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Re:Ask HN: Does this idea exist and who wants it? by ryanmahoski on Friday January 09, 2009 @06:54PM (#427330)
For prints, it would be especially nice if customers also got a frame. Without a frame wall art looks cheap. It's no fun buying a beautiful poster and not being able to display it. If someone knows how to economically ship a frame, selling it together with the customer's choice of flickr art would be interesting.
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Re:Ask HN: Does this idea exist and who wants it? by itsandrew on Friday January 09, 2009 @07:26PM (#427374)
We did this with Yaperture (http://yaperture.com), sort of. The costs associated with the buying and shipping of frames was way too high for the average consumer. So, we compromised and sold the photos with thick museum-quality matting.
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Re:Ask HN: Does this idea exist and who wants it? by orib on Friday January 09, 2009 @07:14PM (#427360)
As four bars wrapped in a poster, with pins (or glue) to put it together, perhaps?
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Re:Ask HN: Does this idea exist and who wants it? by ryanmahoski on Friday January 09, 2009 @07:42PM (#427396)
That sounds good expense-wise. Maybe also include a rectangular sheet of clear, flexible plastic to serve in place of the front glass. And one for the matting.
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