Question: In the FAQs it says you do your own printing. Does this mean we are paying you $23 just to print whatever startup name on a shirt?
My first thought was that you were getting these shirts directly from startups and not making them yourself. Also, agree with $23 being too expensive. $10 would be more in line with what people are willing to pay.
Props to companies like inDinero for sending out free shwag (LOVE the shirt!:])
I would question how many people would be willing to 'flag' to receive emails (unless it's the original poster). Secondly, I wouldn't share unless I got something out of it. If I'm too lazy to fill out surveys that give store credit, I probably wouldn't share for this.
I think a good strategy might be to get landlords/owners as some of the first users. They have incentive to respond to questions and comments from potential renters so that might be a good starting point for content.
(I'm about to generalize here) The problem I see with this idea is that only people who had bad experiences are going to sign up and post reviews/comments etc. just to spite their housing. This happens on ratemyprofessor all the time.
What are the incentives for people to join? I would assume that your target audience is for people who are looking for new housing and new move-ins. How are you going to get current tenants to come back and answer questions once they are living there already and knowledgable about everything (since this is what creates all your content and draws people to your site I think...)?
Speaking from experience my own personal opinion, when I am satisfied with my living situation, I won't go out of my way to find and join a renters network to ask questions/share experiences. Hope this helps!
My first thought was that you were getting these shirts directly from startups and not making them yourself. Also, agree with $23 being too expensive. $10 would be more in line with what people are willing to pay.
Props to companies like inDinero for sending out free shwag (LOVE the shirt!:])