Backstory:
A friend and I had this thought about being able to send anyone in the world a card through a website. We decided to try it out with dickbutt and see how it went. This doesn't really solve a problem that we found, we simply did it to bring an idea to an actual product.
Technologies:
Flask / gunicorn / nginx for server-side
Boostrap with the paper theme, FormValidation for the form validation, Jquery of course.
Stripe for handling payments (We'd like to add Paypal, Amazon Payments, and Google Wallet soon)
Stats:
Right now we're seeing about a 1.8% conversion rate.
Investment:
Mostly time, but we spent about $100 in initial supplies (not including stamps).
Postage is the most expensive part about sending each card
I can give a detailed list of supplies if anyone is interested.
Procedure:
Right now, when we sell a card, we print out the shipping address label, put it on the envelope as well as a return address label. After that we print the outside of the card with your greeting. We fold the card in half and then stamp a dickbutt inside. We chose to go with a stamp as it felt more authentic. We are using 110lb cardstock for the cards.
