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Ask HN: Swag delivered to your door?

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Hi HN,

Would anyone here be interested in a service that delivers swag (promotional items) straight to your company, on a monthly basis. For example, one month you may get shirts with your logo on it. The next you may get pens, then towels, mugs, etc. Lets say you had to pay $20/month to do so for the smallest possible quantity (5 shirts, 50 pens, 10 towels, 10 mugs, etc)

Thanks!

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I get free stuff all the time from startups just by asking. No need to pay. Yep, just ask.

Here's a list of startups (out of 50) that gave me a free t-shirt/swag just by simply asking: 1) IFTTT: Free socks 2) CloudFlare: free t-shirt and stickers! 3) Trello: free t-shirt 4) Zencoder: free t-shirt 5) ChartBeat: free t-shirt

I'm not sure if can see established businesses buying a "swag" subscription service. The best way to find out is to ask them for money directly. Say you're starting up a service that [Insert Elevator Pitch Here] and subscriptions are $20/month. Ask them if they would like to preorder.

that's exactly what I am trying to do, thanks

Unless you are manufacturing them directly, how are you going to get custom printed items in small quantities significantly cheaper than the companies could get themselves?

assuming I could, would you buy it? I am confident I can

http://Startupthreads.com

Hmm... That's very startup focused. While I'd market to startups as well, any business would work. Plus, I am really gearing for the subscription model, which I see they do, but for other company's swag. That's not really the business I'd be in.

thanks

Edit: By that I mean I just want to cater to small business and startups that would like some swag every month for a relatively low price.

- If $20 is only for the delivery, then no. But if it was for the delivery and the product then, I wouldn't mind.

$20 for both

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