New Piggie Teepee/product Testers Wanted

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Hey guys. I hope I'm allowed to post this on here. If not I'm sorry :flag:

After showing you guys the piggie teepee I made last week I have been trying out a different method and I'm very happy with the result. I wanted to see if anyone was interested in being a product tester. Basically if anyone wants to do this I will make a few more of these and put them on my Etsy for you guys under a reduced price because it's a prototype. The price is mainly to cover the postage and the materials just because I'm totally skint right now and I can't afford to send them for free. I was thinking around £7,50 (for people in the UK. -postage abroad will probably be too much)
Of course I can test these myself on my own piggies, and a I will be, but the benefit for me is that I get to hear from real potential customers what could be improved. Plus my shop will get reviews which will help me in the long run. Of course if you have some negative feedback it's more than welcome, but I would prefer to be told on here rather than posting it straight onto the shop, so I can make improvements before putting them out for sale.

This is the improved model of the piggie teepee. It's now completely free standing. Comes with one matching removable pee pad. Very sturdy but hasn't been tested by me yet. I'd like to know how it holds up in the cage and after several washes.
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This is the only one made at the moment but if more than one of you is interested I will make a few more.
If not then my piggies get to do some more testing! They are pros now! :))
 
That is really nice, I am sure they will sell really well. I've never shopped on etsy is it easy, do you have to join up like with ebay?
 
piggieminder said:
That is really nice, I am sure they will sell really well. I've never shopped on etsy is it easy, do you have to join up like with ebay?
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Thanks! I'm not a hundred procent sure, but I think you do have to register to purchase. The actual checking out process is really easy though. (You don't on eBay by the way, you can buy as a guest) Signing up is very straight forward, but I can understand some people can't be bothered doing it. Such a hassle filling in your details :doh:
 
Kerrie74 said:
I'd be interested @Humfred I'm wanting to change some of the piggies houses :) Are they ok for boars size wise? :)
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Great! Would be a massive help to me if you did. Yes they are very generous in size. Two boars could fit in together I reckon. The height is 11 inches. The diameter of the bottom circle is 1ft and the entrance diameter is 5 inches. Hope that helps.
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This is the bottom, for size reference...
 
Kerrie74 said:
Would you be willing to make smaller ones as well if people asked? @Humfred Not all my guinea's are willing to share lol.
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In the future, possibly. It took me quite a few tries to get the size right on this one. It's not very straight forward to just make it smaller, as the dimensions of the teepee and the entrance hole affect the way it stands and how sturdy it is and the overal look. For now it will be just these. My pigs have two of these (earlier models, same size) and they don't share them either. Haha! They are generous in size, but sharing is not a must. If you want a reference as to how much floor space they would take up in the cage it's about the size of 1 C&C grid.
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Oh that's ok they can go side by side at one end of the cage :D Thanks for showing me :D In fact they might be smaller than they got in a way, they have the bendy logs which they seem to like, but I want to give them a change as they look a bit warn now. They have 2 x 5 cages anyway.
 
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Right. I will be making some more this week then and I will post them when they are ready. The fabrics will be different as I haven't got enough of this one left to make another one. Will have to bear with me as I have a very busy work week ahead of me and tons of other things to do. This one is ready to go though, so if anyone wants to bags eye this one the first person to type "I want it!" Can have it. Unless you want to wait to see which other ones I will be doing of course. Thank you all for the nice replies so far!
 
Yes we can arrange payment some other way if you prefer. The idea of doing it through Etsy was just to get some shop reviews, but I appreciate not all of you have an Etsy account and your feedback is more valuable to me than just the shop reviews so...

@CarnivalPiggy was first, but if she's happy to give it to @Kerrie74 that's fine by me. Don't worry, you will both get one for definite. I have some other very cute fabrics too, will just need to give me a few days to make some more. In fact, I'm going to do some more sewing tonight so.... :cool:
 
Kerrie74 said:
No no it's fine, you have it :) I want two this time anyway XD
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Heh ok, if you're sure :))

Humfred said:
Yes we can arrange payment some other way if you prefer. The idea of doing it through Etsy was just to get some shop reviews, but I appreciate not all of you have an Etsy account and your feedback is more valuable to me than just the shop reviews so...

@CarnivalPiggy was first, but if she's happy to give it to @Kerrie74 that's fine by me. Don't worry, you will both get one for definite. I have some other very cute fabrics too, will just need to give me a few days to make some more. In fact, I'm going to do some more sewing tonight so.... :cool:
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Is it possible to make an etsy account and review without having to confirm you bought it? I'd be happy to do it! And thanks, will be easier to send money through mail for me.
 
I love these and am hoping to make some myself when i get the time.. Yours look fab! am sure they will sell just fine on Esty ! x
 
Hi this is a great idea. I'd love to help and to kit out my 3 lone boars... Can I have one with a manly pattern for the boys? Are there out her things u need us to test? Or just this?

I've never used wary or heard of it... But I do have PayPal? I can give u lots of feedback... It's kind of my job lol.

Very impressed by the way. Both with the products and the business sense...
 
Right, sorry I disappeared for a while, but I'm back now to show you exactly what I've got fabric wise. Have cut out 7 tepees ready to be sewed in the next week. Will show photos and number them. First person to say the number has reserve on that one. I do however have more of all of the fabrics (apart from one) so if two people want the same or you want a set of two I can probably do that if you're patient. Here we go ... (Photos aren't great cause it's too dark)

#1 Cars with blue fleece
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#2 Cows with green fleece
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#3 Flowers with pink fleece (managed to make one more after all, but that's the last of the fabric so the only one...)
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#4 Blue hearts with light blue fleece
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