p/bonfire-2
Design and sell your next favorite shirt
Kevin William David
Bonfire — Design and sell your next favorite shirt
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Graham Gnall
I'm a huge fan of teespring (and the many others competing in the space already). What are some of the differentiators for Bonfire?
Kien Ha
Hi Kevin, can i've your email ? Thanks
DJ Little
Happy to see another team from RVA on PH! Congrats
Gua Tabidze
@kevinpenney Quick thought: I want to create shirt but don't have design eye. Let me create brief and get visual ideas from the community(freelancers). The system works as other freelance websites - you have X money(you can standardize this, minimum at least) and you must choose one winner. You can pay freelancers a success fee - after the successful campaign.
BrianBest
An idea for the road map, I'd love to put in google analytics on this, if I provide the UA code you provide the events and such
Kevin Penney
@brianbest Thanks for the suggestion! I totally agree - giving our sellers advanced analytics + 3rd party integrations on their campaigns is definitely on our roadmap.
eboy
Do you offer organic cotton?
Kevin Penney
@eboy We are going to be rolling out organic cotton options in the very near future.
Thomas Kientz
Just created my spiritual shirt ^^ : https://www.bonfire.com/here-and... Fail to checkout with Paypal (after the second click : "reconfirm with paypal")
Kevin Penney
@thomaskientz Thanks for reporting! I'll forward this to our engineering team for investigation.
Kevin Penney
Thanks for hunting us @kwdinc! Hey Hunters, I'm one of the co-founders here at Bonfire. We've got a very exciting roadmap planned for the product and are happy to finally be out of beta and open for business. I'll be hanging out on PH all day (like usual) - happy to answer any questions and would love your feedback.
BrianBest
@kevinpenney Dumb question is this US only or can us Canucks get in on this? 🇨🇦
Kevin Penney
@brianbest We welcome users from across the globe, especially our neighbors to the North!
Kevin Penney
@brianbest Sweet! Hope you don't mind that I'm your first customer :)
Sergio Sala
@kevinpenney @brianbest what about to your neighbors... to the South? :)
Kevin Penney
Yes, we got you covered 👍
Robert Baldowski
I don't like that I have to login to access/test your designer :(
Kevin Penney
@rboab Thanks for the feedback! We are actively working on some improvements that will address this very frustration.
Joey Figaro
With @rboab - being able to start campaigns or play around with the designer prior to registration would be great. That said, this is an AMAZING UPDATE and I'm so excited for you guys! Keep kicking ass. Can't wait to see what else you guys do.
Kevin Penney
Thanks for the kind words @joeyfigaro. And thanks for the feedback on the registration flow - we've got an upcoming release that should be addressing that very pain point.
Kabir Shah
Epic job! Just made one: https://bonfire.com/structure
Frank Denbow
Screen print or DTG?
Kevin Penney
@frank_denbow Excellent question - our production method really depends on the complexity of the design, as well as the quantity. So in short - both, but it depends :)
Patrick Onyekachukwu Udeh
1. What makes Bonfire different from TeeSpring, Printful and other competitors? 2. TeeSpring has a Shopify Plugin and Printful made it easy to integrate automatically with several e-Commerce platforms via ShipStation. Are there plans to create Bonfire plugins for easy and automatic integration with stores?
Kevin Penney
@patrick_udeh Great questions! 1. On the platform side, we’re the only apparel-selling platform that allows sellers to choose whether to sell shirts for profit or as a fundraiser. (Selling shirts as a fundraiser allows them to accept donations, among other features.) We’ve also invested heavily in graphic design services and US-based customer service to help our sellers be more successful. On the merch side, we’re the only such platform that uses only premium-quality t-shirts. This is because our sellers tend to be deeply connected to their communities, and cheap-quality shirts leave everyone unhappy. 2. We’ve definitely got our eyes on some future integrations with 3rd party platforms. I can’t share a ton at the moment but stay tuned.
Patrick Onyekachukwu Udeh
@kevinpenney Oh, that's great. I especially like that designers/sellers can accept donations. Besides Paypal, I would recommend including Payoneer as a means of making profit payments to sellers, especially those who are based outside the US.
Kevin Penney
@patrick_udeh Thanks for the suggestion! Definitely looking to explore multiple payout options in the near future.
Matt Gardner
@kevinpenney @patrick_udeh The customer success side and graphic help can't be ignored. I bet a lot of items submitted to sites in the space look like garbage, won't be funded, and ultimately fail to create revenue for the business. I used to work liaising between printers and people/brands/charities needing apparel. Just making sure they weren't submitting designs that would look bad once printed and I was able to make a lot doing that :) It's a good value add for both the customers and the bottom line in this case.
Kevin Penney
@thatmattgardner You nailed it - most people have no idea how much pre-production work/guidance goes into custom apparel. Thanks for the support!
Wesley Bliss
No unicode support =/
Raviraj Hegde
Is it similar to teespring?
Kevin Penney
@ravirajlh Yes, we do have a similar business model. See my reply to @patrick_udeh for a bit more about what makes us different.
Karthik Varma
I never used Teespring before but your site looks dope ! I love the design and the color combinatons
Kevin Penney
@leovarmak We appreciate the love!
maksud masud
GREAT