Is this a good idea?

[Master K. Stone]

Hello, everyone-

Was hoping to rely on the expertise of the Fastlane members to help with idea evaluation.

Idea: Long-body landscaping shirts for z-turn mower operators. (Long body means the torso section of the shirt would be longer than regular shirts).

How the idea came about: I've been a z-turn mower operator for the past three years. I problem I always ran into was grass clippings getting down my pants and into places where the sun doesn't shine. This would be hell to endure and many a time it caused much discomfort. I figure I'm not the only one who has gone through this problem. It's a simple fix just get a longer shirt that does not give the clippings an opportunity to get down your pants.

I've read some of the gold and notable threads concerning online retail. They say to search on Amazon and it seems no one is selling anything like this. This could be good or bad.

I would add other value skews as well, but I want to evaluate the feasibility of the idea first.

Let me know if you have any feedback.
Thanks
MKS

PS: Attached picture below.

 

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[Stargazer]

A tee shirt with a body that long just looks stupid. It looks like a mini dress and is the sort of thing you see sashaying down a Parisian catwalk but nowhere else. (For men that is)

This might sound novel but why couldn't you tuck your shirt in if you were 'Enduring Hell' as you put it?

I think you are trying to solve a non existant problem.

Dan

 

[Master K. Stone]

A tee shirt with a body that long just looks stupid. It looks like a mini dress and is the sort of thing you see sashaying down a Parisian catwalk but nowhere else. (For men that is)

This might sound novel but why couldn't you tuck your shirt in if you were 'Enduring Hell' as you put it?

I think you are trying to solve a non existant problem.

Dan

Thanks for your insight.

 

[Stargazer]

It's just mine remember

By the way. How is this machine you are on managing to throw grass up into you as the driver? Is that not something to look into? Is there a design element lacking? Grass guards - like mudguards?

It's good that you are looking at what is infront of you with your thinking cap on. That's how most breakthroughs occur. eg Dyson (billionaire vacuum cleaner chappie) was working on a building in his garden I think from memory and found it awkward to manoeuvre his wheelbarrow. So he changed the wheel to a ball and then he could swivel it around no problem.

Well the ballbarrow as he called it didn't take off but he then spotted his wife vacuuming and applied the ball to that. Result!!

Dan

 

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[Robdavis]

Hello, everyone-

Was hoping to rely on the expertise of the Fastlane members to help with idea evaluation.

Idea: Long-body landscaping shirts for z-turn mower operators. (Long body means the torso section of the shirt would be longer than regular shirts).

How the idea came about: I've been a z-turn mower operator for the past three years. I problem I always ran into was grass clippings getting down my pants and into places where the sun doesn't shine. This would be hell to endure and many a time it caused much discomfort. I figure I'm not the only one who has gone through this problem. It's a simple fix just get a longer shirt that does not give the clippings an opportunity to get down your pants.

I've read some of the gold and notable threads concerning online retail. They say to search on Amazon and it seems no one is selling anything like this. This could be good or bad.

I would add other value skews as well, but I want to evaluate the feasibility of the idea first.

Let me know if you have any feedback.
Thanks
MKS

PS: Attached picture below.

Well done for spotting a problem that is relevant to you. What bothers me about this, is that a long t-shirt seems like such a simple fix that the barriers to entry to this business are basically zero. This suggests that if you were to start a business in this area and have some success, that competitors would pile in and drive margins to almost zero. I assume that long body t-shirts already exist for tall people. An example would be the website 2tall.com which supplies clothing for tall individuals.
So it seems to me that your idea is to suggest that z-turn mower drivers wear extra long t-shirts for tall people whilst they are working to solve this problem. In this case the product already exists and so I don't think that your idea has enough of a value add or enough barriers to entry to be a great business idea.
Take heart that by looking for problems you are exercising an entrepreneur mindset.

 

[inputchip]

This sounds like a really niche problem, with a solution that already exists. I wouldn't waste time and effort in building a business around it. Let's be honest, how big do you think a business could be that sells long t-shirts, marketed to people who mow lawns?

If you are going to play the game, take shots that can scale.

 

[Master K. Stone]

This sounds like a really niche problem, with a solution that already exists. I wouldn't waste time and effort in building a business around it. Let's be honest, how big do you think a business could be that sells long t-shirts, marketed to people who mow lawns?

If you are going to play the game, take shots that can scale.

Well done for spotting a problem that is relevant to you. What bothers me about this, is that a long t-shirt seems like such a simple fix that the barriers to entry to this business are basically zero. This suggests that if you were to start a business in this area and have some success, that competitors would pile in and drive margins to almost zero. I assume that long body t-shirts already exist for tall people. An example would be the website 2tall.com which supplies clothing for tall individuals.
So it seems to me that your idea is to suggest that z-turn mower drivers wear extra long t-shirts for tall people whilst they are working to solve this problem. In this case the product already exists and so I don't think that your idea has enough of a value add or enough barriers to entry to be a great business idea.
Take heart that by looking for problems you are exercising an entrepreneur mindset.

You guys are great. I now see I need more vision. I appreciate your feedback!

 

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