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agreed, I am curious about the logistics.
I'd guess that he has a wholesale contact, but the margins after shipping would still be very small. assume $8 for a t-shirt, $5 average for shipping, leaves $3 profit per sale.
i have a friend that works at apple, and other than providing a vague job description and saying they like it, they don't discuss details.
i think it's the culture, your work speaks for itself. he puts in long hours (on par with goog really) and has a great salary and perks.
I'm not surprised by the accusation, but I have about as much trust in TechCrunch as I do in a general soothsayer
what plugin are you using to handle ejunkie requests inside of wordpress? does ejunkie manage sales through paypal and google checkout? do they provide good tracking?
I am curious how viable ejunkie + wordpress are as a basic and simple ecommerce platform
Digg turned into nothing but a paid distribution and SEO engine anyway
I'm sorry but this is overthinking something that is relatively simple to understand
The article specifically addresses LOLerApps that outsources all of their development. Not that they are a great case study based on any meaningful success, but it's interesting to see that there are startups who only outsource this sort of thing and yet sustain a business, even if fledgling.