I didn't know Google had a store(googlestore.com)

36 pointsby vakselvor 17 Jahren21 comments

http://www.googlestore.com/home.asp

15 comments

patio11vor 17 Jahren

It isn't technically Google-operated: they've outsourced it, which is fairly common for promotional goods. (McDonalds doesn't specialize in making T-shirts, after all.)

What I find hilarious is that if you buy an $8 T-shirt from Google you can actually talk to a human being about it, which makes that approximately the only Google-brand product sold for under $100,000 where that is reliably true.

tzuryvor 17 Jahren

The funniest thing about it that it runs ASP on IIS.

tesseractvor 17 Jahren

Google has had a store for a long time. As far as I can tell it was at one time the only way they were making money - before AdWords and the Google Appliance were invented.

l0nwlfvor 17 Jahren

For more details check this earlier post on HN : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652807 Apparantly google is outsourcing it to some 3rd party (in this case it's Merchandise Mania Ltd, Borehamwood, UK)

[deleted]vor 17 Jahren

Mark_Bvor 17 Jahren

Forget Google merch...I want some "Bing Bling"

apgwozvor 17 Jahren

And the pens (http://www.googlestore.com/product.asp?catid=4&code=GO42...), at least the previous incarnation of them, write amazingly well. Does anyone know where I can get them cheaper (i.e. not GOOG branded)?

sokoloffvor 17 Jahren

$5.20 (plus shipping) for 4 pens that "write amazingly well" is too much money? Why not just buy the ones you like and stop spending time/energy on the "problem"?

apgwozvor 17 Jahren

> $5.20 (plus shipping) for 4 pens that "write amazingly well" is too much money?

It's not about the money by any means. 1) I use a pen pretty rarely. 2) I'm not spending time or energy on the "problem."

sokoloffvor 17 Jahren

When you asked for a cheaper source, I assumed it was somehow about the money.

sh1mmervor 17 Jahren

Quite a few companies have one. Yahoo! has one too (http://companystore.yahoo.com/).

I'm always amazed at the amount of people that stop in front of the Yahoo! sign to take photos.

dryicerxvor 17 Jahren

Pretty much any large branded company has their own store. Cisco has a physical store on campus that sell branded stuff.

tzuryvor 17 Jahren

now you know.

beastman82vor 17 Jahren

and knowing is half the battle

Tichyvor 17 Jahren

Has anyone tried the bean bags - are they big enough for adults?

timcedermanvor 17 Jahren

Yes. I have one and it's great.

timcedermanvor 17 Jahren

They also have an on-site store for guests.

dzlobinvor 17 Jahren

Oh god, you guys KNOW the hackers at google have so many cheap google soiveniers at home.

johnfnvor 17 Jahren

I don't know if this is exactly 'life changing'... although it is pretty cool.

omnipresent1vor 17 Jahren

I love the "SPF 30 Google Sun Stick" :)

shovor 17 Jahren

I didn't know Google Checkout was available in Australia now.

Pretty annoyed that they want CC details before telling me shipping, though. I wanted some Google grocery bags!

onreact-comvor 17 Jahren

What? Google takes on Walmart?