Comments on: Merchandise You Can’t Buy: Get Your Scarcity On. The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Genuine Curiosity http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-10424 Genuine Curiosity Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:18:48 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/#comment-10424 <strong>Gimme five (and pass it on)...</strong> Bren slapped me five this week. He is perpetuating some kind of blog chain letter thing (or a social pyramid scheme) in which you tell five things about yourself, then tag five more bloggers to keep the chain going. Interesting... Gimme five (and pass it on)…

Bren slapped me five this week. He is perpetuating some kind of blog chain letter thing (or a social pyramid scheme) in which you tell five things about yourself, then tag five more bloggers to keep the chain going. Interesting…

]]> By: Scott Mark http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-10034 Scott Mark Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:08:09 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/#comment-10034 That stuff has been "sold out" for years, I swear. I think that page might be considered just another comic panel in terms of buying. But your right on about his brand - he could really go places with that if he wanted. Imagine the extensibility of what he is doing. That stuff has been “sold out” for years, I swear. I think that page might be considered just another comic panel in terms of buying.

But your right on about his brand – he could really go places with that if he wanted. Imagine the extensibility of what he is doing.

]]> By: hugh macleod http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-9876 hugh macleod Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:12:28 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/#comment-9876 Thanks for the kind words. That's fifty two pounds Sterling, My Dear Chap, not dollars ;-) Digital Age or non-Digital Age, a simple marketing truth remains: People want what they can't have. Or failing that, they want what other people can't have. case in point, look at the wine market, where vast lakes of unsold product is the norm. Yet, the wine geeks still kill each other for the $300 bottles. "Exclusivity", by definition, means other people are excluded. Strategically, you "drooling" over a sold out piece of Hugh MacLeod merchandise might be more useful to me long-term, than you giving me $10 for a t-shirt today. Another thought about people selling my prints for $100 on e-Bay. If enough people are doing that over time, and making good money, creating a market etc, what does that do for the "originals" market? Especially when very few of the latter are out there? Food for thought. Thanks for the kind words.

That’s fifty two pounds Sterling, My Dear Chap, not dollars ;-)

Digital Age or non-Digital Age, a simple marketing truth remains: People want what they can’t have. Or failing that, they want what other people can’t have.

case in point, look at the wine market, where vast lakes of unsold product is the norm. Yet, the wine geeks still kill each other for the $300 bottles.

“Exclusivity”, by definition, means other people are excluded.

Strategically, you “drooling” over a sold out piece of Hugh MacLeod merchandise might be more useful to me long-term, than you giving me $10 for a t-shirt today.

Another thought about people selling my prints for $100 on e-Bay. If enough people are doing that over time, and making good money, creating a market etc, what does that do for the “originals” market? Especially when very few of the latter are out there?

Food for thought.

]]> By: disambiguity - » Some kinda visionary (on gestural interfaces) http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-9703 disambiguity - » Some kinda visionary (on gestural interfaces) Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:00:36 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2007/01/10/merchandise-you-cant-buy-get-your-scarcity-on-the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-digital-reproduction/#comment-9703 [...] (thanks James) [...] [...] (thanks James) [...]

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