[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":510},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-4413713":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":35,"aspects":36,"strip":47,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":108,"maker_in_thread":239,"shape":249,"grid":252,"attempts":472,"same_week":473,"maker_shows":42,"maker_hidden":502,"reader_version":503,"card":504},"4413713","Nifty","I mixed selling t-shirts with a little bit of game theory","title","Show HN: I mixed selling t-shirts with a little bit of game theory","http:\u002F\u002Fgetnifty.com","getnifty.com","seekely",1345570321,2012,171,82,103,1677,7,"notable","web_saas","e-commerce t-shirt store","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"t-shirt store","graphic tees","time-limited sales","game theory marketing","mixed",-0.087,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},9,19,6,17,51,{"pricing":37,"execution":40,"docs":41,"idea":43,"design":46},{"positive":38,"critical":39},0,3,{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":42},1,{"positive":44,"critical":45},8,10,{"positive":42,"critical":39},[39,39,42,48,39,48,39,38,42,48,42,42,42,39,42,39,38,42,42,39,39,39,39,48,39,39,42,42,42,42,39,39,38,38,42,48,39,48,42,39],5,"I had this idea rolling around in my head for the last couple of years, and I finally decided to build the damned thing just to get idea relief.\n\nThe backend is a typical LAMP stack with the Symfony2 framework backing the P.  Varnish sits in front of all the Chef managed Linode boxes.  The site will work without Javascript (up until the checkout), and the style degrades really nicely depending on your viewport (try it out by resizing your browser).\n\nI'm open to all comments and critiques, so let me hear them.  And if you are into graphic t-shirts, here is a code for a Hacker News 20% discount:",{"problem":51,"audience":60,"pricing":68,"motivation":79,"time_to_build":83,"stack":84,"openness":105,"stage":106,"team_size":107},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Sells graphic t-shirts with a game where the least popular shirt earns buyers a free shirt","maker",[55,57],{"id":56},"post",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"4414311","Below in the comments, I mention I am very curious to find out if people will take buying the least popular t-shirt as a positive (I'm unique) or negative (Why would I want a…",{"value":61,"source":62,"evidence":63},"Graphic t-shirt buyers","inferred",[64,65],{"id":56},{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"4413767","I had this idea rolling around in my head for the last couple of years, and I finally decided to build the damned thing just to get idea relief. 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The OP has been changing the pricing around, it was $25 earlier :)",{"id":77,"by":11,"text":78},"4414021","As a very frequent t-shirt purchaser myself, the reason sites like TeeFury (which I love) do not sell at $25 is because their t-shirt quality, design, and printing style is not…",{"value":80,"source":53,"evidence":81},"Idea kept nagging; built it to get idea relief",[82],{"id":56},null,[85,89,93,97,101],{"value":86,"source":53,"evidence":87},"PHP",[88],{"id":56},{"value":90,"source":53,"evidence":91},"Symfony2 framework",[92],{"id":56},{"value":94,"source":53,"evidence":95},"Varnish",[96],{"id":56},{"value":98,"source":53,"evidence":99},"Chef",[100],{"id":56},{"value":102,"source":53,"evidence":103},"Linode hosting",[104],{"id":56},"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":109,"objections":131,"requests":176,"questions":204,"alternatives":217},[110,124],{"value":111,"source":70,"evidence":112},"Clever game mechanic and idea",[113,117,120],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"4414288","drharris","I really like this. I found myself with a gradually widening smile as I realized the ramifications of the whole concept. The brilliance from the commerce standpoint is that the…",{"id":118,"by":74,"text":119},"4413955","I like the idea, but I have the feeling your t-shirts are overpriced. I had what you could call a t-shirt problem, I purchased over 150 in the space of a year, anyway one common…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"4416623","jdevonport","What a fantastic idea, I am a long time customer of Threadless, TeeFury etc. You see a lot of clones springing up but you have done something really interesting and unique, will…",{"value":125,"source":70,"evidence":126},"Site design degrades nicely across viewports",[127],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"4416024","wdewind","Nice site, just wanted to say I really like the phrase \"style degrades\" instead of \"responsive design.\" It's much more accurate and I will be using it from now on, thanks.",[132,140,150,165],{"value":133,"source":70,"evidence":134},"Shirts seem overpriced at $25 and shirt quality unclear",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"4414059","MattGrommes","That's a heck of a cool idea, nice job! I visit a lot of t-shirt sites and my first thought was \"Very clever!\" which doesn't happen that often. :) My only problem is that I…",{"id":118,"by":74,"text":119},{"value":141,"source":70,"evidence":142},"Least popular framing feels like trying to offload bad shirts",[143,147],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"4414241","steve8918","I saw this site last week or maybe the week before, and to be honest, I was put-off by the obnoxiousness of trying to get people to buy the \"least popular\" t-shirt. To me, it…",{"id":148,"by":145,"text":149},"4414409","The fact that you only reveal the last hourly sales, which really has zero relevance to total sales and whether or not you \"win\", makes it feel like a game of 3-card monte, as I…",{"value":151,"source":70,"evidence":152},"Shipping limited to US",[153,157,161],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"4415170","vhf","I so wanted to buy the bicycle one for my girlfriend. When checking out my cart, it didn't allow me to choose another country than US, and I'm in Europe. Too bad for me (and for…",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"4416321","fileoffset","The game theory stuff is neat but to me inconsequential. I just went to buy a really cool shirt but can't - USA shipping only :( Pity! I doubt I'll ever come back to this site.",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"4416798","pkhamre","I would really love international shipping for the tshirts.",{"value":166,"source":70,"evidence":167},"Users may make regrettable purchases",[168,172],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"4413903","fudged71","On first glance, I feel like people would simply choose the shirt that they think looks the least fashionable, which just leads to regrettable purchases.",{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"4414084","stefanobernardi","Cool idea, agree with the comment about regrettable purchases so I think you need to figure something out for that. I think there's a lot of space to apply game theory \u002F…",[177,182,193,197],{"value":178,"source":70,"evidence":179},"International shipping",[180,181],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},{"value":183,"source":70,"evidence":184},"Larger product images",[185,189],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"4415983","dfc","Neat idea. I like the design of some of the shirts. One nitpick, the preview images could be bigger...a lot bigger.",{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"4415437","ScottBurson","Interesting, but my reaction is, I'll just pick my favorite (if any) and not worry about getting the special. It's not worth buying one I don't really like just because it might…",{"value":194,"source":70,"evidence":195},"More designs",[196],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},{"value":198,"source":70,"evidence":199},"Release sales data",[200],{"id":201,"by":202,"text":203},"4414386","jedberg","After you do this for a while, please please release your data. 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I have some shirt info at http:\u002F\u002Fgetnifty.com\u002Fshirt\u002Finfo, but agreed it should be more prominent and detailed. And pushing out copy change to 'Sign up for weekly sale…",{"id":247,"text":248},"4415101","Good question and obviously not an optimal situation. Since I'm a small shop going through a third party printer, I am last in line for raw t-shirt supply. 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