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Lots of great things happened in that house (we released polls, discussions, launched the Auidiophile community, etc) and for every good idea we executed, there were 20 outright bad ideas, 10 "This seems viable" ideas, and 5 "We should totally do this when we have more resources".
Some form of VIP program has always been something we'd like to do, but it's never made sense from a financial perspective. We couldn't find a way to make the math work.
Now, that said, perhaps we can figure out something around custom products. Like you said, there's a reasonable number of people who "gotta catch 'em all", maybe there's something we can do for ya'll.
Here's an idea, came up with this on the spot so calm your torches and pitchforks, but what if we did some kind of monthly subscription charge? It would be a "Pay $x per month, and get every custom product we release in Y community" this year. Immediatly after writing that, I don't think it would work (remember those 20 outright bad ideas?) but maybe there's something we can do in that vein.
Lemme know your thoughts, how would you structure some kind of cool VIP program? Early access to certain drops? Financing options? Lots of different ways it could go.
For audiophile, have an Massdrop X (manufacturer) is awesome. We have couple cans now, maybe we cover the gamut of ear phones from IEM, open back/semi closed/reference, type. I can see speakers, so basically someone will have an entire MD x (manufacturer) set, from dac/amp to cans to iems to studio speakers/monitors. All from high end stuff but at a "reasonable" price. These seem to be the most popular, so picking the right partner and right way to put that MD signature of great performance but without the price tag will be the challenge. We have a "fun" can in this fostex collaboration, how about a more "serious" can thats more reference for studio music producing/mixing type deal. See if you can nab a contract with an audio maker, keep the stuff that makes that can great, get rid/change/mix-match everything else to lower the price point, and sell those. And just keep going for all different type of music listening categories that are out there.
Also, access to prototypes to test (obviously signing NDA's etc) would be really cool.
Just ideas to throw around ^^
Perks 1. You are guaranteed a spot in the drop but must claim it within "72 hours" (3 Days for the lazy) or you will be tossed to the wolves and fight it out with everyone else, pretty much if you don't claim your place in line it will be added as extra stock when the drop goes live to the people who are not VIP. Realistically people are not going to be interested in every product drop. So relinquishing that extra stock or spot to the non-VIP members makes sense.
2. Voting power, VIP's will have voting power for features for custom products i.e. color, size, shape, add-ons etc...once voting finishes the final product will be shown with whatever the most voted features were.
3. First choice access to MassDrop's excess stocked items (because MD always orders extras just in case of quality control problems). For example, if someone orders something and it had some minor problems, blemishes, etc... and the person returned it, then VIP members get first choice pick of those items first before the stock is shown to non-vip members.
4. Cutting in line, yes you get to cut in line. For example for this drop people are refunding the Mahogany TH-X00 and jumping on Purpleheart instead. Those Mahogany are already ordered so you have to sell them some how. So VIP's who want those spots are allowed to take it on a first come first serve basis or some kind of lottery system. Whatever you believe is fair or reasonable.
5. Special discounts for VIP members only, example take 10% off MD's extra stocked items. Take an extra 5% off the current live drop. A one-time claimable 15% off any drop for VIP members. A yearly one time claim of 7% off any drop. Offer discounted or free shipping on certain drops for VIP members.
6. You get to join the drop even if the item doesn't ship to your country, of course you will have to pay whatever the shipping costs and import fees are. Pretty much remove the exclusiveness to being only a USA drop.
7. Access to MassDrop financing options, for example pay 30% ($134.99) of the cost of the item of the Purpleheart THX-00 to reserve your spot as a VIP member. When the drop ships pay the remaining 70% cost of the item. Of course this would only apply to items that are on a very long wait time. You could split the cost into 3 increments to 33.33% of the drop price. So the beginning you pay 33%, when it's the middle of the drop pay another 33%, when the item ships pay the remainder of the 33%. If the VIP member fails to pay the remainder on shipping day then the item will be released for purchase to other VIP members via #3 above.
8. You get a shiny gold portrait around your avatar to show how much you love MassDrop.
Of course, realistically this is just an idea and not full proof to anything. People are still going to ride their dolphins and come at you bro with pitchforks and tornadoes.
If Massdrop introduced that system. Would YOU join it? I seriously doubt it and I would bet money on it.
I do not think a VIP system can work with a limited release system. It will do nothing but repel new customers who feel they are being marginalized and treated unfairly. An upgraded membership works best for all when it is based on monetary savings for the savvy consumer but still nets the company a profit or at least break even due to not all consumers being savvy. For instance, a small monthly charge membership for 5% cashback in "Massdrop points" that can be spent on future purchases, but are only active for 6 months after the ship date of your initial purchase. Savvy consumers will do the math and spend their points wisely, saving themselves a little money. Others will make one purchase and forget about the points. No skipping in line, no VIP only releases. Just a point system that increases MD browser hits and purchases, because no one wants to see their points expire, while saving customers money on their purchases at the same time.
There should be no penalty for not joining the program, and community members should always be treated as equally important.
You can bet all the money you want, I never had any intentions to join as I don't even buy enough things here at MassDrop for it to be worthwhile. I would not join the VIP system because it would not benefit me. But for those who have large sums of money in their bank accounts or people who just want to own everything they can benefit from it if they choose too. I see a VIP system no different than buying a membership to Sam's Club or Costco. You buy a membership because you get better service and discounts on items you were going to buy anyways.
See, that's all you care about is getting exclusivity on serial coded items to resell on eBay or Craigslist to make a profit. Some of us here don't really care, we just want an awesome product to actually use. You want exclusiveness, you're barking up the wrong alley. This site isn't called "Distributive Drop" it's called "MassDrop." If people were really after the first 200 serial numbers then nobody would've purchased any of the THX-00's in the last drop. But that is not the case.
I find it difficult to take you seriously when you spell niche as nitch.
Ordering from Massdrop involves a level of frustration that its steady customers learn to manage because of pricing and special items they couldn't find elsewhere. That frustration could get out of hand if customers had to choose between paying more money to wait a little less or watching other customers receive better treatment.
If you:
Give VIPs increased say in custom Massdrop exclusives, you take away from what makes the system work so well. The large input gives you a larger sample size to create a better product.
Charge $X to receive all items is a serious gamble. Especially with the items being released, the cost of the VIP program would be high and you have no guarantee you will want or need what is released.
Give early access, that's cute, but I've yet to see a drop I was highly interested in that I didn't have time to sign up for. The emails do a good job of alerting me to new ones.
Set up a financing ability, that gives opportunities for people to join in, but how do you handle fraud or simply people who cannot keep up on payments? You'll be creating a large risk factor as a business, potentially have complaints from people who have money in hand and the drop fills up from a bunch of people financing, and almost every drop comes around more than once so what stops someone from saving and waiting for the next one? If this was to even be considering, I'd think drops would need a period where you could only buy into it at the full amount and then, on the last day, you could finance with a partial payment upfront.