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I'm sure the earring wearers would appreciate this but the way their shop is handled screams "If you have to ask, you can't afford it".

Also, I hope the actual BT headphone part is made by someone who knows what they're doing, or they'll be more trouble than they're worth.

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Yikes. I didn't realize that's how it comes across. We have version that are cost a lots less than a pair of AirPods, and the customer gets an earring plus an audio module. We are doing invite only because ours is still an MVP, and we are only doing short production runs.

Well it's jewelry and there's a lot of expensive (not always justified) stuff that's only sold in cult format. As in you have to be a cult member to buy.

It's only logical :)

But then I'm not the potential customer, the missus may be and I didn't ask her opinion yet.

Update: I asked the missus. At first she said "WANT".

When I told her you have to join the club to order the "WANT" changed to "I don't need, thanks" :)

Please tell her thank you for the enthusiastic want and that it's not a club; it's a list so we can send out an announcement as soon as we open the shop next.

Don't worry - I buy a lot of new developing tech designed for women and I didn't think that at all. I thought, oh great I can afford to buy a few options!

One question not answered here, do you need your ears pierced?

Unfortunately, that's a yes for our current version. They are for pierced ears. We do have test versions for clip-ons but they are still a few iterations away from being ready.

You might want to let your customers know that explicitly on the Store page.

Nonetheless, fantastic idea and good work.

Thanks spdebbarma!

Neat idea. But I would make it clear on the shop page that the product isn't ready.

We have an mvp, and we have been selling the earrings in batches.

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