Paisley Babies Online Baby Product Store
My own ecommerce baby products store, an experiment for me, is getting really, really close. Check out Paisley Babies – baby products. The most exciting part of this store is still to come. I have a friend in Mexico I met through Twitter. He’s an artist and I commissioned him to paint some art for a baby’s room. It’s a set of a moon, star, and sun which are brightly colored.
I also want a selection of cards and t-shirts. I think I’ll search Threadless for now. Ok, I did. Not much of a selection yet. Cafe Press?
Here’s a picture of my favorite person (I got his teddy bear at Affiliate Summit): 
I want to add the following features:
- design your own onesize feature
- paisley babies t-shirts for pregnant moms who are having twins, triplets, etc. with feature to make them into a e-postcard “coming soon…” and put the due date
- paisley baby cards and baby shower invites with paisleys of course
- comments on articles and a social networking piece
- printable cards that are free
- a forum to share baby care tips
- an affiliate-based baby products blog to review/discuss the best products, like my favorite, what I call the baby train. It’s a wagon with 3 compartments that the triplets in my neighborhood ride in.
I’m not baby hungry. This is part of my ongoing experiment to make my entire income online. I’ve never had an ecommerce store and wanted to be a 1-person shop. I know a mom with triplets and it fascinates me how they keep it all going. They are about 1 year old now – 2 girls and a boy. I was teaching about branding. For smaller retailers you need a target market or niche. This is mine.
Feedback or ideas welcome…and this is bigger than it appears…I want to do something much bigger for moms, more details to come.
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August 18th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
The layout of the store looks great. The idea of a store that targets parents of multiples is fabulous. At this time, I don’t see anything about the site that would really resonate with that audience. On reading the description of the site, I found myself wanting to know about the actual real life experiences of a mom of multiples.
BTW, there is a really strong community of moms on the net. The groups seem to be attuned to the authenticity of the sites they include in their link lists.
August 18th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Kevin,
I appreciate your input – thank you.
I’ve just got the products up. I don’t know any moms of multiples who blog or write a lot. So, being the reporter type I’m going to interview several, starting with my friend Rebecca. I’ll feature them on the blog and weave in their tips on the site.
So if you know anyone willing to talk to me…
Yes, the site needs content.
Janet
August 19th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
The game where you are outside a community looking in is a tough nut to crack.
The reporting angle might work. Reporters can find things relevant to a community that others might miss. I wouldn’t give much credence to a pure marketing angle.
BTW: SaS merchants 10552 and 8441 might work well with your site.