Anticipation: Enhanced Disintegration

[rlbchef]

did anyone else keep getting bounced back to the prints page after clicking the second checkout? that was weird haha

Bounced to prints after verify and then again

[Gigantico]

Double captcha!

[no1gdman]

did anyone else keep getting bounced back to the prints page after clicking the second checkout? that was weird haha

Bounced to prints after verify and then again

ok so it just wasn't me

[conartstudio]

their solution was to add an additional captcha before the checkout process starts...

really obey? that's pretty embarrassing

[soupysound]

YOU GET A CAPTCHA!!!
and
YOU GET A CAPTCHA!!!
and
YOU GET ONE TOO!!!!

[SHT!]

What a drag!

Pulled the trigger and bought one off ebay for $130... this is the 3rd Obey print in a row I had to score off of Ebay! (I know, I know... I didnt HAVE to! I just wanted them!)

Could this be the end of my successful Obey print buying career?! Certainly feels that way!

[PDC]

Captcha hell.
How is it that I don't know what a bridge looks like anymore? I always get hit with another captcha. And does the captcha consider a truck as a car?
Storefronts are the toughest in captchas.

I wonder if anyone at Obey does any user testing at the time of a drop. Go through the buying process as a customer would so they can hopefully find a way to fix it.

[nixon451]

Captcha hell.
How is it that I don't know what a bridge looks like anymore? I always get hit with another captcha. And does the captcha consider a truck as a car?
Storefronts are the toughest in captchas.

I wonder if anyone at Obey does any user testing at the time of a drop. Go through the buying process as a customer would so they can hopefully find a way to fix it.

Now you're getting all metaphysical on me. Is a taco a sandwich? How about a slice of pizza?

[schmidt]

Prior to the drop -- add something available and almost check out (stop at confirmation step) - in doing so takes care of the captcha requirement.

Then during the drop, you just gotta make your way through carting and checkout.

That being said... I STILL struck out... :/

deff still got bot'd...

[PDC]

Captcha hell.
How is it that I don't know what a bridge looks like anymore? I always get hit with another captcha. And does the captcha consider a truck as a car?
Storefronts are the toughest in captchas.

I wonder if anyone at Obey does any user testing at the time of a drop. Go through the buying process as a customer would so they can hopefully find a way to fix it.

Now you're getting all metaphysical on me. Is a taco a sandwich? How about a slice of pizza?

A taco definitely isn't a sandwich. That's why the torta was invented. Good thing captchas don't show food.

[jak88]

Did the same ... and had the same result. I was fast but no luck. Probably a much smaller number of prints actually available.

Prior to the drop -- add something available and almost check out (stop at confirmation step) - in doing so takes care of the captcha requirement.

Then during the drop, you just gotta make your way through carting and checkout.

That being said... I STILL struck out... :/

deff still got bot'd...

[Gigantico]

I still get captcha when doing the above..

[vvk]

What a drag!

Pulled the trigger and bought one off ebay for $130... this is the 3rd Obey print in a row I had to score off of Ebay! (I know, I know... I didnt HAVE to! I just wanted them!)

Could this be the end of my successful Obey print buying career?! Certainly feels that way!

dont feel bad. we have all paid dearly for the pieces we have wanted

[brintoul]

Time for the ol' lottery system..?

[bsharp]

Time for the ol' lottery system..?

People definitely game those too. There were a *ton* of entries for the Liberte letterpress and I highly doubt each entry was unique.

[conartstudio]

Time for the ol' lottery system..?

easiest solution is to stop using shopify as the shopping cart solution... or if you do keep using it, then don't use the product title in the listing or use it in the url, make the url private and only post the url when the print is available. you could also use some sort of conversion tracking to make sure the customer accessed that link through the posted channels, and not from a bot sniffing it out.

j-lnd had the best system I've seen so far for Shopify with his last shoeuzi release. The customer clicked on the product link and were taken to a game of pacman. once the customer scored a 1000 points, the product was added to their cart and they could check out. it completely shut out the bots.


but why actually do anything about it when you sell out in 2 seconds?

[brintoul]

but why actually do anything about it when you sell out in 2 seconds?

Sad but true, I suppose.

[conartstudio]

but why actually do anything about it when you sell out in 2 seconds?

Sad but true, I suppose.

the other option is for obey to start selling them at initial secondary market prices and increase the edition sizes. sell prints at $80+, no more $45 dollar prints. in doing so, he would completely destroy the funko flipper market and they would lose interest since there's no immediate lunch money to be made.

[vvk]

these quick sell outs only increase the case to increase the run sizes.
600 pcs editions will be norm soon. and you know what? good for the obey crew .
Whats wrong with selling out and Still making sure everyone gets one.

[brintoul]

these quick sell outs only increase the case to increase the run sizes.
600 pcs editions will be norm soon. and you know what? good for the obey crew .
Whats wrong with selling out and Still making sure everyone gets one.

Then you might as well have those timed-edition things, no?

[vvk]

these quick sell outs only increase the case to increase the run sizes.
600 pcs editions will be norm soon. and you know what? good for the obey crew .
Whats wrong with selling out and Still making sure everyone gets one.

Then you might as well have those timed-edition things, no?

good point. yes that is the next up on deck a obey timed edition. the perfect mix between open and limited editions.