Custom Made

We help you get anything made.

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ButcherBox

Maker

CM was started as a subscription business by a woodworker (for woodworkers) in 1996. We purchased the website when it looked like this https://web.archive.org/web/2008...? at the time, CM had 350 woodworkers from around the country, and lots of traffic because of its highly relevant domain name. We spent the next three years building out a larger base of subscribers... In early 2012, we changed the model from subscription driven to transaction driven.. two-sided marketplace theory always talks about needing to invest more heavily in scaling one side of the marketplace, in our case, we were able to do this by building a profitable subscription sales model... Btw.. when we swapped our models, the makers loved it.. it aligned our incentives around helping solve the challenge of finding makers more work.

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Hunter

This is why @producthunt is amazing see ^^^^^^

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Hunter

Would love to get @mikesalguero in here to answer some questions on this really great concept. Another Boston startup!

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12yr ago

ButcherBox

Maker

@sachinag, thanks for the business! @datarade, we don't do many custom watches... they are pretty expensive, and we haven't seen lots of customers requesting them.. that being said, shoot me an email at mike at custommade.com, and I will try to help you out! Send a photo of something you like and a rough idea of price !

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12yr ago

Link Texting

@mikesalguero Can you onboard the watch manufacturer V6 to your platform? Thanks for the response.

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Hunter

Waiting for @rrhoover to jump in and commission a ProductHunt version of this -> http://www.custommade.com/custom...

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12yr ago

Nylas

I used CustomMade to make the world's best fantasy football trophy (at least if you're a Michigan fan): http://www.custommade.com/custom... <3 the site.

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12yr ago

ButcherBox

Maker

btw.. we started testing a new product called "co-design" where we work with people/influencers/brands/bloggers on a design, and then host their sales page on our site... http://www.custommade.com/l/sci-... has been pretty interesting to see this program take off.. ping me if interested

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12yr ago

ButcherBox

Maker

@blendahTom, here to answer any questions that you might have!

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Hunter

@mikesalguero your vote for the most custom thing ever made on CustomMade?

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12yr ago

ButcherBox

Maker

@BlendahTom this was our top seller. http://www.custommade.com/boldly... but this is a personal favorite: http://www.custommade.com/hand-c...

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Hunter

@mikesalguero thanks for sharing. Tell us a little bit about how you guys tackled the marketplace traction challenge. You seem to have some amazing makers and creators on the platform.

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12yr ago

Link Texting

@mikesalguero I want to design a custom watch. Analog. Leather Band. Large watch face. Talk to me specifically about the capabilities of your platform/suppliers. Can I get watches made? If I can, then #shutupandtakemymoney. I've been getting watches customized in China for the past few years but it's been a sluggish process with plenty of false positives.

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12yr ago

Prime

@datarade I just submitted a request for a custom watch on Custom Made. I had no idea where to go to start getting them made, where do you get them in China? Is there an english-friendly site I can try?

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