[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":484},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-19892758":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":90,"maker_in_thread":210,"shape":218,"grid":222,"attempts":445,"same_week":446,"maker_shows":37,"maker_hidden":476,"reader_version":477,"card":478},"19892758","Koonchi","Convert Photo to Hand-Painted Painting by Artists from India","title","Show HN: Koonchi – Convert Photo to Hand-Painted Painting by Artists from India","https:\u002F\u002Fkoonchi.com","koonchi.com","OrganicQuote",1557677781,2019,275,115,119,2195,6,"legend","creative","custom painting service","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"photo to painting","custom portrait painting","hand painted portrait","indian artists","mixed",-0.135,{"positive":18,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},12,0,11,29,{"design":36,"execution":39,"idea":41,"pricing":43},{"positive":37,"critical":38},1,5,{"positive":40,"critical":32},2,{"positive":42,"critical":42},3,{"positive":32,"critical":42},[37,42,32,32,38,32,32,32,37,42,37,42,32,32,38,32,42,32,32,37,37,37,37,42,32,32,32,32,42,37,38,38,37,32,42,32,32,32,32,42],null,{"problem":47,"audience":60,"pricing":68,"motivation":45,"time_to_build":45,"stack":78,"openness":87,"stage":88,"team_size":89},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Turns customer photos into hand-painted paintings made by artists","inferred",[51,53,57],{"id":52},"post",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"19892911","spectramax","Could you please share the story about how you started such a wonderful business? Specifically, I am curious of how did you go about lobbying artists and convincing them to get…",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"19893098","When we started accepting orders 3 months ago, we started with few local artists and couple artists from different cities in India. My faith in the project became stronger and…",{"value":61,"source":49,"evidence":62},"People wanting custom painted portraits from photos",[63,67],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"19892952","chias","This looks phenomenal, I'll be placing an order later today. Congratulations to you and your team, I hope this succeeds past your expectations :)",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},{"value":69,"source":70,"evidence":71},"Artists set their own base prices; Koonchi adds a commission; international shipping not free","maker",[72,75],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"19893170","The pricing is decided by the artist, and every style is owned by an individual artist. We add percentage of commission on the base artist pricing.",{"id":76,"by":11,"text":77},"19896045","Our apologies if you felt that it was misrepresented in our FAQs. Right now reliable world-wide shipping from India is 10x more expensive for us compared to shipping within…",[79],{"value":80,"source":81,"evidence":82},"Shopify","commenter",[83],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"19893830","chrischen","Of course! If they are reading this feel free to email me anytime (email in profile) for feedback or advice. It looks like this is an MVP setup on shopify and is exactly how it…","unknown","launched","team",{"praise":91,"objections":111,"requests":156,"questions":178,"alternatives":191},[92,103],{"value":93,"source":81,"evidence":94},"Artist-set pricing and individual artist styles are a good approach",[95,99],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"19893624","anigbrowl","That's a good approach. I think it would be worth including that information on the FAQ page - transparency builds trust and such issues are more important in a global…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"19893347","mthoms","I love this, good job. I'm curious, does the purchase transfer the copyright to the buyer? Or does it remain with the artist?",{"value":104,"source":81,"evidence":105},"Looks polished and good luck wishes",[106,107],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"19892836","Rainymood","Super awesome, I had this idea as well but the hard part is in the execution! I'm rooting for your success!",[112,123,131,146],{"value":113,"source":81,"evidence":114},"Too similar to Instapainting",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"19892921","yingw787","Sounds a lot like instapainting.com, except artists come from India instead of China. Also sounds like the model works :) Best of luck!",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"19892978","namanyayg","Loses out in both style and cost when compared to InstaPainting (where this is definitely derived from) but good effort, hope this improves livelihoods of Indian artists. What…",{"value":124,"source":81,"evidence":125},"Shipping fee surprise at checkout despite free shipping FAQ",[126,130],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"19893257","redka","I almost bought something from them but was met (at the very end of the whole process) with a huge standard shipment fee even though the FAQ said the shipment is free. 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I should say I have nothing…",{"id":154,"by":11,"text":155},"19896153","All our paintings are shipped with artist signature on it. Also a brief about the artist is mentioned in the description. We don’t sell traditional Indian paintings, so don’t…",[157,167,174],{"value":158,"source":81,"evidence":159},"Crop or rotate option for uploaded photo",[160,164],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"19893337","cm2012","I just made an order (to Glen Oaks, NY). One concern is that at checkout the picture I uploaded flipped sideways. 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According to current copyright laws the buyer does not hold copyright to the artwork.",[192,199,206],{"value":193,"source":81,"evidence":194},"Instapainting",[195,196],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"id":197,"by":85,"text":198},"19893564","Founder of Instapainting here! We were actually far from the first in this space as well (there were incumbents at the top of the Google search ranks from the mid to early…",{"value":200,"source":81,"evidence":201},"Umano",[202],{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"19893314","mkagenius","I remember an old shark tank episode where kids would paint for you. Here it is: https:\u002F\u002Fumano.com\u002F",{"value":207,"source":81,"evidence":208},"Etsy",[209],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"comments":211,"answered":38,"key":212},9,[213,216,217],{"id":214,"text":215},"19893117","Artists do recommend other artists. 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