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We have found in talking to countless startups that distributing…",{"value":60,"source":53,"evidence":61},"Followers of YC startups who wear tech tees",[62],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"value":64,"source":53,"evidence":65},"$15 per month",[66,70],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"4540451","creativityhurts","Is it still \"swag\" (stuff we all get) if you pay for it (and eventually for the shipping)? I bought a couple of tees and stickers from Github because I love everything about them…",{"id":71,"by":57,"text":72},"4540876","YC Startup: Pays HN Tees for the cost of the T-shirts and for the service of printing and distributing them to their followers\u002Fcustomers. (make no profit off customers wearing…",{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Wanted a tee service that others would like too","maker",[77],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"4540359","The money isn't going to the YC companies, it covers shipping\u002Fhandling\u002Fproduction. It was something we wanted so we thought others would like it too. Didn't mean to offend.",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":84,"objections":107,"requests":156,"questions":184,"alternatives":199},[85,96],{"value":86,"source":53,"evidence":87},"Clean, simple landing page design",[88,92],{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"4540115","twog","Beautifully designed site. Straight, Simple and to the point.",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"4540368","__chrismc","Nice site. If I had to nitpick, I'd say put the FAQ above the order form, and would've liked to get at least some sort of representation of what sort of tees I'd be getting. The…",{"value":97,"source":53,"evidence":98},"Idea is interesting as a startup signalling concept",[99,103],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"4541588","olalonde","I would. http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSignalling_(economics). For example, if I see someone wearing a YC t-shirt over here in China, I'd most likely strike a conversation. 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What's next, paying to have a huge display on your car that shows Google Ads?",{"value":127,"source":53,"evidence":128},"Price too high for a single shirt",[129,133],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"4540202","DIVx0","Most days I will wear a t-shirt that I have been given either though a conference or other means. I wear them mostly because I like them and want to be identified as a developer…",{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},{"value":135,"source":53,"evidence":136},"Credit card form looks untrusted",[137,141],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"4540187","tudorizer","I see what you did there. A meta\u002Fpiggy-back business on top of the YC buzz, but i'm ok with it. As much as I stay away from wearing unknown texts on my clothing, I'd be fully ok…",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"4540224","ricardobeat","The CC form should have a stripe badge or something, I don't feel like entering my credit card info on a random website.",{"value":146,"source":53,"evidence":147},"Shirts from unknown startups are unappealing",[148,152],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"4540501","mikerice","What if I get a tee from a startup of which I don't necessarily like? The only tees of startups I wear are ones I use\u002Freally support. 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An example tee or two would do a great deal to convince me that I'd be buying something I will want to wear.",{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"4540395","grantjgordon","Any example shirts?",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},{"value":174,"source":53,"evidence":175},"Let subscribers pick companies",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"4540195","OoTheNigerian","Expand beyound YC and you might have a great business. Allow me to pick a list of companies I like and use (very important) So i will certainly be happy with the selection each…",{"value":181,"source":53,"evidence":182},"Expand beyond YC companies",[183],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},[185,193],{"value":186,"source":53,"evidence":187},"Is the money going to YC companies or covering costs",[188,192],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"4540233","someone13","Two things: 1. bitsweet, your post below in this thread seems to be marked as [dead] 2. If the cost is solely to cover shipping \u002F production, it would be a good idea to put this…",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},{"value":194,"source":53,"evidence":195},"Which startups have agreed to participate",[196],{"id":197,"by":105,"text":198},"4540470","Is the first set of shirts shipping October 15? Do you have a list of some of the startups you already have agreement with to do this?",[200,215,226],{"value":201,"source":53,"evidence":202},"StartupThreadsMonthly",[203,207,211],{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"4540245","sethbannon","This seems really similar to StartupThreadsMonthly (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.startupthreadsmonthly.com\u002F), except that StartupThreads uses higher quality American Apparel shirts and have both…",{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"4540172","rrival","Take a look at www.StartupThreadsMonthly.com - they've been running for awhile and do a great job. American Apparel, stickers in the bag, etc. They've taken what we did with…",{"id":212,"by":213,"text":214},"4540169","citricsquid","Are you aware of https:\u002F\u002Fwww.startupthreadsmonthly.com\u002F?",{"value":216,"source":53,"evidence":217},"StartupSchwag",[218,222],{"id":219,"by":220,"text":221},"4540498","dangrossman","I paid more than this to get a Twilio shirt from StartupSchwag when I was a subscriber.",{"id":223,"by":224,"text":225},"4540419","frankdenbow","That was my inspiration, along with Startup Schwag, which ran the same service (with the same printer) as mine for a few years.",{"value":227,"source":53,"evidence":228},"Valley Schwag",[229],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},{"comments":31,"answered":45,"key":231},[232,233,236],{"id":78,"text":79},{"id":234,"text":235},"4540869","The concept of purchasing a piece of clothing with a brand (Lacoste, Nike, Polo, etc) is not novel. 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