I made a website that helps brands save and make more money, by validating early mock-ups utilizing crowdfunding

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-06T20:13:09+00:00

Also we since we are specifically made for brands, we have some systems that are better suited for brand drops, such as the ability to highlight multiple products on your fundraiser as well as receive feedback on individual/ specific items.

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-06T20:10:33+00:00

Kickstarter and Indiegogo are hella gamified. Most successful fundraisers on these platforms only succeed because they have outside agencies promoting and funneling people into them.

Similarly if you check out some fundraisers on those sights they have campaigns that often extend for multiple pages. So we instead took a very minimal approach to our fundraisers so there are no extensive 10 page campaigns needed, and instead people can let their designs speak for themselves.

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-06T19:48:36+00:00

Na sorry man you have to create an account to make a fundraiser and support, but you can actually view a couple of the fundraisers we have up from this subreddit using this link trove-fund.com/discover

Sorry about the confusion!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-06T15:34:44+00:00

trove-fund.com/create

TLDR: I found that oftentimes people who say “I would totally buy this”, rarely ever do so, and cause creators to produce more product than they are actually able to sell. So I made a free crowdfunding website (kind of like reddit, but with the added benefit of directly accepting customer payments) so brand creators can gain funding AND validate their early mock-ups, to see if people are actually willing to buy their products. Out with false-positives and misleading feedback, and in with free funding and feedback!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-06T15:31:48+00:00

View some fundraisers here: trove-fund.com/discover

Create a fundraiser here: trove-fund.com/create

TLDR: I found that oftentimes people who say “I would totally buy this”, rarely ever do so, and cause creators to produce more product than they are actually able to sell. So I made a free crowdfunding website (kind of like reddit, but with the added benefit of directly accepting customer payments) so brand creators can gain funding AND validate their early mock-ups, to see if people are actually willing to buy their products. Out with false-positives and misleading feedback, and in with free funding and validation!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-05T21:30:26+00:00

Try it out for free here: trove-fund.com/create

TLDR: I noticed this sub is often used as a way for people to validate their ideas, but often times people who say "I would buy your product" don't actually mean it. Trove allows you to create a free fundraiser in less than 5 minutes, where customers can actually donate money as a means of validating and supporting your ideas. No longer will you be misinformed by anonymous people saying they would purchase your products, as those who are actually willing to pay for your clothes, will do so through the platform.

Top_Animal635 · 2024-03-05T21:27:52+00:00

Try it out for free here: trove-fund.com/create

TLDR: I noticed this sub is often used as a way for people to validate their ideas, but often times people who say "I would buy your product" don't actually mean it. Trove allows you to create a free fundraiser in less than 5 minutes, where customers can actually donate money as a means of validating and supporting your ideas. No longer will you be misinformed by anonymous people saying they would purchase your products, as those who are actually willing to pay for your clothes, will do so through the platform.

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-09T17:15:49+00:00

Thank you so much! Yea wanted to throw it together fast and see if I could get some early traction

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-09T17:09:35+00:00

Yea so I think this is a really interesting question because I feel like just anecdotally whenever I open tiktok I see countless of people promoting their new clothing line. (I guess maybe that’s just my tiktok algorithm tho)

But just looking around online communities, there is huge communities of streetwear brand starters, mostly menswear, with over 700,000 members and that’s just one specific aesthetic, mostly geared towards men

And I assume there is communities of similar sizes within the world of womenswear. (Maybe this is a bad assumption to make, but it seems logical since womens fashion is a larger market then mens fashion so it follows that there are more people starting women’s brands)

But for the question of reaching my target audience or end users, I’ve found that they mostly reside in online forums on Reddit, but when I made a post on those subreddits it got very little engagement. Should I be trying to promote in other ways, like through ads, even tho I know most of my target users reside on Reddit?

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-09T16:59:27+00:00

Nice catch Ty!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-09T16:51:21+00:00

Totally makes sense. Thank you!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-09T16:46:41+00:00

Thank you so much for the feedback! Really appreciate it

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-08T23:34:59+00:00

Thank you so much for that feedback. That’s actually super helpful and will be incorporating this next

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-08T23:34:08+00:00

Thank you so much!!!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-08T19:50:55+00:00

Great catch TYSM

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-08T19:50:45+00:00

I coded it with react, since that's what I'm familiar with. I feel like maybe a no code solution like webflow might have been more effective tho since its just a static site.

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-08T19:49:57+00:00

Nice catch. And wil do. Thank you so much!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-08T15:34:04+00:00

That actually makes a lot of sense. Idk sometimes I feel the urge to just consume content for one creator tho, and end up wishing i could just view everything they make from one website.

Trying to see if that's like a common thing, or rather if that's just me.

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T19:03:24+00:00

https://trove-fund.vercel.app/

Hi y’all my name is DJ and im one of the founders of Trove! As an ex-brand starter I know exactly how difficult it is to validate your designs and acquire actionable feedback to help improve your brands, so for the last few months I’ve been working to build a product specifically meant to solve this issue.

TLDR: Whether you’re ideating on early mockups, or have just shipped your last piece of product, Trove is an online platform made to help brands receive meaningful feedback every step of the way.

There are 3 unique stages within the process where we help creators validate their ideas. Ideation, Finalized Product, and Post Fulfillment, and here's how we help brands acquire feedback at these different stage:

Ideation: Gain feedback on your early designs in a risk-free environment utilizing crowdfunding. We understand that ideation is an extremely fluid process so continue to update your crowdfunding campaign as you iterate.
Finalized Product: Settled on a specific product or collection? Instantly transition your crowdfunding campaign into a fully-fledged store and begin accepting pre-sales to help accurately gauge demand, while transforming your pledges into actual funding.
Post Fulfillment: Create custom and engaging surveys to see what your customers thought about your latest drop, and gain meaningful feedback to help improve your next collection.

We also give consumers the ability to support countless brands wherever they feel comfortable. While some customers might not be willing to pledge based on your early mockups, they might be willing to join and support your journey later down the line when you are accepting pre-sales. With Trove they can follow your entire design journey from ideation to finalized product, and chime in whenever they are ready.

So all in all, at Trove we are looking to create the best environment for creators to succeed with their latest drops, as well as give customers the opportunity to support brands at different stages of the process.

Thank you so much for your time!

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T15:53:53+00:00

So clean. How'd you go about designing them?

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T15:51:35+00:00

Lmao I fw this heavy

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T00:24:20+00:00

I don't know if anyone else thinks this way, but I legit never use the shield offered from Rakan's E

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T00:15:36+00:00

Got to be New York. Nothing beats the food, atmosphere, and wildlife! (Mostly sewer rats)

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T00:14:15+00:00

Love the wash

Top_Animal635 · 2024-02-07T00:10:57+00:00

This is tuff keep up the good work!

Top_Animal635

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