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DimFish: Let's Create A GodDamn Better Ecommerce Site, Fincent the fish says hi!

Tired of other Ecommerce sites. You know the ones I am talking about. Lets build one together to blow them out of the water.

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DimFish: Let's Create A GodDamn Better Ecommerce Site, Fincent the fish says hi!

DimFish: Let's Create A GodDamn Better Ecommerce Site, Fincent the fish says hi!

DimFish: Let's Create A GodDamn Better Ecommerce Site, Fincent the fish says hi!

DimFish: Let's Create A GodDamn Better Ecommerce Site, Fincent the fish says hi!

DimFish: Let's Create A GodDamn Better Ecommerce Site, Fincent the fish says hi!

Tired of other Ecommerce sites. You know the ones I am talking about. Lets build one together to blow them out of the water.

Tired of other Ecommerce sites. You know the ones I am talking about. Lets build one together to blow them out of the water.

Tired of other Ecommerce sites. You know the ones I am talking about. Lets build one together to blow them out of the water.

Tired of other Ecommerce sites. You know the ones I am talking about. Lets build one together to blow them out of the water.

Dave & Harry [Fincent LLC]
Dave & Harry [Fincent LLC]
Dave & Harry [Fincent LLC]
Dave & Harry [Fincent LLC]
1 Campaign |
Fort Lauderdale, United States
$330 USD 5 backers
0% of $60,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

The idea for DimFish was born from our frustrations of trying to sell our stuff online. There is something “fishy” about the way all of these sites treat their sellers. Let’s face it, these sites make all of their money off of the sellers. The endless fees are what keep the site up and running yet they just treat you like a bottom feeder. You have to be a brain sturgeon to figure out how the fee’s work, there are no incentives for being loyal to their site and you are forced to take an expensive risk by paying up front to list everything. We had it up to our gills with what was becoming the industry norm. What started as a rant about these sites, turned into a brainstorming session about ours.

Our Dream Was A Website That:

  • was easy to use
  • was fun to use
  • had no listing fees
  • no hidden or extra fees
  • gave incentives for being loyal
  • allowed stuff on many pages instead of one
  • was a place where others could help sell your stuff
  • was a true social selling network
During that time we identified the 5 major problems to selling your stuff online. We took the liberty of fixing those problems with DimFish.com

 

The First Problem: Fees Out The Blowhole

Listing fee, re-listing fee, percentage of sales fee, insertion fee, buy it now fee, multiple category fee, credit card fee, quantity in stock fee, advertising fee, variable closing fee……When does it end? Every single one of those fee’s is a real fee to list and sell your stuff online. What’s next a fee fee?

 

 

 

The Second Problem: Nobody Can Find Your Stuff

Whoo hooo, over here, no not there…HERE!  Your stuff is normally on one static webpage among the thousands of other pages vying for a buyers attention.  No one is buying your stuff because they can’t find it!

 

 

 

The Third Problem: Your Stuff Never Sells

 
 

This probably shouldn't come as a surprise but if no one can find your stuffhow are they going to buy it?  Plus, you’re not a marketing and sales expert, how are you suppose to know the best way to post, write a description, and market your product?

 

 

The Fourth Problem: No Loyalty Incentives

As a seller, you have hundreds of options out there when choosing a place to sell your stuff.  These sites act like they are doing you a big favor by letting you pay them a ton of money to sell your own stuff.  What ever happened tothanking someone for their business?

 

 

The Fifth Problem: No Social Selling Network 

Thanks for the blog or message board with some puffer fish bragging about all of the stuff they’re selling and all of the clams they are raking in.  How does that help me sell my stuff?  Why aren't there any REAL resources to help me sell my stuff?

 

 

 

We decided to make the dream a reality!

DimFish Was Born

It started as us sketching some ideas on paper about what we would do differently if we had a site.  We were just brainstorming idea’s and trying to “one up” each other.  A couple of hours later, we looked at each other and thought “this is really good, why not try and make it happen?”  So we decided to take it a step further.

We started to chart out the flow of the site and began to get a little more organized.  At one point we even impressed one of our wives, which was a big step for us.  So now we had an idea, and a structure or foundation for the site.  Next came the hard part a design for the site!

Behold, the current mock-up of the homepage.

Then we realized that was only one page!  So we got back to work.

We set out to design the hundreds of screen layouts that you need for a functioning site.  It took months to make each one just right.  The concept for the site is complicated even though the execution for the user is really simple.   

So now we have conceptualized a fun, simple to use website that eliminates all of the problems with selling your stuff online.

 

The First Solution: Eliminate Fees

Ok, so we can’t completely eliminate all of the fees but we can sure come close.  We don’t believe it should cost you anything to list your product and we don’t believe you should need an advanced degree to figure out a fee chart.  We made it very simple.  List your stuff for as long as you want on as many pages as you want for FREE.  If it sells, you pay a buck.  No percentage of the sale, no tiers where the category of the product or the cost of the product affect what you pay.  That’s it, 4 quarters, 10 dimes, or 1 Washington.  You sell something that costs $20, you pay a buck.  You sell something that costs $100,000, you pay a buck.  Does it get any easier then that?

 

The Second Solution: Make Your Stuff More Visible

 

If people can’t see it, they aren’t going to buy it.  We have created a site that allows you to display your stuff on as many pages as you want with our “Stream” and “School” features generating tons of extra exposure and views for your stuff.

The Third Solution: Sell All Your Stuff

Any good Salefish worth their salt will tell you that sales is just a numbers game.  The more people that see a product, the greater chance that you will sell it.  With our features to give you greater exposure and our teeny tiny fee’s you are able to sell your stuff for cheaper and make more money.  That my friends, is a recipe for success!

 

 

 

The Fourth Solution: Tons of Incentives

Nothing irks us more than a business not appreciating it’s loyal customers.  We set out to do the exact opposite.  We have dozens of ways for you to both earn and save money.  Here are just a couple of them:

1. We are pooling our resources to be able to offer everyone a reduced credit card transaction fee.

2. Our “fish food” rewards program which is redeemable for CASH!  This isn’t some ridiculous rewards program where you need to jump through hoops to save a couple of dollars.  You earn fish food starting with creating a new account on the site.

3. Levels-  as you continue to use the site you will move to different levels each with it’s own unique rewards and incentives to help you make more money.  For example, you can get an even lower credit card transaction fee or have your threshold for cashing in fish food reduced.

4. Unlimited earning potential and the ability to earn money even if you don’t have anything to sell!

 

 

The Fifth Solution: A Social Selling Network

This is the feature of the site that we are most excited about.  Never before has a site allowed users to help each other sell their stuff.  With our “Stream” and “School” features you will be able to do things like:

  • Hand select other user’s products to compliment your stuff and earn cash when it sells.  Helping your fellow user with a kickback!
  • Invite other user’s to place their products with your products and earn cash when they sell.
  • Select and group products together to market and earn cash each time something from the group sells.  Use your expertise to help several people sell their stuff.
  • Place your products in the hands of an “expert” internet seller.  Let them do all the work!

Where You Come In:

So this is where You come in. We have taken the project as far as we can take it. Developing a website costs thousands of dollars. To get the project to work we need your help. We have put together the “dream team”, this dream team is made up of developers, designers and marketers who will make this project a success, but as you know to make this happen and to get and keep incredible people it costs money.  We need the money for the following

$42,000 – Coders to code all of the functionality of the site
  $7,000 – Quality Assurance testing, fix bugs, features
$10,000 – Marketing Website  
  $1,000 – Copyright/Trademark logo’s and exclusive features 

 
 

RISKS AND CHALLENGES

With any project there challenges that you will run into. When designing a website that is very intricate and complex bugs and code problems will arise. To combat these types of problems we will tackle them head on with our coders and testers to weed out these types of problems.

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Autographed Picture

$10 USD
Autographed head shot of our fearless leader and logo inspiration Fincent!
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May 2013
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Initials In The Aquarium

$25 USD
Your initials will appear on a pebble adorning our interactive "thank you" aquarium as our way of saying thanks. Running your mouse over the pebble will magnify it and show your initials. But that's not all, you get Autograph Picture too!
Estimated Shipping
June 2013
1 claimed

DimFish T-Shirt

$50 USD
DimFish t-shirt, perfect for any occasion from lounging by the pool to formal dinner parties. And just for the "halibut" we will throw in Initials In The Aquarium and Autograph Picture!
Estimated Shipping
June 2013
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Your Name On A Fish

$100 USD
A generous donation such as this deserves a generous reward! Hand select a fish and we will add it to our virtual aquarium and put your name on it. Also, "reel in" everything else which includes Initials In The Aquarium, Autograph Picture and DimFish T-Shirt. But wait, there's more! You will also get an exclusive invite to the DimFish kickoff party!
Estimated Shipping
July 2013
3 claimed

Your Name On A Bubbler

$250 USD
Any good aquarium must have bubble makers. We will have three exclusive objects to choose from (a scuba diver, a treasure chest, and a pirate ship). Bubble makers rotate in the aquarium. We will put your name on the bubbler of your choice! You will also receive everything Initials The Aquarium, Autograph Picture, DimFish T-Shirt and Your Name On A Fish, plus you also get an invitation to our kick off party.
Estimated Shipping
July 2013
0 out of 25 of claimed

Origins Of DimFish Book

$500 USD
Nothing fishy about this reward and we're not squidding! A limited edition "Origins of Dimfish" hardcover book. It details the journey to make DimFish a reality. Included are photo's and sketches from the early stages as well as screen shots of previous design ideas. You will also receive everything Initials In The Aquarium, Autograph Picture, DimFish T-Shirt and Your Name On A Fish, plus you also get an invitation to our kick off party.
Estimated Shipping
July 2013
0 out of 5 of claimed

Part Of The Crew

$1,000 USD
This is your chance to be part of the crew! We will allow you to name one of the fish on our site. It's first come first serve, and you can choose which fish and what we name them. It's your chance to be part of internet history without having to fall, set yourself on fire, or change your last name to Kardashian. You will also receive everything Initials In The Aquarium, Autograph Picture, DimFish T-Shirt and Your Name On A Fish, plus you also get an invitation to our kick off party.
Estimated Shipping
July 2013
0 out of 10 of claimed

A Signed DimFish T-Shirt

$5,000 USD
The founders will swim to your house to give you a hug (optional) and personally deliver a signed Dimfish T-Shirt (might fly or drive if distance is farther than the length of your average child's inflatable pool). But we're not done...plus all of the other loot you earned plus your Initials In The Aquarium, Autograph Picture, DimFish T-Shirt and Your Name On A Fish. Still not done...an in person invite to our kickoff party. (Ok, now we're done).
Estimated Shipping
July 2013
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Animate You Into A Fish

$10,000 USD
First we will personally hand write you into our 2013 presidential election ballot, then we will animate you and turn you into a fish to be used on the site. You will also receive everything your Initials In The Aquarium, Autograph Picture, DimFish T-Shirt and Your Name On A Fish.plus you also get an invitation to our kick off party.
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July 2013
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