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Re:Show HN: Review my startup - Posterhaste - Custom art pri... by samwillis on Monday December 17, 2012 @09:59AM (#4932486)
Hi everyone!

I have been working on this idea for a few months. I had hoped to get it up a little earlier in order to get some more Christmas orders, but it took a little longer than expected to finish it. HN isn't exactly the target market for it but has been such a great help and inspiration for me that I thought I would ask for your feedback. So, what do you think?

I have started with just some simple designs but have the infrastructure built so that it is possible to add more designs very quickly. There are a lots more 'clever' designs in the works, such as those that utilise maps using D3.js (i.e. you could create a print that shows your world trip on a map with flight paths) and more intelligent layout of type creating word cloud images.

To give you an idea of the technology stack:

- Django running in Gunicorn (using Gevent for long requests while rendering) behind Nginx

- Celery (with Redis) for a task queue and for talking to the rendering backend

- PhantomJS is used as the renderer for all current designs but its easy to add different backends for new designs

- The awesome Pwinty API (http://www.pwinty.com/) service for printing and fulfilment. Tom has been a great help!

Take a look around and hopefully it won't crash...

Re:Show HN: Review my startup - Posterhaste - Custom art pri... by chopsueyar on Monday December 17, 2012 @11:26AM (#4932924)
I see Pwinty has US shipping, but seems to be based in the UK.

Are US-bound prints from pwinty mailed from the UK?

Re:Show HN: Review my startup - Posterhaste - Custom art pri... by samwillis on Monday December 17, 2012 @11:30AM (#4932942)
Yes, currently all items are shipped from the UK but I believe Pwinty are close to partnering with a US based printer for US orders.

Our plan is to eventually show pricing to US visitors in USD and ship from the US for quicker delivery.

Re:Show HN: Review my startup - Posterhaste - Custom art pri... by chopsueyar on Monday December 17, 2012 @11:57AM (#4933097)
Can you estimate or do you know (approx.) how long it takes for an order to arrive in the US once payment is made?
Re:Show HN: Review my startup - Posterhaste - Custom art pri... by samwillis on Monday December 17, 2012 @12:03PM (#4933121)
Our estimated delivery times are:

- United Kingdom: 2-3 working days

- Western Europe: 4-5 working days

- Eastern Europe: 6-7 working days

- US and the rest of the Word: 7 working days

We hope to be able to improve upon the US delivery time early next year.

Re:Show HN: Review my startup - Posterhaste - Custom art pri... by chopsueyar on Monday December 17, 2012 @01:14PM (#4933481)
Personally, 7 days is acceptable to me for a customized product coming across the Atlantic ocean.