About to open another small business

[mook]

Since many know about our little cookbook software business due to my repeated spamming of it on this site, it seemed only right to once again spam our new business.

So here it is: SaturdayBox.com.

If you have kids/grand kids, I'm especially interested in hearing thoughts. The site is live right now, although we're still ironing out a few last bugs before we start to advertise it. (Label pages don't have downloadable PDF's yet.) Haven't had any orders since the entire internet (outside of this page) doesn't know about it yet.

This business is based off boxes we gave our own kids last Christmas. Our kids loved them so much it seemed like a natural business.

I see our target audience being grandparents who live far away from kids, divorced dads, people in the military....basically anyone who has a 3 or 7 year old in their life they don't see as much as they want to.

The whole thing is kind of a crazy idea. Hope it catches on.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Wow Mook. That's interesting. I hope you make a million bucks off of it!

 

[Natebishop3]

Where's my saturday box?

 

[Nate4Prez]

I know you want a candy bar, but it's not Saturday. In two days you get to open your Saturday Box, ok?

Love it.

 

[mook]

I know you want a candy bar, but it's not Saturday. In two days you get to open your Saturday Box, ok?

Love it.

lol. So much stuff we wrote on this site was from actual conversations. That was definitely the first one that sprang from my mind. I fucking love standing there at the checkout line watching my boys just hanging out while the whiny kids belonging to the next family in front of me beg for candy. My sons don't even ask, haven't asked in six months, because they know the answer.

 

[mook]

Wow Mook. That's interesting. I hope you make a million bucks off of it!

Thanks! I hope so too!

 

[Nate4Prez]

lol. So much stuff we wrote on this site was from actual conversations. That was definitely the first one that sprang from my mind. I fucking love standing there at the checkout line watching my boys just hanging out while the whiny kids belonging to the next family in front of me beg for candy. My sons don't even ask, haven't asked in six months, because they know the answer.

I was told "no" so many times when I was a kid so I stopped asking. When I was 7 I stole a ring pop from Thriftway (are those still around?) and when I got home I broke my tooth on it. Never stole anything again.

 

[barfo]

Cool idea mook. As a single guy I'm not allowed to give kids candy, but I do have a suggestion: make step #2 the kid's name on the box, rather than the candy. That's going to matter more to your customer (the grandparents etc) than the candy. And the plain box is a bit of a disappointment if you haven't read far enough to see that customization is possible. Maybe even say in step 1 "The next step offers customization of the box".

barfo

 

[barfo]

McDonald's is gonna sue you for calling their burgers crummy tho.

barfo

 

[mook]

McDonald's is gonna sue you for calling their burgers crummy tho.

barfo

hmmm. "Shitty"?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

hmmm. "Shitty"?

Much better.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

HCP's wife is my Saturday box!

 

[Mediocre Man]

HCP's wife is my Saturday box!

So you are the reason I am on a waiting list?

 

[mook]

Maybe I should've started a site called hcpwifebox.com?

 

[mook]

Cool idea mook. As a single guy I'm not allowed to give kids candy, but I do have a suggestion: make step #2 the kid's name on the box, rather than the candy. That's going to matter more to your customer (the grandparents etc) than the candy. And the plain box is a bit of a disappointment if you haven't read far enough to see that customization is possible. Maybe even say in step 1 "The next step offers customization of the box".

barfo

Seriously, though, that's a really smart observation. I changed the order and it seems much more logical now.

 

[Denny Crane]

Hire more workers.

Congrats!

 

[jlprk]

McDonald's is gonna sue you for calling their burgers crummy tho.

Jack-in-the-Box has some new ads on TV?

 

[THE HCP]

Maybe I should've started a site called hcpwifebox.com?

Et tu mook...... et tu?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Seriously, though, that's a really smart observation. I changed the order and it seems much more logical now.

Now, about barfo's fee...

 

[barfo]

Now, about barfo's fee...

I'll wait until he gets as big as Facebook, then sue for half the proceeds.

barfo

 

[Mediocre Man]

Maybe I should've started a site called hcpwifebox.com?

.com is taken, as is .net, .org, .edu and .gov.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'll wait until he gets as big as Facebook, then sue for half the proceeds.

barfo

A wise man.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i think you should start a kitten of the month club for celebs, and then you can sell their cats for big bucks after they trade them in

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i like the box thing though, might make my own...and i guess that might be a problem, someone could just get their own box and send it...interesting though

 

[mook]

Et tu mook...... et tu?

I'm just saying if there's a commodity that is not being properly allocated to maximize revenue streams, perhaps there's an ecommerce solution I can provide that can do that. I'm a capitalist. I don't judge--I just figure out ways to make a buck.

 

[mook]

i think you should start a kitten of the month club for celebs, and then you can sell their cats for big bucks after they trade them in

Yeah, you probably can do it cheaper yourself. Just like if you want to give somebody flowers, it's cheaper to pick them and deliver them yourself than go with a florist.

Honestly, I think it's a great idea whether you use our product or not. Good for you and good for me. I figure the more people who use the idea, the more likely there will be lazy people willing to pay for the service rather going through the hassle themselves.

All told, it took about 6 hours of driving around and buying stuff, designing labels, and stuffing bags for me to initially build these for my two boys myself last Christmas. When I was done I'd spent about $65/box. You may find a way to do it cheaper/faster than I did. I could see cutting it down to 2 hours and $45 if I had to do it all over again from scratch.

Really, though, when you factor in time used you won't save that much. We buy the boxes, candy, bags and labels at wholesale prices. For example, we buy that wood box at the exact same price the local craft store pays. So it's marked up, but mostly not that much more than you'd pay in the store.

 

[mook]

i think you should start a kitten of the month club for celebs, and then you can sell their cats for big bucks after they trade them in

I like it! Actually, I think we could make more if we parted out the cat. Kill it (if it ain't dead already), taxidermy it, then cut it into pieces and auction off the parts. "Now you can own a piece of Britney Spears' pussy!"

 

[3RA1N1AC]

I like it! Actually, I think we could make more if we parted out the cat. Kill it (if it ain't dead already), taxidermy it, then cut it into pieces and auction off the parts. "Now you can own a piece of Britney Spears' pussy!"

ha! brilliant

or maybe grind them into dust that you could mix into your food like rhino horn

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Yeah, you probably can do it cheaper yourself. Just like if you want to give somebody flowers, it's cheaper to pick them and deliver them yourself than go with a florist.

Honestly, I think it's a great idea whether you use our product or not. Good for you and good for me. I figure the more people who use the idea, the more likely there will be lazy people willing to pay for the service rather going through the hassle themselves.

All told, it took about 6 hours of driving around and buying stuff, designing labels, and stuffing bags for me to initially build these for my two boys myself last Christmas. When I was done I'd spent about $65/box. You may find a way to do it cheaper/faster than I did. I could see cutting it down to 2 hours and $45 if I had to do it all over again from scratch.

Really, though, when you factor in time used you won't save that much. We buy the boxes, candy, bags and labels at wholesale prices. For example, we buy that wood box at the exact same price the local craft store pays. So it's marked up, but mostly not that much more than you'd pay in the store.

yeah id probably just use a shoebox full of different pills and broken glass, yours is much nicer

what the great part is, you arent just selling a box with candy in it, you have the story that goes along with it, and thats what will drive your sales, you seem to be on the right track

 

[mook]

ha! brilliant

or maybe grind them into dust that you could mix into your food like rhino horn

I would eat some of whatever Charlie Sheen keeps around the house for a pet.