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Kristofer™
@kristofertm · Founder @ Lamplighter Labs
This company was on Sharktank this past Friday. It's a pretty awesome offering and gives you something to do with all your photos each month - and at $2.99 price point (shipped!).
My albums get so full and they eventually just get saved deep into the abyss that is my computer, similar to the end of "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc"
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Daniel Jefferies
@heydjeff · Founder, Newmind Group
Love this idea. Had a similar one that I never implemented. Price point seems insane. Do you know what their cost structure / model looks like?
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I feel like there's a catch (no pun intended). How can they make money on $2.99/mo (that includes shipping)?
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@ryandawidjan · product+biz NYC
Ryan, @jackrmcdermott and I happened to watch this Shark Tank episode haha. They run a professional printing business and thus the cost of goods is a bit skewed for them. They also can ship with the most inexpensive method (can't recall) because of the patented groove which makes the book quite flexible. Think they said they had 20,000 subscribers and made 7… See more
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Kristofer™
@kristofertm · Founder @ Lamplighter Labs
@heydjeff @rrhoover @ryandawidjan Ryan's right. They said they were able to send bulk shipping via USPS b/c of the patented "notch" removed from the binding allowing the book to flex
They said something like 30K paying users is their break even since they're making so little/book.
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