200 Nipples Covered A Month
Friday, July 18th, 2008Last week I was looking through my feeds on Google Reader (an act that is becoming less and less frequent with work piling up), and saw one of del.icio.us’s “hotlist” saying “200 Nipples“. How could I resist clicking?
Turns out it is a t-shirt selling website that runs batches of t-shirts in exactly 100. Hence they aim to cover 200 nipples every month if they sell 100 t-shirts. The interesting thing about them is that each t-shirt is uniquely numbered, and corresponds to the amount you pay. So you’d pay $70 for t-shirt #70, and $1 for t-shirt #1. Pretty interesting concept and a novel business idea. Sounds to me like they would’ve had to have done some pretty intensive forecasting and cost modeling to come up with this, so credit given there.
What I really like about the company is their blog and product is geared towards conversation or discussion pieces, as you can read about in their writeup for their t-shirt for the month of July and their not-too-serious FAQ page and of course the story behind their company name, gives them a sense of “character” that most brands don’t possess.
Will they be a big player in the world of t-shirt businesses, only time will tell. But for now, I’m subscribed to their updates so I know when their latest design is released so I can snag me a t-shirt (hopefully when I’m up in the US so I can save on shipping).
Tags: 200 nipples, buying t-shirts online, conversation starters, discussion on t-shirts, faq pages, online shopping, threadless
