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Jack Dweck

Blackbox - A shipping company from the makers of Cards Against Humanity

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Joe Mainwaring
Hustle Matters
But... the box is blue...
jake duncan ☕️
@theaccordance lol, that was my first thought! @maxtemkin needs to add that to the FAQ 😉
Derek Ahmedzai
The gif on the homepage is amazing
Cory Adair
@derekahmedzai No kidding. I stared at it too long. I think my eyes are still readjusting.
kleerkoat
@derekahmedzai for real. would love to see a write up on how they did it.
Nic Coates
Forward
@derekahmedzai It's awesome but couldn't stay on the page for much longer (until I realised you could scroll down) 🙄
Joshua Dance
@gadgick @derekahmedzai I didn't realize you could scroll either. :)
Stephen Campbell
@derekahmedzai I can't lie, I stared at that for about 5 minutes in awe.
Jack Dweck
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Hunter
From the FAQ: Blackbox is a shipping company for independent artists. We take care of everything that happens after your customers click the “buy” button… the checkout process, credit card processing, customer service, and the worst part, the actual shipping. We’ll even pay your sales taxes for you.
Marcos Cerqueira
Great, zanny website and the concept seems very interesting. Was eager to try it out and order the presskit, but then I got to the end and the shipping cost is 40$ (to Portugal). Either you guys are shipping an anvil or something is at odds with your goal of shipping stuff at low cost.
Jack Smith
Hustle X
an interesting approach. They seem to be trying to replace Shopify (they handle the checkout experience); Stripe (the payment processing seems to be included if I understood correctly); Pakible/Arka (includes a box/insert); as well as the fulfillment company to store your inventory and dispatch it. This approach allows them to try a very different pricing model of "about $5 plus 5% retail price", so taking some of the margin from the price of the item as part of the shipping costs. It'll be interesting to see how it works out.
David Carpe
@_jacksmith that five percent seems awfully high if there is no cap
Jack Smith
Hustle X
@passingnotes indeed. But bare in mind that it seems to be including the credit card processing fees, which are normally like 2.9%
Marek Hrabe
iOS Hat
Just went to try the process. The button and checkout form is really nice. However, this is ouch:
Ethan
@marek Where do you live? I'm in France and they indicate a 33$ fee.
Marek Hrabe
iOS Hat
@buzzb0x Czech Republic. Nothing exotic
sean
I love the design of the site and the morphing SVG's on hover on the team page! The GIF is incredible. I guess they figured out how to ship cards against humanity proficiently and that model shaped a business! Fantastic and inspiring.
Joshua Dance
But why is the box blue? :)
Andrejus Zlotnikovas
Different domains for landing page and client dashboard, well that should be expensive.
Jordan Hall
I had two experiences getting shipments from Blackbox (ordering products from the CAH folks) and in both cases, I received no indication that my orders were shipped until after the products arrived. I suppose it made for a pleasant surprise and my items arrived on time, but it was an odd experience. I wonder if these kinks have been worked out.
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