as so, and it's assumed they are for women in your life and not random women in the universe).

spontaneus4• 15 years ago

I'm a/b testing a few of these. I'll add your suggestions to the mix.

massarog• 15 years ago

Site is down for me.

majikrooster• 15 years ago

Down for me...great it was built in 10 days, can it stay up for more then 10 days?

joshmanders• 15 years ago

Doesn't look like it.

spontaneus4• 15 years ago

It's back up.

GiraffeNecktie• 15 years ago

Somewhat tangential to this, but CBC radio has a droll piece they've been running for the last few years around this time. It's called 'Men Who Give Gifts and the Women Who Buy the Gifts That Men Give' It's in hour three here: http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/shows/2009/11/22/november... It's about the frustration women feel when they become the official gift buyer for a male gift giver. Perhaps there's a business opportunity there.

varganas• 15 years ago

Good concept, bad pricing. Not owning your product and selling it at a high markup (starts at cost + ~$20 for small items and converges to 20% markup for more expensive items I believe) will prove to be a non-viable business model. Consider offering some customization, bundling, or outright proprietary products - difficult to do, but that's often the way to own the space. Eg look at Warby Parker and how owning the product allowed them to disrupt the glasses market.

spontaneus4• 15 years ago

Our prices include: tax, shipping and gift wrapping as well. We need to do a better job stating this to our customers.

mikeevans• 15 years ago

Database error occurred. I guess it's not currently generating revenue.

spontaneus4• 15 years ago

ah having server issues today.

herval• 15 years ago

Any specific design reason for the brown and pale green colors? They (along with the logo) don't feel right imho (not to say anything scatological)

Show HN: A gift giving service for men (built in 10 days and generating revenue)

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