The document summarizes Bona Kim's progress in her thesis work for week 3. It includes summaries of interviews conducted with two Etsy sellers, outlines four user scenarios for a mobile application, and provides a production schedule with milestones and deliverables through May including competitive analysis, prototyping, a business plan, a Y Combinator application, and a final presentation.

1. THESIS
PROGRESS WEEK 3
BONA KIM
ITP | NYU | CLASS 2013
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2. PROGRESS WEEK 3
• Interviews
• User Scenario
• Production Schedule
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3. INTERVIEWS
ETSY SELLER 1 ETSY SELLER 2
Art Print Maker 3D Model Maker
Serious Seller Occasional Seller
Multiple Platform Dual Platform
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4. INTERVIEWS
• Selling on multi platforms such as Obaz, Turning Art, Mediuum,
Wind and Willow Home, Down That Little Lane (Australia),
Society 6 and Little Paper Planes
• Likes Etsy the most because it generates largest revenue, gets
highest traffic, easy to use UI and helpful features
• Helpful feature - automated shipping process, detailed statistics
(helpful for planning inventory, understand consumer taste), easy
payment system
• Doesn’t like the clutter. So many seller, hard to connect to the
right audience
• Not interested in Etsy integration with social network such as
Facebook and Twitter
ETSY SELLER 1
• Think she will use Maiv for souvenirs or items she finds at flea
market
Art Print Maker
Serious Seller
• Especially like that she would carry the items back home.
Eliminate the shipping cost
Multiple Platform
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5. INTERVIEWS
• Occasionally sell items on Etsy
• Use it to reach broader audience but redirect them to
Shapeways because it eliminates many steps
• Monetary incentive was not the motivation at all
• Stopped using Etsy because it seemed too cumbersome
• Doesn’t use any Social Network Services
• Not interested in connecting with people over internet
ETSY SELLER 2
3D Model Maker
Occasional Seller
Dual Platform
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6. USER SCENARIO
TRAVELER SAVVY SHOPPER EXPAT SHOP EXPLORER
Explorer Taste Maker Lives in Central Asia Travel enthusiast
Love for friends Ex-Buyer in fashion Social conscious Social conscious
Interactive Music retail Works with artisans shopper
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7. USER SCENARIO
• Traveled to Uganda and found exquisite African Drums
• She thought her musician friends might like to buy them
because it’s hard to find them in US
• She took a photo of the item, wrote description & price,
selected units and time, chose pick-up option using mobile
application
• The listing was also Geo-tagged
• She picked 3 units because she can’t carry more than 3 due to
its size and 3 days because she’s leaving that city in 3 days
• The listing was posted on her facebook timeline “Hey guys, I
found these beautiful drums. Do you want them? “
• With in 2 days, 3 friends ordered 1 unit each
TRAVELER • The posting expires and sends an alert to her and buyers
Explorer
• She went to the store and bought 3 drums, brought it back with
Love for friends & family her and gave them to her friends in person and received the
Interactive Music payment.
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8. USER SCENARIO
• She went to Victoria Secret and they were having buy 5 get
20% off event
• She wanted to get the deal but she only wanted to buy 2
• She took the photo of the panties, wrote simple description,
chose 3 units, time 2 hours
• As she made her posting, all her friends using the same app
received the alert
• One friend wanted to buy 2 units and another 1 unit
SAVVY SHOPPER • She was able to get the deal and split the cost
Taste Maker
Ex-Buyer in fashion retail
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9. USER SCENARIO
• She lives and travels in Central Asia
• She wants to share the lives of artisans with people in US
• Whenever she finds interesting beautiful handcrafted items, she
posts on Maiv
• Because of her great taste and exploration of many exotic
locations, she has many Maiv followers
• Whenever she posts, her followers get an alert
• She choose the shipping option because she doesn’t travel back
home and her followers are spread
• Whenever she gets a sale, she buys the item and ships them
EXPAT
• She likes Maiv because she can share the stories of artisans and
Lives in Central Asia her travel experience and inspire people to travel more
Social conscious
Works with artisans • She also likes earning extra income for travel through Maiv
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10. USER SCENARIO
• She likes browsing on Maiv because it feels like she’s traveling
• Recent purchase include decorative accents from Thailand and
unique design stockings from Italy
• She also likes to shop for a good cause
• She is following couple of seller because they have “good
cause” badge
• The portion of the profit of good cause seller is donated to non
-profit organization and the merchandise is from artisans in
developing countries
SHOP EXPLORER
• She recently bought a batik table cloth from a “good cause”
Loves interesting items seller for her mom’s birthday
Travel enthusiast
Social conscious shopper
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11. PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Feb 26 - competitive analysis matrix, initial functions, wire framing
Mar 5 - visual/ interactive prototype
Mar 12 - Demo scenario 20% Business plan 50%
Mar 19 - Demo scenario 40% Business plan 100%
Mar 26 - Demo scenario 60%
Mar 29 - Y Combinator Application Deadline
Apr 2 - Demo scenario 80%
Apr 9 - Demo scenario 100%
Apr 16 - Data base & future implementation
Apr 19 - Pitch Fest
Apr 26 - Y Combinator Interview
May 7 - Final Presentation
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