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📣 prudence_indeed

What is the best incubator for a custom furniture startup?


I run a custom furniture startup. Without giving away too many details, it's niche furniture with high demand and low competition.

I'm looking for help, because I want to hire a developer (I quit coding for mental health reasons) to code out a wizard for furniture creation.

Can anyone help?

Or, is there some sort of software that can help?

Thanks

  👤 PaulHoule Accepted Answer ✓
Lately I've been thinking about print-on-demand services that will make clothing

https://www.contrado.com/custom-made-skirts

or houseware sorts of stuff like

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/home-decor/bedding/sheet-set

some of which really counts as furniture such as

https://www.contrado.com/custom-vanity-stool

is this something like that?

In the case of clothing I have been thinking about how you can print some art on a sheet of fabric together with a sewing pattern and then have somebody cut on the lines and sew the garmet together. I think Contrado is much more sophisticated than other vendors who do similar things (another famous one has exactly one style of skirt in the inventory) but I am a little disappointed that most if not all of their clothing designs have a single size whereas if I was paying $120 for a dress shirt like they charge I'd expect it to be personalized based on more than one measurement. One way or another though they have some system that creates "plans" for making something based on user input and I think you need something like that.

👤 imvetri
You need carpenter. Not developers.

If your business is running with wood, carpenters and you want to go online to improve your sales, you can.

I can help. Better, find a high traffic spot in your local town and set a shop or an advertisement board there.