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Spaz’s market research poll

Started By Spazmops , Oct 26 2020 9:49 AM

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Poll: Spaz’s market research poll (17 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you be interested in purchasing an alternative to test tube setups?

  1. Yes (8 votes [47.06%])

    Percentage of vote: 47.06%

  2. Maybe (9 votes [52.94%])

    Percentage of vote: 52.94%

  3. No (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

What price range would be reasonable per item?

  1. $1-2 (8 votes [36.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 36.36%

  2. $2-3 (9 votes [40.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 40.91%

  3. $4-5 (5 votes [22.73%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.73%

In your opinion, is there room in the market for such a product?

  1. Yes (16 votes [94.12%])

    Percentage of vote: 94.12%

  2. No (1 votes [5.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.88%

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#1 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 26 2020 - 9:49 AM

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I’m currently prototyping something I think could surpass test tubes in terms of convenience, mold tendency, and hydration. I made this poll to see how many of you would be hypothetically interested in buying such a product, and at what price.

 


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 26 2020 - 10:11 AM

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If you wanted to sell these on our site we’d love to have you. Several other members on this forum will sell their formicariums on the site once it is published. We wish to support starting vendors, and to promote their products.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 26 2020 - 10:31 AM

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If you wanted to sell these on our site we’d love to have you. Several other members on this forum will sell their formicariums on the site once it is published. We wish to support starting vendors, and to promote their products.

If the tests go well, I'd love to sell on your site! Everything is currently in the design stage and I'm waiting for materials to arrive, so I can't make any promises yet though.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#4 Offline smares - Posted October 26 2020 - 5:13 PM

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Are you thinking of something small like for founding colonies? Is it something that can be cleaned and re-used? I'd think around $20 would be my limit.

#5 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 26 2020 - 5:47 PM

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It’s more like a test tube insert from THA I believe nothing to big or small just a better version of a grouted insert.
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#6 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 26 2020 - 6:42 PM

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Are you thinking of something small like for founding colonies? Is it something that can be cleaned and re-used? I'd think around $20 would be my limit.

It's small, for founding queens and small colonies. I'm hoping to be able to price it around the same as test tubes, even though it's completely different.


It’s more like a test tube insert from THA I believe nothing to big or small just a better version of a grouted insert.

That's a really good guess, but it's actually not based around a test tube at all.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#7 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 26 2020 - 7:45 PM

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So do you mean a small founding nest?


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#8 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 27 2020 - 4:03 AM

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It's like a whole different thing, I may find this interesting.


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#9 Offline Devi - Posted October 27 2020 - 7:25 AM

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It's like a whole different thing, I may find this interesting.

I have a rough idea of what he's making, and I can say for myself, I probably won't ever use test tubes again...


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#10 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 27 2020 - 5:08 PM

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definitely interested. i have always been interested in something different than test tubes(providing they are cheap, as you are doing)


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