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Can I get your feedback on the Local fashion app for your area? Worth investing more resources in it?
What is the point of being lo… I made a fashion app to discover local fashionistas and indie fashion designers nearby (10~500 miles/km by distance filter). Do you think this app concept is shitty ?
What is the point of being local?: Instagram is filled with unrealistically perfect-looking celebrities & big influencers, by being local, you can get fashion inspiration from real people in your area.
Country filter: Plus, there is a country filter too, so you can find fashionistas & indie designers in other countries as well.
Commissions: In the future, I will let people who share outfits make commissions on links via others who click on links and shop directly (in progress).
Weekly Contest: This app is running weekly fashion contests with a $100 prize awarded every Sunday
Do you think this app concept is shitty ? or is there some potential that's worth investing more resources in it?
For those interested, the links are below:
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checked the app out and tbh the real issue isn't the concept itself, it's that you're trying to cover all of japan when tokyo alone has like 23 wards each with their own fashion vibe. if you narrowed it to just shinjuku or shibuya and built community around specific meetups or pop-ups near lumine or shibuya109 you'd have a better shot at getting actual local traction
the distance filter from 10-500km is wild, in tokyo most people don't even travel more than 30 mins to hang out so seeing someone 200km away in saitama feels irrelevant. maybe scrap the wide range and do neighborhood-level filters like harajuku vs koenji vs daikanyama so it actually feels local
also the commission model works better in places like the us where affiliate links are standard, but japanese users are more cautious about clicking shopping links from strangers. you might need to build trust first with real in-person events or collabs with small shops in shimokitazawa before people feel comfortable buying through the app
i checked out the app real quick and tbh the UI is clean but theres almost no one active in tokyo right now. like i searched shinjuku and got 3 profiles, one was a guy selling sneakers from his closet. the concept isnt shitty but your biggest problem is the chicken-and-egg thing - nobody posts because nobody uses it, nobody uses it because nobody posts. the contest prize is good but $100 weekly isnt gonna pull people from instagram where they already have followers. maybe try partnering with a few small shops in koenji or shimokitazawa where theres a strong indie fashion scene and get them to promote it in-store. that'd give you real local credibility instead of trying to compete with the whole city at once
hmm interesting timing actually cause i just moved to a new area near shimokitazawa and its wild how many tiny boutiques are tucked away on those side streets near the station. the app could work if you focused on that discovery angle more, like mapping those little shops nobody finds unless they spend hours wandering around kitazawa
the weekly contest thing is fine but $100 in tokyo is like what, two drinks at a nice bar in daikanyama? not nothing but not gonna get the harajuku crowd excited. maybe partner with a place like the ragtag vintage shops in koenji for store credit instead
honestly the bigger thing nobody mentioned is how japanese users are super private about their location. like even on instagram most people here dont tag exact spots, theyll say "shibuya" but not the actual cafe or street. the distance filter might make people uncomfortable unless you let them set a really vague zone
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Where can I find crispy, pan-fried bacon similar to a certain international style?
if u have a costco membership the kirkland thick cut is the move, 4 packs of 500g for around 2500 yen and it crisps up proper in a cold pan. for smaller runs, precce in azabudai hills & the basement at isetan shinjuku both carry imported US & danish brands in the chilled case, just read the label for "thick cut" or "smoked" and not "loin". also worth knowing japanese bacon is often wet-cured so pat it dry before frying or it steams instead of crisping
kaldi coffee farm is hit or miss but their smoked bacon from denmark shows up pretty regular, the 200g pack runs about 600 yen. what actually works better for me is asking the butcher counter at peacock or life to slice the block bacon thick, like 5mm, they do it for free and it crisps way better than the pre-packed stuff. also fwiw cheap bacon crisps faster, the fatty supermarket kind at 300 yen a pack works fine if u cook it from cold in a dry pan and pour off the fat as it renders.
tbh the gyomu super store brand bacon is surprisingly decent for crisping up, its not thick cut but if you cook it low and slow it gets pretty crunchy. the key is the dry cure vs wet cure thing, wet cure steams. also check hanamasa if you have one nearby, they sell big packs of american style bacon thats actually smoked and firm.