jhubball

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Level Press: Sell any digital design or photo as a framed poster(medium.com)
2 points by jhubball 9y ago|0 comments
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How Earnest Tapped In-House Design to Level Up the Office(levelframes.com)
1 points by jhubball 11y ago|0 comments
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The Poster That Inspired Me to Start Up(medium.com)
4 points by jhubball 11y ago|0 comments
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Checklist for a 10,000% Spike in Traffic(medium.com)
4 points by jhubball 11y ago|0 comments
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by jhubball 12y ago
We're making a beautiful, high-end frame to order and delivering it within a week. Of course there are cheaper alternatives/materials, but you can easily tell the difference and oftentimes cheap frames will literally fall apart wi
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by jhubball 12y ago
I've actually looked into that. The margin for error was around 8%, which is a little too high for this right now.
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by jhubball 12y ago
We design and source our own profiles (sustainably-harvested wood) and then make each frame to order in NY using similar tools/materials to any high-end custom frame shop. We have added a few touches to make it easy to open up the fra
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by jhubball 12y ago
Hi, founder here. Welcome any questions or feedback.
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Level Frames (YC W15) Launches Because All Art Deserves Its Frame(techcrunch.com)
28 points by jhubball 12y ago|10 comments
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The Tricky Business of Asking for Help(medium.com)
1 points by jhubball 12y ago|0 comments
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$10k in Two Weeks from Product Hunt, Medium and Hacker News(jhubball.silvrback.com)
16 points by jhubball 12y ago|0 comments
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by jhubball 12y ago
We'll soon be able to print and frame your photos - and thinking about making them available (opt-in of course) for other people to purchase. Would love to know if that interests you (or anyone else here). Also feel free to sign up f
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by jhubball 12y ago
So it's traditionally been a very high-touch service with the need for retail overhead. Most frame shops carry way too many supplies/options, and outsource a portion of the work (which accounts for the delay). They are also geog
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by jhubball 12y ago
Haven't seen that yet but we can probably accomodate -- would just need you to email/chat and specify what you are framing.
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by jhubball 12y ago
yes, working on it, and right now can do it manually if someone emails the site or uses the chat box. very nice and richer experience when you have the image (e.g. - https://www.levleframes.com/artists/joey-roth/f
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by jhubball 12y ago
I got triptychs on the roadmap - huge fan of how those look!
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by jhubball 12y ago
So framing is mostly subjective, but there a fair amount of science and best practice can be applied. Based on the size of the artwork, there are some "golden ratios" around how thick the mat and the frame should be. The Best Bet
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by jhubball 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Price-wise, there is almost no way a wooden frame of that size with a framers-grade acrylic could ever get down to that size. Cost of the wood alone is ~$0.30 per linear inch. For me, I think it's wonderful th
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by jhubball 12y ago
Exactly. The two products you mention are similar also in the fact that a traditional e-commerce paradigm (thumbnails and drop downs) don't quite map to the way you want to preview and select them. So much room for Levle to grow and
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by jhubball 12y ago
You nailed the alternatives on the head: buy cheap plastic or MDF frames that look crappy and are hard to find in the right size, or spend $$$ at the custom frame shop for a beautiful, high-quality frame. I wanted to deliver the same produ
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by jhubball 12y ago
appreciate this very much, working on it!
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by jhubball 12y ago
thanks for taking a look, I will look into the fractions change. I'm guessing that the competitor was not using materials that were as quality or archival. I'm also trying to differentiate on the UI/UX. Most of the sites I&
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by jhubball 12y ago
just to clarify - 12" x 12" (dimensions of the artwork) will result in a mat opening of 11.5" x 11.5" because the mat has to overlap the print by 1/4" on each side to hold it in place. Trying to make this el
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by jhubball 12y ago
Great feedback. Right now you can contact me directly with that (I try to mention it in the FAQ and tool tips), but have not built the feature to directly specify. Thought it would be easiest for most customers to measure their prints&#x2
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by jhubball 12y ago
thanks, zorpner! I am actually starting to work with artists already, very similar to what you mention. Here is an example: https://www.levleframes.com/artists/joey-roth/frame?levle_id... The best part is that no
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by jhubball 12y ago
Thanks donall! Yes, these are not cheap frames or Ikea offerings. They are what you would get from a high-end custom frame shop. I'm able to bring the prices down by going direct, removing the need to handle the artwork (you do that
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Why I took on building a better way to frame any poster, print or photo(medium.com)
133 points by jhubball 12y ago|85 comments