5 cool projects to check out on haystakt.com
PUBLISHED July 28th, 2014 04:00 pm | UPDATED July 23rd, 2024 12:52 am
Influencing the prices of your coveted goods as a consumer? Is that even possible? Well, now it is, thanks to haystakt.com – the world’s first crowd-pricing platform, which allows prices to be lowered by who else – you.
How does this miraculous-sounding phenomenon work? Crowd-pricing employs a similar concept to crowd funding, but with a major tweak – with pre-established price curves, every person that pre-orders the product, can lower its price. There’s nifty interactive graph that will show you how much you can save with each buyer, and if you’re an early adopter, you even get an additional discount!
It’s win-win for both you and the maker. You will get to pay less while the maker can produce products without worrying about material wastage. This is especially important for individual craftsmen who often struggle with pricing and quantity decisions, as producing large batches could be too risky, while low outputs would inevitably mean high prices to recoup overheads.
In addition, this solution to the vicious pricing-quantity conundrum allows makers to grow in their craft with better knowledge of the market demands and characteristics. Consumers in turn learn more about the product – each project comes with a detailed feature on the process and story behind each project.
With haystakt.com, passionate makers and designers finally have a platform that may just revolutionise the way they produce and craft – and we as the consumers can only benefit from this.
Here are 5 ongoing projects that you should check out before it’s too late:
1. Saffiano Trim Wallets (Dash 3.0)
http://www.haystakt.com/231
Who wants a big, bulky wallet that can barely fit into pockets? Not Elliot Havok from San Francisco, who has created a minimalist wallet that is smaller that an IPhone, but can fit 9-11 cards and cash in internal and external slots. Made from just one piece of scratch and stain-resistant leather, the Trim Wallet is only 3mm thick and weighs less than – wait for it – 8 grams! It is designed with angled slots for easy access to wallet contents, while ensuring they remain secure. This seriously looks so good, it’s a must-have fashion accessory that has everyday practicality.
2. Litholamp
http://www.haystakt.com/199
Those ugly table lamps that are purely functional but annoys you just by existing in your workspace or home? Throw them away. With Litholamp, you can choose the design that adorns this little lantern-lookalike (choice of different shapes) using your very own photographs. Not only does it save space by doing away with the need for photo frames, these sustainably designed lamps uses LED strips as lighting components, throwing soft light instead of a glaring, bright light usually only found in fast food chains and cold offices. It’ll make you much happier just looking at them, too.
3. Eco-Essential Pen
http://www.haystakt.com/145
There’s just something about bamboo that exudes simplicity and serenity. In addition to its ecological value, bamboo is also known for its superior strength and light weight. These Eco-Essential Pen are made for professional use – think the modern fountain pen – and are engineered for a few common pen cores as well as stylus. If you choose to use it as a pen, there are various pen nibs of choice, including flat-tip and non-nib cap for every writing style. If you’re looking to stand out as a professional, especially in the creative industry, this would be a perfect accessory.
4. Koostik Pivot – Natural Wooden Speaker for iPhone
http://www.haystakt.com/220
We can’t think of any design-loving geek who wouldn’t appreciate this. Koostik Pivot is a handmade, all-natural wooden speaker for iPhone that uses passive amplification, which means that no electricity or batteries are needed. It explains the size of the elegant wooden frame, which accommodates both the horizontal or vertical placement of your phone while still enhancing the acoustic amplification of music, or video sound quality. Only the very best wood both in terms of sound amplification and aesthetic quality is offered – there’s no wonder why Koostik has already been featured in multiple national magazines and shipped to 30 countries worldwide.
5. World Clock
http://www.haystakt.com/248
Wow. We have no idea how this works, but it does. Just by rolling this circular clock to the time zone indicated on each portion of its frame, the clock hands shifts to show the exact time in it, whether it’s GMT: -8, +2 or +8. This sleek desk accessory for every international businessman and traveller has already made waves around the world, AND reserves a percentage of its revenue to donate life-saving gifts to UNICEF, to those in need. Uh…what’s stopping you?
