Craft & Oak

Custom Map Prints, Star Maps & Personalized Posters

35 followers

Custom Map Prints, Star Maps & Personalized Posters

35 followers

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Design your own custom map print, make your own star map or create your own map wall art with Craft & Oak. Create your perfect memory with a custom print! Design for free, free shipping!

Launch tags:Design Tools•Home•Art

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Maze

This is cool, but what's the difference with the now well known https://www.mapiful.com/ ? I can't help but feel like this is somehow a copycat? The map designs (B&W) looks very similar as well.

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9yr ago

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Hunter

@widawskij It does look *very* similar, even though YourOwnMaps has more pre-made designs, layouts, and color schemes. I've messaged the founder, hopefully he'll be able to answer some of the questions here.

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9yr ago

Craft & Oak

Maker

@anthilemoon @widawskij Hi Jonathan, Thanks for asking this! There are quite a few competitors in this space but we offer a few different features than our competitors. 1) We offer different coloring/styles than others, bolder brighter colors, a different style for captions, and the paper we use is THICK and higher quality 2) We are 100% made in the USA - shipping from local printers in the United States, and are primarily targeting the US market, so prints will arrive to our US customers rather quickly (within a week or so) using a premium carrier such as UPS or FedEx - other competitors ship from Europe so shipping times are slower 3) Lastly, we are starting to work with local artists to bring differentiated products to our platform. We want to be community-focused first and foremost. Hope this helps!

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9yr ago

@humphrey_yang @anthilemoon @widawskij It's still an almost total 100% carbon copy. I am not sure I'd be proud of copying somebody else's idea to such a degree.

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9yr ago

@andreasduess @humphrey_yang @anthilemoon @widawskij This isn't exactly a groundbreaking technological feat so there are bound to be multiple companies doing similar things, just like in most industries. He also clearly has attempted to differentiate himself per the above.

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9yr ago

@getbrandflakes I don't see any differentiation except a choice of colours. The technology, the design, the entire business looks like a carbon copy. Even the "headline/subhead/location" content is exactly the same. I fail to see any original thought in this set-up.

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9yr ago

Craft & Oak

Maker

Hi! Thanks for sharing the website @anthilemoon, I created a discount code for Product Hunters: use "PRODUCTHUNT15" at checkout for 15% off your order! I quit my job in video games (at an ex-YC company) late last year to start this business. This is my first business on my own and it is definitely different from the corporate lifestyle! Feel free to ask any questions here and I'd be happy to answer them

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9yr ago

CityWood

Love this idea. However I prefer maps/posters made by a designer from https://cityartposters.com Plus it's almost half price...

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9yr ago

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Maker

@humphrey_yang @anthilemoon Love this and ordered a map with your discount code from yourownmaps.com :)

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9yr ago

PoolTogether

@hubertuz Not cool.

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9yr ago

CityWood

@lay2000lbs I am just saying that bringing up a copy of mapiful as @sainathkm said, is not cool (and not new)... There are many creative people using maps, making unique work.

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9yr ago

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Hunter

I discovered this service through a post on Reddit, where Humphrey was discussing the joys and challenges of building his startup. The designs are gorgeous, the map maker is super easy to use, and all the maps are "Made in America."

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9yr ago

Ness Labs

Hunter

@ieatsalot Sure, here you go :) https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepr...

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9yr ago

Craft & Oak

Maker

@anthilemoon Thanks again for sharing!

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9yr ago